asking me about my favorite beer, is about the same as asking what my favorite rod is. different situations call for different brews!

though, i think that there are very few times i can say no to a mirror pond, or bachelor ESB. i like a lot of the pales and ESBs(excluding that redhook AB swill). not a fan of IPAs any more. that extra alcohol kick most have is nice, but they all taste like pine needles to me now.

also a big fan of some of those thicker stouts and porters...now's a great time of the year because widmer snowplow is on the shelves. only problem is that the stuff is like drinking heavy cream, after i have 1 bottle of the stuff it feels like i've drank about 10 of them. alaskan stout is pretty good(their amber kind of sucks, though). guinness is OK, but has about as much alcohol as a budweiser and doesn't really taste like much.