Top 10 Beer Myths

[Beefsteak]

http://www.drinkingbeer.net/BeerArticles/Top_10_Beer_Myths.php5

Beer Myth 1: Beat the Beer Belly with Light Beer

Beer Myth 2: The darker the beer, the more alcohol it contains

Beer Myth 3: Beer is ruined if warmed and then refrigerated

Beer Myth 4: Imported beers have more alcohol than domestic beers

Beer Myth 5: The Guinness they serve in Ireland is better

Beer Myth 6: Beer shouldn't be Bitter

Beer Myth 7: The best beers are in green bottles.

Beer Myth 8: The Thai beer Singha has formaldehyde in it

Beer Myth 9: Corona is Mexican Piss

Beer Myth 10: Women don't like beer



I'm not sure about #9.

[HarkJohnny]

someone else is a digg reader too eh? :D

interesting article that could be greatly expanded upon. (and I thought the same thing about #9 too! ha)

[zoom6zoom]

#9 - you mean it's not Mexican?

[MeridianFC]

Originally posted by zoom6zoom
#9 - you mean it's not Mexican?

Well played sir.

[steveh]

Beer Myth 8: The Thai beer Singha has formaldehyde in it

Damn, that's the only reason I've been drinking it! ;)

S.

[BathroomBrew]

i always thought the difference between a Corona and piss was about 20 minutes?

[BrewDog]

You can't buy Corona. You can only rent it.

[HarkJohnny]

you guys are so corn-y :p

[zoom6zoom]

Originally posted by MeridianFC
Well played sir.

Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

[larin1477]

Anyone ever notice that Mexicans DO NOT drink Corona!...

[ratman03]

Originally posted by Beefsteak
http://www.drinkingbeer.net/BeerArticles/Top_10_Beer_Myths.php5

Beer Myth 1: Beat the Beer Belly with Light Beer

Beer Myth 2: The darker the beer, the more alcohol it contains

Beer Myth 3: Beer is ruined if warmed and then refrigerated

Beer Myth 4: Imported beers have more alcohol than domestic beers

Beer Myth 5: The Guinness they serve in Ireland is better

Beer Myth 6: Beer shouldn't be Bitter

Beer Myth 7: The best beers are in green bottles.

Beer Myth 8: The Thai beer Singha has formaldehyde in it

Beer Myth 9: Corona is Mexican Piss

Beer Myth 10: Women don't like beer


I'm not sure about #9.


I have to take issue with #5. Anybody who knows beer and knows Guinness knows that the Guinness in Ireland is better.

As for #8, Singha could very well contain Formaldehyde. It's probably in Bud, why not Singha?

#9 - There's a good chance that Mexicans piss in Corona. It's at least 10% piss. What they do to Tecate is unmentionable, however. :eek:

[SoxyinMO]

Well, I'm here to catagorically and emphatically state that Myth # 10 is indeed a myth. Anyone who doubts that just needs to come to my house during a family reunion! :p

[Richard English]

Guinness is brewed to a number of different recipes to suit local tastes and conditions. I find the Irish Guinness (which is where the UK's Guinness now comes from) better than some others. Nigerian Guinness I don't care for at all.

So myth number 5 is no myth.

[larin1477]

Originally posted by SoxyinMO
Well, I'm here to catagorically and emphatically state that Myth # 10 is indeed a myth. Anyone who doubts that just needs to come to my house during a family reunion! :p

You tell em girl!!...Drinks beer...brews beer...Sox fan...Too bad Im deleriously happily married!..lol

[steveh]

Originally posted by ratman03
I have to take issue with #5. Anybody who knows beer and knows Guinness knows that the Guinness in Ireland is better.

The only reason Guinness is better in Ireland is because you're in Ireland to drink it.

S.

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by Richard English
Nigerian Guinness I don't care for at all.


Yes, if you send them your bankaccount niumber, they will give you some money and a few cases of Nigerian Guinness.

