Why are most beer bottles brown rather than clear?
Beer bottles are generally brown because light — sunlight, fluorescent, etc. — affects beer. Light reacts with the hop oils and gives the beer a “skunky” smell and flavor. Know your beers What are dry beers? Dry beer was developed in Japan. Using more adjuncts such as corn, rice and genetically altered yeasts, these beers ferment more completely and have less residual sweetness, and hence less aftertaste. What are ice beers? Making of ice beers involves lowering the temperature of the beer until the water in it begins to freeze, then filtering out the ice crystals. The result is higher alcohol content. But because the ice forms around yeast cells, protein particles, etc., these are removed as well; leaving less taste and character. What is cold-filtering? This is a way of clarifying beer in a shorter time. Beer becomes clearer as proteins and other particles coagulate and settle. The beer can then be drawn off and bottled. One way to reduce the settling time is to chill the beer so t
