Definitions

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  • adjective of beer Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.

Etymologies

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light +‎ struck

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Examples

  • Taste: Grainy and light, bitter from the skunky lightstruck character.

    The Brew Site 2009

  • Taste: Grainy and light, bitter from the skunky lightstruck character.

    The Brew Site 2009

  • Smell: Skunky Mexican lager; corny light beer with the typical skunked (lightstruck) aroma that's become a signature of the style.

    The Brew Site 2009

  • There's a lot of stuff floating in it and I'm getting the slightest hint of lightstruck aroma.

    Hop Talk 2009

  • Smell: Skunky Mexican lager; corny light beer with the typical skunked (lightstruck) aroma that's become a signature of the style.

    The Brew Site 2009

  • (two developed strips and three undeveloped rolls, one of which later proved to have been lightstruck) [399] The film included fifty-eight frames, mostly photos of State and Navy Department documents, dated January 5 through April 1, 1938 (the so-called "Pumpkin Papers").

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • (two developed strips and three undeveloped rolls, one of which later proved to have been lightstruck) [389] The film included fifty-eight frames, mostly photos of State and Navy Department documents, dated January 5 through April 1, 1938 (the so-called "Pumpkin Papers").

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • (two developed strips and three undeveloped rolls, one of which later proved to have been lightstruck) [381] The film included fifty-eight frames, mostly photos of State and Navy Department documents, dated January 5 through April 1, 1938 (the so-called "Pumpkin Papers").

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • (two developed strips and three undeveloped rolls, one of which later proved to have been lightstruck) [368] The film included fifty-eight frames, mostly photos of State and Navy Department documents, dated January 5 through April 1, 1938 (the so-called "Pumpkin Papers").

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • (two developed strips and three undeveloped rolls, one of which later proved to have been lightstruck) [352] The film included fifty-eight frames, mostly photos of State and Navy Department documents, dated January 5 through April 1, 1938 (the so-called "Pumpkin Papers").

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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