Shower Beer, yeah, its a real thing!

The Shower Beer is defined by Urban Dictionary as

 "The beer you take into the shower when you're in a hurry to go out and still need to get cleaned up, or want to relax from a long day."

 

or as

 

 "The most delightful beer in the world. Can be anything from Pabst to Guinness, but must be consumed within the shower and while the shower is on."

 

 

 

A while back, on The Beer Czar Facebook page I posted a pic of a product geared towards the "shower beer". I had never heard of such a thing, but there seemed to be a fair amount of common knowledge around the subject, so I wanted to look into it a little further.

 

I was a little shocked to be honest. A quick Google search will yield results such as comment threads, blog posts Reddit threads, tons of photos, how to guides, do's and don't guides, and even products geared towards the shower beer (here and here).

 

 

Why have I never heard of this? I am a fairly active member of the beer community, I shower on an almost daily basis, why have these two wonderful worlds never collided for me before now?? It seems a match made in heaven if you think about it, I mean, drinking beer, naked? Yes please! So, I wanted to know what you thought about it, so I asked the question on our Facebook page...."have you ever had a shower beer?". Well, it was one of my most responded to posts on our Facebook page. The results were a tad shocking to me. The question was multiple choice, the choices and results were as follows....

 

 

1. Never done it...  14.29%
2. I've done it once, that's all...  7.14%
3. I have on occasion, I don't make a habit of it..  42.86%
4. Love it, do it quite often...  32.14%
5. Don't ever shower with out one..  0%
6. Only when I have company...  3.57%

 

 

I got over 50 responses! So, it seems most, 85% to be exact, have at least tried the shower beer, 75% of them indulging in the practice on at least a somewhat regular basis. A few of the things that seemed to play a factor, at least for the folks responding to our little, unscientific survey was age, and time of year. Some said they use to be a 4, now that they are older, they are a 3. It also seems summer time is the preferred time to partake in a shower beer

 

So, I figured, why not? I love beer, I shower daily, plus I normally prefer to shower at night, so I figured it would just lend itself to the occasional shower beer if I had a favorable experience with it. One shot against it I thought, before trying it (at least for me), I am not the kind of person that lingers in the shower. I take about 3 minute showers normally (I don't have any hair to shampoo), and I wasn't planning on shot gunning a beer in the shower, so well, I had mixed feelings as to what to expect. So, one evening, after getting home from the gym (that isn't a joke, yes I do actually go on occasion) I decided it was time to try it. This is what I learned....

 

First, I think cans or plastic cups would work best, a must really. I made the mistake of pouring my Mudshark into a beer snifter, and well, with wet, and sometimes soapy hands, it became an almost stressful affair at times, afraid I would drop my glass, and break it, and lets face it, you are a bit more exposed then you normally are when you are in the shower, and the thought of a cut needing a trip to the ER to get stiches from an injury I sustained in the shower was a bit embarrassing.

 

Second, make sure the beer is quite cold, colder then you would probably normally drink it. Drinking in the shower is sort of like drinking in a sauna, its a bit hot and steamy in there, and it will warm your beer at a disappointingly, and surprisingly rapid rate. This could be why summer maybe "shower beer season". Summer beers would work best I think, they taste pretty good really cold, and you don't normally take scalding hot showers when its 115 out. 

That being said, this could be (and was for me) a very enjoyable practice. If you don't have kids running around, and you have some extra time to kill, or you are trying to save time and start pre-gaming even earlier, this is for you! I don't see myself doing this on a regular basis, but after mowing the lawn (as was suggested as the best time to indulge in one by a fellow blogger) or other yard work, after a hike, or lengthily workout, I can see a shower beer being a wonderful way to relax, unwind, refresh and cleanse yourself, all at the same time. Multi tasking at its best!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still want to hear from you if I haven't already. Is this something you do, have done? Even better, if you decided to try it, as a result of reading this, I want to hear from you, send us your thoughts or even photos of your prized shower beer if you have them, we would love to read or see them!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until next time

Bottoms up my friends!

 

The Beer Czar

 

 

p.s.- the photos were all taken off a public Reddit "shower beer" thread, and already made public. None of the photos are of fans or readers of The Beer Czar (that I know of)

 

 



A couple of cool beer websites....

From time to time, I like to share with you some beer websites I've recently discovered, and find interesting enough to share with you. There is no real criteria, just sites, about beer, that could be fun, interesting,  helpful, or all the above. So, here you go, check out some of these cool sites.

1001 Bottles of Beer on Wall

1001 Bottles of Beer - Local beer blog by bloggers Ricky Potts and Sheryl Hugill. I have no idea where they get all their beer, but the seem to try a new one, and review it almost every day. They also review locations and brewery's as well. Cool, local site, and fun to read. I've never met either of them, but I have"chatted" with Ricky on line, discussing an upcoming trade, and I will be meeting him soon.

On a side note, few other good local beer blogs you might find intreasting, Phx Beer Nation, Suburban Suds and Beertography, and of coarse King James Swann's blog, the east valley beer guru, and all around good guy. So, if you are in the valley of the sun, these are just a few local beer sites for you to check out

Arizona Beer Calendar To sort of ad to the list of above beer blogs, here is a complete list of just about every beer event taking place in the state. By far the most comprehensive list of beer events for Arizona I have seen. Everything from the largest beer festivals, to happy hours and tap take overs to the aforementioned Jame's Swann's Friday Night Beer Class!!

The Beer Soap Company - Yup, just what it sounds like, all natural soap, made with beer, all kinds of beer! From Sam Adams, to trappist brews, to crazy west coast IPA's, tons of soap are available on this site. If you've never smelled beer soap, its actually nice, in an odd way. To me, it has a very natural, almost clean dirt smell to it, if that makes sense, but its quite nice, trust me, and all natural.

Craft Shack An online beer ordering site. A very decent selection! Although, I found this site looking for New Holland's Dragon's Milk (which they don't have), but they do have so much more! Check it out, some fairly hard to find stuff on there.

Two of my favorite things

Women Drinking Beer - Two of my favorite things, on one site! OK, not particularly helpful, or useful, but
none the less entertaining. Its just what it sounds like, a site of nothing but pictures, or woman, enjoying beer. Don't worry, its not a porn site, although some pic's are suggestive, sexy or may contain nudity, some are artsy, and well done, some are just camera phone shots, but a vast majority are just photos, of ladies, doing what we all love to do.




OK, so there you go, a few more websites to keep you busy, when you aren't reading The Beer Czar of coarse. Let me know what you think, and if you visit any of these sites, and can leave comments, tell them you found them via The Beer Czar!

Until next time,
Bottoms up my friends

The Beer Czar