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Originally Posted by phisherman
I see it while pouring at beer festivals all the time. I'll have a 5.5% oatmeal stout and a 9.5% double IPA.
Patron - "Give me the lightest one you've got."
Me - OK, that would be our oatmeal stout at 5.5%.
Patron - "But, it's dark, that means it's super heavy! Can you pour me the double IPA instead?"
Me - Sure, but it's 9.5% and much heavier than the oatmeal stout.
Patron - "I don't care, I just know that dark beers are heavier."
Me - *sigh* Double IPA coming up!
Exchanges like that are one of the reasons that I cut down on doing events this year. There are other dialogues that happen continuously that are pretty similar, but this one is probably the most common.
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Guinness is one of the lowest calorie, low alcohol, non light beers on the planet.
But there is truth that most (not all) dark beers have more body to them than lighter colored beers.
A double IPA is likely going to be lighter on mouth feel than a Guinness. An oatmeal stout even more so, as that's the whole reason for oats in a stout, to add body and creaminess.
Light on alcohol and light in body are 2 very different things.