[ratman03]

Originally posted by steveh
The only reason Guinness is better in Ireland is because you're in Ireland to drink it.

S.

No way. I went in a skeptic and left a believer. However, that was a decade ago, and things may have changed in Dublin. But there was no doubt in my mind that Guinness over there was richer and creamier. But yes, being there made it that much better.

[steveh]

Originally posted by ratman03
But there was no doubt in my mind that Guinness over there was richer and creamier.

Not compared with where I get my Guinness around Chicago (and this was about 10 years ago too, but was my same perception 3 years later when I went back). I went to my first pub with the direct mindset that I wanted to taste and sample in comparison to the U.S. To my surprise the only difference I found was the serving temp - colder in Dublin (and this was pre Extra Cold)!

For an example of what surroundings and state of mind can do to your perception, go here and scroll to the last post by BrewDog (http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14471&perpage=15&pagenumber=2)

Dublin is the best place in the world to drink Guinness, but when I don't have the wherewithall to hop a trans-atlantic flight to the old sod, it's nice to know the little old Irish pub I have down the street has a nice pint waiting for me.

S.

[ratman03]

Originally posted by steveh

Dublin is the best place in the world to drink Guinness, but when I don't have the wherewithall to hop a trans-atlantic flight to the old sod, it's nice to know the little old Irish pub I have down the street has a nice pint waiting for me.

S.

Point taken. This is a case where perception IS reality, if you know what I mean. Where subjectivity leaves off and objectivity begins I cannot claim to know for certain in every circumstance.

There is a traditional Irish pub I frequented in Boston years ago (whose name escapes me at the moment). I recall that it had the best Guinness this side of the Atlantic, which caused me to wonder if they had an inside connection to real Irish kegs! Sounds like your Chicago local elicited that sort of feeling.

Whatever the case, I enjoy remembering Guinness in Ireland as superior. I am past due for a visit, and when I do I will be sure to share my findings.

[SoxyinMO]

Originally posted by larin1477
You tell em girl!!...Drinks beer...brews beer...Sox fan...Too bad Im deleriously happily married!..lol

Aw, shucks. :o

[Richard English]

The first time I drank Guinness in the USA was in the restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center (that was way back in 1979 as I recall). It was bottled and, before I could stop him, the waiter upended the bottle as if it were Dudweiser and ended up with half an inch of liquid in the glass, a generous measure on the tablecloth and the remainder as froth. Although it tasted a lot better than Dudweiser, it didn't taste anywhere near as good as Guinness in the UK (at that time brewed in London) and certainly not as good as Guinness brewed in Ireland.

As I have posted earlier, Guinness have a number of different recipes and it would thus be surprising if the different ones all tasted the same. Whether a particular type tastes better or worse will be a matter of opinion.

This is unlike Dudweiser, of course, which tastes the same wherever you get it:-(

[jesskidden]

Originally posted by Richard English

This is unlike Dudweiser, of course, which tastes the same wherever you get it:-(

Reminds me of the time, 20+ years ago when we'd sit around in the parking lot at work drinking beer at breaktime. (Yeah, different era). One of my co-workers drank Budweiser (well, more than one co-worker, unfortunately...but...anyway...) and suddenly he was buying it by the quart bottle rather than 16 oz. cans.

"Hey, what's with the quarts all of a sudden?"

Turns out that, even tho' we worked 20 miles from the A-B plant in Newark, some upgrading construction at the brewery had forced A-B to "import" the quarts from St. Louis. [That's back when the labels read "Brewed at (specific town), other breweries at (list of all the towns)"] So, apparently, word has spread amongst the Bud cognoscente that "REAL" St. Louis Budweiser was available in NJ! Get it while it's hot- er, ICE COLD!

[steveh]

Originally posted by Richard English
This is unlike Dudweiser, of course, which tastes the same wherever you get it:-(

Which is no flavor at all anyway.

"Real" St. Louis Budweiser - yeh.

S.

