Although I'd class myself as a lager man, I do enjoy a good beer festival and like the true real ales, as enjoyed by bearded blokes with sandles. Not found a proper beer that I can buy at a supermarket that I particularly like.
As MDTM says, beers in pubs tend to be crap. I often drink bottled beer in pubs - particularly chains - as even lager is rather awful.
As I've got older, I struggle with the volume - particularly gassy lagers - so tend to head over to shorts after 4 or 5 lagers. If I'm out, this will often be vodka, as I still have nightmares about my last voyage with Captain Morgan.
Occasionally a nice malt as a nightcap to seal the evening.
I work with a guy who really does like a drop of Port, and he has got me back on it after a break of many, many years. A drop of Port can finish off an evening, esp with some cheese and biccies - how very civilised
