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General Discussions => Chit Chat => Topic started by: admin on November 07, 2012, 08:45:23 PM

Title: Proof green bottles don't ruin beer
Post by: admin on November 07, 2012, 08:45:23 PM
Pilsner Urquell. That is all.
Title: Re: Proof green bottles don't ruin beer
Post by: Eoin on November 07, 2012, 08:50:07 PM
These days I would drink a can rather than a green bottle....
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Post by: Jacob on November 07, 2012, 08:52:11 PM
QuoteThese days I would drink a can rather than a green bottle....
Amen
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Post by: Eoin on November 07, 2012, 08:54:27 PM
skunking is not a myth.
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Post by: Spud395 on November 07, 2012, 10:18:07 PM
Was on a tasting recently and bottled Pilsner Urquell was used to demonstrate skunking  ;D
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Post by: Spud395 on November 07, 2012, 10:26:36 PM
Thats fact though, "wonderfully skunked" it was too, so take that you love pump
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Post by: mcgrath on November 09, 2012, 04:52:30 PM
Not worried too much about skunking, but I have snapped the top off too many green bottles when capping to bother keeping them anymore. Mostly Staropramen bottles.
Title: Re: Proof green bottles don't ruin beer
Post by: UpsidedownA (Andrew) on November 11, 2012, 12:13:39 PM
I don't know about Pilsner Urquell, but big breweries often use isomerised hop extracts for bitterness which they can add post fermentation rather than to the boil. There's one of these called tetrahydroiso-alpha-acid which won't go skunky and improves head stability. I would expect Heineken etc to use these things to eliminate the risk of skunking.

More info about it here: https://www.ibd.org.uk/cms/file/315
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