Whisky Forum - Date of whisky bottle

Shut · Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 3:18 pm Post subject: Date of whisky bottle

Hello to all,

How can I know the date of batch in the bottles that no have the date in the label? Like Johnnie Walker for example

I look in the bottle numbers in laser engraved

Thanks in advance

jcarrick · Master Of Malts Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Posts: 948

If you post the laser engraved code perhaps someone will be able to decipher it for you.

Shut · Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 8:44 am Post subject:

John · Moderator Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 876 Location: UK

You can sometimes figure out when a bottle was actually bottled from the bottling code found on some bottles of whisky but many codes only mean something to the bottler and were put on the bottles for quality control reasons.

Here is an old post you may find of interest:

Shut · Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 6:38 pm Post subject:

Thank you John,

Blue label Madrid edition L7123DQ000 60321402
Blue label ghost L7311DQ002 00000241

Thanks in advance

Shut · Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 6:50 pm Post subject:

Platinum label L6295DN000 59043542

Shut · Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 5:44 pm Post subject:

Well I have a question, CM its classic malt, but what is the meaning of DQ and DM??

There is no form to know if L7 its from 2007 or 2017 right??

Thanks in advance

Mark · Master Of Malts Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 1663

Just my thoughts but I think L7 may mean 2007 or 2017, but bottle labels and boxes will change in the space of 10 years so it shouldn't be to hard to determine which era it was bottled in 1997, 2007 or 2017. The letters may not be an abbreviation for anything but just simply the bottling code for a particular whisky, series or range. As posted above much of the code is for quality control purposes and traceability and means nothing to us.

Shut · Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 9:45 pm Post subject:

Thank you Mark!!

Best regards to the forum