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Quote from: weithman5 on April 15, 2010, 11:57:27 amhopefully not enough O2 to skunk the beer.<pendant>That wouldn't be skunking you'd be fearing - it would be the beer getting oxidized.Skunking is a very specific reaction between UV light and isomerized alpha acids that results in the creation of mercapatan, the chemical best recognized as the smelly stuff in skunk spray.</pendant>
hopefully not enough O2 to skunk the beer.
<pendant>That wouldn't be skunking you'd be fearing - it would be the beer getting oxidized.Skunking is a very specific reaction between UV light and isomerized alpha acids that results in the creation of mercapatan, the chemical best recognized as the smelly stuff in skunk spray.</pendant>
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