The jocular McNamara, a Brooklyn Park resident, and his grinning friend, computer science junior Peter Moore, wiled away Sunday afternoon with a lighter beer choice than normal. The sunshine not only drives summer revelers onto University-area bar patios, but affects their behaviors and beverage choices. Servers agreed that Moore and McNamara's early run at the bar is not unusual when school is not such a factor.
People go and sit out on the patio in the sun.
To compensate for the heat, breweries and bars roll out lighter summer beers and other less-heavy alternatives. And then in the summer, people want something cold. On the West Bank, Sgt. Preston's offers 100-ounce tropical drinks served in fishbowls, with as many straws as valid IDs that customers can produce. Preston's, noting that underage attempts to buy alcohol increase in the summer.