Great Lakes Christmas Ale Bottle Date Error?

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  1. siege06nd

    siege06nd Pooh-Bah (2,027) Dec 29, 2009 Virginia
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    Enjoying a Christmas Ale I picked up last month and noticed it has a best by date of 12/14. This can't be right, can it? The GLBC site lists the shelf life as 120 days. This date implies freshness for about a month. Anyone else see this or can confirm if this is accurate?
     
    #1 siege06nd, Dec 10, 2012
  2. Sneers

    Sneers Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2009 Pennsylvania

    That'd mean the beer was bottled mid-August, which, given how early seasonal beers seem to be getting released, seems totally possible.
     
    #2 Sneers, Dec 10, 2012
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    BB1313 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,290) Jul 16, 2009 Ohio
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    Sounds like an error.. even Blackout Stout doesn't have a best before date that far away.. unless this year they're giving Christmas Ale a new shelf life or something which wouldn't make sense..
     
    #3 BB1313, Dec 10, 2012
  4. siege06nd

    siege06nd Pooh-Bah (2,027) Dec 29, 2009 Virginia
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    Sorry, meant 12/14/2012, not 12/2014.
     
    #4 siege06nd, Dec 10, 2012
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