Has The Tradition of Buying Drinks In "Rounds" Been Lost? [Poll]

Earlier this week the owner and brewer of Notch Brewing and craft beer industry veteran, Chris Lohring, asked a question on Twitter that we thought was really interesting and actually retweeted: "Has the tradition of buying drinks in "rounds" been lost?" The ensuing feedback, though, was enough that we wanted to see what more people though, get some official numbers on this and see what comes out of it.

When you go out with a group, there has long been a tradition where each person will buy a "round" for the group and it will continue like this throughout the evening. Or, even less formally than that, often a member of the group will just offer to grab beers for the group, often if he or she is heading up to the bar, which prompts someone else to do so on the next round, etc...This is convenient for everyone as only one person has to make their way through any crowd to the bar, it's only one transaction for each person throughout the night, rather than paying for each beer individually, and the bar loves the ease of it too.

Lately, though, we feel like we've seen a move away from this where a group will each open a different tab or each buy every one of their beers individually. Is this because of the diversity of flavors and cost of beer with the growth of the craft beer market? Is it people not wanting to get stuck with paying more than their fair share? We know when we go out with friends, often we'll alternate rounds. But what do you think? We want to know!

Vote below then let us know which way you went and why on Twitter, on Facebook or in the comments below the poll. Cheers!