What's the most incorrect thing you've ever believed about beer?

Back in my BMC days I used to think darker beers had more ABV, I think that is a pretty common misconception though.

 

Yeah, he was kind of a dick that way.

 

Ben used to wear one himself until he found out he never said it.
He was the Yogi Berra of the 1700s. "I never said all those things I said."

 

Sorry about that but I was thinking what bars told us for all those years.And yes I know.Cheers and enjoy.

 

The sign in the bar said,"Free beer tomorrow".

 

That article is full of contradictions that someone points out in a comment at the end...all it really proves is that the Hodgson fella most likely didn't invent the style of the IPA...

 

...that beer originated from the Egyptians.

 

I'm agreeing to the can thing. I thought cans imparted a mettalic taste, and were meant for lower quality "beer pong Beers". Then I lived near Oscar Blues for a few years. Rewired my brain right quick.

 

That bud light was actually beer

 

A lot of people STILL believe it. Especially in Canada. It drives me crazy.

When I brought a load of beer back from Michigan to Northern Ontario (Founders, Bells, etc) I got tons of comments, "oh so you like the weaker stuff from the US?" from people as they drank their Molson Canadians and Coors Lights.

 

...that MHL was the (real) "Champagne of Beers".
There are by far so many more beers deserving of that title.

 

There's actually some truth to that (unless I was punked). My father-in-law used to work at the Strohs brewery in town and he confirmed that story with a few of the brands they produced. (disclaimer...this has to do with coming from the same brewery, not a totally different brewery I know...)

 

That beer books and their writes always know what they are talking about. Also what they taste is not always what I taste.

 

Every beer in a green bottle is skunked.

 

That when I was 16yrs old..all beer tasted like Miller High Life.
-was what my Father always drank.

 

That keystone light was bottom of the barrel Coors light.

 

That is funny right there.

 

If you mean the long comment, the bloke is taking out of his arse. Progressive tax regime in the late 18th century? Total bollocks. 6.5% strong in 1800? Nope, not true. He has no idea what he's talking about. IPA was never a strong beer in the 19th century.

 

Yeah, when a blog's only editor is also the author, misunderstandings and errors are much more likely to show up and not get caught before being picked up and passed along.

 

What on earth do you mean?

 

That a blog and its associated comments are often subject to distortions of meaning that are carried away whole hog by the casual reader. A reinforcement of the same point you were making, but also intended as a more broad generalization about blogging and comments on them in general.

 

I once believed that Samuel Adams was always a good decision.

 

That canned beer meant crap beer. Yep, I said it.

 

That drinking beer was "SUCH a cheaper habit than wine!"