I understand that Lagunitas supposedly uses Julian Calendar dating however, for the hundreds and hundreds of 12 oz bottles I've bought, I've yet to see ONE. I live in NE Ohio reference. Any thoughts/advice/contradictions would be appreciated. As an aside, I just picked up a sixer of Citrusinensis and see it's a 7.5% PALE ALE. Also picked up a 6.3% IPA. Something isn't computing...
Several threads on this, hold the bottle up to a white backdrop and the date is printed on the neck with black ink. As for the pale/ipa distinction, that shit is all over the place, don't even trust that anymore. It is a hoppy beer with x ibu
Just had a Waldos and Citrusinensis this past weekend and was able to find the dates. It's not easy, but it can be done.
There are at least 10 threads dedicated exclusively to this thing that Lagunitas does that still seems to blow the average consumers mind. The date code for Lagunitas is STILL located directly on the fill line. They haven't moved it, and the only time it won't be Julian dated is with Born Yesterday. The last brewery to trust for calling a beer what it actually is stylistically, Is going to be Lagunitas.
Funny thing is, they actually date their european exports with a standard european best by date, none of that julian dating crap there.
