15 Most Popular Beer Myths

12:00 PM PT, Apr 29 2008

Myth #11 – Fruit Beers Are “Girly Beers”

Get it straight: Hops only started being used in brewing about 1,000 to 1,200 years ago. Up until then, for at least five millennia, beer was flavoured with a wide variety of spices, herbs and, yes, fruits. In fact, archeological research has shown that King Tut drank fruit beer, and he was one dude you could hardly consider “girly.”

Yeah you heard the man. King Tut was no lady. Get your facts straight. Fruit beers are for Kings and girls of legal drinking age. [ 15 most popular beer myths ]

April 29, 2008 | Permalink

King Tut was about 17 and frail when he died. Hardly a convincing argument for fruit beers being a man's drink.

Posted by: jonesy | April 29, 2008 at 01:33 PM

Agreeeeeed. :)

Posted by: Christie | April 30, 2008 at 12:29 PM

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