Monday, January 10, 2011

Alcohol in the news; extra on tap episode 22

From Extra 92.1

Extra on Tap Episode #22

Myth or Truth? Green bottles mean the beer will be skunky? Listen to AY's segment this week to find out.



Basically, it's about light struck beer (skunky). Apparently that's a big thing in CU now, as recently the Buzz had the article on skunky beer.

If you are concerned about skunky beer, here's a good article from Beeradvocate, on it.

Basically, if you think a beer is skunky, it's probably been in a green or clear glass bottle. Light struck beer causes hops to degrade and produce the skunk aroma. It doesn't take much degradation to produce it. Beers in a can or in a keg can't become light struck. (They can be damaged by heat and temperature changes though).

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