Guinness, Guinness, and Guinness. I don't think it's overrated and it shouldn't be WARM, unless 55 degrees is considered WARM. By American ice-cold standards I suppose it would be. I keep them in thr fridge but let them sit out about 30 minutes before drinking. Then it's perfect (except for the fact it's in a bottle but I haven't figured out how to get my own keg just yet). Mister calls it "liquid rye bread" and usually won't drink it, or any other stout. Once in awhile he may have a porter but he doesn't love the dark beers as much as I do.

It's hot here in Tennessee now so pale beers are nice... I actually like a cold Rolling Rock on a hot day, or a cold Woodpecker cider. But my favorite beer drink for the summer is...... SHANDY. Rolling Rock makes a good shandy as do several of the medium-dark beers.

This week a houseguest treated us to a 12-pack of Shiner Bock. I like that pretty well too. Shiner makes several other beers which are unfortunately not available outside the Republic of Texas.

I tried Samuel Adams and really didn't care for it.

One of our new favorites is an import called La Trappe, which is brewed by Trappist monks in Holland. It comes in gray crock bottles, which is what caught our interest in the first place (we can use the bottles for living history events). It's a reddish beer with a slightly fruity aftertaste. There's a bottle in the fridge right now.......