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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/04/rswnd1qjq4rih1li6osz.gif?quality=75640290The phrase “skunked beer” is no misnomer: As the American Chemical Society tells us, the molecule that gives skunky beer its stankitudinous flavour is almost identical to the one found in skunk spray. But how does it get in your beer? And how on earth do you keep it out?