Utility beer

Definition

The reliable workhorse beer you crack open for everyday mundane activities—golf, yard work, accidental home repairs, or surviving corporate Zoom calls—as opposed to the fancy craft stuff you save for actual human beings worth impressing. It's the beer equivalent of wearing sweatpants: functional, unpretentious, and nobody expects it to be glamorous.

Example Usage

I'm not wasting my Belgian triples on a Tuesday afternoon of pool cleaning; I've got a case of utility beer for that.

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