I went with Saranac...always manage to find a bottle or six down in the Dax.
If I could find it I'd take a pint of Theakstons Best Bitter (the "Old Peculier's" a little heavy after a long day on the trail) or Marstons Pedigree. After that I'd go for Guinness or Boddingtons.
My post beer/ale is whatever is in my Jeep or whatever anyone hands me. Gatorade at the trailhead is fine I guess for some, but that one, cold beer at my Jeep while I'm changing or waiting for others is quite the expereince.
BTW, any time you have to put a piece of "fruit" in a beer, it automatically is disqualified IMO as "best beer" for anything.
Anything from Woodstock Station will do just fine too. I love that place.( I actually wish I could bottle the way I feel when I take that first tight step out of the car through the parking lot. Striding confidently like a Reservoir Dog; smug with my weekends mild achievements)
So here we are, after another round of brouhaha about off-topic postings, angst about green squares and ratings points, admonitions about keeping this a site devoted to information about hiking, climbing, and mountains, and we have an immensely popular thread about beer drinking...72 replies and counting! Is it that views and brews (a la Rankin and Hamilton) are inextricably linked, at least in this community? Would it be okay if I started a thread asking VFTTrs about their favorite water?