Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
Hey, I'm a beer snob, too, but I have enough common sense to understand why servers do that.
They may be wasting your time, but the fact remains that Bud Lite is the top selling beer in the US
This. The staff is simply optimizing for the typical customer.
Like the OP, I nearly never want to drink the American beers that sell the best. I save both the bartender and myself a bit of time by asking a more specific question than, "What's on tap?" If I can see there are a lot of choices I'll ask, "What do you have besides Bud and Miller?" or "Hey, tell me about the local brews you've got on tap."