World Wide Stout (2012)

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  1. TonyJ815

    TonyJ815 Savant (1,054) Apr 3, 2013 Florida
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    So I received a package recently with a World Wide Stout that has a bottle date code of "2012 A 20:11:50" and I know I have read that Dogfish Head took a WWS hiatus in 2012. So with that being said, it got my cogs turning and got me wondering about the legitimacy of the bottle or if it was maybe a 2013 bottle that was possibly bottled in late 2012. Also, I believe DFH moved to the new bottle styling this past year (not too terribly sure) and this is a normal bottle, w/ normal label indentions. Can anyone elaborate on this?
     
    #1 TonyJ815, Apr 3, 2014
  2. djs467

    djs467 Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2011 Colorado

    The 2011 batch was split up. Half bottled in late 2011 and the other in early 2012. Not sure why they did this, but I remember this was right around the time when the 2012 release calendar came out and had no 2012 release of WWS.
     
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    TonyJ815 Savant (1,054) Apr 3, 2013 Florida
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    Right on, that makes a lot more sense. I bought a few bottles for a trade this year and it was the same way (now that you mention it,) half of them were bottle in Dec '13 and the other was Jan '14 (I believe.)

    I appreciate the info!
     
    #3 TonyJ815, Apr 3, 2014
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    bcp5296d Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2012 North Carolina

    I have a questions since we're talking about this beer. I can't remember exactly how but I got an extra and I'm pretty sure its 08. Do you know if they changed the way they set the dates on these at any time?
     
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    TonyJ815 Savant (1,054) Apr 3, 2013 Florida
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    I'm pretty sure they did. The ones I got this year, have the month and the year clearly visible on it and you don't have to decipher any sort of weird date system or anything on it, vs the old bottle having 2012 then a alpha-numeric numbering on it.
     
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