Vic, I totally forgot... if you can find Timothy Taylor's Landlord, I think you'll dig that, 4.1%ABV Strong Pale Ale... see if you can get some!
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I was about to make a new thread, so bump to this one.

Anyone else have any good session beer recommendations?
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I'm a little surprised to see people listing stouts and high acohol beers in this thread. Seems contradictory to what a session beer is defined as but I guess one man's high alcohol is another man's everyday beverage.

Back on topic . . . I really like Sam Adams Noble Pils. Really light in body, but not light on flavor. Nice and hoppy from them brewing it with 5 different types of european hops. If you drink a lot of american craft beer that uses american hops, drinking something with european hops can be a nice change of pace. ABV is 4.9% so not terribly high. A few reviews I've read on this beer have called it one of the best pilsners in the world.
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Noble Pils is a pretty good SA offering.
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Goose Island Honkers Ale
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Guinnes?
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Guinness is hardly strong and about is close to session beer as us yanks will find easily. My favorite regular tap beer by a long shot.
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I've got some Magic Hat 9 (5.1% ABV) on tap in the garage. Pretty smooth drinking beer.
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Guinness might not be high ABV, but it certainly is heavy, and wouldn't sit well over a session, IMO, where you would be drinking many pints.
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On our side of the pond, it's not heavy at all.
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Fair enough, not tried it in the US, so I'll take your word.
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Lagunitas Pale Ale is my new current session beer
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I've give it a shot, I luvs me some of the other Lagunitas. Hairy Eye Ball, Brown Shugga, Gnarleywine, umummumum.!

One of the most reasonably priced, tasty making breweries going right now.
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Deschutes Mirror Pond. 5%, crisp and tasty, nice blend of malt and hops. A go to for me on a long afternoon or a few ( more than a couple? ) after work. :-)
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Guinness is definitely not a strong beer, but all that nitrogen they use to push it through the tap lines really fills me up.
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