So...I came home with a 4-pack of Plead the 5th yesterday and when i got home i took it out of the case to put it in the fridge and 3 of the 4 bottles had no labels at all. I am sure there is nothing to worry about (i hope) but found it very strange. They are capped with Dark Horse caps, just no labels. I was looking to notify the brewery but can't find an email anywhere and i not sure what good that would do anyway? Anyone else come across unlabeled bottles from fairly high profile craft breweries? What did you do?
Hopefully they lost a few of those bottles into the regular mix and i got them. a guy can dream right?!
Actually, my very first 4pk of BCBS had one bottle that the label was tore off and there was just a little bit of glue scum left where the label was. I drank the bottle, then brought it back and asked for my money back. ****Nooooooot really... Drank it, and it was delicious! Amazing that these bottles can get past everyone and into your hands though. If I were you I probably would be too lazy to do anything about it and just drink them up. Would be kinda exciting to see what you're gonna get in each bottle! My guess is Plead the 5th in each one. Enjoy!
Is it a marketing thing? Plead the fifth means you refuse the right to answer a question bc you may implicate yourself in a crime, maybe the lack of labels is their way of "pleading the fifth"
I just got the new Prairie Potlatch, and they have a paper wrapping with no label on the bottle at all. Kind of a cool marketing flourish!
Aren't there actual laws regarding this? If Packaged beers are allowed to be sold as singles, Every bottle must have a permanently affixed label?
I think we are giving Dark Horse too much credit in attributing this to a stroke of brilliant marketing. Dark Horse makes some really great beer, but they certainly have a track record of overlooking some minor details. I've had several bottles from them (other than Plead the Fifth) that were unlabeled and several others with a label that was barely glued down. The liquid inside the bottle will be great though, and that is what ultimately matters for most.
Yes, I had bottles of last year's Plead the 5th that were missing labels as well. And (no hate, I love Dark Horse) if you've ever been to the brewery, you'd wonder how beer is actually brewed in conditions that resemble a small landfill. Getting labels on? That's just a bonus.
