which beer is the best in the world?

Last night, grocery shopping I picked up a case of Torpedos. To top it all off, they were on sale.

Pan often wonder in such an instance whether the lot might be on sale 'cause it's approaching its due date

Good excuse to drink up.

Great escuse Izzy.

To identify when bottles and cans need to be yanked from the shelves, many brewers imprint them with cryptic letters and numbers that distributors can translate. The trouble is they look more like hieroglyphics to beer drinkers, and most makers don’t decipher them for consumers. But with the help of industry insiders and analysts, we cracked the codes, studying bottles purchased across the country to determine the key dates for 18 big brews.

The way the code works is this. Letters from A-M represent the month of the year. The next four digits are the day and year the beer was first brewed, and the last two letters are the state code where it was brewed. So you may want to stay away from that fifty cent close-out special at the local liquor store marked M0787DE. 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. Hobo’s delight.

Pan often wonder in such an instance whether the lot might be on sale 'cause it's approaching its due date

Good excuse to drink up.

In the case of Torpedo, one may soon discover why it is so named.