The ink is purple on a brown bottle and very small so you have to hold it up to strong light to see it. It's marked on the case boxes and is usually 60 days from bottling. Its the number of days into that year. Dark Horse:Uses abottlingdate. Bottles: Only the cases are stamped, on the top. From the brewer: On our 12 ounce bottles we have a Best if used before date. It's on the cases only in a format for internal use. Bottling date is 3 months before. Sixpoint:Uses abest beforedate. google_ad_format="120x600_as"; Month and week are notched on the side of the label. Format is MM/DD/YYYY and should be on the label. Overall the beer is great in its lane. It's on the master carton only. American Brewing Company:Uses abottlingdate. Printed clearly on cases boxes only. The second row is the best by date. From the brewer: We have a 4 digit stamp on all 6packs and 4 packs. Ithaca:Uses abottled ondate. Genesee contract brews Narragansett Lager - which I also enjoy - so the codes apply to it, too. From the brewer: We use the Julian Code. Ex: MFG06/0413. The first six numbers of the second row are mm/dd/yy. Enjoy a few ! Format is MM/DD/YY followed by the batch number. From the brewer: Theyre located on each bottle on the label, as well as on the side of the case of beer. Cedar Creek:Uses acanningdate on the cases only. It's a Julian code. Written in black ink just above the label. Ex: S22DEC2013. Epic Ales:Uses abatchnumber. Brugge Brasserie (IN):Uses abottlingdate. Perennial:Uses abottlingdate though doesn't seem consistent. The second row is the best by date. It is actually coded label cuts on the right side of body label. From the brewer: If bought by the case, the dates are only ON the case. It's printed in blue ink above the label in MM/DD/YY format. Narragansett Beer sale : Save 15% off your next purchase clicking here will display the code & take you to the store. The date is on the side of the labels. For the bottles, it's printed on the top shoulder, on the glass. Also, certain beers like the Old Stock uses the MM/DD/YYYY format. From the brewer: The date is clearly presented on the front of the bottle for every batch. Format is a random letter or two followed by the date of the month, the month spelled out and the year. It's on the mother case, format MM/DD/YY. There should be small notches in the paper below the corresponding month and week when the beer was bottled. bottles. Some are the month day year. It is good for 6 months after the bottling date. The beer became famous for its drinkability and the . Natty Greene's: Uses a born on date. AC Golden:Uses abest consumed bydate. Estes Park:Uses abottlingdate. Shelf-life is recommended at 90 days but it can last longer. We're updating the IPA, DOA, Stout and Pale to read like the Secession. From the brewer: We do date code our 6-pack boxes. It's burned into the label on the bottom left hand side. It is a Julian date that will read, for example, 9121. that is the 121st day of 2009 or May 1. date. date. Geary's:Uses abottlingdate. It's on the 6-packs, 12-packs as well as on individual bottles and cans. May. Also, from the brewer: Code for bottles - red cap = 2012, black cap = 2013, silver cap = 2014. It's on the carton only. The month is notched and the year is printed except for seasonal beers like Double Bock and Octoberfest where the year is often not given.Bottle Tree:Uses abottlingdate. Back Forty:Uses abest beforedate. origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment . I is skipped, so J=September, etc. From the brewer: There is a date stamp which reflects the day the beer was bottled. It's on the outside of the cases boxes. Printed around the neck or shoulder of the bottle. From the brewer: 100% of our bottled beers are getting either a. date, with the exception of our Gratitude Barleywine which is color coded by year and all our kegs get tagged with a packaging date on the keg cap. Straub:Uses abottlingdate. Printed around the neck or shoulder of the bottle. Month and year are notched on the bottom of the front label. Format is MM/DD/YY. Duck Rabbit:Uses anenjoy bydate. ), 05= 5th day, 1= 2011. Stamped on the box and also printed on the label. May Narragansett be the Phoenix in Rhode Island's industrial