Difference between label on IST 2010 and 2011?

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by xanok, Jul 7, 2012.

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  1. xanok

    xanok Savant (1,085) Aug 13, 2009 Connecticut

    Was just unpacking my beer after a move, and realize I mixed up my vintages of IST(Imperial Stout Trooper). I had them specifically marked on the box, but there was a straggler separate from all the others.
    Does anyone know if there's a way to differentiate between the labels of 2010 and 2011?
    Thanks.
     
    #1 xanok, Jul 7, 2012
  2. WeaponTheyFear

    WeaponTheyFear Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Connecticut

    Check the date on the label?
     
    #2 WeaponTheyFear, Jul 7, 2012
  3. dennho

    dennho Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2006 New York

    There is no date on the labels and I'm pretty sure they used the same labels for 2010 & 2011. I put post it notes on mine so I could tell the difference. You wanna stop by and compare? We'll probably end up drinking them!
     
    #3 dennho, Jul 7, 2012
  4. naloxone

    naloxone Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2010 Connecticut


    There were two labelings done as they didn't have any of the newer dated labels initially, so there are 2011's out there with both undated, leftover-from-10 labels and newer dated labels. The presence of the date is the only difference in the label.

    There was also a second batch of "2011" that was actually brewed in 2012 which went to MA. Those would all have dated labels.
     
    #4 naloxone, Jul 7, 2012
  5. WeaponTheyFear

    WeaponTheyFear Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2008 Connecticut

    I don't have a bottle in front of me, so maybe I am wrong, but typically all of their special releases have a year on the label near the signiture of Rob and/or Matt.
     
    #5 WeaponTheyFear, Jul 7, 2012
  6. xanok

    xanok Savant (1,085) Aug 13, 2009 Connecticut

    Thanks. Gonna take a look now.

    Ya, I do something similar. Too bad I wasn't careful.
     
    #6 xanok, Jul 10, 2012
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