Shower beer
This is a good one. Used to work 12h night shifts and that 9:30 am shower beer was heavenly.
I said this a little higher up. Shower beer is one of those things that people who haven’t experienced it will look at you like you’re mad but Iykyk.
(and you can’t JUST get in the shower with a beer. at the very least you should do it after hitting the gym. The physical exhaustion is a key component of the shower beer experience.)
Funny story: When I was in college, my friends and I went on a ski trip over spring break. Being broke college students, we stayed at someone in the group’s brother’s apartment, who lived there. It was jam-packed, with 8 of us on the living room floor in sleeping bags. We were all heavy drinkers (college) and did a power hour after the slopes closed on one of the days. For anyone who doesn’t know, a power hour is one shot of beer every minute for an hour. It adds up to 90 Oz or 7.5 cans of beer over an hour. Since we were all sweaty from skiing, and there was only 1 shower, everyone was taking turns with the shower beers to keep up with the power hour. I puked right after finishing. Good times.
Here’s one.
- The beer you have before/during/after doing an ordinary thing in a day, because you don’t want to admit that you are or are becoming addicted to alcohol.
The beer after reading unnecessarily pessimistic comments on social media
No I’m isn’t
I drink two beers before I drink two beers, and then I drink two more
¼oz to freedom
I got one! The “it’s Thursday which is basically Friday so it’s totally cool and normal to have a 6 pack” beer.
The “it’s twelve o’clock somewhere” beer.
The “six months of sobriety” beer.
Wait…
What about the “I’m totally going to stop drinking, at least for a little while… tomorrow” beer?
Hey I don’t appreciate seeing my problems thrown in my face
Feierabendbier!
That’s what happens en-masse in Germany in the early havening.
Everyone goes to a corner shop to buy a bottle of cold beer, enters the metro train, opens the beer bottle and drinks it in the metro on the way home.
If this really is a thing, I’m moving to Germany tomorrow
It is, in some places and to some extent.
Until year 2009, the Berlin transportation’s rules said “Disturbing use of alcohol is prohibited in public transportation.” …meaning that non-diaturbing use was allowed. The new rule dropped the word “Disturbing”, meaning that the procedure is now no longer allowed.
But, the last time I was in Berlin, a few years ago, I was relieved to see that the tradition still lives on. I bet there are cities where it’s still outright allowed to this day! But even where it isn’t, it’s still being done.
Plus, people do drink their Feierabendbier in parks and benches. And often simply first thing after coming home. But Feierabendbier, the concept of drinking a bottle of beer ASAP after the end of your working day, is still alive and kicking indeed!
When I was explaining my German friend that there is no alcohol allowed (technically) on the campus in France, he replied: “What?! I was drinking beer all the time during my studies, why do you even study if you can drink in the morning?!”
Don’t you worry, during my masters in France I was borderline alcoholic. We find ways.
The “Just finished setting up the tent and campsite” beer
See also: just got to the campsite and about to build it but gonna cool off with this beer first
Ah, the good ol’ Step 2.
Especially after waiting in line for a festival campsite
The sleeper - the beer that you’ve never heard of, has a shitty label, but tastes like the nectar of the gods. You will never see it again, but will think about it for weeks
I also miss that beer that had dragon somewhere in the name that I could never find again.
Dragon’s Milk, maybe? It’s one of my favorites.
That’s it and their website lists where I can buy it nearby. Apparently they carry it in stores I didn’t check.
Thank you!
Lagunitas Aunt Sally. a beer that I had exactly once, was maybe my favorite ever, and I tried for two years to find again before learning it was a seasonal that’s been discontinued
Last summer we rode our bikes to a pub nearby and I had the best fucking blueberry cream ale that I’d ever tasted in my life. I had just worked up a sweat on my bike, and the beer was cool, creamy, and sweet. Like Jesus just came in my mouth.
Went back a few weeks later and tried to order one, only to be told they have rotating taps and no longer had it.
The bartender didn’t know what it was called. I’ve never seen a blueberry cream ale anywhere else. I’m gonna be chasing that dragon for the rest of my life.
I still remember the beers I drank on an overland trip from Germany through Poland & the Baltics to Belarus. Some of them were exactly like that. Just local breweries, no chance to ever find them again.
Summit beer.
Nothing like climbing a mountain and cracking open a warm one on the top.
There’s a direct correlation between altitude and improvement of taste.
This is because your taste buds become less sensitive at low pressure, and your ability to process alcohol decreases.
cracking open a warm one
You demon! If it’s not cold, I am being trolled!
That, “I just told my boss I’m quitting” beer
Cheers
I love that! Never stop at one though.
River or lake beer. Beer that has been in an ice chest for a few hours and you enjoy while tubing, kayaking, swimming, motor boating, etc. on a river or lake.
It is important to note that this is NOT the same as a beach beer OR fishing beer; which are similar, but distinctly different beers for reasons I can’t fully explain.
bonus points if it’s thrown to you from the boat/dock
Hm. River or lake beer for me is a bunch of beers tied together and lowered into a body of water. Usually less than 1m is enough to keep it cool. It’s a different coolness.
Kayak beer
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The “post afternoon nap in warm weather shower beer”
The “first warm day of spring and all the terraces on the old market square are packed but you managed to snag a table” beer.
The post beer beer
The first Friday beer after a long work-week
Having one of those now. It’s glorious.
How about the first Friday beer after another long week of unemployment? 🙃
I am also enjoying this beer. Hang in there. Yours will come.
Same. It’s cheap, It tastes like mostly water, but at least it’s ice cold.
Father and son first beer together
Also only known well after the fact: the last one …
☠️ My dad can’t drink anymore and I already don’t remember our last beer together.
The “This group of friends are all moving to different areas of the county and we may never all get together again” beer
That shaky final beer at 7 in the morning before the drive to rehab.
