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Certified Beer Server · Keeping and Serving Beer

Protect Beer from Light

Syllabus Path

Understand lightstruck aroma risk and which packages protect beer from damaging light.

  1. I. Keeping and Serving Beer
  2. C. Beer storage
  3. 4. Protect beer from light

Exam Focus

  • Lightstruck beer smells skunky.
  • Sunlight, fluorescent light, and many LEDs can cause damage quickly.
  • Brown glass protects better than green or clear glass.
  • Cans, ceramic bottles, and closed cases give strong light protection.

Light exposure

Beer in glass can develop skunky aroma after short exposure to damaging wavelengths. Package color and closed storage matter.

Key Terms

Lightstruck
Skunky aroma caused when beer is exposed to damaging light.

References

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