On a post up above, I mentioned it's likely the letter which corresponds to the year (e.g, C - 2011, ..., J - 2018, K - 2019, etc). That they mentioned the value containing an 'M' represents a 2021 packaged date seems to confirm this year representation in their date code.
HB uses a letter for the year in their date code that follows the position of the letter in the alphabet (all beer bottled in 2022 will have a V), so I'm not sure where an M would fall, but not 2021.
The following letters will correspond to the following years. C 2011 e.g., 257C1056 D 2012 E 2013 F 2014 G 2015 H 2016 I 2017 J 2018 K 2019 L 2020 M 2021 e.g, 088M1252 N 2022 The packaged date code format is likely -> DDDYHHMM. DDD - day of year Y - Year (as represented by a letter of the alphabet in the above table) HHMM - Time of day most likely
Thanks! It's been too long since I looked through the whole thread. So, based on the two date confirmations from Weltenberger, I think it's another code that's been cracked.
Yeah, I got what you were saying, but why? C is not the 11th letter in the alphabet, so... why? HB uses letters that correspond to their order in the alphabet (V = 22), so that makes sense.
C'mon man, you want these date codes to make sense? No idea though. The first letter of the alphabet, A, would be 2009 in their pattern. Maybe this was the first year they started this date code pattern so 'A' it was? They did not have the advanced analytical minds which HB had when HB came up with their code.
Please come up with a collaborative brewed, packaged, or canned-on date format that will work across the globe. I suggest MM/DD/YYYY. This could end the discussion on date labeling.
I have a 6 pack (Bottles) of Arcobrau Coronator in one of the fridges. Production date: 21291 October 18, 2021 ?????
Thanks to your great review of Żywiec Porter, I finally got a few bottles, and it is indeed excellent. I'm curious what you mean by a six-pack, mine are 500ml single bottles. Besides curiosity, I'm not worried about the date since the style permits it to be quite old before getting bad. In fact, I recently had Dovetail Baltic Porter brewed in early January 2021, and it is still fantastic. That said, I also got another Polish beer that shares the same dating system as Żywiec. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to decrypt these codes. My best bet is that the last 4 digits after the latter B are best-by date, but the first part doesn't look promising. In case anyone is able to crack these codes, they look like this: L1250616B0331 L1163616B0103 Cheers!
They were 330 ml bottles in the six-pack format; see photo below: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-weekend-79.664657/#post-7440713 Na Zdrowie!
Thanks, it's hard to tell from the picture how big is the bottle, but it looks different than the ones I got. Looks like both are distributed.
I'll teach you a 'trick'. If you click on the photo it will enlarge and then you can read "330 ml" on the beer label. Na Zdrowie!
That's way in the US , but for many (most?) it's DD|MM|YYYY. I'll take any of it, if it's clear, & I can find it.
I would say, "Don't we all?" But Spaten is still one of my favorite brewers -- even since they've been enveloped by the AB-InBev quagmire.
Anyone know what the deal is with Einbecker? I am drinking a Mai-Ur-Bock with a production code of: L4012017 G 15:04
