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resedit wrote:

btw - supposedly that's the history of IPA - it was brewed to prevent it from skunking on the trip from England to India.
Or something like that.

It was brewed with high hops and alcohol content to prevent spoilage, not skunking. Beer was/(is) shipped in barrels, so there's no light exposure.

The definition isn't "more precise," it's the definition.

resedit wrote:

Ah - OK.
To me "skunk" beer is simply a beer that has gone bad.
Guess there's a more precise definition.

That's because beer doesn't really spoil anymore, with the advent of pasteurization and refrigeration.

Skunking is a reaction to light by a chemical contained in the hops. The best defense against skunking is having your beer in brown bottles, and stored away from light.

You can drink a skunked beer; it will just taste horrible. You will get sick if you drink a spoiled beer.

Res,

The beer in question is called Taj Mahal.
It's a lager, served in just about every Indian restaurant I've been to (that had a beer license I should say, most of my favorite Inian places have a byob policy), no relation to the IPA.

Other than getting skunked -which is from getting lightstruck (most susceptable in lagers/pilsners, so I cannot fathom why they so commonly use green or even clear bottles on them-I think there are a lot of Americans who believe a good European lager is supposed to taste skunky)

Other spoilage is just from sitting around -especially after going through cycles of high and low temparatures.

This will make the beer taste and smell like old vegetable water -or wet paper bags.

Skunking will have an actually skunky odor.

iSeamas wrote:

Res,

The beer in question is called Taj Mahal.
It's a lager, served in just about every Indian restaurant I've been to (that had a beer license I should say, most of my favorite Inian places have a byob policy), no relation to the IPA.

I knew it wasn't an IPA - but IPA is what made me think of it.
It was quite good.

Yes

Will beer get skunked if you leave it out on the patio where justine works?

I was curious because i have a few bottles of some Maudite, a strong dark Belgian ale. I don't drink it often, but i always have it here for when i do want it. What kind of time frame am i looking at with it in the fridge?

justine wrote:

user wrote:

Will beer get skunked if you leave it out on the patio where justine works?

No beer would be there long enough to get skunked. There are so many heavy drinkers at my compant, and judging by the amount of people in line for the free crap beer they serve at our quarterly meetings, they'll drink anything.

hate long lines for free beer eh? 

Monday I finally put the bottle of Mich GDL to rest.  The beer went down the drain (surprisingly foamy) and the bottle went into the recycling.  That's the end of that.

justine wrote:

I was curious because i have a few bottles of some Maudite, a strong dark Belgian ale. I don't drink it often, but i always have it here for when i do want it. What kind of time frame am i looking at with it in the fridge?

I'd imagine something like that could last months in the fridge.
I know of beer geeks who cellar that stuff for 1-3 years.

iSeamas wrote:

justine wrote:

I was curious because i have a few bottles of some Maudite, a strong dark Belgian ale. I don't drink it often, but i always have it here for when i do want it. What kind of time frame am i looking at with it in the fridge?

I'd imagine something like that could last months in the fridge.
I know of beer geeks who cellar that stuff for 1-3 years.

Thanks for the info. Most of the beer i buy gets consumed pretty quickly so it's not a worry, but the Maudite doesn't.