[Poser]

“Sam Adams brewing may well say that about brown bottles”

I’ve never heard Sam Adams Brewing say that. It is a scientific fact that most home brewers know. Light ruins beer and beer in green bottles spoils more quickly than beer in brown bottles because of specific light wave lengths. I think the first time I read it was in Michael Jackson’s (no, not that Michael Jackson) books.

The solution is to put the beer into enclosed cases. Then, the color of the bottle doesn’t matter. BTW - Clear bottles are the worst.

Sam Adams bottles are brewed in Pittsburgh. They only make kegs in Jamaica Plain. I’m not sure who makes their bottled beers.

[lepton]

I’ve never heard Sam Adams Brewing say that. It is a scientific fact that most home brewers know. Light ruins beer and beer in green bottles spoils more quickly than beer in brown bottles because of specific light wave lengths.

Applies to quite a number of materials, like peroxide (where it is quite pronounced), milk, and many plastics.