Where should I put my beer to keep it from getting 'skunked'?

I accidently left a case of beer on my back porch for 24 hours at about 20-30 degrees F. I've read that beer gets skunked by light and not really by warming, although that can hurt the flavor. I want to bring the beer into my dark basement (where I usually keep it) and its about 50 degrees down there but I don't know if that is the best choice. Should I just keep it on the porch and cover it with dark blankets or something? Would the beer already be bad?


The beer a porter, it is in brown bottles and still in the box- I"m hoping it got very little light.|||Your beer should be just fine, although 20-30F is a little cold. Bringing it in to your basement would actually be perfect. The mid 50's is considered "cellar temperature" and ideal for storing beer.





You are also right about light. UV reacts with the alpha acids from the hops and they degrade into compounds that are nearly identical to that which a skunk produces. That's the basis for the brown bottles.





In your basement, nice and dark, will be the perfect place for beer.|||Beer should always be between 31 and 39 degress

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|||It is true that light rots beer however yours should be ok . The freezing temperatures didn't do it any good though. Pamper your beer. Bring it inside!|||You should keep it outside if it is that cold. Actually, you can bring it by my house and keep it on my porch. That way if you need one you can come over and get one my porch is nice and dark so It will keep. Come on bring it over. I wont drink it...all.|||Beer bottles are dark to reduce the light entering as it effects the quality of the beer.





One day won't harm it too much but drink it within the next month just to be sure. Beer should be kept in a cool dark room or fridge and should be consumed within 3 months of purchase.|||drink it|||Basement. If it freezes, it will burst every can/bottle.


A cool, dark place is perfect for beer. The dark is more important than the cool if it is bottles. Cans filter out the light, so it is not as important.


Try to keep it under 60F to keep the beer from releasing excess carbon dioxide.|||You correct that light is more the problem than temperature. The brown bottles are used specifically because it helps keep the light out. Flourecent lighting is the worst for causing beer to taste bad. Your concerns are valid but for the time period you are talking about this is completely irrelevent. To skunk beer it takes more than a month|||That is not true at all about the light. Your beer if you keep it cold will be just fine. Just get it into the fridge.|||I think this is first time I heard of anyone worrying about beer. How about if next time you just leave it at the beer store !


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