Girls--beer drinking etiquette?
 

Partially inspired by this thread's article: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=84060

I've always heard never to drink it straight from the can, and definitely to never do so in letters, but is it also verboten to drink out of the bottle?

My parents are both pretty teatotalery, but the big 2-1's coming up and I don't wanna have a deep south party foul. ;)

Drinking beer straight from the bottle is the most direct route to "Bloat City". If you use a glass, the CO2 escapes faster from the beer (a glass has a larger opening) and you won't get as bloated (if at all).

I saw this on a documentary from Stella Artois beer, so I know of what I speak.

You're right that drinking beer from the can is tacky (the only acceptable time to do that is on the river, IMO). Drinking out of the bottle is just as bad. And you never, ever want to be tacky.

I think drinking beer at all is kinda tacky too, but if you're going to drink it, drink out of a pretty cup (without letters). Happy early birthday! Hope it's a great southern fete! :)

Reading shit like this makes me want to vomit.

I co-sign all of this.

Yeah, WTF? Beer drinking etiquette is a oxymoron. You damn silver spoon sorority girls, just turn it up, drink it up, and end it with a satisfying belch.

BTW: I used to hate beer, but some how acquired the taste for it. I don't know how, maybe it's from smelling it all the time at bars or whatever.

Agreed! I've always preferred beer to mixed drinks or straight liquor, and I don't think there is anything tacky about it (although I do agree that drinking from a can is a no-no, find a plastic cup for that shit! :p)

Beer Drinking Etiquette…If you showed up to the party empty handed and have the pleasure of a host that is providing you with free beer do not bitch about their selection.

In my college days, those who drank beer drank it out of a glass -- and sitting down.

I have to say that these days I couldn't give a shit whether someone is drinking from a bottle, can, or glass. Don't worry about it and just have fun. Someone who would be offended by not drinking from a glass is a pretentious ass.

I gotta go with the bloat comment, though.

Too much bloat and the gaseous consequences thereof is always a party foul, even if you don't care about the bottle/can/glass controversy at all! *pinches nose*

I guess I'm just a tacky girl. But then again, I think it would be even more tacky to be at a bar, be given the beer in a bottle, and then ask for a mug.

I heart you.

Before I graduated college I hated beer. Now, I like beer but the beer I like doesn't even come in cans. I don't like to unnecessarily dirty glasses so I have no issue drinking from a bottle. :) Course, right now I'm drunk on wine. ;) :p

lol i never realized people drinking something out of the container it comes in could be tacky. southeners must have a lot of extra cups lying around

Yep.

What if you drill a hole in the base of the can with a key, then crack it open, shotgun the whole thing and smash it against your forehead? Is that tacky? :D