Girls--beer drinking etiquette?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by OTW

Reading shit like this makes me want to vomit.

You damn right. I read that isht, and I was like, NINJA PLEASE.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

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.

Not sure about your comment as this is the very first time I ever thought about it let alone heard of it.

However, both my parents told me a long time ago something along the lines of: "You an't got no class if you don't drink out of a glass."

[JeffersonStKKG]

My mother was raised in a very conservative household---my grandmother would have made Emily Post proud..haha. Likewise, social graces have been passed down to me. According to what I've been "taught", women should never drink beer from a bottle because it is not feminine. It's tradition in my family to pass down etiquette books from generation-to-generation, so if anyone cares for the full explanation I can easily cite Emily Post and Gloria Vanderbilt.

[UGAalum94]

So what you all are saying is that it looks great to drink Jim Beam or Jack Daniels straight from the bottle? It's that it's beer that makes it a problem?

I'm kidding; drinking straight from the bottle or can looks silly if especially if you are dressed up. I'm not sure that it's what's in the can or bottle that determines the "class" though. Glasses are probably the way to go. Solo cups don't scream class to me anymore than a beer can.

Many of us here would offer glasses or cups if we were the host or hostess,

Here's a question for you, though:

If you are a guest, would you ask for one if cups or glasses weren't already provided?

See, to me, having good manners is more than just "I know the rule." It's about acting in a manner most likely to put people at ease, which generally following the rules does.

When you do stuff that calls other people out on not knowing or following the rule, is that really good manners?

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by JeffersonStKKG

My mother was raised in a very conservative household---my grandmother would have made Emily Post proud..haha. Likewise, social graces have been passed down to me. According to what I've been "taught", women should never drink beer from a bottle because it is not feminine. It's tradition in my family to pass down etiquette books from generation-to-generation, so if anyone cares for the full explanation I can easily cite Emily Post and Gloria Vanderbilt.

I"m guessing that you're older than your 30s. If not, maybe you're friends with Brooke from Real World Denver.

I enjoy it when my friends drink out of their 40s in paper bags while sitting on the porch. That was the best summer ever.

[winnieb]

I think you should just follow the environment you are in.... there are some places you would be out of place by drinking out of the bottle, by all mean pour it in a glass. And there are some places you are better off drinking out of a bottle. I know I have been in a few bars that I would drink whatever is in a bottle just to prevent me from having to put my mouth on the glassware!

[kddani]

Originally Posted by winnieb

I think you should just follow the environment you are in.... there are some places you would be out of place by drinking out of the bottle, by all mean pour it in a glass. And there are some places you are better off drinking out of a bottle. I know I have been in a few bars that I would drink whatever is in a bottle just to prevent me from having to put my mouth on the glassware!

Very true. If you're at a shot and beer bar or a casual backyard BBQ, drink it out of the bottle. If you're at an upscale restaurant or martini bar or something, it would be classier to drink it out of a glass.

There used to be (and may still be) people who think women should only smoke when sitting down and all sort of other ridiculous stuff.

There's a lot more important things in life to worry about. And there are lot of other flagrant issues of rudeness that should be dealt with, lol.

Originally Posted by JeffersonStKKG

My mother was raised in a very conservative household---my grandmother would have made Emily Post proud..haha. Likewise, social graces have been passed down to me. According to what I've been "taught", women should never drink beer from a bottle because it is not feminine. It's tradition in my family to pass down etiquette books from generation-to-generation, so if anyone cares for the full explanation I can easily cite Emily Post and Gloria Vanderbilt.

Jesus H. Christ. I'd so blow my cigarette smoke in your face.

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by PhiMuAmberkins

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!

Holy shit. No really. Holy shit. I think that calling people tacky for drinking something they enjoy is tacky, but hey, have at it.

I drink beer however the hell I feel like drinking it -- sometimes out of the bottle and sometimes out of a glass and sometimes out of the can (although the only canned beer I really drink is Gordon, which belongs in a glass because it is magnificent). And I don't give a shit what anybody thinks of it.

[kddani]

If drinking it out of the bottle is tacky, wonder what's thought of beer bonging? Which i'm guessing many people in this thread have participated in during their college career....

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by kddani

Very true. If you're at a shot and beer bar or a casual backyard BBQ, drink it out of the bottle. If you're at an upscale restaurant or martini bar or something, it would be classier to drink it out of a glass.

A lot of upscale restaurants don't even give you the option, they bring you the bottle & a glass when you order a beer.

Originally Posted by _Lisa_

A lot of upscale restaurants don't even give you the option, they bring you the bottle & a glass when you order a beer.

Why anyone would want to drink a beer at an upscale restaurant is beyond me.

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by OTW

Why anyone would want to drink a beer at an upscale restaurant is beyond me.

Hey now, some of us like beer! And its not like I'd order a bud, give me some credit!

I'm an absolute beer snob, if you think drinking beer isn't classy then its because you think beer ends at miller lite & keg stands.

[Tom Earp]

Alas, it is in the eye of the Beholder and theirs only!

One You may want to do what "You" do, but they may want to do what they do according to just doing!!

Correct?

[PhiMuAmberkins]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Holy shit. No really. Holy shit. I think that calling people tacky for drinking something they enjoy is tacky, but hey, have at it.

I drink beer however the hell I feel like drinking it -- sometimes out of the bottle and sometimes out of a glass and sometimes out of the can (although the only canned beer I really drink is Gordon, which belongs in a glass because it is magnificent). And I don't give a shit what anybody thinks of it.

Okay, I didn't mean that drinking beer is tacky, per se. All I can think of when I think of girls drinking beer though is those women who go to the liquor store without a bra and with 10 screaming kids going "Give me a case of beer...can I buy that with food stamps?" I've drank beer before; I don't particularly like it, but my comment about drinking it being tacky may have been out of line. I still think, and was raised in the environment to think, that drinking ANY drink out of the bottle is tacky and just not ladylike at all. That's not saying I don't like the people who do it or wouldn't talk to them or look down on them...but I just personally wouldn't do it.

On a greek note, we're not allowed to drink out of bottles on my campus. At all. We HAVE to put it in a cup.