The sound of your alcoholic neighbor's trash can every night as they toss in another empty 5th, or as they take out the trash which they have to do nightly because it is full of empty liquor bottles.
(Following a loud clanging and tinkling as your alcoholic neighbor struggles to take out their trash without slipping on the back steps again)
Utility beer is the beer you keep around for the day-to-day moments when beer is a necessity to assist in pedestrian activities (golf, plumbing, yardwork, babysitting, staff meetings, Zoom calls). For the beer snob it is the beer you save for neighbors when they drop in at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. It is differentiated from the actual high-end beer you save for special events, holidays, and special tastings.
Person 1: Dave, did you bring along those hazy craft IPA's so we could drink while cleaning Lyle's pool?
Person 2: Nope. I just have a bunch of utility beer that Steve dumped on me. Good enough for this. It is only 10:30 a.m.