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Old 02-07-2008, 08:00 PM   #1
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Default Light?? Or Darkness??

When your beer is the primary or in the secondary does it matter where you store it? Does light effect it? Do you think that light can effect the taste of beer?


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Old 02-07-2008, 08:05 PM   #2
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Light can have a significant effect on beer, esp. In clear containers. Highly recommend keeping it in a dark area or covering it with a box.


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Ultraviolet light = Skunk Keep it in the dark.
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Keep it in as dark an area as you can.
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let it dwell in darkness
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all hail the darkness!!!!!
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yeast like it dark, or at least dim.

all my carboys have t-shirts over them.
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K is back! The keeper of the light! All hail K! All hail K! Oh K can you see by the dawn's early light...


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