by exposure to UV rays. (The technical term is, appropriately, “lightstruck.”) When that bottle of beer is opened—and skunked beer only happens in bottles—there will be an unmistakable aroma of “skunk,” which may or may not influence your desire to drink or discard the beer. ...
An adjective describing beer that has been ruined by exposure to light. So called because it has the unmistakeable odor of a skunk. The odor is caused w...