Huna 2014 B1 v. B2

Hopefully you don't mind me adding on to your question but how do you know which batch is which?

 

Batch 1 would have been the batch released on Hunahpu Day. Batch 2 (also called the "Hunahpu Day Make Batch") was breed after the Hunahpu Day fiasco and was offered to Hunahpu Day attendees that didn't get bottles (and the leftovers of this batch were sold to El Catador members)

As to the OP's question...I haven't done a side by side (or even tasted batch 2) but I have heard a number of people say batch 2 was heavier on the cinnamon. I know of one person that did a side by side and they said the difference was negligible and any difference could be equated to the difference in age in the two batches

 

B1 was heavy on vanilla. B2 was a cinnamon bomb. I personally preferred B1, but some people prefer 2 though.

 

As long as it hasn't been worn/rubbed off, both batches had bottled dates printed on the neck - easy peasy

 

FYI: bottling dates are etched, about at the junction of the barrel of the bottle and where it begins to taper.

 

What was the B1 date and the B2 date?

 

My bottle does not have a date etched in, but on the label is says that is was brewed for release on March 9th, so I assume it is a B1

 

The etching is hit or miss. Sometimes it doesn't gouge deep enough to appear. Take it into indirect light, and you may be able to see imperfect etching better. To clarify what CaptCleveland said, you are going to be looking about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch above the highest point on the label. Rotate the bottle all the way because there is not a specific horizontal location for the etching, but the vertical location is consistent. Both batches have March 9th on the label.

@WI-Beer-Man Mine are B1- 1/21/14 B2- 4/17/14, but there is about a 3-7 day bolting process for both.

 

I have batch 1, and I've drank batch 2. Both are very good, and yes the dates for batch 2 are printed on the neck. Batch 1 may also be printed on the neck but I have not really looked at the bottles I opened.

 

Not sure if this is the case for all of batch 2, but my batch 2 bottles had the same label as the batch 1 bottles...saying that it was brewed for release on March 9th.

I think they used the same/leftover labels for batch 2

 

all bottles of 14 huna are etched... you just have to look really hard in the taper area of the neck. all bottles have the same label.

drank a B2 sat night and it was amazing. i lub me some huna.

 

CCB...amazing at making beer, mediocre at bottle/can dates.

Trying to read the dates on the bottom of cans of jai alai is impossible half the time

 

haha... agreed. but i've been able to find dates on the 36+ bottles of 14 huna that i've had at my house (trustee, etc...) one time or another. you just really have to look.

 

In that case, ISO B2

 

I spent the better part of 15 minutes under various light sources attempting to find a date stamp on my Batch 1 bottle. On the batch 2, it is clear as day. Using the date location of the batch 2, I've looked from 1 inch lower and 2 inches higher - all the way around the bottle with no luck. Not that it matters at this point.

I just go with - if it has a stamp, go by that, if not, assume it's batch 1. I have not cracked open the batch 2 I got but did just drink a '12, '13 and '14 batch1 and that was a interesting.

 

B2 needed some time? I thought B2 was fairly fresh at this point?

 

Thanks for the info. so Batch 2 is drinking well now? I have just traded for one and having never had it before I am wanting to make sure I drink it before it fades. I am right in thinking this beer is a 'best consumed fresh' type of bottle right?

 

Drink it fresh. I had a 13 the other day and it was a big chocolate bomb but lacking the crazy complexness of fresh huna. There was actually 3 batches. What is considered b2, the make up batch, is actually b3. The bottles released at huna day have 2 different dates. One of those batches had more vanilla but I forget which. Each batch is very slightly different but cant go wrong with any.