How to avoid skunked beer.

[alias]

If you drink green bottle imports [or domestic if you are lucky] like Heineken or Becks be sure to get them in the closed cardboard 12 packs or risk the disappointing smell of skunk ass.

It doesn't take much time for florescent store lights to ruin these fine lagers.

[D Ghost]

yeah supposedly brown glass is better for protecting too right?

[Spunky]

My beer doesn't last long enough to get skunked.I would return that slop and demand a taste test of all the beers they have on the shelf

[alias]

Originally Posted by DJ The Kid

yeah supposedly brown glass is better for protecting too right?

Yes, it lets less light through. Green seems to be almost as translucent as clear glass.

I found this just now: Skunking Beer Experiment - Results

Curious just how quickly sunlight can destroy a beer? Here are the results from our beer skunking experiment. You can try this very experiment in your own home! Note that we did these tastings blind, but I list the results in order so you can read through without confusion.

Corona Light - clear bottle
The bottle not exposed to sunlight was perfectly clean smelling and had a fresh flavor. This was the control bottle and it tasted quite fine. The bottle exposed to sunlight for 1/2 hour was clearly toast. It had a bad smell right from the bottle, and a bad, off flavor when drunk from a glass. It got worse. When we had the bottle exposed to sunlight for 3 hours, it was awful. The skunky smell was very obvious from the bottle and the flavor was clearly wrong.

Heineken Light - green bottle
A green bottle does NOTHING at all to prevent skunking. The wavelengths that cause skunking in beer go right through green glass. The control bottle of Heineken had a very light flavor and aroma. It hadn't been harmed at all. The 1/2 hour exposed to sunlight bottle was clearly skunked. You could smell it from the bottle and taste the bad flavor in the glass. What was impressive was how awful the 3 hour sunlight bottle. This was even worse than the Corona Light - a very strong skunky aroma, a very sharp flavor.

Miller Lite - clear bottle
The first, no-sunlight bottle had a fresh flavor and light flavor. Impressively, while the 1/2 hour and 3 hour versions did have a noticeable off aroma and flavor to them, both were *far* less than the Corona or Heineken. We're heard rumors that Miller has a special technique in how they brew to keep their hops from being able to get skunked. Maybe it's true!

Michelob Ultra Amber - brown bottle
Brown bottles don't totally prevent skunking, but they do slow it down quite a bit. We were impressed with how it helped. The non-sunlight bottle had lovely, gentle flavors. In fact our beer maker commented that he was quite impressed that this was a low carb beer. The 1/2 hour sunlit bottle seemed to be about the same, with maybe a tiny hint of change. Even the 3 hour in sunlight bottle, while it seemed a little "off", didn't seem to smell or taste skunky. We could tell that it was a bit different, but it didn't seem "bad".

Smithwick's - brown bottle
This was our control bottle, it is not low carb. This is an Irish beer. The one not exposed to sunlight was fresh and lovely tasting. The one left out for 1/2 hour was a tiny bit different, but just about the same. The one out for 3 hours did have an off aroma, but it was mild.

Results
We proved quite thoroughly that beer can be skunked in only 1/2 hour of exposure to sunlight, and that both Corona and Heineken are extremely sensitive to light. We were very impressed with how brown bottles helped to protect beer against this harm - although it should be noted that if you pour your brown bottle beer into a clear glass, it is now exposed to sunlight We were also very curious to learn what Miller Lite does to its beer to help keep it safe! I'll let you know when I hear back from them.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art10544.asp

[suesheboy]

Brew my own. Dark heavy brown glass only and stored in cool shade, but then again, I drink it too fast to EVER go bad!

[papill0n]

20 years of drinking piss and never heard the term

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by papill0n

20 years of drinking piss and never heard the term

Never heard it either. Probably due to the lack of skunks here.

[alias]

I never really got a good example of skunking until just recently when I came across 2 strong examples of it, one Becks one Heineken. Both had been exposed to florescent light in the store coolers.

When you open the beer it immediately stinks of skunk. While that may be great for cannabis it is not very pleasant for beer.

[Geometrist]

Never had a skunked beer

[stinkyfingers]

[thickcash_amo]

beer stinks regardless

[PornStarToys]

I only buy cans or brown bottles.

Green & clear just makes it so fucking gross. I don't want to drink skunk piss even if it gets me drunk.