Lagunitas Julian Date Games

Lagunitas dated their Born Yesterday in 2017 as 'Borned MM/DD/YY' as well. So consider it a one-off date code for their Born Yesterday beer.

 

1) It's Born Yesterday, not Born Again Yesterday (different beer, wasn't released today)
2) I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I first noticed the MM/DD/YY format on the 2015 BY release. They only do it for BY, or at least that's the only one I've seen it on.

 

Oh ya, ain't nothing changed. Keep the gripes coming, they're all still valid!

 

No, you're going to be one month off (not really "close enough" as far as beer freshness goes).

Today, Oct. 9 - 282 DOY ÷ 30 = 9.4

 

Sorry to burst the bubble on your lacing.
You missed the actual born on date on the stamp. The 2989 number you are referencing after 8 2 is the batch number. The batch number is the number after the brewing facility. Which in this case is 2, which indicates that it was brewed and bottled up in Chicago.
While we are in the 2018, The brewed on date will remain in front of the born on date. Which for yours would've been 187 8 2. The final number after 2989 would be the time all this occurred.
So, your reading comprehension skills gave us fake news.

 

I'm old school and just use my fingers.

 

I thought this was a thread about drinking games pertaining to Lagunitas Julian code. Like try to guess the actual date without a Julian calendar. Take a drink for each day you were off.

 

I'm not a dating freak, but the one thing that does bug me is when a brewery uses "military" dating. Day/Month/Year as opposed to the more common Month/Day/ Year. 8/10/18 vs 10/8/18.

 

Ask Europe and the rest of the world which is more common.

 

Well... actually it's not just military, it's also world wide. The US is pretty much alone in using M/D/Y.

 

But, these are American companies, selling to primary American consumers. We still use feet and miles, pints and gallons, as well.

 

Do you remember where the phrase "mind your Ps & Qs" comes from and what it means?
Off the wall, I know but I have to ask.

 

Well, the story I've heard most is that it comes from olde English pubs; they would keep track of your Pints and Quarts, until it was time to pay.

Still, I much prefer M/D/Y over the opposite.

 

It's a very competative business, it doesn't take much to make it easier on your customers. A simple date is really all that's needed, they're nothing to figure or cypher all you need to know is how to read.

 

I gave up trying to decipher the date on these beers a few years ago. I have purchased better than 90% of the beer I drink from breweries where I know I don't have to worry about freshness. I feel the breweries that don't make their date clear to the consumer do that for a reason. They know, for a multitude of reasons the beer will not sell by that date. I know I'm missing out on some pretty good stuff, but I no longer worry about buying old beer.

 

Not 'military', international.
Not more common, just stubbornness on the part of one country.
And actually, this precise issue is one of the main reasons for using Julian date codes.

So they should adopt a colloquial, regional, or even dumbed-down method for identifying their products so Walmart shoppers can understand it?

If you had just said this to start with, we could have told you then that your preference doesn't matter.
Also, not opposite--different.

 

Sure, kickball fan, sure.

The point that any business, in any country, should not serve their local/regional consumers first, shouldn't be a discussion. Even if we happen to be the odd one out, an American business should serve American interests first.

Shrug. I'm no nationalist, isolationist, wuteverist. The fact remains that this is an American based site, we talk about pints, 22s, gallons, barrels (which are gallon based), and other measures. If a business chooses to use a different standard, well, responses will vary.

 

The fact that this is still enough of an issue should be enough of a message to breweries there are small things that they can do to make buying easier. There's enough guys on this site that say no date no buy on hoppy beers. So I like it simple: Canned on 10 Oct 18. Simple enough anyone in the world would immediately get it. I agree they're American breweries serving primarily an american customer base. I don't care what they do in France, I find it mind numbing to have to try and remember how Weistephaner codes their bottles. Some are 9 month best by dates, some are a year. Easily solved though.