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Morrisons selling out of date beer for christmas!
knightstyle
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So last week we bought some Hobgoblin beer for the festivities. On it was a competition but when I looked closely it ended over a year ago!
Further checking showed the date 30/09/2014 on the bottom of the cans!
These were not reduced so I think they were offloading out of date stock at this festive time hoping no-one will check!
So check your seasonal produce dates carefully!
Further checking showed the date 30/09/2014 on the bottom of the cans!
These were not reduced so I think they were offloading out of date stock at this festive time hoping no-one will check!
So check your seasonal produce dates carefully!
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knightstyle wrote: »Further checking showed the date 30/09/2014 on the bottom of the cans!
Just the date? Or Sell By, Best Before or Use By? If none of these it may be the production date.0 -
In any case, beer in a sealed bottle doesn't go off does it? So just drink and be merry! Hobgoblin is an excellent pint!0
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They were cans and the date is best before! The competition ended October 2013! So in my opinion they shouldn't be selling it or at least not at full price!0
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Best before is nothing but a marketing angle.
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So take it back!?!?!?!?!?
They will probably also give you a gift voucher as recompense for your inconvenience, so you will be up on the deal.
Not so bad after all.0 -
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Well I've never had a bottle of beer go off........ possibly because they don't sit in the cupboard long enough!0
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My local off licence is regularly getting rid of old stock, currently I'm working thought 3 cases I bought for £5 each (24x500ml Tennets - not super) not got many left and not had any problems, BB is meaningless, the date on the bottom of mine is Nov 13!
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You can drink out of date beer it won't harm you but the taste will not be pleasant, it doesn't age well like a nice bottle of wine.0
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You can drink out of date beer it won't harm you but the taste will not be pleasant, it doesn't age well like a nice bottle of wine.
Not sure when it comes to bottles but i can assure you that the cans im drinking which are nearly 13 month after the BB taste no different to the cans which are within the BB:beer:0
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