Wicked Weed Bottle Dating

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  1. AMW

    AMW Devotee (382) Jan 13, 2013 Massachusetts
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    Need some help identifying a likely bottle date for the following WW Beers. I acquired the beers while in Charlotte in May 2014. Unfortunately, these bottle were pre bottle dating.
    - Serenity
    - Black Angel
    - Genesis
    - Royal Cache

    I appreciate the help. thanks.
     
  2. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    I cannot confirm but a quick google search uncovered;
    Serenity - Bottle #1 released 3/1/2014
    Black Angel - Bottle #2 released 3/22/2014
    Genesis - released 4/26/14
    Royal Cache (Indulgence) - released 3/29/2014
    Royal Cache (Amorous) - released 4/5/2014
    Royal Cache (Passiflora Blanc) - released 5/25/2014


    I know it's not bottle date but hopefully this helps narrow your scope a little bit. Cheers
     
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  3. DWheeler379

    DWheeler379 Zealot (747) Jun 15, 2012 Colorado

    All will develop with age since they're sours/wild beers. No worries! Hard to say because they've bottled a lot of those multiple times. Enjoy!
     
  4. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    Do any of the bottles have plain gold caps or are they all the WW logo? Which Royal Cache beer is it? There are about 10 in that series so far.
     
  5. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    Also, they do say bottled in 2014 on them correct? Just don't have the actual full date?
     
  6. AMW

    AMW Devotee (382) Jan 13, 2013 Massachusetts
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    All the bottles have the plain gold caps.
    The Royal Cache is the Amorous one.
    I don't believe there is any year print on the label. I would need to double check and see if the bottle itself is printed with anything.

    Appreciate the help. Thank you
     
  7. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    If they are the gold caps then they are the first batches of each respective one. I would say that the release dates given above by @TomCat11 are going to be about as close of a reference point as you're going to get without getting some other information directly from the brewers at Wicked Weed. I would say they were likely bottled a few weeks prior to each release date.
     
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  8. treznor

    treznor Pooh-Bah (1,814) Dec 20, 2006 North Carolina
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    Agreed. I still have a couple gold caps (I think just Black Angel and Serenity). They switched over to logo'd WW caps before a second bottling of any of those.
     
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  9. CavemanRamblin

    CavemanRamblin Initiate (0) Jun 19, 2014 North Carolina

    I have a few gold cap Black Angels and one Genesis I think. Probably should pop one soon and see how they're tasting.
     
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  10. NCMonte

    NCMonte Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2014 North Carolina

    I found that speed dating their cans gives me a headache.
     
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