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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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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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