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Beer books. We all love them. I always take a couple to bed with me every night. And show them what good loving is.

But you want to know if you can trust your beer book. These are the tell-tale signs that your beer book is cheating on you. When it says:

- IPA was brewed stronger to survive the journey to India.
- Porter was originally a blend of three beers.
- Russian Imperial Stout was strong to survive the journey to Russia.
- "mild" means lightly hopped.
- Stout always contains roasted barley.
- Scottish beer is lightly hopped because hops don't grow in Scotland.
- there's a Czech beer style called "Bohemian Pilsener".
- Robust Porter wasn't just made up.
- Hefeweizen is a German Ale.
- there's a difference between Pale Ale and Bitter

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