When I think alcohol, I think 3-12 brews
The thing is with alcohol (for most casual drinkers), the timing to drink has to be set. After work, weekends, at night, football game, w/e. Noone just smashes a beer before they go to work like you can rip a bong.
So you have to build your schedule around when to drink, add to that you need schedule in the morning recovery.
To me, I rather be able to just toke whenever, physically function, go unnoticed and wake up the next day full of energy