The Colour of Light as determined by the Preference of Beer......

Sitting around after work some time ago, I was playing with a flashlight and a pint of Fort Gary Pale Ale, and discovered that the colour created when the light shone through the beer was stunning!  A friend had a pint of Smithwicks, which looks similar in regular bar-room light, but, as we discovered, is actually quite different if you shine a light through it.  Excited by the possibilities, we decided to in engage in scientific research into the luminate properties of beer.

The methodology is simple: a "C" cell Mag Light is shone through a pint glass of the subject beer on to a white surface,  a second "C" cell Mag Light is used to project the colour from a Rosco Lux or Lee (or combination) colour filter swatch on to the same white surface next to the beer projection.  A consensus is reached; on to the next beer!  A fair amount of beer is consumed in this process, however I think the results of the tests are reasonably accurate, even towards the end of the list.

Needless to say, the size of the vessel affects the results.  A standard British pint glass was used in all tests.  (hmmm .... I wonder if I could use this on stage, somehow...??)

We intend to expand this list regularly, and are more than willing to consider outside submissions. Please e-mail me with your submission. These are subject to confirmation by the same rigorous tests outlined above and will be added, with credit, once tested.

Many thanks must go to the following who gave so generously of their time and battery life:
Sue Stone, Kel Berg, Todd Drader, Garth Mann, Mike Wright, Dean Cowison and Bruce Clayton.

We apologize to the people at Electrics Land who, it seems, have been engaged in similar research.  Our initial research was completed before I found that excellent web site.  It is very interesting to note that although our methodologies are similar, the results are quite different.

So without further ado, here are the test results:
 

OK, the wine isn't beer, but it was there....