Video-Bottling, Bottling Stick & Bench Capper

[mysterio]

Sunlight... clear bottles... !

[mysterio]

It can happen very quickly in my experience, the other day I left a trial jar of homebrew on the windowsill on an overcast but bright day, 10 minutes later the sample was skunked to high heaven

[Jim]

It can happen very quickly in my experience, the other day I left a trial jar of homebrew on the windowsill on an overcast but bright day, 10 minutes later the sample was skunked to high heaven

By that argument if I take 10 minutes to drink my pint in the garden on a sunny day I'll be drinking skunked beer!

[mysterio]

I reckon you would Jim, you might not notice it from a pint glass but if you left a clear bottle out there for 10 - 15 minutes, popped it open and sniffed it from the bottle, I bet you would notice at least some skunky aroma. Actually, here's an episode of basic brewing video to illustrate what i'm talking about: http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?p ... nking-beer

I can promise you they don't have the slightest hint of light strike, I had a pint on the window ledge while I was bottling and it was fine.

Alright, I'll allow it this time

[tangoman]

Makes me want to take up bottling again, very nice.

[WishboneBrewery]

Pretty good stuff
and no mention of thyroids!

[Birdy]

I can' stop thinking those two guys in that video must be the unluckiest in the world or i'm the luckiest i have downed a few beers in my 35yrs of drinking and a lot of it outdoors, all i have ever used is kits and i have always used clear bottles (newcasle brown)and i think i can honestly say i have never had anything that could be described as skunked and by that guys reaction i dont think you could say i may have had one and not known about it, is skunking real or is it something of an urban myth.

[mysterio]

It's real alright, I had a bottle of Newkey Brown at the weekend and it was skunked. Try any beer in a green bottle, Pilsner Urquell, Becks, Kingfisher etc. They will almost certainly be light struck. The aroma/taste is not altogether unpleasant IMO, but it is very distinct. It could just be that you're used to it.

[Birdy]

Thanks for that mysterio but i just dont get it,as i say over the years i've downed gallons of the stuff in all kinds of bottles,glasses, on holiday,bbq's etc,like most i've had a few snide pints at the local but non i can recall sitting outside and nothing as foul tasting as described by statler and waldorf and i dread the thought i may have just got used to it maybe i have just been lucky.

[floydmeddler]

Nice vid Chris. I would love to get me one of those bench cappers but just don't have the room. One other thing, what was the music playing over the vid?

Cheers

[Digby Swift]

It's real alright, I had a bottle of Newkey Brown at the weekend and it was skunked. Try any beer in a green bottle, Pilsner Urquell, Becks, Kingfisher etc. They will almost certainly be light struck. The aroma/taste is not altogether unpleasant IMO, but it is very distinct. It could just be that you're used to it.

I only noticed in when I left a trial jar on the worktop and forgot about it for a couple of hours, it was really sunny as well. When I tasted it I was instantly reminded of the beer we drink when we go camping. Usually crates of lagers are bought by people and they are all in green bottles. I just assumed this was how these beers tasted until I tasted my trial jar. The funny thing is when these beers aren't light struck they taste of nothing, I would suggest light strike improves certain beers! It is not entirely unpleasant but I would be annoyed if I got it from one of my beers, it seems to mask any hop flavours.

Glad to hear the music is back Chris, the series isn't the same without it.

[Digby Swift]

It's certainly a charachteristic of some lagers and probably wouldn't be viewed as a flaw (in those particular lagers) if it hadn't been catagorised as one, much like so many people seem to think diacetyl is a flaw when its actually a pleasant charachteristic of some ales.

Exactly. You couldn't make London Pride without it.

[subsub]

Nice vid Chris. You're capper is similar to mine, except that mine is circa 1920 and rusty

[Dr. Dextrin]

I'm starting to get paranoid now about drinking my pint quickly if it's sunny in the pub garden (does sometimes happen down south). I have been known to make a pint last, oooh, maybe half an hour and I can't say I've noticed any skunks around. Loss of condition, warm, maybe a bit oxidised, but skunked... no.

Could it be that the damage can be done in a few minutes but it takes a while for the skunked taste to develop maybe? Like more than half an hour? Or is real ale less susceptible?

Just wondering.

[simple one]

I'm starting to get paranoid now about drinking my pint quickly if it's sunny in the pub garden (does sometimes happen down south). I have been known to make a pint last, oooh, maybe half an hour and I can't say I've noticed any skunks around.

Surely if your drinking beer down sarf the little cocktail brolley supplied with your beer will protect it from the sun?

(edit: I am a northerner forced to migrate for financial reasons!)