Which beer myth most annoys you?

The myth that most annoys me is that being a beer geek means you have to get offended whenever someone else is wrong about beer storage, proper drinking vessels, beer styles, etc.

 

"All beer tastes the same"

- said by casual drinkers

 

Dark beers are all high in alcohol

 

The same for me. I work at a liquor store, and whenever people ask if we have a cooler-only beer warm I'll try to explain to them that temperature variations won't do anything to their beer. Almost invariably they will either pronounce their disbelief or simply get angry at me. For reasons unfathomable to me people feel very passionately about it.

 

That IPA was created to keep beer from spoiling on the trip from the UK to India

 

or "dark beers are heavy" - but yes, what you said.

 

I also think it's funny when people think that the term "craft beer" means "imports" (Heineken, Guinness).

 

That a beer left in a hot car for 10 minutes will be undrinkable.

 

Maybe those people just have weak arm strength.

 

Yup this is the one people don't let go of. I heard a TW clerk correcting a customer once, customer wouldn't have it...

Another myth is that beer should be served as cold as possible. I hate getting iced glasses, didn't used to think it made a big difference til I had an Oberon in one...wow, tasted like a freaking macro.

A third myth is that Guinness is a really thick beer.

 

That Michigan is the best beer state.

 

"Blue Moon is a micro/craft"

"Can't let cold beer get warm and then cold again"

Hoegaarden is pronounced like 'hoe...' (not who...) FFS, they put the phonetic spelling on the sixpack packaging.


Long list of myths about what is considered moderate drinking. Many, many people confuse 3 pints a day with 3 standard drink units, for example... and it's not just a 3 drink/day limit, there's also the (approximate) limit of 14 standard drinks per week.

 

That chicks drinking a lot of beer makes me better looking. Alas, I am still ugly to them.

 

That IPAs are all bad a month after bottling.

 

The assumption that all stouts taste like Guinness and are "thick" (as previously said).

 

That being hard to find makes it a world class beer.

Do What's Right.

 

That BCBS variants are rare

 

That you can tell the difference in a two week and three week old IPA.

 

Mine isn't a myth, but more of a pet peeve that touches on your post. I f%#*king hate when people say they don't drink beer because of "that beer flavor". Sends me through the roof.