Pyramid Snow Cap Date Stamp

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Tilda, Oct 18, 2016.

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  1. Tilda

    Tilda Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2016 Washington

    J216 71 10:21:21
    This is what is printed on the bottle. Please help me decipher the date. Thanks!
     
  2. Tdizzle

    Tdizzle Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2006 California

    Is this a fresh bottle, or from last year?
     
  3. Tilda

    Tilda Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2016 Washington

    It's on a bottle I saw in the store yesterday.
     
  4. MistaRyte

    MistaRyte Pooh-Bah (2,681) Jan 14, 2008 Virginia
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    J216 might be Jan 2 2016... could me a letter code for the month, then day, then 2 digit year
     
  5. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Is there possibly a best by or enjoy by date on the bottle or label as well?
     
  6. Tilda

    Tilda Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2016 Washington

    Nope, nothing else printed on the bottle or label. I looked top to bottom. It's a Snow Cap seasonal...(mistaryte) really hope they're not selling beer made at the start of the year and still on the shelf for sale in October 2016!
     
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  7. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Seeing it's a seasonal available from Oct thru January, my (wild-ass) guess is J216 is September 21st 2016. I'm thinking that the first letter corresponds to month (A = January, B = February, etc). Yes, J is the tenth letter & not the ninth letter in the sequence. However, I believe some who use this type of date coding do skip the letter I in the sequence to avoid confusion with the number 1. So in this instance J would be September. I think it's a reasonable guess anyway. :wink:
     
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  8. Tilda

    Tilda Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2016 Washington

    Thanks for the help, Sherlock jaycase.
     
  9. Tilda

    Tilda Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2016 Washington

    I just received a response from Pyramid about their dating code and Jaycase you are indeed correct!
     
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  10. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Nice, I get a gold star today then haha :wink:. Thanks for confirming and sharing here. Cheers.
     
  11. rronin

    rronin Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2005 Washington

    Devilishly clever deduction, most impressive! I nominate you for Go-To-Guy of the year!
     
  12. sosbombs

    sosbombs Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2016 Vermont

    why not print in so people can understand it?
     
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