Quote Originally Posted by TheOfficialBren View Post
NEWCASTLE!!!, Sam Adams Boston Lager, Guiness, PBR (it's really not that bad!), Lone Star (Texans will get that one), Purple Haze, various IPAs, a hemp brew that I caught at World Market a while back, Carlsberg, Asahi, Tsing Tao, Blue Moon, Fat Tire, Budweiser's (VERY GOOD and now-discontinued) "American Ale," Mississippi Mud, Modelo Negra, Boddington's, Killian's Irish Red (corrct name? Only had it once--made an big impression, though) Thellonius Monk (seriously...it's really good), and Peroni.

WOW! That's a lot of brew! I enjoy them all.
You listed a couple (which I bolded) that I like as well. My usual non-specialty store-bought brews are Guinness, Belhaven Scottish Ale, and Shiner Bock, but my friend from Manchester really got me hooked on Boddington's when we hang out. It's about the lightest beer I can enjoy.

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Texan, but honestly, I don't know what people see in Lone Star beer. That stuff is nasty. The only thing I've ever tasted that was nastier was Heineken. I swear, Heineken is like somebody played a joke and pretended to brew something that was outrageously awful, just to see if they could sucker people into drinking it. I am absolutely clueless as to how they've managed to convince people to drink it. It doesn't even remotely taste like beer.

Eh, anyway, my real favourites are local microbrews. There are some good ones around Austin. When I can find it, I really love the Convict Hill Oatmeal Stout. And I must admit, I had an absolutely wonderful oatmeal stout in Kansas City at Granite City called "Broad Axe Stout". Those are the kinds of brew that make life worth living...