This was a result of another thread posted today: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/rekegging-store-bought-keg-140592/. I didn't want to hijack the thread, so I posted a new thread.
I attended a cook-out, tailgate style party in Midland, MI two weeks ago for the Michigan State/Wisconsin game . They had a half barrel of Bud Light, and we polished off about 2/3 of it. The next day, the guy who hosted the party (knowing of my recent intake of brew knowledge) asked me why keg beer is always skunked a few days after a party. He assumed that it was because the beer WAS cold, then became warm, which will skunk beer. I told him that this was a common misconception, and that it was UV light that actually skunked beer. But there is no UV light getting to beer in a keg.
So is it because you're replacing the CO2 in the keg with O2 with a party pump? Is it actually skunking the beer, or oxidized it?
Thanks!
I attended a cook-out, tailgate style party in Midland, MI two weeks ago for the Michigan State/Wisconsin game . They had a half barrel of Bud Light, and we polished off about 2/3 of it. The next day, the guy who hosted the party (knowing of my recent intake of brew knowledge) asked me why keg beer is always skunked a few days after a party. He assumed that it was because the beer WAS cold, then became warm, which will skunk beer. I told him that this was a common misconception, and that it was UV light that actually skunked beer. But there is no UV light getting to beer in a keg.
So is it because you're replacing the CO2 in the keg with O2 with a party pump? Is it actually skunking the beer, or oxidized it?
Thanks!