Originally Posted by: iihollyThere is no such thing as a sophisticated beer. Beer is for the working man, in my opinion, so why be all pretentious about it.

MANY knowledgable people would beg to differ.
Beer is as much for the working man as wine is for the soccer mom. Just because some people only use it to get drunk doesn't mean there aren't any big difference in quality out there. Whether you can appreciate those differences is a whole other issue.
For those of us who don't use beer just a vehicle to get wasted, there are HUGE differences between the crap beers and the more "sophistacted" stuff.

My favorites are the Belgian beers, Cristal Alken, Palm, Stella Artois, Duvel, Chimay, Delerium Tremens, Hoegaarden,...