Carbs are not necessarily bad, any way, as long as you are not diabetic.

For those who care about them, though, even a fairly heavy craft beer will have vastly fewer grams of carbohydrate than a soda, and more complex carbs (and thus a lower glycemic index, for those who care) to begin with - the simple sugars are the ones that convert to alcohol most easily by the yeast

Getting back to the original question, I reject the basic premise of the question - "just as bad as regular beer" ... beer isn't bad for you unless you drink in excess or are allergic to it. While it's got a relatively high number of calories, it's a relatively healthy form to take them in compared to a lot of things Americans consume.