I'll drink practically any beer 'above' the common Aussie beers (ie, New, VB, XXXX, Carlton draught, etc). If I have to drink one of those, VB is probably my current choice. If what's on offer is below (eg, Tooheys Red/Blue), then I'll probably not drink beer.

As for a favourite, I suppose that Bluetonge Ginger Beer is my current favourite. I prefer general a sweeter beer.

people saying heineken or grolsch or budweiser (bud) are wrong it aint beer, its pilsner.

real beer is much better ;)

i think my favorite is leffe or la trappe. both are belgium trapist beers (originally made by monks untell they invented commercial selling:))
its quite strong but good taste, more a beer to enjoy longer then 5 minutes.


those pilsner drinks are nice on a hot summer afternoon, corona and desperados i like then aswell. but the real beer is for the taste and to enjoy it every sip. not to just burst it in my mouth and drink 20 bottles a night (not that i could do it anyway ;))

 bud light is the main beer ill drink if I'm offered, but I'll drink any beer with bud in the name if thats all thats left/there, but generally I hate beer and ill never drink it. 

The U.S. generally doesn't have good "pubs".  We have "bars".  In those bars they will generally have 4-6 beers on tap, generally they are domestics with maybe a heineken or something similar.  There is one great place in Houston, Texas -- The Richmond Arms -- which is as English a Pub as we yanks are going to get.  They have terribly bland food -- bangers and mash and such along with about 75 or so beers ON TAP.  That's about the best I've seen in one single place in the U.S. though I'm sure there are others.

In Paris I went to a french bier cafe that had a "menu" of beers.  The had cold storage in the basement and about 350 different world beers on tap.  Talk about heaven.  Any country.  Any color.  Any Style.  I've yet to find any such place in the U.S.A. 

And futher, yes, Japanese beers are pretty darn good, too.  I've had most of their more common beers on tap when in Japan and they are, just like most beers, SOOOOO much better on tap than in the bottle.  Sapporo on tap.  Mmmmm. 

Tell me my foreign friends, are there any socially acceptable substitutes for beer in your country?

In Finland the situation is pretty much so that there's beer that most people drink, cider which is something of a girl's thing (especially really sugary ones), and long drink
which is pretty for both genders to drink. I never really got used to the taste of beer, so I've been drinking long drinks, but apparently this is mostly a Finnish phenomenon, as demonstrated by the Finnish Wikipedia article for it being longer than the English one. Only the biographies of national heroes are generally longer in the Finnish wiki than the English one. =P

Now what I've seen of foreign alcohol cultures has given me the impression that it's pretty much beer, beer, beer and then stronger stuff like whiskey or vodka or whatever after that. Am I entirely mistaken?

sorry don't drink! its bad for me. I don't want a belly

I really would prefer to like beer since it must be fantastic to have such a variety of choices from all over the world, but the thing is, I hate beer.

Anyways, switzerland also has some great beers to offer, the best known amongst them is probably Feldschlösschen. But if you ever visit basel and you like beer, make sure that you try a Ueli Bier once. This is only a regional beer but a very popular one, and mixed with something, even I like it.

 BeerTroll

Lager.

Seriously, if you don't drink Lager you're a pussy.

Yea I have an Idea.

Lets all talk about alchohol, and let people that are younger than 18 look at the conversation and try it out!!

(Beer is a drug)

Shame on you people for drinking it.