Originally Posted by
BamaVol
<rant on> I eat at a lot of different restaurants (and drink at a lot of different bars). If I'm too far from the taps to read the handles, I ask the server to tell me what draft beers are available. They always start with Bud Light and list another 6 beers that taste exactly like it (i.e. no flavor) before they get to anything I would remotely consider putting in my mouth.
I wish I was responsible for training servers across the world. That would be one of my rules. Of course you have Bud Light and its clones. No one asks what's on tap because they want a Bud Light. Start with the outliers and stop wasting the customers' time.< rant off>
They may not realize it, but this is probably a good way to describe a beer list.
It is widely accepted that if you give people a short list they tend to favor and choose from the top of the list. Conversely, give them a long list and they will favor the end of the list. It makes sense to start with the popular but low-end beers and finish with the expensive, high-end craft beers.