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From: jcz@sas.UUCP (Carl Zeigler)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Bottle colors
Message-ID: <121@sas.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 14:51:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 16 14:51:03 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jul-86 03:31:22 EDT
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Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC
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Summary: beer bottle color affects flavor

In article <443@valid.UUCP>, jao@valid.UUCP writes:
> Why is is that beer bottles are sometimes brown, sometimes green, and
> sometimes clear, but never blue or red or anything else?
> -- 
> John Oswalt (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!jao)

Believe it or not, it is because the color of the *sun* light hitting
the beer will affect its preservation and quality.

This may no longer be important with refrigeration units
in stores, but the bottle designs were already worked out.

-- 
John Carl Zeigler         "Just once I'd like to meet an alien menace
SAS Institute Inc.            that wasn't impervious to bullets !"
Cary, NC  27511
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