Check Rev Brew Double Fist bottle date in Ohio

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by beesy, Jan 22, 2013.

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  1. beesy

    beesy Pundit (801) Jul 21, 2010 Ohio

    I just want to preface this by saying I'm not bashing the brewery but I feel its important to let people know my experience for what it's worth.

    So Revolution Brewing showed up in Ohio in late Nov / early Dec. AWESOME! Going to Chicago 3 times a year I love being able to get this back home in Columbus. I drank everything they released in Ohio I could find ( Eugene, Anti-hero, wit) until 2-2.5 weeks ago when Rise amd Double Fist showed up in bombers. Picked them both up. Drank the Rise about a week ago. Very nice. Popped the Double Fist last Thursday - total drainpour. I've had this beer before and I'm thinking wtf? Found a very small bottle date stamped on the front side of the label with a bottle date of 09/05/2012. Now I know wtf is up and drainpour the entire bottle.

    Part my fault for not checking the date (didn't feel i should for beer in new market but thats my fault) but big distributor issue for sending old ass beer to a new market - which I don't understand as the Anti-Hero was tasty and fresh. Heck, the Rise had a November bottle date Stopped at a friends Friday and he pulled a bottle of Double Fist out of his fridge to which I quickly asked him to check the bottle date. Same date. Different store. Same drain pour.

    Just tossing a warning to everyone else out there.
     
    #1 beesy, Jan 22, 2013
  2. Durb777

    Durb777 Initiate (0) Nov 30, 2011 Illinois

    I'm not sure if that is a true bottling date. I say that because there are bottles of Double Fist on the shelves here that have a "date" of 3-14-12. But according to the beer guy at the store I shop at, who is pretty well in touch with the Chicago beer scene. He told me they were not even bottling then. Who knows but I figured I'd share what I had heard.
     
    #2 Durb777, Jan 22, 2013
  3. mjohnson17

    mjohnson17 Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2012 Illinois

    I believe Revolution started bottling in winter/spring 2012 and start canning in the late summer/early fall of 2012. As a Chicagoan revolution's stuff has been available for close to a year here in the city and not sure when they started expanding distribution. So it's possible that your beer was actually bottled on 9/5/12.

    However I cannot speak to when they started distributing outside of Chicago so it's possible that your beers have been sitting on shelves for that long, or maybe in the distribution warehouse, or whatever. However I would venture to guess that it's not Revolution's fault as it's not in their best interest to send out 4 month old beer. My guess is it's probably an issue somewhere in the middle of the supply chain; either at the distributor or the retailer.
     
    #3 mjohnson17, Jan 22, 2013
  4. jdhende

    jdhende Zealot (713) Sep 27, 2010 Illinois

    I had an old bottle of double fist in Chicago as well. The cans they are usally great on. Dates are always easy to see on top of the holders and are usually quite fresh.
     
    #4 jdhende, Jan 22, 2013
  5. Vav

    Vav Savant (1,049) Jul 27, 2008 Illinois

    I emailed Revolution for you.
     
    #5 Vav, Jan 22, 2013
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  6. beesy

    beesy Pundit (801) Jul 21, 2010 Ohio

    Totally agree it's not Revolution's fault. @ Vav - thanks. Let us know the 411.
     
    #6 beesy, Jan 22, 2013
  7. LoganSquare

    LoganSquare Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2009 Illinois

    Beesy-

    Send me an email when you get a chance. We want to make sure that you are as satisfied with our brews and love them as much as we do. The date on our packages is our born on date, we did have some issues with some of the first runs being printed with the wrong dates.

    Donn Bichsel Jr.
    Director of Sales
    Revolution Brewing
    [email protected]
     
    #7 LoganSquare, Jan 22, 2013
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  8. vasinger

    vasinger Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2012 Illinois

    Just FYI I have been seeing a lot of you six packs with smeared and illegible born on dates in stores
     
    #8 vasinger, Jan 22, 2013
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