I never heard back when I emailed, thanks for sharing the info. I think you may be right @Jaycase the marzen last year (I know its year round) that showed up on shelves was L so that would fit with the year 2020. It was in the 100sL####, I only remember cause I looked at it every time I went in to try and figure it out.
I reached out to them through Facebook. I’m pretty bummed I bought a case of 2 1/2 year old beer. They told me there asam bock holds up for a long time the one I drank last night was still tasty. They also told me they would be mailing me a souvenir.
2 1/2 y is quite old but I can confirm that this beer holds up very well. This is one of my fav bocks, did you get the 6.9% or 7.3% version? I'm quite sure it's the 6.9% version when it was bottled in 2019. Prost!
Nice score! No matter what they might say how well their beer may hold up, I'm sure they don't like hearing beer that old is being sold in their name. Keep us on the swag alert!
[/QUOTE] On the back bottom label of my two Uerige (Sticke and DoppelSticke), I have the following code: L11821 Do I take this to mean the 118th day of 2021, the 182nd day of 2021, or something different? It's not consistent with the date code quoted in the OG thread post above. Thanks
On the back bottom label of my two Uerige (Sticke and DoppelSticke), I have the following code: L11821 Do I take this to mean the 118th day of 2021, the 182nd day of 2021, or something different? It's not consistent with the date code quoted in the OG thread post above. Thanks[/QUOTE] That's what I would go with, rightness be damned.
Looking at a couple of reviews like here and here, it looks to be LDDDYY format so 28 April 2021 it seems.
Yes, thank you. It makes sense and was my first instinct and I used it for my beer haul picture. They are the two on the right, the back date stamp and label are the same for both the Sticke and DoppelSticke. I bought them for the tasting at the Beer Temple, so I figured it wasn’t too big of a gamble for two bottles which were likely 6 1/2 months old based on my initial assumption. It’s impossible for American retailers to adhere to a two month best by scenario for these offerings, as @Snowcrash000 noted as the local Düsseldorf best by date standard in the Brown Ale tasting thread. I’ve only had the chance a few times to drink really fresh kegs flown in on special occasions from Europe at the Beer Temple and Laschet’s Inn. They were great experiences. I posed the question here, since these bottle codes were different than the OG post under Uerige, and to confirm my initial assumption. Perhaps @FBarber or another moderator can add this new date code to the opening post to reflect the new bottle labeling. LDDDYY (L Ignore DDD Julian Dates, YY last two year digits).
https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...les-november-12-14.662609/page-3#post-7386485 @ChicagoJ Take a look at Beergoot's post here -- that's the old Uerige label.
Thought I would pass this along. Last year I wrote Weltenburger asking if their Lot code 088M1252 was a bottled on date. Directly from their response: "The production code identifies the bottle as filed on 29th of March 2021."
I googled the 88th day of 2021 (from the '088' part of the code) and that is indeed the 29th of March. I wonder what part of the code is the year--the 'M' or the '1' immediately following the 'M'
I wondered the same thing. Isn't it just great 'fun' to try and crack these codes!?! On a non-German related note I purchased a six-pack of a Baltic Porter brewed in Poland (Zywiec) which and the bottles have a code similar to the above (i.e., a 13 digit/letter string) and I sent an e-mail to the US importer asking for help: when was the beer bottled, how does their code 'work'. They never responded to my request for information. While I have enjoyed drinking these beers (I have two left from the six-pack) this will not be a repeat purchase for me since the beer industry in this instance in not helpful. Plenty of other beer choices out there with easy to understand dates. Cheers!
Well, I have an 'answer' to why they choose to be secretive: there are lots of 'old' imported beers on beer retailers' shelves and they want you not to specifically know how old they are so you (and me) will buy them. They 'got me' with this recent purchase of Zywiec beer but they will no longer get my money in the future. We can collectively refuse to purchase beers with codes and then the importers/breweries will be compelled to use easy to understand packaging dates. Cheers!
A beer brand which changed their dating system over recent years was Jever. They used to just list a best by date which many people assumed was 12 months (too long IMO). At some point it was 'discovered' that the best by duration was really 15 months (waaaay too long!!). A couple/few years ago they changed to providing both a packaged on date and best by date. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a four-pack of Jever cans and on the bottom of the can is listed: "P: 27 10 2021 E: 27 01 2023" So, packed on October 27, 2021 with an enjoy by date of January 27 2023 (which is a ludicrous date). So these cans are about 5 months old and there is some noticeable staling in these beers but I still enjoy drinking them. I appreciate that Jever/Raven Imports decided to change things to include a packaging date (which is understandable). Cheers!
