I noticed an article about Oktoberfest on the CBS Early Show‘s site. Garrett Oliver, author of “The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food,” talks a bit about the history and origins of the Oktoberfest celebrations. Interesting reading. However one of the things that caught my eye was the following about the Spaten Oktoberfest beer:
Spaten is known as Munich’s first brewery, and for over 100 years, the Spaten brewery has been one of the most important exporters of German beer. Spaten beers are the No. 1 selling authentic Bavarian beers in the United States, which means that the beers are completely unaltered. They are identical to the beer you would be served in Munich.
It just so happens that the Beer Goddess and I had a couple of bottles of this last night. Green glass bottles. Slightly skunky green glass bottles. Which leads to the question, why do the breweries continue to use green bottles? I know the ‘ol skunk can occur in any glass container, but green and clear glass bottles don’t offer much protection at all. Come on Spaten, buck the ‘go green’ movement and instead GO AMBER!
You can read the entire article posted at CBS here….