For people who like strong beers, I recommend Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Dog Fish Head Brewery's Midas Touch and Immort Ale, and Unibroue's Fin Du Monde and Maudite. Ephemere is pretty good, too...a little funky apple beer.
As for my other favorites: young's double chocolate stout, sam adam's (anything except cranberry lambic!), Killian's Iresh Red, Honey Brown, Wytchwood Brewery's stuff (hobgoblin, etc.)...basically most of the stuff that I've drank. I even think Bud has it's place for the summer with hot dogs and pizza. It affects the taste of food less than anything I've tried. Killian's and pizza tastes kinda funky.
Also avoid these like the plague: Xingu and Blue Moon. I'm sure I'll find others like that, but those are twot hat stick in my head. I also didn't like #9 by magic hat very much...it's too much like blue moon. I've been told it's much better at the brewery when it's fresh, though.
As for liquor...I don't drink too much beer in one sitting because of what it does to my stomach, so I drink more hard stuff to even out the buzz a bit. I prefer sweet things, so Dr. Daniels and me have fun sometimes. Also, Myers Rum and coke is very sweet and smooth. There's also something I found called a black dragon which is very nice...if you want to know what it is check out
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