Help with Anderson valley best before date

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Lodisgrisen, Feb 10, 2015.

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  1. Lodisgrisen

    Lodisgrisen Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2014 Finland

    Hello! I just bought a six pack of Anderson valley Heelch O'Hops DIPA. The problem is that i can't find a best before date. The only thing i can find printed on the bottom of the bottle bottle is 141995142. Do anyone know what that means?
     
    #1 Lodisgrisen, Feb 10, 2015
  2. Southerndiscomfort

    Southerndiscomfort Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 North Carolina

    14 is the year and I assume 199 is the bottle on date in the Julian calendar.
     
    #2 Southerndiscomfort, Feb 10, 2015
  3. Southerndiscomfort

    Southerndiscomfort Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 North Carolina

    Personally I don't even fuck with em cause of their half ass can dates which is half off the can or spaced out and that's causing not legible reading in my experience. Their machine shoots crooked.
     
    #3 Southerndiscomfort, Feb 10, 2015
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  4. Lodisgrisen

    Lodisgrisen Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2014 Finland

    Thank you for your reply. So you mean it was bottled on the 199th day of 2014?
     
    #4 Lodisgrisen, Feb 10, 2015
  5. Lodisgrisen

    Lodisgrisen Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2014 Finland

    Well this was pretty easy to spot but why not just put a best before date that people understand.
     
    #5 Lodisgrisen, Feb 10, 2015
  6. Southerndiscomfort

    Southerndiscomfort Initiate (0) Dec 3, 2014 North Carolina

    I assume that's correct. I've only ever got cans of theirs and its Julian as well but its never easily legible.
     
    #6 Southerndiscomfort, Feb 10, 2015
  7. Lodisgrisen

    Lodisgrisen Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2014 Finland

    Ok. Thank you!
     
    #7 Lodisgrisen, Feb 10, 2015
  8. JLaw55

    JLaw55 Pooh-Bah (2,417) Jul 10, 2014 Missouri
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    Anytime! Always happy to help a fellow BA!
     
    #8 JLaw55, Feb 10, 2015
  9. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    #9 jmdrpi, Feb 10, 2015
  10. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    They don't print the date on bottom. That is some other code that I think every beer bottle has. It's on the neck.
     
    #10 GetMeAnIPA, Feb 10, 2015
  11. Lodisgrisen

    Lodisgrisen Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2014 Finland

    Ok but i can't find anything printed on the neck.
     
    #11 Lodisgrisen, Feb 10, 2015
  12. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Yeah, the long series of numbers printed near the base of the bottle is typically the glass bottle manufacturer's code. The letters, numbers and other symbols (like the mfg'rs logo) embossed around the base usually includes a two-digit "year" of manufacture, as well.
     
    #12 jesskidden, Feb 10, 2015
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