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15 Beer Myths Debunked
It's always a good time to turn our collective attention to some of the outdated myths about beer that continue in circulation even today, when we have such a wealth of diverse brews at our disposal.
Myth #1: Dark beer is heavy
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Couldn't be further from the truth, folks. Colour in beer comes purely from the grain used in its creation, with darker beers containing more toasted or roasted barley malt and paler beers containing less or no darker malts. And roasting malt doesn’t make it heavier or more caloric.
Jump to the myth of your choice:
- Myth #1: Dark beer is heavy
- Myth #2: Ale is stronger than lager
- Myth #3: Beer makes you fat
- Myth #4: Stout is a "meal in a glass"
- Myth #5: Bock is brewed each spring after the brewing tanks are cleaned
- Myth #6: Cold-filtering
- Myth #7: Draught gets you drunk faster than bottled beer (or vice versa)
- Myth #8: Imported beer is better than domestic beer
- Myth #9: Wine is more complex than beer
- Myth #10: "That beer I had last night made me sick."
- Myth #11: Fruit beers are girly beers
- Myth #12: Ales are necessarily better than lagers
- Myth #13: Canadian beer is stronger than American beer
- Myth #14: German wheat beers are flavoured with bananas and cloves
- Myth #15: Beer and fine dining don't mix
