Not a big beer drinker these days.
But I do like the occasional pint of good real ale. Nice to see Arran beer being mentioned, yeah good stuff, and it's nice to have a pint o it after climbing some of the Arran hills.
Lager, I do like a bottle Furstenberg, one of the very few lagers I can find in the supermarket actually worth drinking.
Like others, more into my Whisky.
For regular consumption you can't beat Black Grouse or Black Bottle. Note that Black Bottle has been completely reworked and a much better dram than it was just a few months ago. Plus both are often discounted by the supermarkets. Don't underestimate good blends.
And if you like blends, for a few quid more you can have a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label, a extremely complex dram, often misunderstood but many will argue that there is no better whisky - period. Strange that my favourite 3 blends are all called black. Though Tesco was selling Ballantines a while back at a good price, lovely dram, but I don't see anybody other than some of the Whisky specialists selling it now.
Single Malts? Ones that I've been really impressed with - Stonachie, anything from the Springbank distillery, Talisker 10yo, Glendronach (it's back on form) and yes Bruichladdich (worryingly it's changed hands again), oh and Kilchoman (distillery founded 2005) really impressed me. My bottle of precious 3 year old Kilchoman (and generally I never hang onto bottles) might get opened on September the 19th this year, or failing that it might end up on e-bay in a few years time.
I do often like bottles that have Cask Strength or more importantly non-chillfiltered stamped on em.
Did somebody mention Laphroaig? Some folks love it, it's got a fanatical following, but for me I'd get more pleasure out of licking a used ash tray which has similar taste, finish and levels of sophistication
But hey each to their own.