Sell By Date.

[truemay]

Bought two kits this morning.Just put them on.A coopers dark ale and A coopers Draft.The draft was going for a tenner at the locall HB shop as it was a few days out of date.Should this be ok?

[Ditch]

Should be absolutely fine, mate. Some salt, formed in the times of the dinosaurs, still gets sold with a sell by date on it

[stoofer74]

I HAVE BREWED KITS THAT HAVE BEEN YEARS OUT OF DATE ITS THE YEAST THAT GOES OUT OF DATE.THE LAST ONE I DID WAS A COOPERS CERVEZA THAT WAS A YEAR OUT OF DATE I DID A STARTER WITH THE YEAST THAT CAME WITH THE KIT IT WORKED FINE SO YOU SHOULD BE MORE THAN OK

[FUBAR]

best before and sell by dates are pretty much a load of b@ll*cks

[truemay]

It kicked off after 6 hours.So obviously the yeast's viable.Not bad for a tenner.Im chucking in a bag of saazz hops.Near the end.Done it last time, turned out tasty!

[Rookie]

best before and sell by dates are pretty much a load of b@ll*cks

What he said. The kit doesn't have a timer on it that makes it go bad on an arbitrary date set by the maker.
The best by date is probably because of some government regulation that has no connect with the real world.