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Fresh Founders Centennial at the LCBO

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heebes wrote:2 months old...and that's the new batch. Just suffered through the last bottling which tasted malty with no hops...dare I try a best before 11 11 13 Founders Centennial from the same warm shelf? Apparantly the best before bottling is 10 months from the date, so last founders batch was February? Yikes
I picked up some Founders Centennial today that is stamped 'Best By 12/06/2014'.
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Post by spinrsx »

awesome, thanks for the heads up

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Post by heebes »

So that means bottled in august. 2 months on it, same as the Green Flash.

Thanks for the heads up. I went and bought a sixer of the Nov expiry since ill have to make a drive to Toronto to get the fresh batch. Its noticebly dated but not a drainpour yet. Glad to hear a new batch is in, figured there wouldn't be a fresh batch till the Founders feature in two months.

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dale cannon wrote:
heebes wrote:2 months old...and that's the new batch. Just suffered through the last bottling which tasted malty with no hops...dare I try a best before 11 11 13 Founders Centennial from the same warm shelf? Apparantly the best before bottling is 10 months from the date, so last founders batch was February? Yikes
I picked up some Founders Centennial today that is stamped 'Best By 12/06/2014'.
Which location did you get the fresh stuff at as I was at the Cooper St and Front Street locations in Toronto on the weekend and they still had some of the older shipments left on the shelves. I would love to get the fresh stuff! Thanks

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vandutchy wrote:
dale cannon wrote:
heebes wrote:2 months old...and that's the new batch. Just suffered through the last bottling which tasted malty with no hops...dare I try a best before 11 11 13 Founders Centennial from the same warm shelf? Apparantly the best before bottling is 10 months from the date, so last founders batch was February? Yikes
I picked up some Founders Centennial today that is stamped 'Best By 12/06/2014'.
Which location did you get the fresh stuff at as I was at the Cooper St and Front Street locations in Toronto on the weekend and they still had some of the older shipments left on the shelves. I would love to get the fresh stuff! Thanks
Orion Gate in Brampton.
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spinrsx wrote:this site might help:

http://freshbeeronly.com/
Really good site and I bookmarked it. Thanks.

Only thing is that there is no listing of Nickel Brook on the list. I was wondering what is the order of their brew date if anyone knows. Would it happen to be MM/DD/YYYY?

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Post by spinrsx »

yep, you have the correct format for Nickelbrook - I have some Naughty N in the fridge marked 09/14/13
Number8 wrote:
spinrsx wrote:this site might help:

http://freshbeeronly.com/
Really good site and I bookmarked it. Thanks.

Only thing is that there is no listing of Nickel Brook on the list. I was wondering what is the order of their brew date if anyone knows. Would it happen to be MM/DD/YYYY?

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Good to know. Thanks for the quick reply!

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Post by spinrsx »

apparently these are now available in the states.. be nice if the lcbo started carrying this format as well

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spinrsx wrote:apparently these are now available in the states.. be nice if the lcbo started carrying this format as well
Actually checked stock on this last night... All of it is in Ottawa area.

Did you get it late or not popular there? In either case, buy it up folks... Hopefully more comes and it doesn't get 'discontinued'.

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Post by Kekumba »

I haven't seen it much recently, but I only go to one of the stores it's at right now and they didn't have it last time I was in. There hasn't been a fresh batch in a while here, either, I believe. I'm doing my part, checked in 35 times thanks to Untappd (my most consumed beer) and those were all LCBO bought! :D

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I would demolish those cans during camping season.

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Post by spinrsx »

Any Fresh Green Flash/Founders Centennial around? (fresh by lcbo standards)

I saw some Green Flash bottled in September and some Centennial best before June 2014... anything fresher out there?

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Post by JProulx »

Fresh Founders Centennial found at the Jane/Dundas LCBO today. Bottles have a best before date of 12/06/14 on them.

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JProulx wrote:Fresh Founders Centennial found at the Jane/Dundas LCBO today. Bottles have a best before date of 12/06/14 on them.
Does Founders use a European dating system, or are they saying Centennial lasts ~10 months?
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