Good beer in GREEN bottles does not exist

Roy Munson · #1 10-23-2007, 06:58 AM

Dogfish Head IPA is pretty good.

Badger · #2 10-23-2007, 10:47 AM

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Dogfish Head IPA is pretty good.

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I don't have any with me here at work, but I'd be surprised if Dogfish Head brewed anything in green bottles.

Badger · #3 10-23-2007, 10:58 AM

Interesting snippet I pulled from probrewer.com
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Back when I was in brew school, my professor addressed this exact point. He said that Heineken had considered changing bottle color to help prevent lightstruck aroma, but decided against it because they felt it provided a marketing advantage. They felt that Americans associated imported beer with green bottles, and that helped them stand out next to domestic rivals.

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FYI- lightstruck = skunky

This guy was speculating why Grolsch is in green bottles in the US, but brown bottles domestically.

miajag · #4 10-23-2007, 10:48 AM

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Dogfish Head IPA is pretty good.

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It's very good, but it comes in a brown bottle.

Roy Munson · #5 10-23-2007, 01:13 PM

At the Delaware beaches one can find many varieties of Dogfish Head. Some come in brown bottles, some green.

otnemem · #6 10-23-2007, 01:49 PM

I've never seen a variety of Dogfish Head in a green bottle. Link?

kylephilly · #7 10-23-2007, 01:57 PM

miajag · #8 10-23-2007, 02:02 PM

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I've never seen a variety of Dogfish Head in a green bottle. Link?

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He's probably thinking of 60 Minute IPA, which has a green label, but like all other Dogfish Head beers, comes in a brown bottle.

Roy Munson · #9 10-23-2007, 05:54 PM

I stand corrected. I was thinking of the 60 Minute IPA with the green label.

MattSuspect · #10 10-23-2007, 06:44 PM

Not enough: