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How do you buy beer in a bar?

RedTomato said:
Deaf here so I just point at whatever I want. Bar people have always been fine with me pointing at stuff...You ain't lived till you've seen 200 deaf people take over a bar, ordering a vast array of drinks and signing away till the wee hours :)
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Sounds like you have a system - and the system WORKS! You know, I wish I knew signing so that I could witness such an event! I have a question though. When you get drunk, does it get harder to sign properly?
 
'Excuse me Barkeep, 4 Pints of Best and a red wine for the lady.'

But when your in a Wetherspoons, its usually going for cheap stuff and I end up going for my round near the end of the night :confused: so by the time I go to the bar for my round, it is a garbled mess of 'eugh, blah blah 8 Coronas blah blah a Reef blah' and throwing £20 on the bar.

Not a pretty sight...
 
I'm not a big beer fan but its usually pints and pots here. I think a pot is roughly the equivalent of half a pint, but I could definitely be wrong. In any case I only ever order pots because I just can't finish a pint without feeling icky (unless its Pure Blonde low carb beer or Beez Neez). :eek:

That, or I just order a Corona with lime. :D
 
Southern said:
Sounds like you have a system - and the system WORKS! You know, I wish I knew signing so that I could witness such an event! I have a question though. When you get drunk, does it get harder to sign properly?
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Hang out enough in pubs and you might get lucky :) You're in london, try the Crooked Surgeon, behind Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square late on a Wednesday night.

And yeah like speaking, your signing get slurred when drunk... handshapes, movements, directionality etc gets muddled.

Hearing sign language learners often improve after a couple of pints / spliffs, getting less self-conscious, more expressive and they stop thinking in English so much ...
 
The Vomitorium (The Railway) in Brixton used to be a hang out for lots of deaf people (there's a big meeting place in a Clapham church up the way).Spend many an enjoyable evening there in the past although of course I can't remember too much, although I do remember signing/charading with a couple of deaf guys who were very successful burglars,apparently being deaf is an advantage in that line of work.(before anybody jumps in I'm not casting aspersions on deaf people or recommending burglary as a profession).
 
teleromeo said:
Over here thats sounds like 'tourné général'
That's french that everybody understands even though I live in the flemish part of Belgium.
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Oh, I think everyone understands "free drink", in any language! ;)

Here, people just call for whatever specific type of drink they want. For some drinks, such as wheat beers, they'll ask if you want a bottle or draught - especially since some beers on draught can taste awful. I can't imagine drinking something like Duvel from the bottle. They used to ask pint or glass (half pint) for the ladies, but these days the women here drink more than the men so that's faded away!
 
where i drink - i walk in and get asked Usual ? which i say yes and take a seat then watch it brought right on over to me :)


but a pint's a pint :cool:
 
kretzy said:
That, or I just order a Corona with lime. :D
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And then you just lost some sexy points. :p

I almost never go for beer, if I do, I don't bother saying "pint" or "glass" I just say, "Can I get a name of specific beer." :eek:
 
FrankBlack said:
Off-topic, just a little: Who in the Boston area is old enough to remember the Wursthaus, in Harvard Square? In its heyday, it was a great place...I have this sudden craving for Knockwurst and red cabbage,,,,,,:D
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Well, next time you're down this way, try New York's Wurst Restaurant; read their menu here.

Oops, sorry that was their food menu! Here's the beer menu.

A nice place; just wish I didn't live so far out in NJ.

devilot said:
I almost never go for beer, if I do, I don't bother saying "pint" or "glass" I just say, "Can I get a name of specific beer." :eek:
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What I commonly do when going to a new place is to preface by asking "What do you have on tap?". After hearing the list, I'll then say "I'll have a _____ please." If there's an option for different sizes, the waitress will ask.

If you know what you want, then order by brand "Leffe Dunkle, bitte". In a lot of european countries, I'll simply ask for a beer in the local language and they'll typically serve a draft of whatever their local standard is. As you get better at it, when in Germany, you can then add the klein/gross/mas (for small/medium/huge sizes), etc.


-hh
 
A majority of the time the beer is served in hopefully a cold 12oz glass. Differs from bar to bar or restaurant to restaurant. I've had full pints, and some weird tall mug, I prefer a pint.
 
Sun Baked said:
23 MacRumors Members walk into a bar to buy beer...

6 hours later they are kicked out at closing time (completely sober) after arguing the entire time about the "proper way" to order beer.
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Is that where "The girls all get prettier at closing time"?
 
When I lived in France, I would tell the bartender: Donner moi une bier s'il vous plait". He would serve me a 7 ounce bottle (standard size) of French beer that tasted like beer that had been frozen and then thawed. We called the taste "Skunky". Anyway, French beer was awful but oh so cheap. If we wanted to have good beer, we had to order German or Swedish beer. Beer from other countries was not available then.
 
nplima said:
yeah, I'm in London... over there in the North you drink beer syrup?
:)

and by the way, "weak" beer in what sense?
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Fret not, just a bit of gentle ribbing towards our friends in the south ;). My personal preference, if you’re asking...

Southern said:
Sounds like a plan, Jaffa Cake... What's your usual then?
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...is for a well kept pint of ale (cask, not smoothflow mind), preferably in a pint glass :D. I’m generally not a fan of the heavier stuff you can stand a spoon up in, but if a pub’s got a good selection of beers on the handpumps then I’m a happy bunny.
 
In my experience, if you go to a sterotypical "dive" bar here in the States, you don't get a pint - you get a "draft" (draught), usually 16 but sometimes 12 or 22 ounces.

If you go to a microbrewery or a more European/UK/Irish-themed "Pub" you are more likely to ask for a pint, though perhaps the most common expression is "whaddya got on tap?".
 
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