Spot on Steelspanker.
I'm a Packaging Engineer for a living and it is all about UV with beer. Clear bottles allow the most UV to penetrate, then green, then brown, then can.
Theoretically, the best tasking beer should come from a can (it doesn't). Its also why some small micros (Dales etc.) is starting to come in a can. Can lines are very spendy and its much cheaper and easier for the small micros to bottle.
I won't drink ANY clear or green bottle beer. It all tastes like skunky crap...lime or no lime.
Lastly - did you know that mass-market, commercial beers (bud, miller etc..) were created specifically for the ladies market during WWII? Before WWII, American beers used to be much darker and stronger. But once the war broke out and our GI's went overseas, the brewers found that beer wasn't selling any longer. They found out that women didn't like the darker heavier beers, so they switch to lighter Ales and Lagers. Once the war ended and our men came home, they too liked the new lighter beer and it stuck. Now you know the rest of the story...
FYI - I'm the furthest thing from a Hippster D-Bag and I'm drinking a tall boy PBR right now. PBR is good stuff for the price.
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