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- From: st1t0@rosie.uh.edu (CARL SEILER)
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Nasty Green Bottles
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:06 CST
- Organization: University of Houston
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- In article <1992Nov23.224039.22025@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins) writes...
- >
- >
- >On the bottom of the Samuel Adams beer six-pack carton there is
- >a short statement by brewmaster Koch. He says something to the
- >effect that green bottles allow more beer-destroying light to
- >reach the contents. Then he writes that "about a minute" of
- >exposure of green bottled beer to light is enough to begin a
- >process leading to the destruction of the beer.
- >Anyone able evaluate these two statements?
-
- Green and clear bottled beers are more susceptible to skunking.
- My understanding (and it may be wrong) is that it is a chemical reaction
- that takes place with the hops. Once this chemical reaction starts,
- the beer produces a chemical found also in the scent glands of skunks,
- hence the term "skunking." It would seem to me that a minute of
- exposure would be a bit of exaggeration, but I am not sure about that.
-
- The only beer I've had that was significantly skunked was Steinlager, and
- it comes in a green bottle.
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- Regardless of the time it takes to skunk, it is considered general knowledg
- e that beers in green or clear bottles do skunk. Even mega-brewers
- such as Bud agree. Miller supposedly chemically treats their beers
- to prevent skunking due to light exposure.
-
- Carl
-
- Carl Seiler | Department of Econonmics
- Graduate Student | University of Houston
- ST1T0@jetson.uh.edu |
- Neither I nor anyone else is responsible for what I post. It may be generally
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