Bottle dates on the ABT 12 at the lcbo

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:47 pm

Bought some of the St. Bernardus ABT 12 at the lcbo.. I've been over every inch of the bottle and cannot find a date. Any else buy some of this and have a date on theirs? I assume it was brewed in 2013?

dale cannon · Post by **dale cannon** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:10 pm

should be a 'best before' date in format YY MM DD on the label. Check the cork and the bottom of the bottle too.

If you find it, 'best before' date is 5 years out from bottling date.

jrenihan · Post by **jrenihan** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:29 pm

The date is on the top of the cage and is difficult to read. I don't have a bottle handy, but it was definitely bottled this year, I believe in May (the BB date is 2018).
Ren

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:19 pm

spinrsx wrote:Bought some of the St. Bernardus ABT 12 at the lcbo.. I've been over every inch of the bottle and cannot find a date. Any else buy some of this and have a date on theirs? I assume it was brewed in 2013?

I don't believe St. Bernie are in the business of cellaring their beers.

So iI'd guesa the newly-arrived Abt 12 was shipped fresh, and you could pencil a '2013' on the label for future sake.

dale cannon · Post by **dale cannon** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:01 pm

It's on the hood. 17 05 18. So bottled May 18, 2012 supposedly.

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:51 am

Oh I see it now, thanks. 17 05 18 would be May 2013 by my math

dale cannon wrote:It's on the hood. 17 05 18. So bottled May 18, 2012 supposedly.

dale cannon · Post by **dale cannon** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:07 pm

spinrsx wrote:Oh I see it now, thanks. 17 05 18 would be May 2013 by my math

dale cannon wrote:It's on the hood. 17 05 18. So bottled May 18, 2012 supposedly.

Pretty sure we're using the same math, it's just that we're interpreting the BB date differently. As I understand it, they use a YY MM DD format, which would put the BB year at 2017. They date the BB 5 years out from bottling. 2017-5=2012. But who knows, maybe it's DD MM YY. Either way, you've got time on your side with that bottle..

Wheatsheaf · Post by **Wheatsheaf** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:37 pm

I checked the code on a different bottle: it's DD MM YY.

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:37 pm

Yeah mine are def DD MM YY.

This is fairly easy to tell with a few bottles. The last 2 digits are ALWAYS 18 on mine, so that would be the year (least variable portion of a datestamp is the year).

The middle 2 digits are 05 for all of mine as well. Could be day OR month.

The first 2 digits on two different bottles are: 17 and 24. This automatically makes it the Day (most variable portion of the datestamp and 2 digit numbers > 12).

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Bottle dates on the ABT 12 at the lcbo

Bottle dates on the ABT 12 at the lcbo

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