, but I do order and enjoy both their lager and Boston Ale when my favorite micros aren’t present. You’d think they’re commensurate with Heineken in reading some of these posts. They’re light years ahead...

The signature cooked corn flavor (dimethyl sulfide) of Rolling Rock tends to dominate the light struck character (skunkiness, or as the Brits prefer, cattiness) you get with green glass. I have had exactly two fresh tasting Czech...

shudder just thinking about it—rancid and one of my least favorite beers. I will go without (or will drink crappy watery canned beer) before drinking BL – I think BL ties Heineken in skunkiness per six pack purchased....

Light reacts with a chemical in hops and produces a compound that really does smell rather skunky. Beer is best protected from this by a can; brown glass is next best, followed by green, then clear glass, which offers no...

Yup. I’m always at H&D between 11 and 11:30 and the oil definitely doesn’t have that stale, skunky bouquet one associates with deep fryers at late night chinese carryouts. After that, the lines at H&D usually...

I know what you mean about the smell and the taste, I’ve had imported beers in the states that taste "skunky", I’ve never tasted a skunk, but I have smelled them and the taste of stale imported beer tastes like this...

in the city. And Michael is the best bartender in town. Pracna – I wish someone there would learn how to cook. How can you screw up walleye fingers? But they always taste skunky. And there’s not much else on their late...

Agree on the Fuddruckers. Pretty consistent, which I can’t say for Five Guys since they started franchising. WILDLY unneven product, from dry/skunky patties to stale buns. I’ve had good luck at the one in Old Town...

and spinach nose, biting on the palate, moldy and skunky flavors, very ripe fruit, firm crisp finish. Marred by excessive sulfur. [tasted twice with consistent notes]

real hungry. All the other food there is excretable, and the draft beer is usually skunky but the wings are good.

I hope Brickskeller has improved over the years. I lived in DC for about 12 years, moved away 9 years ago. Back then, Brickskeller was famous more because it was there. Yes, they had an amazing collection of beers, but...

“to cover the bad taste” is an interesting idea...I don’t think her small town tap water tastes bad at all...but, then, I know there are farms in the area relying on skunky wells...such that even Brita...

the meat is skunky or they cook all the juice out of them. I’d kill for a White Castle or a Maid Rite.

2 gallons of milk, open (one fine, one probably needs to be chucked) 1/2 gallon whole buttermilk (prolly also dead) leftover crappy beer (Busch light, Old Milwaukee, one lone can of PBR that was found outside and is surely skunky)...

's not the case. That said, I think we’ve all had crap pilsner from overseas, but the biggest reason is the whole green/clear glass skunkiness issue.