Barleywines for sure. Oktoberfests need to be aged like all lagers, but not any longer than the typical lager.
I have no opinion on your liquor snobbery, but your political snobbery is a major symptom of everything wrong with this country!! Stupid people are no longer aware of their own stupidity, and are often even convinced that they are particularly intelligent, and it is abundantly clear to all the actually intelligent people in the world, that they are not!! PS. I don't like beer snobs or wine snobs. To me there are 2 kinds of wine, white and red. I also find most of the stouts, porters, and ales which are highly regarded by beer snobs to be bitter and disgusting. I like a good weissbier/witbier, and many belgian style ales, and excepting that easy to drink lagers are fine for me. But on the whole, I prefer wine, not because I think the tastes are far more diffuse(I don't I think the difference between types of beer are far greater), but because I get a much better buzz on wine. Or some good strong cocktails(there is an amazing bar in New York City, which makes incredible whiskey based cocktails).
Nothing wrong with prefering a good quality product, produced with care, over a bland mass-produced version of the same thing. Nothing wrong with enjoying all the different versions, and different flavours to be had. That applies to beer, wine, whisky, and anthing else for that matter. There's nothing 'class' related, or 'snobbish' about that. Some people do take it too far, though - that also applies to beer, wine, whisky, or anything else! On the other hand, some people have a negative reaction to anyone suggesting that their favoured cheap supermarket-sold brand (beer, wine, whisky, etc.) might not actually be 'the best in the world ever', even thought it might be 'the most popular', and then get all defensive and uppity towards anyone who enjoys trying and appreciating things other than the mass-produced super-brands (especially if such people are discussing amongst themselves which versions they have tried, which they like, what they taste like, and so on). It's a fact of life - some people do get all snobbish, some people get all defensive, but most people just get on with enjoying whichever version of whichever thing they enjoy, and largely ignore both groups!
Beers ain't beers. Having said that I have to say Iike lager style beers and I like English ales. European lagers are good, particularly Czech pilseners (dunno if they're technically lagers). I had a few beers in Chur, Switzerland some years ago, can't remember the brand name but it had a squirrel on the label, (*)(*)(*)(*) fine beer. But I also like Molsen Canadian and I like Miller Hi-Life. Fosters in Australia is not my preferred drop, but strangely enough I found the Canadian version really good. VB is a bit too chemical tasting for me and it gives me a blinding headache even after two or three gulps, so I don't touch it.
I don't like wine. I'll drink a little champagne for toasts or at events, but don't keep it at home. I like bourbon whiskeys and rums. Not a fan of vodka or gin. I do like my beers and ales though. When it's available, a Guinness Stout is always preferred. Second would probably be a wheat beer, I like the hefe weitzen with some lemon. Around here Yuengling is available everywhere and it's not horrible. I hae to admit, having lived in Germany for a number of years, it was hard coming back here to Budweiser and the like.
