Southern Tier Pilsner package date

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  1. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    Has anyone else noticed that Southern Tier Pilsner no longer has a packing date on the outside of the box? :expressionless:
    This makes me really upset because it always used to. Now there is no way of knowing how old the beer is without tearing open the package. I don't get it. Why would you stop dating a beer that should be consumed fresh when it's in a sealed package?!? It's bad enough when breweries don't date their beer to begin with, but why would you always do it and then stop?
     
    #1 HorseheadsHophead, Feb 11, 2018
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    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,155) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
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    Why do it and stop?

    Perhaps the beer was sitting on shelves and the brewery thought removing the date might help old beer sell easier?

    But I get your frustration.
     
    #2 denver10, Feb 14, 2018
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    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    #3 Ranbot, Feb 14, 2018
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    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Maybe the printer temporarily malfunctioned for a complete batch.
     
    #4 PapaGoose03, Feb 14, 2018
  5. Dan411

    Dan411 Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2017 Missouri

    I recently came across one of their 15 can "overpacks." I had purchased it before, let's say late spring 2017. The new box lacked dates anywhere I could see. Good pilsner by the way.
     
    #5 Dan411, Feb 14, 2018
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    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    I hope that's all. To quit printing dates altogether is absurd. Sure, the bottom of the can still has a date, (as far as I know) but that's pointless if it's in a sealed package without a date.
     
    #6 HorseheadsHophead, Feb 14, 2018
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