i just got into the craft beer thing (i needed some new bad habits) and here's my take:
1. once you get into the microbrews, it's unfathomable you'd ever drink another miller or corona. even the premium mass market stuff like heineken and stella tastes insipid by comparison.
2. bell's (two hearted, oberon, amber)lagunitas and three floyds consistently put out a great product.
3. despite its size and ubiquity, sam adams is also excellent and quite a bit cheaper than the littler brewers. they really have kept up their standards. likewise sierra nevada.
4. keep hearing great things about pliny the elder but haven't found it locally--it's on my must-drink list.
1. once you get into the microbrews, it's unfathomable you'd ever drink another miller or corona. even the premium mass market stuff like heineken and stella tastes insipid by comparison.
2. bell's (two hearted, oberon, amber)lagunitas and three floyds consistently put out a great product.
3. despite its size and ubiquity, sam adams is also excellent and quite a bit cheaper than the littler brewers. they really have kept up their standards. likewise sierra nevada.
4. keep hearing great things about pliny the elder but haven't found it locally--it's on my must-drink list.