Light (brown bottle)." Jason— I’m not a scientist, so I’m not prepared to argue the fine points, but the consensus among scientifically-minded beer people is that artificial light definitely does catalyze the hops...

A different way to end up stinking drunk.

Craft brewers see sense in cans.

Just to build on this reply a bit- 'skunky' is definitely an issue with light struck beer. There is a very specific compound in the thiol family (found commonly in a skunk’s spray) that will result when isomerized alpha...

While there is no brand of American pilsner distributed nationally, several excellent examples have popped up on the micro and regional levels.

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Aren’t bottles better?

The beer will definately get "skunky" if you do that. We had the same issues until recently, when we got a small fridge for the den that is devoted to cold drinks for the guests, and cold water bottles for us to grab before a...

Table Matters picks on an easy target: beers for college kids.

agree with Josh, and the worst bottles are the greens, like Heinekin. I’m not a huge fan, but their beer tastes much better from a can. their bottles produce some awful skunky stuff. the other factor is that cans and their...

Which Canadian beer do you think comes closest to the flavour of Corona or Sol?

the flavor of the beer in any way. Also you will see these cans in the shape of bottles. Since they are opaque they don’t allow light in and beer doesn’t get “lightstruck” which is when beer gets that...

Food products containing nuts are rancid so often, people are used to it.

by raw food fanatics. >>"Light may turn it skanky, but there’s nothing in it to “go bad”." The technical term here is skunky. And most of us beernuts would call that going bad. But beer does change over time and in...

I’m heading to Cabo on Saturday for the week. What beer should I drink?

) - maybe it was just skunky. I actually like some of the beers at Capital City – the nut brown is good.