i remember sam adams saying that green bottles block only 40 percent of the sunlight that brown bottles do and clear bottles only 10 percent. but they might just say that to try and sell their product.I use green all the time. I'd say as long as you're not storing them in sunlight or under fluorescent lamps for a long time it will have zero effect on the beer.
I think I'll do an experiment with the IPA I'm kegging at the end of the week. I'll try to skunk one in a green bottle in the sun, and leave a control in a brown bottle.
heineken isnt bad
i like using some clear bottles in each batch. it is a lot easier to see what's going on during bottle conditioning and to monitor chill haze in the fridge.
i generally keep my beer indoors so UV exposure has never been an issue.
Great idea! ^^^
I have used some green Stella bottles with no problems.... just make sure they're not being exposed to a lot of light. I store my bottled goods in beer boxes in our dark garage, works just fine.
Here's a white paper that came off the basic brewing radio web site. Cool stuff.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Beer/bbrskunking.pdf?w=2b54c497
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