When I was in university, I heard whisperings of an elusive antic my fellow academics were getting up to in their most vulnerable moments.
The shower beer — a cold one you crack during a steaming shower — was the opposite of the party culture that plagued our campus.
On the spectrum of reasons to drink, a shower beer is lightyears away from drinking to impress, get wasted, or celebrate something. It's a simple act of bliss that you enjoy solo (usually), and it's growing in popularity.