Hoegaarden is amazing.

New England has great micros. For stout, I recommend Gritty's Black Fly. For a nice clean ale, Long Trail. For an IPA, Dogfish 90 minute if you can find it, or 60 minute. Shipyard Fuggle's IPA is also excellent. Magic Hat makes good beer but they always add some unusual flavor which makes for an interesting drink, but outside the mainstream. Their unfiltered wheat is amazing (St. Gootz, Winter). I would also recommend Geary's Hampshire Special Ale alongside Long Trail Double Bag, both of which are high alcohol (6.7 and 7.2) dubbels.

If you are in NH, get Smuttynose. All are good but the IPA is particularly well done. Their summer ale this year is an unfiltered Hefeweizen and it is the least American, most Euro hefe I've had here.

German beer is lame and so are all lagers and pilsners, which basically taste like upscale Bud. At least they're cheap in CZ. Stouts are good, as well as most dark ales, but they don't really test the strength of your palate. Real men drink IPAs.

Harpoon's rasberry hefeweizen is a very good fruit beer.

Brooklyn Brewery is excellent.

Utah actually has some interesting beers too, because the Mormon's fucked up and capped alcohol by weight, not alcohol by volume. So Utah beer actually gets to about 4.1 ABV, which is the same as many other beers. Many great ales abound, such as Polygamy Porter (More fun when you have six!), Evolution Ale (Darwin approved: brewed in 27 days, not 7) and Provo Girl.

If you are ever in Maine, find a Beale St. BBQ and get the Pemaquid. Only comes in draft. Religious experience.

As far as carbombs go, why do some people believe you don't need whiskey? Guiness and Bailey's do not an explosive make.

PBR is the best cheap beer.

If you need to get a lot of people drunk for cheap, you can always make skippy (aka hop skip): 30 rack of cheap beer, handle of cheap vodka, and one canister of Country Time Lemonade.

In Norge, they make this drink where they take a shot of espresso, drop a coin in, and pour grain alcohol in until you can see the coin again. Beats redbull and vodka by miles (ie. good for raiding).

Yes, Yuengling is excellent -- in the Northeast, or, well, in NYC in particular at least, it's usually classified by most bars as a "domestic" alongside the likes of Bud and Coors, which leads to many a dirt-cheap pitcher of some very good beer. If you're in an area where it's available (pretty much between NYC and DC), it's a reliable and solid choice.

Yeah, it's unfortunately unavailable anywhere in Connecticut, but I make sure to pick some up if I head to NYC or PA.

It really is amazing how much the Guiness can vary from pub to pub. Three weeks in London and Cambridge showed me this (and very well thank you very much!)