Though I always carry my trusty iPad around with me, there are more times where I prefer not to go online.
The whisky makers at Glengoyne had a similar thought, I guess, because they have hatched The Offline Edition of their whiskey that comes in a box with a mini Faraday cage inside that can block the signals of up to four phones.
That got me to thinking that brewery taprooms could have offline nights or a section of the space dedicated to those who want to enjoy their beer and not enjoy their beer whilst also glancing at their phones every minute.
You could then focus that nervous phone energy into talking to the beertender about the beers on tap, or simply savoring your beer.
I know that this culture likes to extol being connected but maybe we can discard this bit of multi-tasking and put the phones away.