Help with FBS bottling date

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  1. dogin26

    dogin26 Devotee (378) Jan 10, 2014 Australia

    So i was searching for some help on the time period between when they bottle FBS to the Best By they print on the bottle.
    I found some FBS with a best by of 26/08/14. Any idea on when this would have been bottled so i can figure out a rough aged.
    Cheers
     
    #1 dogin26, Oct 9, 2014
  2. dmwcpa

    dmwcpa Crusader (442) Apr 24, 2008 North Carolina

    The Founders Breakfast Stout that I have has a bottled on date of 09//10/14.
     
    #2 dmwcpa, Oct 9, 2014
  3. TboneRN

    TboneRN Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2014 Minnesota

    Mine says 9/11/2014
     
    #3 TboneRN, Oct 9, 2014
  4. irishpride

    irishpride Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2009 New York

    Are you sure that's not a born on date. Last I knew founders uses born on and not best by. IMO KBS can be aged for awhile I'm gonna at least save one of my four for 5+ years.
     
    #4 irishpride, Oct 9, 2014
  5. fredmugs

    fredmugs Initiate (0) Aug 11, 2012 Indiana

    Pic from last clearly shows "bottled on"

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    #5 fredmugs, Oct 9, 2014
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  6. irishpride

    irishpride Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2009 New York

    yeah that's what I thought, mine don't have a date on them
     
    #6 irishpride, Oct 9, 2014
  7. meb3476

    meb3476 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2013 Massachusetts

    I drank a bottle from last year last night and it was delicious! You'll be ok...
     
    #7 meb3476, Oct 9, 2014
  8. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    OP is from Australia, so perhaps founders dates the bottles with a best by, instead of a bottled on?
    Not sure the time frame, but possible that the FBS was bottled last year?
     
    #8 markdrinksbeer, Oct 9, 2014
  9. irishpride

    irishpride Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2009 New York

    Yes that may be true but it still seems weird they would have a Best by date on a beer you can age.
     
    #9 irishpride, Oct 9, 2014
  10. WesMantooth

    WesMantooth Grand Pooh-Bah (4,844) Jan 8, 2014 Ohio
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    They do "bottled on" dates. They apparently do dating European\military style for overseas. Yours was bottled on the 26th day of August of 2014. This would be in line with normal time frame. My last bottle from 2013 was bottled Aug 22. The ones I have picked up so far this year, the first week of Sept. They hold up/age very well.
     
    #10 WesMantooth, Oct 9, 2014
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  11. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    perhaps a picture of this bottle can put an end to the assumptions most of us are making here?
     
    #11 markdrinksbeer, Oct 9, 2014
  12. dogin26

    dogin26 Devotee (378) Jan 10, 2014 Australia

    #12 dogin26, Oct 10, 2014
  13. dogin26

    dogin26 Devotee (378) Jan 10, 2014 Australia

    Yeah you will find all their stuff has a best by date. I was drinking a can of centennial last night and it had a best before printed on the bottom of some time in May. Maybe a law in Australia where you have to have best by/before. Also we always have the euro dating. DD/MM/YY unless it's a grey import
     
    #13 dogin26, Oct 10, 2014
  14. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    Yeah, I see that now. Not sure why I didn't see that before posting.... Probably trying to do too many thing at once. :-)
     
    #14 drtth, Oct 10, 2014
  15. GeorgiaBeerGuy

    GeorgiaBeerGuy Initiate (0) May 31, 2013 Georgia

    #15 GeorgiaBeerGuy, Oct 10, 2014
  16. dogin26

    dogin26 Devotee (378) Jan 10, 2014 Australia

    #16 dogin26, Oct 10, 2014
  17. BugattiRoo

    BugattiRoo Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Australia

    It's a best by date. The FBS in Australia right now is from last years batch.
     
    #17 BugattiRoo, Oct 10, 2014
  18. dogin26

    dogin26 Devotee (378) Jan 10, 2014 Australia

    cheerssssssss
     
    #18 dogin26, Oct 10, 2014
  19. WesMantooth

    WesMantooth Grand Pooh-Bah (4,844) Jan 8, 2014 Ohio
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Never seen that before. Interesting.
     
    #19 WesMantooth, Oct 10, 2014
  20. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Already has a year of age on it too, pretty nice and the coffee doesn't fade.
     
    #20 nc41, Oct 10, 2014
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