Three "Go To" mediocre beers

This stuff cracks me up! You have people responding, who didn't even read the OP's post and others calling good and benchmark beers mediocre.

 

The premise of this thread is so confusingly arbitrary that I want to applaud the OP for being best troll ever!

 

PBR, Miller High Life and Leinenkugels Summer Shandy (although Id contend theres nothing mediocre about Summer Shandy).

 

Average? I only drink beer I like. Raise your bar some.

 

Well...as the old saying goes: "...one man's poison is another man's elixer".

The following is definitely not a popular opinion ...but I personally find the New England fad of muddy, orange juice looking beers to be beyond mediocre. But that's (obviously) just me.
It all simply boils down to personal preferences.
Besides which, in the end it's all only beer anyway. people should simply consume whatever they like, and personal opinions (including mine) be damned!

 

For the readily available

Founders All Day
Sam Adams Boston Lager
High Life

I would add on Jack's Abby Hoponius Union for my favorite non-national distribution

 

Available most everywhere:
SN Pale ale
Anchor Steam
Lagunitas IPA

All fine beers, nothing I typically stock in my fridge. but if I'm out for dinner and these are available... boom, I'm drinking.

 

I am familiar with 'Screamers.' Call it an ale if you like but it still has adjuncts.

 

Most ales do these days it seems.

 

For what it's worth I prefer your mediocre alernatives.

 

A lot of Oakham Ales round my way so I often have to settle for their stuff.

 

I wouldn't necessarily call them mediocre but my standbys when there is nothing special available are:
Jack's Abby Hoponious Union
Guinness
SNPA

 

Sometimes I need to throw a little highlife in the rotation just to even things out.

 

Any hard to get brew from New England.

 

Samuel Adams Rebel IPA
Saranac Pale Ale
Guinness Stout

 

Bass Ale
Yuengling Lager
Sam Adamas Boston Lager - I feel the need to qualify this because I find Sam Adams Boston Lager to be maddeningly inconsistent when it's " on " it's a damn good beer. I find a lot of variation to this beer whether it be on draft or in bottles and that inconsistency is frustrating because I know what it is when it's at its ",peak"

 

Goose IPA
Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat
Most Samuel Adams beers

These are easy to find at restaurants that have good food but weak beer selections. None of them are amazing, but they're all drinkable.