Back when I drank (4 in the corps and can remember maybe 1 year of it :P )there were a few beers that were hard to beat: A spanish one called aguilla (the eagle), an italian one called "Devil's Kiss" and of course the Filipino "San Miguel" (all reds I think) "Guiness" was a good dark and "Saporro" (Japanese) was an excellent pale but neither beat Montana's "Moose Drool"

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As far as Hard Liquors I preferred mixed drinks but was known to do tii moony martoonis a time or three. Straight liquor favorites were: Absynth (of course), Black Death Vodka (russian), Soju (Japanese Moonshine), and Bull Frogs in Thailand (caused me to fail a drug test due to Opium)... naturally most of these aren't legal in the US. A commercial version of Soju is available but beware it has a kick.
Now I prefer Amp or Mountain Dew (BIG TIME Dale JR Fan), and I will occasionally drink a Monster energy drink because it is so high in the Vitamin Bs.