ashes. bottles now have the date also and soon, the 22oz. Ex. Brewer's Alley:Uses abest beforedate. Legend (VA):Uses abottlingdate. Battle Road:Uses apackageddate which is stamped on the bottle. Printed on the neck of the bottles in white ink. From the brewer: On the shoulder of the bottle there should be two rows of numbers. Shelf-life is 3 months at room temperature and longer if kept cold. The first six digits are the date, first two are the month, second two are the day, last two are the year. Paper City:Uses abest beforedate. Format is MM/DD/YYYY. From the brewer: It is on the mother carton in a series of letter and numbers indicating the date of bottling (the letter is the month and other numbers are day and year). We use the Julian date code. To the left of the label's main design. From the brewer: "Bottled in" month and batch number on the neck label. It's a Julian code. : March 18, 2010.Bruery (The):Uses abest bydate. From the brewer: It is vertically etched on the left side of the back label, and is in a MMDDYY format (063013 would thus mean June 30, 2013). 16 oz can, no date but some code I can't be bothered to figure out, into Wide Mouthed glass. From the brewer: All of our beer has a date etched into the neck of the bottle. Currently we remove a line from the hash marks on the left side of the bottle. Buffalo Bill's:Uses abest beforedate on their bottles. It's on the cartons and now, more importantly, on the bottles. Rush River:Uses abottlingdate. Only on the regular brews. On the bottles, it's on the label. Month and year are notched on the right side of the front label. 603 Brewing:Uses abottled ondate which is handwritten on the bottle. Our beer is best within 3 months of the bottling date. Only the regular 12oz. It is good for 6 months after the bottling date. Score: 77 with 1,617 ratings and reviews. Recommended shelf life 120 days from that date. Zip Code . Format is YY/MM/DD. It's printed on the bottom of the can. Each one is hand applied so sometimes the location varies. Brett Project has an actualbottlingcode, ex: 010713 is July 1, 2013. Also cases are stamped with the date before they are palletized. The date code is similar to a price sticker and is usually applied on the inside of the box on the opening flap. Only on the case boxes. Also, their 6-pack carriers have an NFC inlay which allows NFC-enabled cellphones to read the specs of the bottle (ABV, IBU, brew date, bottle date and brewer`s and bottler`s initials. Also uses a. date. Durango:Uses abottlingdate. From the brewer: We do have a Julian date code which we employ on both the case boxes and the bottle body label. It is written in a Julian code. It's on the bottom of the packaging of the six-packs. Ex. It's just on the packaging boxes. The label reads BEST BEFORE: J F M A M J J A S O N D 12 13 14 so there would be 1 notch under a month and another under a year. Lucky Bucket:Uses abest bydate. "08" = 8th, "E" = May (skip I and J), "09" = 2009. date. Real Ale (TX):Uses abest consumed bydate. D.L. It's a Julian code. will also have them (Sept. 2013). Copyright 1996-2023 BeerAdvocate. We are phasing into Julian with yyddd. Format is MM/DD/YY. Seasonal Sessions and Monster Beers releases are not notched but do have a shelf life: 6 months for Seasonal, 1 year for Monster. Full Tilt:Uses apackagingdate on the cases only.Funkwerks:Uses acellaringdate. The letters and numbers after that indicate a brewery and packaging line. Narragansett Del's Shandy Variety Pack Domestic Beer | Shandy/Radler 12oz (12 Cans) Add to wishlist. An OG American lager. Jacob Leinenkugel:Uses apulldate. Stone Smoked Porter and Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale are at 120 days, or 4 months. Atlas Brew Works: Beers will be available in the summer of 2013. Metropolitan:Uses abest beforedate. Philadelphia:Uses abottlingandpackagingdate. Barley Island:Uses abottlingdate. Last update: 04-29-2023. . It's a Julian date code. Cases have a sticker with the Julian date code. Example: March 24 2010. There's a date on the bombers. Pelican:Uses abottlingdate. From the brewer: We use the Julian date code system. Voodoo:Uses abottlingdate. Undecipherable without going. Here is a sampling of the shelf life for some of their