KBS Label Changes Year on Year

Good luck on this one, I'd be interested in seeing these differences to as I start chasing older vintages to build a vertical tasting... I've got 5 bottles of the 2014 and see no reason I can't save one for this purpose.

 

I recently received a '11 and a '12 in a trade, and I have no idea which is which. Hopefully someone will step up here.

 

Extensive research on one of my favorites. I have one 2013 and several 2014's. I'll have to look a bit more closely...

 

Dude without pics this thread is worthless.

 

I have 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 in my cellar. 2014 is the only one I have access to. The other bottles are in my parents basement, as we are doing work on our basement and I had to relocate my cellar temporarily.

I'll be at their house over the weekend, so I'll take pics of each year and post when I can.

I know from 2010-2012, the front said "A Stout Ale:". Last year they changed it to "A Flavored Stout".


From left to right: 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013

**I've also bought a silver metallic sharpie. I use this to put the year on certain bottles (like KBS, where it may or may not have the date printed) to keep track of the vintage. The good thing about writing on the bottle is if you (or someone else) wants to collect the bottle, rubbing alcohol will clean the marker right off. Can't do that writing on the label.

 

I have bottles back to 2011 and still can read the bottling date so I guess I've lucked out.

 

Yes! This is what I started doing the second I decided to cellar vintage beers. I write it on the bottom.

 

Best solution. Silver sharpie!

or thos circle stickers u use for garage sales, gut like 500 for a dollar or 2. write the vitnage and stick it on.

 

on the bottom of the actual bottle (not the label the glass) you can see the year (not sure about 2014) but the previous vintages had it.

 

Sorry I know it's been mentioned in a past thread, too many to find it. My helpful 2 year old granddaughters helped in pops beer closet and moved all my beers around. No big deal except I have 12/13/14 KBS mixed around and I can't tell which is which. Codes or dates I missed? Sorry for the duplication.

[Moderator: merged with existing thread on same subject...]

 

There should be a date on the bottles. I have two production dates on two different bottles from March 2014 - one is printed in yellow, the other is printed in black (WTF?). It's there but you have to get the glare of a light in order to read it. Otherwise it doesn't look like a date even exists.

 

Some don't have dates on them that I've noticed. I could only buy singles with a 2 bottle limit at places I went. I got home and noticed that one bottle was missing the yellow stamped date while the other from the same store had it. Could I possibly have rubbed it off since they were in a cooloer at the store but were stored in my car for the whole trip? Maybe a little sweat and my hand rubbed it off when I picked it up perhaps...

 

It seems like they only put the date on one of the bottles per 4-pk. Had the same issue as OP.

 

In the 2014 version, I think the year is permanent markered directly under the ABV around the neck of the bottle which wasn't on the 2013 version.

 

yeah. I read that about almost every yearly release of any beer. I still sipped mine and loved it and have another to sip on sometime by a fire. reading my review of 2013 and comparing 2014 it was definitely different. but not any less delicious.

 

When I get back home I'll throw up a pic of the '09 that I have a case of, it def has a different label than most the years after it.

 

On some of my bottles the 11.2 is different in size. I figured out my 2012 bottles no clue the 13 from the 14. I have bottles that say flavored stout but the Abv are different sizes.

Founders date your damn bottles or labels.