Love Flipside. I'm glad they changed it up because it's making it clear that retailers have no problem selling last year's Tumbler which is not worth drinking anymore. Chris Gasbarro's Fine Wines in Massachusetts has stacks of Tumbler for sale at full price.
If I can't trust retailers, it's up to the breweries to print dates on bottles.
I'm not a huge fan of Harpoon's but I buy their beer because they print dates. I prefer decent fresh beer over old beer that was once good.
Sierra Nevada does date their beers (to the minute they were filled)! Check out this handy PDF to help you figure out what the numbers printed on the bottles mean
http://www.cdn.sierranevada.com/sites/default/files/content/wysiwyg/ALL_DATECODES.pdf
Not true. I just checked out all of my Flipside bottles and bottle holders, and not a single one of them has ANY number printed on them.
look closer, it is on the shoulder of the bottle. The black letters can be a bit hard to read against the brown glass but they are there! I promise!
Sierra Nevada does date their beers (to the minute they were filled)! Check out this handy PDF to help you figure out what the numbers printed on the bottles mean
http://www.cdn.sierranevada.com/sites/default/files/content/wysiwyg/ALL_DATECODES.pdf
How does this compare to Bear Republic's Red Rocket?
That is pretty cool, and I won't forget it. Thanks for the info! Though, they could go a step further and make it human readable so that consumers understand it casually without a secret online decoder ring. But seriously, all beer should have a date. If the beer is misrepresented by retailers, it's the brewery that makes a bad impression most of the time, not the retailer, unfortunately.
But the line would be so long if they printed the full date it wouldn't be practical to print on the bottle. Sierra Nevada isnt trying to hide anything here, I am sure they just want all the info if someone calls in and complains about a bottle. This provides the most compact way of telling that story
Not true. I just checked out all of my Flipside bottles and bottle holders, and not a single one of them has ANY number printed on them.
I didn't dislike Flipside, but I found it kinda pedestrian. Not not much there.
I still wish I could get either of these beers. The distributor for Southern California is ABSOLUTELY terrible. I want celebration but know I wont have it for AT least a month. Such a shame...
I still wish I could get either of these beers. The distributor for Southern California is ABSOLUTELY terrible. I want celebration but know I wont have it for AT least a month. Such a shame...
Total wine had them
Better than Torpedo and Celebration? That's a bold statement.
I haven't seen this yet, but it sounds good. I'll keep a look out.
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