Kit yeast

ADHD Curmudgeon · Post by **ADHD Curmudgeon** » Monday Dec 04, 2006 1:31 am

Why do kit yeast packets have numbers on them?

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Monday Dec 04, 2006 6:54 am

In case they get lost.

Cortez The Killer · Monday Dec 04, 2006 9:53 am

from memory

the coopers ones have the year and the day they were made

i think something like 06245 would be the year ie 06 and the 245 being the 245th day in the year

cheers

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Dec 07, 2006 11:11 am

I'm with Timmy.

Post by **Oliver** » Sunday Dec 10, 2006 7:30 pm

Cortez The Killer wrote:from memory

the coopers ones have the year and the day they were made

i think something like 06245 would be the year ie 06 and the 245 being the 245th day in the year

Correct. It's generally a packed-on date or use-by date. Sometimes in code (if you can call it that, as it's not exactly rocket science), as with the 06245 example, above.

Cooper's beer used to be dated this way in print on the bottle. Now the bottle-conditioned ales have a "best after" date.

Cheers,

Oliver