Food Theory: Corona Wants You To RUIN Your Beer!

Have you ever had a drink of a beer that tasted rancid? Well that could be because it was skunked! No, we are not talking about beer made from a skunk or it's stank. I'm talking about when the sun RUINS your drink. Some are guiltier than others when it comes to their bottle design, so I figured that for the end of summer it was time to try and SAVE your beer! Plus, one beer that you may want to leave in the sun to HELP it...


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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick, Zach Stewart, and Luke Barats
Editors: Pedro Freitas and Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[adherentincoherence]

The secret message that he talks about during the sciencey part is a code, when you put all the letter's 3 steps ahead of where they are (ex:w=t) you get: "this is indeed a secret message" I was hoping for another arg, but this was a fun use of 5 minuets

[Hayden-vfss]

As a chemist and beer lover, I once attended a seminar on this very topic. If I remember correctly, Corona does in fact rely on light induced skunkiness to improve the taste, in normal beer there is a compound that reacts with the 3-MBT that leads to an awful taste. Basically Corona prevents that from happening however while the taste improves the scent does not. In some cases it can smell like cat pee, this is why Corona is always marketed with a lime wedge, the lime is intended to mask the scent of the skunked beer.

[LonelySandwich]

“Corona wants you to ruin your beer”
*gets a corona ad*

[Icy_Monster]

As a mexican I feel honored that Modelo and Corona beers were involved in this ex-beer-ament

[pak-gg]

The code at 3:00 says “THIS IS INDEED A SECRET MESSAGE” when put through a +3 Cesar Cipher

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This reminds me of the good ol days where Tik Tok was just a song and Corona was just a beer.

[TheLegendaryNomad]

"No no no no no, I could be convinced."

This is hands down my favorite intro to a video.

[rcangelanddemon]

The way he immediately had the beer hat on with two cans in hand was perfect

[shawnheatherly]

If Corona's taste is actually made with skunking in mind, that's kind of genius.

[You]

Matpat sounds suspiciously like a supervillain in this one. Between the dungeon, the bribing, and the gun.

[muffinlord]

Dang, MatPat talking about beer? His inner dad is really coming out now.

[jraz]

Brewer here, so temperature does change taste but its perceived taste. At colder temperatures your tongue can't taste as effectively and you get less flavor, that's why many Corona drinkers find that colder beer tastes better. The chemical reaction is still there from being lightstruck, but you can't perceive that flavor as well. Mat touched on this a bit, some beers are designed around the skunkiness, Corona and Heineken are examples, they chose clear or green glass because those are less effective at filtering sunlight. While most beers use brown glass or cans, which is much more effective at filtering that light, thus preventing that chemical reaction.

[nathan_tasker]

“No, no, no, no, no. I can be convinced.” That’s solid gold. The look on his face was priceless. I absolutely love the content here as well as on Game and Film Theory. Some of the best channels on YouTube. Keep up the fantastic work, team!

[jaydudified]

Mat: “I need you to drink a lot of beer. Its fine if you don’t want to do it.”

Luke: “You had me at ‘beer’ my good man.”

[IMessagePlots]

Ah yes corona and the beer corona, best things to have together

[ha.]

Hey Matt! I've always been told that coffee is the go-to for a bad hangover. But is there a way to prove what would actually help a hangover? How does alchohol invoke a hangover? and what foods or beverages would actually combat the symptoms? Do you consume the cure before or after you drink? Does coffee actually work or is there a better way? And if there is, how would you figure it out?

[rebeccafaleij]

Round of applause for Luke, carrying this episode with style

[firefli]

"When their powers combine, they ruin beer."
-Matpat, 2021

[kennyholmes]

...I got it. Copper glass is *the* type of glass bottle to use when you want to avoid skunking. when used as an additive to the glass, metallic copper turns glass a reddish color, which blocks out short wavelengths, and the copper can pull the sulfur away, removing the skunking when it does happen.

Only problem is, copper is becoming rather pricey.

[nook]

luke is really making sacrifices in the name of science! a true pioneer, mats lucky to have such a dedicated team member