Ugh. Amusing chart, but I'm getting so fed up with white-collar America hating on cheap American lagers. Are they great beers? No. But that doesn't mean they are only good for getting drunk, and the criticism that's hurled at them is thinly-veiled classism.

Don't get me wrong... I love craft beer, and when I've spent a day at my desk job I prefer inventive IPAs and dark browns. But when I've just come inside from 10 hours working in the sun (or even wind or snow), you can bet I'm going for a cheap lager. Not because I want to get drunk, but because I want something crisp, refreshing, and low-alcohol. After a hard day of physical work, an IPA is about as enjoyable as sucking on a lemon and shoving flowers up my nose, and a brown tastes only marginally better than a cup of maple syrup. Both of them will hit my stomach like a brick, and get me drunk way too fast.

I wish people would stop hating on American lagers, and just accept them for what they are: everyman beers that trade complexity for drinkability, and taste fantastic when there is sweat on your brow.