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Light is as damaging to beer, wine and delicate liqueurs as oxygen and heat. Brown glass offers almost total protection, at least against short-term or...
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mathias brouckaert’s Avatar mathias brouckaert
7th August 2022 at 11:23
beer in beligum traditional is stored in dark brown bottels for this exact reason.
my main brand beer "stella" change collor bottels some years ago and i changed my main beer.
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Matt Eschbach’s Avatar Matt Eschbach
16th May 2022 at 01:30
I actually prefer my Coronas to be ever so slightly skunked.
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Gary Bateman’s Avatar Gary Bateman
5th May 2022 at 21:27
This would explain why I've experienced so many skunky bottles of Heineken. On a related note, is temperature a factor at all in developing skunky or other off flavors?
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Richard Schwaninger’s Avatar Richard Schwaninger
5th May 2022 at 15:17
Thank you and very true.
However there are a few hops types which do not have the light sensitive component of the alpha acids which breaks down.
There are a few brewers which use them.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
5th May 2022 at 17:19
Not my area of expertise but I understand that such hop extracts (Tetra and Hexa) produce a beer less susceptible to being light-struck but light exposure may still denigrate besides MBT.
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