[ratman03]

Originally posted by Richard English

This is unlike Dudweiser, of course, which tastes the same wherever you get it:-(

Chemistry (as opposed to brewing) in action.

[zoom6zoom]

Originally posted by steveh
Which is no flavor at all anyway.


If it was flavorless I would consider that an improvement. There's a flavor all right, but it's nothing I want to consume.

[dparsons]

It is flavorless if you keep it at 31 *F or colder. Its best that way.

[jesskidden]

Originally posted by dparsons
It is flavorless if you keep it at 31 *F or colder. Its best that way.

A few years ago, the local paper started rating local restaurants and bars in their "weekend" insert, with a "checklist" system.

"Great", I thought, "under the "Beer" column, maybe I'll find something on draft I didn't know about..." Turns out that the beer was rated purely on temperature. <g>

Sort of like the signs outside a bar that claims: "COLDEST BEER IN TOWN!". Hey, thanks for the warning!

[xscotto]

Having been to Ireland a few times and toured the St. James facility a few times too, I learned two things. The draught Guinness in Irealnd and the drought Guinness here does in fact taste the same as long as it's fresh and poured properly, right amount of nitrogen and correct temp. There is no other real difference.

And like a previous poster mentioned, the ONLY reason that a Guinness in Ireland is better, is that you're IN Ireland to enjoy it.

Two other myths killed after being there... ALL Guinness in America is in fact brewed at the St. James Gate Dublin facility. It does not come from Canada or any other non-Irish source. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Ireland holds America in high esteem, and so many of her sons live here now. Maybe it's a rule the Kennedys made, who knows- I don't think many other countries in the world are so fortunate.

The other is that absolutely NO water from the Liffey River is used. The Liffey runs right by the plant and it contains a few hundred years of dead bodies, sunken work boats, industrial waste and God knows what. Guinness has it's own water source plumbed in from underground aquafers miles away.

But the real genuine truth is that Guinness here and there is the same. Enjoy.

[Richard English]

Guinness in the UK is now brewed in Dublin, after having been brewed in North London for many years.

Guinness enthusiasts claim it tastes better; I'm not convinced myself - but it certainly doesn't taste all that much different.

[jesskidden]

Originally posted by xscotto

Two other myths killed after being there... ALL Guinness in America is in fact brewed at the St. James Gate Dublin facility. It does not come from Canada or any other non-Irish source.


Perhaps Guinness should talk to it's printer then, since this "myth" obviously comes from the fact that Guinness Extra Stout labels (on the US East Coast, at least) say: "Brewed by Guinness Brewery, New Brunswick, Canada" (ie, the Moosehead brewery). Previously, Labatt brewed GES for the US (and, reportedly, still does for Canada and US West Coast markets).

Even the Guinness website FAQ for the US states: "All the GUINNESS® sold in the UK, Ireland and North America is brewed in Ireland at the historic St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin." (Perhaps they meant "all GUINNESS DRAUGHT®" or perhaps they're talking about the addition of "Guinness Essence" to all non-Irish Guinness products but it's still deceptive...).

When questioned about this blatantly false statement, they respond with:

"Please note that Guinness Extra Stout can be brewed in Canada, in New Brunswick. We do apologize for the conflicting information. " (They're sorry, but they don't fix it and you gotta love the use of "can"- does any region in the US get Irish-brewed GES anymore?)

As for the 'difference' between Draught Guinness in Ireland and the US, most beer writers (Michael Jackson, for one, IIRC) in the past used to attribute it to speculation that, for export markets, the kegs were flash pasteurized. Can't say as I've seen that mentioned and/or confirmed in the many Guinness discussions I've noted on the 'net lately.

[MadDog88]

I havn't been to Dublin, yet, so all I can add is I like the draft Guinness I have after work at Jevelis in East Boston. I do think it tastes better than drinking the can stuff in my living room. But I have always liked drinking in a bar with my friends over drinking at home even if they are there.