Favorite Beers in the 5%(+/-) range

A whole whack of the amazing gueuze and lambic out of Belgium.

 

Brothers Craft Brewing's Drift, a 5% session IPA

 

Didn't read your OP, but going by your initial subject line of a beer in the 5% range, I'm really high on Jammer right now (4.2%).

 

Pretty much any Cellarmaker pale ale (Moonage Daydream, Dobis, Tiny Dankster), Fieldwork Canopy and Little Ships, Russian River Dribble Belt, Row 2/Hill 56, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald and Dortmunder Gold, Modern Times Fortunate Islands, Alpine Hoppy Birthday, Faction Pale, Deschutes Black Butte, Surly Bitter Brewer and Coffee Bender, Lagunitas Daytime, Firestone Walker Easy Jack and Unfiltered DBA, Sante Adairus Silver Lies, Pizza Port Ponto, Societe The Publican, Southern Tier Live... I guess I could go on and on with my love for sessionable beers, especially hoppy ones.

 

Spaten Oktoberfest, Stone Smoked Porter and its variations, Harpoon Winter Warmer, Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald and Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Sierra Nevada Stout and Sierra Nevada Porter, Bell's Best Brown and Bell's Oberon. Just to name a few.

 

Saisons all day long.

 

Sam Smiths Taddy Porter
Hurricane Jack and Jarl from Fyne Ales.
Liquid Mistress from Siren Craft Brew (it's actually 5.8 ABV)
Old Pro Gose from Union Craft Brewing
Kirsch Gose from Victory Brewing Company
Penn-Quarter Porter from DC Brau Brewing
Anthem from Union Craft Brewing
Headwaters Pale Ale from Victory Brewing Company
Honker's Ale from Goose Island

There's more, but I'm tired.

 

Two Roads Lil Heaven
Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker (just tried this one, not bad at all)

Blue Light when I'm in WNY though.

 

Tired Hands Lemomo. Could drink this one all day long.

 

New Glarus Belgian Red. New Glarus Raspberry Tart. New Glarus Serendipity.

 

21st Amendment Bitter American

And they are replacing it with a beer labelled "Session IPA". Sigh.

The beer was perfectly good as is.

 

Bissell Bros Lux. Super flavorful, 5.1%

 

German hefes for me.

 

I think imports may do better in this category; some I like..

London Pride
Sam Smith Porter/Oatmeal Stout
Schlafly Pale Ale (4.3%)
Weienstephaner(sp?) hefe/original/dunkel

 

How available are European beers in Mexico?

 

Wait - you put 5% in your title, but 6% in your post - I think when you lean into 6%, you're not talking "session" (based on the current, trendy scale of things) any more...

Anyways, I'm just gonna take this opportunity to reiterate that I really don't get the session beer thing. It's what BMC's been doing all along.

Would you rather have one big, terrific cut of steak in one sitting, or a whole bunch of small, mediocre pieces of steak over time? I see the session drinking thing that way. I'm not saying they're awful, but just not my thing. And truth be told, knowing I can have several big, juicy terrific pieces of steak in a day, the concept of session steak just doesn't hold water lol - I know, I know...

That said, I like @Mike_Aguirre's thinking - a Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier (or the like) has a modest abv, good steak quality , and is thoroughly enjoyable (but note, it's not a "go-to" beer for me anyway)

I say, build up your tolerance, and "session" incredible IPAs in the 7% zone, like Two Hearted, Sculpin, Union Jack, and so forth

Git sum!

 

Sunshine Pils, OMB Pils both right at 4.8 Abv, hard to get better brews. Growler only but Bull City makes some terrific English Milds that are sub 4% abv.