What are your favorite beers?

Guinness sucks, sure its pretty but, bad aftertaste, bitter, blech....

oops, wait... I mean..

I had both of these recently, the Innis & Gunn was really good... I want to find that again..

I've had Innis and Gunn as well.

Root, because I am a non-alcoholic.

Got a few wee american beers today. Surprisingly enough it doesn't taste like piss.

COLLEGE.

-Ahem-

That, and Alaskan Amber. Do be aware that whatever beer you settle on will be the beer you have a weird nostalgic longing for the rest of your life, even if it's terrible and should bring you shame.

I'd say avoid mixed drinks out of the gate, since getting the balance right is tricky. Since you're only having a little, spring for the good stuff (do that anyway, life is ephemeral and beer should be enjoyed). There's lots of excellent beers and recommendations in this thread already, so I won't stir up the dregs.

Instead, I'll just throw some general drinking advice. Drink at least as much water as you do alcohol. Eat complex foods. Savor the damn drink -- only a wretched beer needs to be pounded or drunk cold. And once you have a baseline, try some of the beer nerd stuff. There's some fascinating tastes, even if they charge you an arm and a leg. When I was last able to beer-nerd, Rogue brewery was making some crazy good drinks.

And don't count wines out entirely -- or at least, consider trying mead and some of the non-grape mixes. There's some really awesome drinks out there.

Having a few of these tonight.



Can't stand Corona at all. Stella is lovely though. 

There are very few things I miss about New Zealand but Steinlager is definitely one of them.