My favorites (in order):

Surly

Summit

Sierra Nevada

Sam Adams

Fat Tire

Blue Moon

PBR HELL YEA

Left Hand Pale Ale

Wait a minute....Da Kid, aren't you finishing high school? What do you know about beer. And furthermore, you cannot truly appreciate the finer qualities of PBR (and other similiar rot gut beer, Black Label was our beer of choice) until you get into college and have no money and yet an insatiable appetite to get drunk and do stupid things.

I will give a shout out for Sierra Nevada mentioned below. I went to school where it is brewed and our once a month treat was to pitch in a buy a keg of Sierra Nevada.

Ja. I got a joke for you Americans.

The presidents of Anheiser-Busch, Coors, Miller, and a German brewing company are seated together at a beer convention and each orders a drink. "I'll have a Bud," says the Anheiser prez; "I'll have a Rocky Mountain Coors," says the Coors prez; "I'll have a Miller high life," says the Miller executive. "I'll have a Pepsi," says the German.

Shocked, the 3 American brewers turn to the German and say, "Are you kidding me? This is a beer convention, you've got to order a beer."

To this, the German brewer says, "Why? None of you did."


Spaten
Schneider Weisse

Some of these brands you mentioned are OK, but if you have not yet tried German beer, especially from a tap, you should. Drink it cold and taste what real beer should taste like. For any of you Coors drinkers out there, you don't have to drink pisswater your whole life, you know.

Signed,

Beer Schaub

Forgot to mention Hacker Pschorr and Weihenstephaner (spelling?), and there are obviously hundreds of other brands only an afficionado (not me) would be able to ramble off.

I remember a time in my life that I was drinking malt liquor.
The time I actually remember equals abotu 10 minutes...

I'll stick to Budweiser. But then again I have had a 6 pack since Halloween and it's still sitting there with some left.

My first drink was Coors. Not for me. Then I tried Stroh's. Not for me.
Goebel? Schaeffer? Hudepohl? (For those in Cincinnati) Or how about Iron City for you Pittsburgh folks?

Nah...
I guess I'm a beer lightweight.

I know a lot more than I should.

Spaten Optimator, Sam Adams Double Bock, Celebrator, Most Tommy Knockers, PBR? I never got it, it taste like shit but big in ATL. I'll be back with more this is just an intro of good beers.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I've already spammed all of my friends with this joke.

F'ing hillarious Professor. I drank Busch Light Draft and Old Milwaukee in college. Am now enjoying a Sierra Nevada Glissade tonight.

Optimator -- great one! But in your dipping days, did you ever accidentally get the spit bottle confused with the bottle with beer in it, as both were basically the same color, especially through the tinted glass? Nasty--a couple of times the brown spit made it as far as down my throat.

Iridedirt- Lol, no I never made that mistake. uggggg

yeah since im in college, i usually stick to the "big 4" that happen in college...

Bud Light
Keystone Light
Busch Light
Natty Ice

However, when I'm not at school, i enjoy the finer things. my favorite beers go like this...

Sam Adams Summer Ale
Brew Moon
PBR
Coors Original

Btw, if you havent tried Bud Light Golden Wheat, give that stuff a try. If you are a fan of Sam Octoberfest, you will enjoy it. Its like a poor man's octoberfest or blue moon.

Been there. What was even worse is when I loaned my car to my roomates to return 20 cases of Old Milwaukee returnables. One of the cases tipped over and fermented chew spit and dip spilled all over my car's carpet. I never did get the smell to completely go away. I get sick to my stomach to this day when I think about that smell.

Try having your fiance in college take a big swig out your spit bottle thinking it was a freshly opened beer . Amazing we ever got married.

If only I knew what Shiner Bock was when I was in college. But then I guess I would be even fatter than I am now. Oh well, that shit is the best beer alive.

#1 Red hook ESB
#2 Moose drool
#3 Shock top
#4 Dragon's breathe
and if I'm in a bar that sells none of the above or at least something close then it's Rocky Mountain Coors Orignal or even PBR before bud or god forbid bud lite

#1 Yuengling
#2 Shiner Bock
#3 Sam Adams
#4 Whatever is handed to me, as long as it's cold.

#1 Samuel Smith's Tadcaster OATMEAL STOUT

And when on the scene it's got to be a CL, Blue Moon, or Coors Original in Cali.

#1 Samuel Smith's Tadcaster OATMEAL STOUT

And when on the scene it's got to be a CL, Blue Moon, or Coors Original in Cali.

Anyone in here brew their own beer? Just bought my kit on Monday and I'll be trying to slap together a batch of Red Ale (5 gal kit from Brewer's Best). Any tips? From what I've seen so far, cleanliness seems to be one of the most important things.

I did a few batches about 10-15 years ago. My only advice is NOT to put freshly bottled beer in the same space as anything with value. I bottled my first batch a little early and ruined a nice closet full of camping/hunting gear.

I've never brewed my own, but would be interested in trying it someday. In college, my dorm neighbors brewed a batch and intentionally over-fermented it to make it 13% ABV. Nasty shit, but we did get drunk off of it.

Good luck. Let me know how it turns out.

13%...doesn't that make it liquor? Foxxy Lady, thanks for the tip...no beer storage next to my fly fishing gear.

I'll keep you guys posted...if anyone else has tips, please send 'em my way!

On a budget: PBR or Natural Light
Not on a budget: shiner, shock top, magic hat, harp
college: national bohemian or old milwaukee, whichever was on sale at the distributor (these were also the only two options for our kegerator which had the old style two prong tap and the price was either $16 or $18 for the half barrel)