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Originally Posted by gmku
I see. So if I went in and asked you for a "beer" and you gave me a bitter but what I really wanted was a doppelbock, you'd figure it out after the first few times I kept saying, "No, not THIS shit. I want a BEER, dammit. Don't you get it. A BEER!"
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In my experience of serving american customers they generally mean a local beer(ie Pale Ale wich seems to be popular with american tourists in London) but as you say,it would be trickier with an american punter.