Beer is hacker news on Sunday, so my answers:

* USA: Sierra Navada Pale

* Australia, in order: Little Creatures Pale (on tap, at the brewery), Coopers Sparking and Coopers Vintage Stout

* Belgium: tripel karmeliet, duval or hoegaarden (too many good'uns and styles, can't choose)

* UK: Anything from Meantime is pretty good, but I'm fairly nonplussed by british beer. Especially 90% of cask ales - rubbish. Oh, I forgot Cobra which is an excellent, excellent lager.

* Germany: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

Sacrilege! Around here, beer is hacker news every day of the week.

* Australia, in order: Little Creatures Pale (on tap, at the brewery), Coopers Sparking and Coopers Vintage Stout

Absolutely with the Little Creatures. If you can get down to the brewery in Freo, it's a top spot.

On the UK side - there are a lot of CAMRA pubs around that generally serve some pretty top beers. http://www.camra.org.uk/

Agree with the Dunkel. While I wouldn't want to be limited to any one beer, it should definitely be included in a list of beers to try.

That's part of the fun -- so many different kinds, many special each in their own way. And for me, at least, often specific memories associated with the different kinds.

I am really disapointed to find this featured on the front page.

I enjoyed it

Yeah same - sometimes these diversions can be the most interesting dialogues. 's killed now either way.

Beer is an appropriate topic in many contexts. Relax.

Microbreweries hack the beer industry.

I'm a fan of Belgian-styles ales. At the moment, my favorites are La Fin Du Monde (actually made in Quebec), Golden Draak, and Gouden Carolus d'Or (Red). For more regular bottled beers my favorites are probably Leffe, Hoegaarden, Blue Moon, and Paulaner Heffeweisen.

Try Chimay.

Asahi Super Dry. It's just got this really clean, pure taste. I like quite a few others, of course, but .. ASD's the one I always "come home" to.

ASD, but from a can - this is about the only beer I can think of that I prefer the can to the bottle.

Definitely agree! Half the appeal of ASD is its crispness, which really needs a can, or even better, on tap. And, needless to say, it should be the domestic product - there's this awful Thai version floating around which I've made the mistake of buying once or twice.

I don't drink... ever. :)

And you call yourself a computer guru...

Craft brews: Stone IPA is one of my favorites and Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale is great when it is in season. Sierra Nevada Pale is great too.

I'm love-hate, lately, with these two "extreme" breweries: De Dolle Brouwers, and Dogfish Head

I've also been enjoying Three Floyds' Alpha King Ale.

yes, dogfish head 60 Minute IPA is the closest you'll get to cask in a bottle

I will have Manny's Pale Ale from Georgetown Brewery anytime I find it on tap. It's a perfect balance of hops and malt.

Indio, XX Ambar, Victoria, Bohemia Oscura. We don't know why Corona is so popular outside Mexico.

Negra Modelo is excellent.

I tend to like the wheat beers. Franziskaner has a hefeweizen and a dunkel that are both fantastic. Also Hoegaarden's belgian white is delicious.

For a cheap everyday kind of beer, I love finding PBR on tap for $2 a pint in a ton of different places.

Draught Bass! If you can't get that then Marston's Pedigree or Banks's Original.

We are talking ale here of course - not that nasty yellow lagery stuff (to be fair Grolsch is not bad at all)

I'm not really a huge beer drinker, so I don't really know the specialty brands that well.

From the ones I tried so far, I prefer Heineken the most

You should try Anchorsteam.

Hansa Pilsner is the best Norwegian beer. Internationally, I'll go for a Carlsberg Jacobsen Dark Ale.

Pandora's Bock from Breckenridge Brewery here in CO. nomnom

Rothaus Tannenzäpfle

(german).

But right now I "have to" drink Tuborg, Carlsberg, Ringnes.

Bell's Two Hearted Ale

Stella Artois