Again shamelessly plagiarizing AFJuvat;
Guinness, Boddingtons Pub Ale - For sipping
Bass Ale, Newcastles Brown, XX, Sapporo - for slurping
Coors regular - When I want to drink a gallon of beer
I'm very much into the brew pub thing, here in S. Cali I like Belmont, Huntington, Manhaten, Morro bay, breweries. Goose Island Chicago, John Harvard Boston, and the list goes on...