Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, White/Pink Grenache.
Beer: Leinienkugel Red (any Red), Yuengling Traditional Lager, (most amber lagers), Hoegaarden Wheat Beer (any wheat), Shiner Bock (any bock), Fat Tire, 1554, Dos Equis, Lowembrau LowenWeisse, Sam Adams, Schell's Firebrick and Dark, and many more that currently elude me. Not listed in order of preference.
*One of the best beers I ever tasted was on a Milwaukee Pabst Brewery Tour, and I don't drink Pabst. The power of fresh beer?
*New Belgium Brewery seems to produce mostly fruity/ spicy beers like Fat Tire.
*Yuengling holds the title as the oldest US brewery 1829. Can't find it where I live (Texas).
I believe it's East Coast or NE only.
*The most unusual beer I've had is a jalapeño beer (James Page?) it tasted ok, but not my cup of tea.
*I remember when I tasted Coors beer when it was not available on the East Coast and thought it was the best! Now, not so much.
*The best wheat beer I've had is a Lowembrau LowenWeisse Hefe-Weiss. Not imported to US as far as I know. Besides taste, it bubbled like champaign.
*I don't care for bitter stouts.
It is amazing what a number Prohibition did to beer in the US. It allowed the abomination called "Bud" to prevail. The key is does the beer still taste good when it's warm or does it remind you of horse piss? (Something hard to swallow)
I grew up with Budweiser thinking beer was good for only one thing, getting drunk. It certainly did not taste good. Fortunately we are recovering nicely with micro breweries all over. And I no longer drink to get drunk.