clear beer bottles

[rickthebrew]

Why do many commercial brews come bottled in clear glass - we as home brewers bottle in dark glass to avoid skunking so how come i see loads of ales for sale in clear bottles?

:hmm: i`ve been meaning to ask this for ages.

 

[prolix]

some beers use isomerised hops so no light strike

 

[Aleman]

Some breweries allow the marketeers to tell them what to bottle in, after all an advertising executive knows so much about beer and how to keep it

 

[rickthebrew]

so if isomerised hops aren`t used then we get sold potentially duff beer?

 

[Aleman]

so if isomerised hops aren`t used then we get sold potentially duff beer?

The problem is that we have been exposed to this for so long that how would we tell the difference between a fresh bottle that was not skunked and one that had been sat awhile and was well and truly skunked?

And it also affects beer in Green Bottles too!

We did a test at the CBA where we bottled the same beer in clear and brown bottles, then left a representative sample of both in the sun for an hour . . . then cooled and served . . . people had no trouble telling which was which in a blind taste test. . . . . It was a harder test to distinguish between Beer in Brown Bottles exposed to the sun and those left in the dark.

 

[Moley]

We did a test at the CBA where we bottled the same beer in clear and brown bottles, then left a representative sample of both in the sun for an hour . . . then cooled and served . . . people had no trouble telling which was which in a blind taste test

OMG, the difference is noticeable in that short a time?

I always like to use 2 or 3 clear bottles for each of my brews, just so I can see how it is clearing. They would then spend 5-7 days on the kitchen worktop, but not in direct sunlight, and then go down my cellar, which only has a fluorescent striplight. Is the damage already done? I suppose I ought to get Mrs. Mole to pour one from a clear bottle and one from a brown so I can try my own blind taste test.

 

[Jack Hackett]

Im blind in one eye, I'll do all the blind taste tests for you if you like.