I had thought that Stoneface did not date their bottles- a reason I had avoided buying them. Yesterday I brought a bottle and noticed "71216" on the label of their IPA. Two points, I brought old beer and they do (apparently?) date their bottles.
Yes they started last spring I believe. I'd shoot them an email and let them know the account so they can have the distributor pull it.
I've seen 5+ months old bottles in stores. Pale & IPAs are nice beers, but not in ripoff 500 ml format & certainly not stale.
Cans are coming, ergo fresher dates are coming. https://www.facebook.com/stoneface/posts/430207347103090:0
They need to go back to the original recipe on the IPA. It's a shell of what it used to be. Much like Wormtown's Be Hoppy, it was a better beer when it was cloudy and not refined for bigger production runs.
For those that don't like the bottle format, it looks like Stoneface is transitioning to cans in early 2017 according to a recent FB post. They also dropped their Barrel Aged RIS on Tuesday. Started with 400 cases and down to 150 as of today...not likely to survive to the weekend at this pace.
Is there anyone who likes the 500ml format for IPAs? Great news, really enjoy the beers but only bought one bottle of each at that price/format. Would be a buyer again of 4 packs.
500ml is just a bit more than 16oz, and everyone loves that format. If they sold them in four-packs at a reasonable price I'd be fine with it, but that's not what they do...
Right. It's not the size, it's the fact that most breweries price what's basically a pint can as a bomber (which is also overpriced). Jack's Abby was the only place that sold decently-priced four packs of 500ml bottles. If Stoneface IPA were $12 for a four pack of 500ml, no one would be complaining...
