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Algae gets its energy by photosynthesis, so it needs light to grow. Beer (bittered with natural hops) must be kept away from light to avoid producing unpleasant
by mrob 7y ago
Algae gets its energy by photosynthesis, so it needs light to grow. Beer (bittered with natural hops) must be kept away from light to avoid producing unpleasant tasting compounds:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle#Lightstruck_beer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle#Lightstruck_beer
- plopz 7y ago> In some cases, such as Miller High Life, a hop extract that does not have isohumulones is used to bitter the beer so it cannot be "lightstruck" Seems like that's solvable.
- mrob 7y agoI don't think many microbreweries would be in favor of that. Miller High Life isn't exactly renowned for its great hop flavor.