This can be true, if you do it many, many times, and it will happen gradually. People think re-chilling beer will cause it to be "skunked". Beer can be ruined by air, light and time. Temperature won't ruin a beer unless it's extreme. Get fresh beer and store it in cool and dark place and make sure you don’t store it for a long time. Just buy it and drink it.
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Beer Myth: Beer shouldn't be bitter.
The bitterness of a beer comes from the hops. Hops are in all beers to balance the sweet malts and to act as a preservative. Some beers have a lot of hops, like India Pale Ales (IPAs) and some beers have less hops, like Wheat Beers. Hops can give a beer complexity and add all sorts of flavors and aromas, like pine, citrus, and earthiness. Hops are why people say beer is an acquired taste, but they also make beer delicious.
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Beer Myth: The best beers are in green bottles.
As it turns out, brown bottles protect the beer from the light much better than green bottles or clear bottles. This myth comes from when there was a shortage of brown glass in Europe after WWII. The European beers were bottled in green instead, so green bottles came to represent imports. This certainly isn't the case anymore.
Beer Myth: Non-Alcohol beer is alcohol free.
In the United States beers can be labeled as “non-alcoholic” (NA) if it contains less than 0.65 percent alcohol by volume. For example, “non-alcoholic” beers like O’Doul’s and Kaliber both contain trace amounts of alcohol, below 0.50 percent ABV each. Brewing “near beer” is extremely complicated and costly, thus only the largest breweries in the world undertake the process. |
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Beer Myth: ‘Beer Bellies’ can be avoided by drinking light beer.
An old joke told in brewing circles begins, “What is the difference between light beer and regular beer?” The answer, “A 20-minute walk.” Light beers are largely a marketing gimmick, a creation to cash in on dieters. Any beer, in moderation, will not cause weight gain. Nutritionist Larry Linder from Tufts University in Boston summed up the notion that beer is fattening perfectly. “There is such a thing as a beer belly, but it doesn’t have to do with beer. It’s like thunder thighs don’t come from clouds.” |
