tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post360957262953077375..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Damned Green BottlesJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34935235337337487342012-11-27T03:33:45.914-08:002012-11-27T03:33:45.914-08:00Patrick is just lucky to find unskunked Czech beer...Patrick is just lucky to find unskunked Czech beer in São Paulo, as all beers are poorly handled and stored in stores around here. Heineken is brewed 100km from São Paulo and is often skunked. It's not how much it has traveled but how long it has been on the shelf, under bright lights.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027300822667725341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-69131955337506309042012-11-20T10:44:43.709-08:002012-11-20T10:44:43.709-08:00Don't know if this is still the norm. But, ......Don't know if this is still the norm. But, ... <br />back in the day when they were my beer of choice, several Northern European green bottled pilseners were packaged in sealed cardboard cartoon. Mostly impervious to photon particles. Or, are they waves?Jack R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07625645308707849072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-41453529016453559222012-11-20T04:44:10.557-08:002012-11-20T04:44:10.557-08:00I would suspect that most Czechs drink the beer fr...I would suspect that most Czechs drink the beer from cask or keg, not from bottles. The same is true in Bavaria. However, in Belgium and also sometimes here in the Netherlands, bottled beer is better because it's bottle-conditioned. The better breweries use brown glass, Heineken and their colleagues use green. Brand UP, probably one of the best Dutch pilseners, is owned by Heineken, but comesmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18391986396999558718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-62572356555486911942012-11-19T19:36:56.915-08:002012-11-19T19:36:56.915-08:00Patrick, I bought this bottle in the town of its m...Patrick, I bought this bottle in <i>the town of its manufacture</i>. I don't think the American rube market is keeping things afloat in Ceske Budejovice. <br /><br />Barm, we are fortunate indeed to share our continent with the noble skunk.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-90362930978579663912012-11-19T17:17:10.302-08:002012-11-19T17:17:10.302-08:00I can’t help thinking that Europeans don’t seem to...I can’t help thinking that Europeans don’t seem to find lightstrike as unpleasant as Americans do. Perhaps because we don’t have actual skunks over here. Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-53704646171542304252012-11-19T14:58:27.270-08:002012-11-19T14:58:27.270-08:00Americans took a vote. In the Electoral College, s...Americans took a vote. In the Electoral College, skunked beer in green and clear bottles won. Hence, the undying love of Heineken and Corona, two of the most skunk-infested beers out there. Sometimes taste counts for nothing. But, then, you already knew that.Pete Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456380762400522665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-54507097296421132722012-11-19T13:46:38.712-08:002012-11-19T13:46:38.712-08:00I don't care how much blowback I get from the ...I don't care how much blowback I get from the beer geeks here, the fact is good beer in Brazil is almost completely absent. <br /><br />However, one positive aspect of Carlos Brito's conquest of the world is that for a reasonable price in my local Pao de Acucar, I can get a pretty darn fresh bottle of "Czechvar" (yes, even in Brazil, Budweiser is reserved for the St. Louis stuffPatrick Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.com