Kernel & Partizan IPAs - Freshness

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  1. Graeme24

    Graeme24 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2008 Ireland

    Hi folks,

    Wondering if anybody can chime in with some knowledge here. I will be travelling to the UK to visit my sister in a week or so and thought I would take the opportunity to order some beers from alesbymail.co.uk

    Looking at order some IPA's from Kernel and Partizan. Derek from ABM has kindly advised me of the BB dates on the beers in question. While all in date, I'm wondering does anybody know what the time frames are from bottled on date to BB date?

    Cheers!
    Graeme
     
    #1 Graeme24, Feb 26, 2014
  2. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    3 months life for IPAs
    6 months for Pale Ales

    i.e. IPA bottled on 1st March has a BBD of 1st June
    Pale Ale bottled on 1st March has a BBD of 1st September

    Older ones won't be bad but I got to have a very fresh one once and it was amazing.
     
    #2 CwrwAmByth, Feb 26, 2014
  3. deeblo

    deeblo Crusader (413) Dec 17, 2011 Antarctica
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    I'm pretty sure both Kernel and Partizan include the bottled on date as well as the best by date on all of their bottles, so ABM should be able to provide the bottled on date.
     
    #3 deeblo, Feb 26, 2014
  4. Graeme24

    Graeme24 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2008 Ireland

    Cheers mate. Does that apply to both Kernel and Partizan?

    I guess that would make them around 3.5 months old which is still decent. Have had them quite fresh before and yeah they are amazing! Was going to mix it up anyway and get some stouts also.

    Have you tried anything from Anarchy? Was also looking at Tiny Rebel
     
    #4 Graeme24, Feb 26, 2014
  5. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
    Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    :slight_smile: **eagerly awaiting CwrwAmByth 's musings on Tiny Rebel** :slight_smile:
     
    #5 EmperorBevis, Feb 26, 2014
  6. Ruds

    Ruds Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2008 England

    Kernel bottle dates for both pale and ipa spans 4 months.

    They list the bottle date then suggest drinking fresh within 4 months then list that date.

    eg, bottled 17/01/14, enjoy by 17/05/14.
     
    #6 Ruds, Feb 26, 2014
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  7. Graeme24

    Graeme24 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2008 Ireland

    Excellent thanks for this
     
    #7 Graeme24, Feb 26, 2014
  8. CwrwAmByth

    CwrwAmByth Grand Pooh-Bah (3,113) Jan 24, 2011 England
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    Must have been imaging it or thinking of another brewery then. Anyway, drink AFAP, you get the idea.

    I'd try Tiny Rebel's Urban IPA and Hadouken bottles definitely, maybe NP10 too. The other bottles are definitely lacking in character/body I find.
     
    #8 CwrwAmByth, Feb 27, 2014
  9. jazzyjeff13

    jazzyjeff13 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,865) Nov 6, 2010 England
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    Anarchy's brews started turning up near me recently and I've had a couple. Citra Star was nice. Worth a punt....
     
    #9 jazzyjeff13, Feb 27, 2014
  10. Padraig

    Padraig Zealot (526) Jan 14, 2013 New York
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    I drain poured a 4 month old SANS IPA a little while back. Personally I think anything after 3 months you notice a severe drop off.

    But I live 2 miles from the brewery so maybe I'm just overly picky. Most of the bottles I get are 3-5 weeks old. They usually release them about a fortnight after bottling.
     
    #10 Padraig, Feb 28, 2014
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