According to a recent Gallup Poll, Beer takes 64% of the preference among people who drink alcohol. That has to mean beer is as American as apple pie!

It would have been interesting to see a more detailed breakdown of the types or styles of beer those suds swillers prefer. Macro vs Micro? Homebrew vs Micro? The most obvious information to my mind was the split between the sexes!

Thank you people at Gallup for pointing this out. Quantifiable information is much better than asking the local beer dude.

What about folks like me, though? Frankly, it depends on the time of year, time of day and what I have been doing up to the point that I pour.  If asked right after mowing the lawn, I’d go for light beer and a lot of water. If I was at a nice quiet restaurant without the kids, yet with my wife, probably a deep dry red, cab sav or the like. If I was hanging out on the deck slaving over the grill on a hot summer evening, G&T all the way!

There just isn’t ever the “depends” option on polls like that, is there?

Cheers!