beers:Burning River - 90 days,Commodore Perry - 90 days, Eliot Ness - 100 days, Dortmunder - 110 days, Edmund Fitzgerald - 180 days.Great Northern Brew:Uses abest beforedate that is stamped on their cases. For example something produced on January 31, 2010 would read 0310, (dddy). Icicle Brewing:Uses abottlingdate on the cases only. Hair of the Dog:Uses either the year as avintageor abatch codethat you can find out the brewed & bottled date on their website altough they haven't updated it in a few years. Straight to Ale:Uses acanningdate on all their cans. Great Divide:Uses abottlingdate. Laughing Dog:Uses abottlingandbest buydate. Motor City:Uses abottlingdate. For more info, gohere. Undecipherable without goinghere. Bumped into a 12 pack in a liquor store in Colorado Springs. First two digits represent the year, next three digits is the Julian date. Unless otherwise noted, domestic beers have a shelf life of approximately four months, but imported brews last a year after bottling. Appalachian:Uses abottled ondate. Keeping with modern craft brewing trends, Narragansett now offers a full range of lagers and ales. google_color_url="861108"; Bottles, but stamp the date onto the cases. The top date is the bottled on date, the one below it is the "freshest by" date.White Birch:Uses abottlingdate. On their keg labels, it's 3 months. It's on the bottom of each can. It's on the bottom of the can. Lake Superior (MN):Uses abottlingdate. Their beer is good for about three months from the bottled on date. Only the year is written on the label. Our beer packaged in 2/12 packs (St. Nick, Nut Roll and Gourmet) have the date stickered on the outside, as the stamp tends to smudge. Baderbru:Uses abottlingdate on the bottles and cases. Santa Cruz Mountain:Uses abottlingdate. . Side Projects and SpecialReleasesare style-dependentThird Street Brewhouse (MN):Uses aproduceddate.Thomas Creek:Uses aproductiondate. Especially for the first time! Minhas:Uses abest before&productiondate.The can or bottle code is the Julian date of production plus one year. Most of our core beers, including Stone IPA, Stone Pale Ale and Stone Levitation Ale, are have an enjoy by date that is 90 days from package date. Frog Island:Only kegs but they have abest beforedateof 60 days on them. As an example, lets say the code is 10084FA96. From the brewer: On the 12 pack I have a date it was packed and a best by date. Ex: 11B25B14 would be Nov. 25, 2014. date. Formatis MM/DD//YY. From the brewer: We have best before dates on our year-round packaging. PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Hi Neighbor! Liberty Street (MI):Uses amanufacturingdate on their bottles. Founded in 1890, Narragansett Beer has a rich. It's stamped on the labels. It's a standard day/month/year. date. Arcadia:Uses abottled ondate. Ex: Jan 2013. Lakefront:Usesbottled ondate. Cases:Example1339 1728 means beer was packaged on the 133rdday of 2009 (Julian Calendar) at 17:28 (Military Time = 5:28 pm). If you can't find the code on the label . From the brewer: We've done it a couple ways. Narragansett Lager is a American Adjunct Lager style beer brewed by Narragansett Brewing Co. in Providence, RI. There is a bottled on date on the right side of the label. Months are coded thusly: J = Jan, F = Feb, M = Mar, A = Apr, Y = May, U = Jun, L = Jul, G = Aug, S = Sep, O = Oct, N = Nov, D = Dec. "The third character in the code is either alpha or numeric and tells the day of the month. You can find out more info about any given batch on their website. The code is printed directly on the bottle and also on the master cases. Contact them at (401) 437-8970. Format is MM/DD/YY. On the 12oz., month and year are notched on the side of the label.Brew Works:See Fegley's Brew Works. From that date, we guarantee the quality for three months. It's a Julian date code. Karl Strauss:Uses abottlingdate. date. Also, the cases are stamped with a When Ready date for the warehouse. The first three numbers are the day of the year the beer was bottled. The next letter is the month and the last charcter is the day. Example: 267 8 would be the 267th day of 2008. On the top of the end panel of the case boxes. Coors:Uses afreshnesscode. 0A34 means it was bottled January 13th, 2010. ,