"Drink a Beer" is a song written by Jim Beavers and Chris Stapleton and recorded by American country music artist Luke Bryan.

It was released in November 2013 as the third single from his fourth studio album, Crash My Party (2013), and became his seventh number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in February 2014.

[4] Like Lee Brice's "I Drive Your Truck," critics and fans have noted that the subject matter of "Drink a Beer" is striking in its contrast to the party connotations of its title.

[4] In HitFix′s review of Crash My Party, Melinda Newman labelled "Drink a Beer" the strongest track on the album (grading it an A−) while praising the "spare" production and noting that the song "doesn't try to be a tearjerker" and is more effective as a result.

[13] As of August 2015, it has sold 1,447,000 copies in the U.S.[14] The music video (which is Bryan's performance of the song at the 2013 CMA Awards) was directed by Paul Miller and premiered in December 2013.