Poperings Hommel (Van Eecke) - Date Code Help

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by cookiequiz, Dec 11, 2013.

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  1. cookiequiz

    cookiequiz Savant (1,119) Apr 15, 2013 California

    Can anyone interpret this? At the bottom of the front label is

    | A | B | C | D | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |

    with bolded letter/numbers indicating a notch on the label.

    Another bottle has

    | A | B | C | D | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |

    (no letter notched). Anyone know the code (or see the pattern)?
     
    #1 cookiequiz, Dec 11, 2013
  2. GenericForumName

    GenericForumName Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Pennsylvania

    sometimes these things are a pain.

    Your guess makes sense, but I think els might be the right one.

    like a-e would be weeks 1-5 of the month, 1-12 would be the month, and 11-14 would be the year.

    Mostly because it resets after 12 and goes 11-14. Missing a week on the second one could be a bottling error?
     
    #2 GenericForumName, Dec 11, 2013
  3. cookiequiz

    cookiequiz Savant (1,119) Apr 15, 2013 California

    PITA definitely.

    Funny, I didn't notice the 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 segment even after having typed it up. Yeah, it doesn't seem consistent with my guess then, then.

    I like the week/month/year scheme, but actually I have multiple bottles with the second code, so it might be a very consistent labelling error or it might not be an error.
     
    #3 cookiequiz, Dec 11, 2013
  4. elgiacomo

    elgiacomo Initiate (0) Jun 28, 2007 Georgia

    It's likely that on the Best By Feb 2014 batch that the week just didn't get notched correctly...happens from time to time. Luckily it is the least important part of the date.
     
    #4 elgiacomo, Dec 11, 2013
  5. Longstaff

    Longstaff Initiate (0) May 23, 2002 Massachusetts

    Now the question is - if its a best by date, how far out are they dating them? A year?

    One of my favorite beglian made beers - funny how the price of the small bottles are nearly the same as they were 10 years ago - aorund $4.
     
    #5 Longstaff, Dec 11, 2013
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