There are so many delicious beers of so many different types! Lately I’ve been drinking Hazy Little Thing by Sierra Nevada. I really like Little Sumpin Sumpin by Lagunitas as well. I guess I’m more into IPAs but either way it’s too hard to pick a favorite!
Beer, what is your favorite?
Anyone that loves beer AND coffee should be swimming in any and all coffee beers that they can find. My favorite style to “enjoy” are imperial stouts/porters, which often times are the very beers that are released in coffee variants. If a brewer has a mainstream imperial stout/porter release, there may very well be a coffee version as well to be a special accompaniment. Whether released for distribution or only at the brewery, I’m all for the coffee based ales of this type - especially if they’re barrel aged.
Aside from the rich, velvety and complex imperial stouts/porters that I love to indulge on (half my 188 bottle wine fridge are cellared beers of that type), my everyday enjoyables are west coast style IPAs. While I can appreciate the balance in standard IPAs, I don’t really enjoy the malt forward New England style or even the latest juice craze in hazy IPAs. I like 'em piney, resinous and bitter up front with a lingering taste to stay with me after each sip. Can’t say the dryness of recent brut IPAs entices enough either - not enough to “chew” on with the texture. And oh man, when Oct/Sep rolls around and the fresh hop ales follow… so much yummm!
All that said, I’ll suggest a few favorites based on style…
Imperial Stouts/Porters: Bottle Logic - Anaheim, CA
IPAs: Beachwood Brewing - Long Beach, CA (favorite IPAs are LBC IPA and Amalgamator)
Best straightforward porter: Black Butte Porter c/o Deschutes Brewery
Benchmark Pale Ale: Mirror Pond c/o Deschutes Brewery (sorry Sierra Nevada!)
Favorite spiced stout: Mexican Cake c/o Westbrook Brewing
Happy hunting (new styles/varieties) and cheers!
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I havny drank in almost 3 years, but I drank on the 4th of July and I’m having a drink tonight. My drink of choice is Stella Artois
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. Keep up the good work! Drinking too much is bad, but small quantities is fine 
Not sure if these will be a favourite but some I picked up to try (1 coffee one for the coffee lovers)
When I was working in Germany the bar that I went to did Paulaner & banana juice which was interesting
German Weißbier & Belgian triple is what you need (helps being 5 hours away from Bruges (I’m in the UK))
UK available beers I’d say boddingtons, estrella, staropremen
