Did Green Flash STOP bottle dating?

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  1. jrnyc

    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    Saw a case of WCIPA today, case box said enjoy by 3/19/2014. Wow, seems like this beer could be very fresh so i looked at the bottles for the bottled on date, it was nowhere to be found. I know over last year or so Green Flash has been bottled dating different ways. It was near bottom of bottle in easily read yellow ink, then it moved to brown in on neck which is difficult to see. No it seems it is nowhere to be found.

    Also, wondering if enjoy by is March of next year, what is the number of months they are using. I am thinking it has to be at least 4 months, maybe 5.

    This constant shuffling of bottled dates by Green Flash, Ballast Point and Lagunitas is maddening and really a a clown show. I will just pass on these beers and buy from breweries that have a consistent, easy to read date.
     
    #1 jrnyc, Nov 8, 2013
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  2. APBT91

    APBT91 Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2013 North Carolina

    thats annoying! you could ask them, it would bother me too but whatever i get from those breweries is always pretty fresh at my bottle store. thats a lot of good beer i would personally miss.
     
    #2 APBT91, Nov 8, 2013
  3. SenorHops

    SenorHops Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2010 Rhode Island

    I can never find dates on them, so I don't buy them.
     
    #3 SenorHops, Nov 8, 2013
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  4. BrettHead

    BrettHead Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2010 Nebraska

    Yeah GF has changed their dating code location, color, and style at least 5 times now I am thinking. Last I saw there were no bottled on dates to be found (not cool), only "best by" dates. Seems they are dating WC IPA as best within 6 months. Yum! 5-month old IPA...
     
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  5. APBT91

    APBT91 Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2013 North Carolina

    according to a green flash news flash from last year (5/21/2012) green flash started putting bottle on dates on the side near the bottom.
     
    #5 APBT91, Nov 8, 2013
  6. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
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    I have to assume they would not put a "best by" date on their bottles if the beer was going to be anything other than perfect on that date and beyond. Why would they put the flavor of their product in jeopardy?
     
    #6 StoutSnob40, Nov 8, 2013
  7. DrewLikesBeer

    DrewLikesBeer Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2013 Florida

    GF doesn't always fly off the shelf down here so I've def passed on a few WC IPA's because of the can't find the date issue. Almost grabbed a Stone IPA last night until I saw clearly marked best by July...and so I was glad to avoid the older IPA and grabbed an Arrogant Bastard that was best by end of December. Makes a difference and I usually stick to the same brand when I catch that stuff.
     
    #7 DrewLikesBeer, Nov 8, 2013
  8. JMagee

    JMagee Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2013 New York

    I'm confused. You saw two year old Rayon Vert and passed? I would have bought that up in a second. (serious). I had one of from 2011 a few weeks ago and it was a completely dry and funky mess. I loved every second of it. Reminded me more of Orval than it did when it was fresh.
     
    #8 JMagee, Nov 8, 2013
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  9. TequilaSauer

    TequilaSauer Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2006 Florida

    Some are and some aren't. I could swear the Green Bullet I bought had an "Enjoy By" date on it. But it used to be just a date with no Enjoy By verbiage.

    But yes, the most recent ones I've had were not dated. Honestly, those are pretty fresh though. The ones at Total down here in SoFla were some friggin December of 2012, it was criminal they were selling the damn things still. But they're gone now and these new ones are good, what you normally expect from this Top 5 Single IPA.
     
    #9 TequilaSauer, Nov 8, 2013
  10. 1up

    1up Initiate (0) Mar 5, 2013 District of Columbia

    I don't buy Green Flash because of no bottle dates
     
    #10 1up, Nov 8, 2013
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  11. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
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    Wow.. Stone saw you guys comin' a mile away..
     
    #11 StoutSnob40, Nov 8, 2013
  12. bpasquini

    bpasquini Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2013 California

    March of next year is correct and your logic proves this beer to be super fresh...
    Simple question to ask an employee working there, "when did you get the WCIPA?"
    You would have left with some WCIPA...
     
    #12 bpasquini, Nov 8, 2013
  13. TheFlern

    TheFlern Initiate (0) May 9, 2009 Idaho

    Yup, picked up a six pack of their stuff once and noticed it didn't have a bottle date. The beer must have been a year or two old. Tasted like puke. I emailed the brewery and didn't get a response. I'll never buy their stuff again.
     
    #13 TheFlern, Nov 8, 2013
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  14. LambicPentameter

    LambicPentameter Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Nebraska

    :astonished: Would you pass over an Orval from March 2012? Or a Rochefort 10?

    Finding a March 2012 Rayon Vert would just save me the storage space, since I'm in the process of aging two bottles of the stuff right now.
     
    #14 LambicPentameter, Nov 8, 2013
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  15. od_sf

    od_sf Initiate (0) Nov 2, 2010 California

    Please tell me you passed because you can get older bottles elsewhere.
     
    #15 od_sf, Nov 8, 2013
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  16. proseberry

    proseberry Initiate (0) May 2, 2008 Illinois

    My recently purchased Green Bullet, 2 different batches, had Yellow "Enjoy By" dates on the neck. I won't purchase GF without seeing a date; makes me wonder if it was rubbed off somehow,
     
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  17. jrnyc

    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    In the last year or two , from what I remember on WCIPA they have progressed this way:

    1) No dates at all on bottles
    2) Yellow dates below label on bottle
    3) Brown hard to read dates on neck
    4) No dates at all now
     
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  18. smutty33

    smutty33 Pooh-Bah (2,172) Jun 12, 2009 Connecticut
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    GF is has a bottle date on the glass right under the cap.Hard to see,but its there.

    Cheers All.....
     
    #18 smutty33, Nov 8, 2013
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  19. BrettHead

    BrettHead Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2010 Nebraska

    There were at least a couple others. For instance the had yellow on the necks at one point.
     
    #19 BrettHead, Nov 8, 2013
  20. jrnyc

    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
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    Last batch I looked at had it. I looked at the bottle in this latest batch for 5 minutes at every possible angle and it wasn't there. This store actually had older WCIPA that I could see it on, new batch, not there.
     
    #20 jrnyc, Nov 8, 2013
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