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# Brews You Can Use
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4049/
- Published: 2006-02-24T14:36:20.000Z
- Updated: 2006-02-24T14:36:20.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Few things are more disappointing than getting a skunky beer . . . especially if you're in a car and don't have any more cold ones with you. [This beer blogger shares information on skunkiness](http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/february/thoughtson?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). I'm not sure how useful it'll prove, when you're weeping after opening a bad one, knowing you don't have enough money for another, but it might help somehow. Excerpt:

> Beer is sensitive to light, especially in the 350”“500 nm range. Light of this wavelength can penetrate clear and green glass and cause nauseous off-flavors in beers bottled in such glass containers and drinking glasses. The beer is said to be “sunstruck” and the aroma and taste referred to as “skunky”. Light instability in beer results from hop components. Hops in brewing have a number of roles: they impart bitterness to beer; provide characteristic hop aromas; suppress growth of ertain microorganisms, particularly gram-positive bacteria; assist in beer foam stability; and contribute polyphenols to the protein”“polyphenol complex during wort boiling.

Other disappointing drinking situations:

Ordering a cold one and the bartender saying, "They're changing the keg. It'll be fifteen minutes."

Ordering a tall cold one, then your wife calls you on the phone, asking, "Are you on your way home?"

Ordering another cold one and the bartender shakes his head.

Ordering a cold one and realizing you're in McDonald's.

Ordering a cold one and the bartender recognizes that you're only fourteen.

Ordering a cold one at a great new bar, then seeing everyone wearing leather . . . and they're not bikers.

Ordering your ninth cold one and realizing your designated driver is passed out.