Brew Kettle, The (OH):Uses apackagingdate on the case carton only. Founders:Uses abottled ondate. Oddly enough, Irish brews have clearly marked expiration dates and our local off-license sells a variety of off-peak beers in foul-smelling wicker baskets for discount prices. MM/DD/YYYY. It's a . Nagumo said Yebisu beer, Sapporo draft beer kuro-label, and mugito-hop were among the 21 brands of beer with the new extended shelf-life. Format is MM/DD/YYYY. : BEST BEFORE10NOV2011. Lonerider:Uses abest bydate. While there are many methods of achieving Cicerone certification, the most common route is to comple. North Coast:Uses abottlingdate on cases only. Rocky Coulee:Uses abornondate. Lost Abbey:Uses abottlingdate. In the case of Sapporo, the first letter represents the month of manufacture: A for January, B for February and so on, through M for December. Stillwater Ales:Uses abottlingdate. Shelf life of some beers: Hop Devil 5 months Prima Pils 5 months, Victory Lager 5 months, Hop Wallop 1 year (this beer is bottle conditioned), Headwaters Pale Ale 5 months, Summer Love 5 months, Golden Monkey 3 years, Storm King 5 years, Old Horizontal 5 years. Written in yellow ink on the neck of the bottle. No dates on the bombers though. Format is MM/DD/YYYY. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. date. We often have issues with the coder so it might not be there. Thanks for visiting Consumerist.com. Under that code, there is a number for brewery purposes that is the day it was packaged. The 6 packs come on a flat which is also stamped with the production date. The first three numbers are the day of the year that the beer will be out of date. Galena:Will use apackagingdate. So does a carton of milk.