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0 pointsmrob6y ago0 comments

Algae gets its energy by photosynthesis, so it needs light to grow. Beer (bittered with natural hops) must be kept away from light to avoid producing unpleasant tasting compounds:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle#Lightstruck_beer

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plopz6y ago· 1 in thread

> In some cases, such as Miller High Life, a hop extract that does not have isohumulones is used to bitter the beer so it cannot be "lightstruck"

Seems like that's solvable.

mrobOP6y ago

I don't think many microbreweries would be in favor of that. Miller High Life isn't exactly renowned for its great hop flavor.

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