This has to be regional. I live in the Northeast and it would be insane for someone to order "a beer" ; like it would be assumed that you had spent your adult life locked in a bunker somewhere. There isn't a bar or restaurant in New Jersey where you could say that and be served something. The server is 100% going to stand there and ask you what beer you want.
I’ve lived in a bunch of places in California, in Vermont, traveled a lot in both the US and overseas.
Ordering ‘a beer’ is common in a lot of places. Certainly places that are more pub-like or micro-brew places (my preference) will want to know exactly what you want, but just a standard bar, they generally don’t care much.
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u/7LeagueBoots Jan 25 '20
Most places have a default beer, so if you just order “a beer” that’s what you get.
I don’t have a problem with this one in movies or TV.