A little bit of beer education

When ever I see beer threads on NS I always I see a lot of misinformation. So I thought I would share some informative articles on some things that I have noticed.

Dark beers:
Don't say things like "I don't like dark beer" or "I only drink dark beers". The term dark beer is not a thing. The only thing it describes is the intensity of the color in the beer. dark beers come in a variety of alcoholic strength sometimes less than that of an american adjunct lager (all of your brands from busch miller coors). the term says nothing about the body, aroma or flavor of the beer. Stop saying "Dark Beer". Use other descriptors that describe the beer in other ways, It is black and roasty. it is sweet, and nutty. It has a heavy body and is bitter. Heres an article on this myth. Although this article is written for women it all applies.
http://www.christinaperozzi.com/beer4chicks/storyone.html

Blue Moon is not a craft beer:
With the over all beer market shrinking in the United States and the craft beer market growing that means Busch Miller Coors is losing market on two fronts. This means they have to diversify their product offering. They do this by disguising some of their brands to look like craft beer that they brew. Blue Moon is the best example of this. Many people believe blue moon is brewed by blue moon brewery. It is in fact brewed by coors at the coors brewery. Here is an article that explains the difference.
http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=craft-vs-crafty-a-statement-from-the-brewers-association

If you have any other questions about beer please feel free to ask them. I will try my best to answer them. As lots of our posting members are minors this can be a good chance to get some information you may not be able to get other wise.