I generally tend towards the darker beers - but they're getting hard to find. Even locally when a store carries Sam Adams, they rarely have Black Lager, Boston Ale, Irish Red, Chocolate Bock, or Black&Brew . . . but there's no problem finding Cranberry Lambic or Cherry Wheat, both of which are just plain nasty. (Lately they're coming up with all kinds of specialty brews . . . but in the process of trying to be different, they've lost sight of the fact that they're supposed to be
good, too.) When they come up with their "Brewmaster's Collection" with several different beers in a 12 pack, they almost always try to work in a nasty . . .
Shiner Bock and Shiner Black Lager are OK, and the new Guinness Black Lager is very drinkable.
Light beers? Meh. May as well just get some Bud and dilute it.