Heineken

[tony]

I remember people back in the day at the university I attended,drinking this beer and they liked it,but it never was one of my favourites. A bottle with a clear or green colour can get skunked(beer gets a skunked taste) by the ultraviolet light rays that permeate the bottle and then interacts with the hops. I would go with beer in cans or brown bottles for a better taste.

Interesting, I have always thought that drinking from the bottle is cooler in that you are seeing the contents of what you are consuming. I think not exposing the bottled beer to the sun would help to avoid the 'skunked'

 

[thisnthat]

I don't know what causes this particular brand to seem skunky, but maybe it is about the packaging. I just know that it never did much for me.

It's funny, my husband said the same thing to me this weekend. His friends would act like it was some great feat to score some Heiney's (I guess because they were used to super cheap beer), but he never liked it either.