beer and wine bottle color etiquette

[crazyseany]

Is there a post or chat somewhere that tell s what type of beer and wine goes in what color bottles? Does our really matter?

I know you never see stouts foot sale in clear bottles a well as red wines..

I know that brown bottles are supposed to help stop UV rays...

But is there a "list"?

 

[phenry]

Brown bottles are the best widely available bottles at blocking UV light. Therefore, that's all I use. Also because that's the only color bottle that the beer I buy comes in.

 

[Wreck99]

Although I think it would look cool to bottle in blue bottles that I've seen, I have to agree with phenry. Brown bottles are probably best for beer to keep them in the dark while storing.

 

[crazyseany]

I store my beer in a fruit cellar with a blocked of window....not to worried about the UV.....

Any idea on what wines go where?

 

[kevokie]

Brown bottles block out UV light, which spoils the hops somehow...skunks the beer. But if you are storing where UV light can not reach, you should be fine with about any bottle. As far as wine goes, clear makes sense to me, that way it shows the color and clarity of the wine. Of course, use whatever you prefer!

 

[Doomsday]

Check out this link, has a lot of good info.

http://www.tree.com/food-dining/wine-bottles.aspx

 

[crazyseany]

Check out this link, has a lot of good info.

http://www.tree.com/food-dining/wine-bottles.aspx

Cool thanks for the link...that's what I was looking for...now to find one on beer....lol (not that it matters I have almost all brown beer bottles...

 

[Brewskii]

Beer is hopped. Hop compounds contain a weak covalent bond that can be cleaved by UV wavelengths. This results in a molecule that stabilizes by bonding to atmospheric sulphur. The resulting molecule is very similar in smell and composition to that in musk glands of a skunk.
Beer that is in the market place in green glass is frequently skunky ( think Heinekin) and people in the US who drink it have learned to expect that.
Frequently, marketing dictates beer in unique packages, green or clear or cobalt, that do not protect against uv but do not have "skunkyness" as there profile. These commercial examples are often brewed with hop extracts that have been chemically altered so that this weak bond dose not exist. These are known as light stable pre- isomerized hop extracts.

 

[crazyseany]

So corona doesn't have "real" hops?

I'll keep my beer in brown bottles...

The wife can have the clear ones for projects....

 

[GASoline71]

Miller's claim to fame for using clear bottles is so you can see how clean and clear their beer is.

Gary

 

[JLem]

So corona doesn't have "real" hops?

I'll keep my beer in brown bottles...

The wife can have the clear ones for projects....

Corona does have "real" hops...though not much of them. Corona is routinely skunked in the bottle, though not always noticeable because of the small quantity of hops used. BTW, a lime covers up the skunkiness. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[homebrewdad]

Corona does have "real" hops...though not much of them. Corona is routinely skunked in the bottle, though not always noticeable because of the small quantity of hops used. BTW, a lime covers up the skunkiness. Coincidence? I think not.

Are you suggesting that it's possible to drink a Corona without a lime wedge?

 

[JLem]

Are you suggesting that it's possible to drink a Corona without a lime wedge?

Sure, if you like the smell and taste of skunky pale lagers

 

[Brewskii]

Miller's claim to fame for using clear bottles is so you can see how clean and clear their beer is.

Gary

I'm almost certain that Miller is using PIHE in high life. Believe that many malt liquors use them ( it's not a 4-0 of OE800 if it's not clear glass...

.... one for my homies)