A few of my mates have been going on for this for a while, saying that certain brands have a small black dot on the bottom of inferior cans.
The rumour as it was presented to me was that old/stale beer that is still fit for human consumption but doesn't taste right gets mixed in with fresh, then these fresh/stale mix cans get a dot on the bottom.
I never believed it myself for quite a while.
My current regular drink is Magners Pear (why do I get the feeling I'm going to get ripped for admitting this....).
Anyway recently I've noticed a few cans that tasted terrible mixed in a four pack. Some shops have these, while some shops seem to never be affected with this issue, my suspicion is clean crates cost a touch more than ones that have a few dodgy cans.
Funnily enough, all the duff cans did indeed have a mark on the bottom, and all the ones without the mark tasted normal.
I noticed with the Magners though, they have tried to be a bit more subtle, and instead of putting a blatant black mark on the bottom, they seem to be putting a small dab of what resembles yellow highlighter, along with a tiny numbered stamp.
Funny how I used to laugh at my mates before, but now I will check the bottom of each can
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