English pints are served by scantily-clad virgins in glasses made of synthetic diamond, and each is etched with the name and license number of the Master Brewer responsible for its creation.
And you get to keep the glass. The virgins are washed and reused, unfortunately.
Meh meh meh. What would I want a beer served by a virgin for?
For drinking, obviously.
"There is some terminology that has to be clarified. From an American perspective.
The Bar", can mean one of three things. The actual physical bar, and the people sitting directly at it. can range from about 6 seats in a little neighborhood hole-in-the-wall, up to 30 or so for a Cheers type full bar in the middle of the room. Typically filled by regular singles who know(not nessesarily like) each other. Each customer comes and goes as they please, maintains a seperate tab.
There is also " the Bar area". This includes “the Bar” and the tables in a little area around it. On a slow week night may be handled by the bartender, in which case it may or may not be considered part of “the bar” But is usually handled by a waitress, in which case it is clearly not part of “the Bar”, and is only “The Bar Area”. Each table assumed to be one tab, to be payed as a group, either totaled at the end or in “rounds”, unless they are assholes or Women(Although if the regular “Bar” is full one or two tables may be tradtional overflows for the regulars, who will be seperate, and will look to move up to “the Bar” as people leave, This is part of “the Bar” for all intents and purposes.)
Then, If there is an additional Family type area of dining tables, these have nothing to with the Bar, for most purposes.
It is probably about 50-50 that for the tables in the “Bar area”, they will buy in rounds. Each person takes a turn buying a drink for each person at the table. Buying all at once reduced the running by the waitresses, and is proper. Summing till the end can end with staggered deliveries, and make the waitress show up every 2 minutes with one drink order.
For the people at the bar, buying a drink for one or two people a night is very common. And there will likely be sub-groups, which may be refered to as a round. The Bartender and the participants should hopefully know who is included in a situation where someone asks for a round for the guys. This is very common as well. Buying a round for “the bar” is less common. Usually only done at the smaller “bars”, or on slow nights. Maybe once a month someone will buy a round for “the bar” when it includes 10 or more people. Usually when someone is retiring, moving, or their numbers came in. Common subgroups include trivia players, or the people in the weekly football square, or a group of people who share a shot of Jack once a night, whereever they are sitting.
Only three times in my life have I seen someone by a round for the whole “bar area”, around 40-80 people.