# 12 Most Common Beer Myths Exploded **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [December 20, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083 "2008-12-20T17:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/41 "2008-12-22T06:36:53Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I knew someone would bring that up. I prefer it with lime, but I’ve drunk it without, and while it’s not as good, neither is it what I would call skunky. YMMV, but I don’t think I’ve ever had a Corona that didn’t have a trace of skunk in it. Like I said, it’s part of its flavor profile. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/42 "2008-12-22T06:40:21Z")
“Also, a Guinness drinker in Ireland is guaranteed to have their drink poured correctly in Ireland than in some parts of the world, . . .” I distrust myth-busters who can’t write or to edit a coherent sentence. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/43 "2008-12-22T09:39:32Z")
> [@whistlepig](#): > > I distrust myth-busters who can’t write or to edit a coherent sentence. I hope this is a woosh lol ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/44 "2008-12-22T14:10:55Z")
He needs to at least add a “rather” somewhere in that statement. > [@clayton\_e](#): > > And another Guinness myth: The whole “Meal in a Glass” or whatever those WWII era posters said is bull. I don’t care enough to look it up but I once saw a chart that referenced this myth saying its about your average beer, calorie wise. I’ve read that Guinness actually has _less_ calories than your average beer. It may taste hearty, but it’s closer to a ‘lite’ beer than not. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/45 "2008-12-22T14:40:38Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > This is interesting because the skunkiness of Heineken I have noticed every time I have ever drunk it, and been turned off by it. But I haven’t noticed that same quality in Corona, which while not a great beer, is unoffensive. Pilsner Urquell is also infamous for its skunkiness. People who would travel to Czechoslovakia would get drink it before it had been in the green glass long enough to turn skunky, or they got it on tap, in which case sunlight never got to it at all, then they’d come back to the US and try to convince people it was great beer, so they’d go buy some that had been sitting out on the shelf in the liquor store for a couple months and yecch… ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/46 "2008-12-22T16:41:37Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > He needs to at least add a “rather” somewhere in that statement. > > I’ve read that Guinness actually has _less_ calories than your average beer. It may taste hearty, but it’s closer to a ‘lite’ beer than not. I was gonna call “cite?” but decided to do my own damned research. With the exception of the Extra Stout, Guinness does seem to fall somewhere in-between a regular and a light beer. And, according to these numbers, it does fall just a hair closer to the “light” end of the spectrum. [Regular Budweiser@12 fl.oz. = 145 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/anheuser-busch-budweiser-beer-5percent-alcohol-by-volume-14195.htm) [Bud Light@12 fl.oz. = 110 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/anheuser-busch-bud-light-beer-4-2percent-alcohol-by-volume-14196.htm) [Miller Genuine Draft@12 fl.oz. = 143 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/miller-brewing-miller-genuine-draft-mgd-5percent-alcohol-by-volume-10480.htm) [Miller Genuine Draft Light@12 fl.oz. = 110 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/miller-brewing-miller-genuine-draft-light-mgd-4-5percent-alcohol-by-volume-10481.htm) [Miller Lite@12 fl.oz. = 96 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/miller-brewing-miller-lite-beer-4-5percent-alcohol-by-volume-10484.htm) [Guinness (Bottle)@12 fl.oz. = ~125 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/guinness-draught-beer-in-a-bottle-42767.htm) [Guinness Extra Stout@12fl.oz. = 176 cal.](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/guinness-extra-stout-beer-5-8percent-alcohol-by-volume-42768.htm) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/47 "2008-12-22T16:45:32Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > I was gonna call “cite?” but decided to do my own damned research. It also has fewer calories than [Michelob Light](http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/anheuser-busch-michelob-light-beer-all-natural-ingredients-imported-hops-4-3percent-alcohol-10296.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/48 "2008-12-22T17:01:02Z")
This article never even mentions what is IMO the most popular beer myth ever - the fabled “Bad Bottle of Beer.” You remember if from your freshman year of college - somebody tosses their cookies at the frat keg party, then the next day insists that they must have drank a ‘bad beer’, a single, solitary bottle of beer that had some kind of mysterious defect to it that made the drinker sick - because _of course_ that dude can handle his drinking like a MAN! (Forget that the entire case of beers he & his friends were drinking all came out of the same brewing vat.) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083/49 "2008-12-22T17:12:28Z")
That’s more about “people” than “beer.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-most-common-beer-myths-exploded/478083.md?page=2)