Any fresh RPA out there?

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:25 pm

I'd love to buy some bottles of RPA but it's pretty hard to find fresh stock. The freshest bottles I found were from July which isn't horrible for that beer, but just wondering if anyone's seen any fresh bottles.

Kekumba · Post by **Kekumba** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:56 pm

I've been wondering the same thing. Lots of May bombers still kicking around at the Ottawa (west end) stores I frequent. Sigh.

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:47 pm

where is the date on these bottles? I was looking one over the other day with no luck

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:14 am

spinrsx wrote:where is the date on these bottles? I was looking one over the other day with no luck

white "price tag" sticker on or near the neck/shoulder, usually. mm/dd/yy If I recall.

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spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:28 am

weird, the bottles I saw definitely didn't have any stickers on them

How does their format work? DD/MM/YY?

instantkamera wrote:
spinrsx wrote:where is the date on these bottles? I was looking one over the other day with no luck
white "price tag" sticker on or near the neck/shoulder, usually. mm/dd/yy If I recall.

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Comme ca:

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:16 am

spinrsx wrote:weird, the bottles I saw definitely didn't have any stickers on them

How does their format work? DD/MM/YY?

I *think it's MMDDYY, but it's obviously ambiguous in my pic (side note, those RPA were bottled on my birthday!).

I know I saw some RPA the other day and I recall not buying it because they were bottled in June, but I don't recall the format (it was obviously June though).

Streets · Post by **Streets** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:37 am

Newer bottles have them printed on the label dot matrix style, so it's hard to read. My local store finally just sold out of the original April release, and the freshest I've seen were the G bottles at Dundurn yesterday, and I think those are from July...

Too bad they did that one huge release at the beginning, instead of trickling in fresh stock like seems to be happening with Boneshaker and Naughty Neighbour...

Ukie · Post by **Ukie** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:00 pm

Streets wrote:Newer bottles have them printed on the label dot matrix style, so it's hard to read. My local store finally just sold out of the original April release, and the freshest I've seen were the G bottles at Dundurn yesterday, and I think those are from July...

Too bad they did that one huge release at the beginning, instead of trickling in fresh stock like seems to be happening with Boneshaker and Naughty Neighbour...

"G" bottles were what I picked up in Ancaster about 3 weeks ago.

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:25 pm

Yea all my locals dont have the date stickers on them anymore either. Not to steer the thread in another direction but I've noticed Red Racer and Crazy Canuck dont have dates on the bottom of cans anymore.

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:28 pm

TheBeeraholic wrote:Yea all my locals dont have the date stickers on them anymore either. Not to steer the thread in another direction but I've noticed Red Racer and Crazy Canuck dont have dates on the bottom of cans anymore.

If RR isnt date-stamped, I won't buy it. I've seen too many cans past expiry sitting on the shelves.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:46 pm

FWIW, the folks from Camerons say new stock is coming soon...

Droogy · Post by **Droogy** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:00 pm

JeffPorter wrote:FWIW, the folks from Camerons say new stock is coming soon...

same format? i think this would benefit from being in a 6'er like the rest of their lineup... and also being a the lower price (5.95, IIRC).

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:53 am

Tall cans of this would be spectacular

Droogy wrote:
JeffPorter wrote:FWIW, the folks from Camerons say new stock is coming soon...

same format? i think this would benefit from being in a 6'er like the rest of their lineup... and also being a the lower price (5.95, IIRC).

groulxsome · Post by **groulxsome** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:39 pm

They posted this pic on facebook today. Looks like some 6-packs of RPA!

Might be brewery only with LCBO remaining 650 mL, no idea really. Plus those mixed packs with the dopplebock look nice... hopefully some of those end up at the LCBO.

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:40 pm

sweet!!! also looks like there's some sort of mix pack that contains RPA too