I just figured out that light could hurt my beer. I have been using an LED flashlight to look into my beer a couple times a day to check clarity. Obviously I should avoid this practice will this skunk my beer?
I have found that a regular paper bag from the grocery store with a hole cut out of the bottom for the neck of the carboy fits perfect. It covers everything but the very top of the neck and goes completely to the ground. It kind of looks like a brown leisure suit for the carboy. I find it easier than sticking the heavy carboy in the tight closet. Just fyi....
You could probably even draw some lapels on it with a sharpie, and maybe a bowtie.
Better yet do that with a brown or black paper bag, then get a white one from say a bakery, and you could have a wedding ceremony for your carboy, and cargirl, in this case!
You could probably even draw some lapels on it with a sharpie, and maybe a bowtie.
Better yet do that with a brown or black paper bag, then get a white one from say a bakery, and you could have a wedding ceremony for your carboy, and cargirl, in this case!
Currently my first batch with something other than Mr. Beer is going into its' third week of fermentation (Nukey Brown Ale). Because I'm a noob I forgot about covering the carboy for the first 3 or 4 days. It was never in direct sun light but it sat n the corner of our dining room so it got reflected or ambient light. It now has a nice T-shirt on so it is nice & dark but I wonder, did I skunk my beer with that initial exposure? Is there anything I can do to un-skunk it (if you think it might need it)?
I like to brown paper bag Idea. I just bottled can I keep the beers in a room that has artificial light or should I move it to a dark room.
Below is a link for a video where James Spencer and Steve Wilkes tested skunking beers with clear beer bottles. However, these beers were finished with fermentation which may change the sensitivity to skunking.
1) LED's do not create UV light. Unless you have a UV LED (in which case, your local government *may* want to have a word with you), your LED only creates a small range of colour, and there is little spectral bleed.
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