I've only tried Foster's from Australia, and it's ok, but there must be something better right? something a bit more micro-brewish, but that is still exported (from their point of view) to America?

Canada: Molson's Export Ale.

Keiths is probably better than molson ex.

American: not worth trying, it's all weak and watery (shameless flamebait!)
Mexican: Negro Modela
Scottish: Deuchars IPA
English: Ringwood Best Bitter
Belgian: Mort Subite (literally 'Sudden Death')
German: Becks
French: Kronenbourg 1664
Australian: Castlemaine XXXX (known as 'four-ex')

But of course the king of all drinks is the Scottish Single Malt Whisky...

I've found that Keith's is much less enjoyable these days than it was.

It's been a while since I've had Molson Ex, but it was one of my favorites.

IBethune - if you like Becks, you should like most mass-produced American beers - it's pretty watery as well.

We have an enourmous amount of "micro"breweries here now that actually have flavor to them and they have become very popular here - I'm just not sure how many are exported. Sam Adams Boston Ale is just the perfect blend of flavors in a beer though IMO, and if you can find it where you're from, I would highly reccomend trying it.

Molson Ex is pretty good. I think I would take Keith's IPA over it though...

Croatian: Tomislav (black)
Slovenian: Laško

German: Meckatzer Löwenbräu - Meckatzer Gold
Mexican: You can't fail with the classic Corona.
American: Local microbreweries only. I can't tolerate American mass-produced piss water.

philcore, fosters is NOT australian. i dont know of anyone who actually drinks it in australia. somehow marketing gurus have managed to convince beer lovers the UK and others that fosters is a "true blue aussie" drink. ridiculous , fosters is camels piss.
i would recommend (if you can get a hold of them) Coopers - they have a range from Pale ale , Stout etc or Castle lager.

Philcore is right on with the beer choices...but you forgot Sake and Kingfishers.
Sake-Japan
Kingfishers-India

sake? sake isnt a beer brand that i know of here in japan. we gave Asahi super dry, thats very popular.

Sake-as in the beer type
Not the brand.

I go for Leffe triple or Duvel, both Belgium. I assume you're talking about 'special beers' and not pilsners...

Germany: Wiehenstephaner Weiss/Kristall
Belgium: Delirium Tremens
Sweden: Postiljon, Landsortslager, Bedarö Bitter
America: Red Seal, Dead Guy Ale, Rasputin Imperial Stout

Belgium: Brugse Tripel
Germany: Erdinger Weisse
Netherlands: La Trappe Tripel
France: 1664
UK: John Smith
Ireland: Guinness
USA: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (not watery!!!)
Mexico: Dos Equis Amber

whats the similarity between american beer and sex in a canoe?
There both fucking close to water :p

and phil try a proper cider so much nicer than beer

Any microbrewery beats commercial beer. But let discuss something verybody can follow.
By Beer type:
Dark/Ale: Leffe
Stout: Guinness
Weissbeer: Franziskaner
Pilsner: Urquell/Carlsberg Elephant

Cider: Strongbow

Before anybodt nitpicks what I wrote. Yes Micro-brews are also commerical. But you know what I mean.

here in japan
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Hmm. Interesting...

no not strongbow at the very least westerns

Anybody checked the german "Reinheitsgebot"?
That is what beer is about. Just the pure ingridients and thats it!

American mass produced beer is garbage, but microbrews like Magic Hat, or Leinenkugel, are actually pretty good. And have to also agree w/ whoever mentioned Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Mexico - I think Corona is pretty much on par w/ American mass produced piss, but Dos Equis Amber, and Negra Modelo are awesome
Others...
Belgium - Hoegaarden, Duvel, Leffe
Germany - Becks, Franziskaner
Netherlands - Grolsch
Ireland - Guinness, Harp, Murphy's
India - Kingfisher
Japan - Asahi
Singapore - Tiger

man i feel like an alcoholic

sean: the commercials here actually have the tag line "Fosters, Australian for beer"

Personally I think it tastes much like the mass produced shit that everyone seems to agree on here. I'll look for Coopers -thanks for the recomendation. Any other Austalian beers that anyone would reccomend?

Asian beers all taste very similar to me - light and crisp, but at least with some flavor, but I'll add my favorites anyway:
Japan: Kirin Ichiban
China Tsing Tao
Thailand: Singh Ha

New Zealand: Tui
Only Beer I had there, but it wasnt too bad.

trim - what would be a good English Cider to try?

I've had a few American ones - but something tells me their not true to the roots of traditional cider - they taste like lemonade or apple juice with vodka in it.

Our main semi-local brew here in WA is Little Creatures, which isn't bad, but really here in Australia there's slim pickings :-(

Fosters is Australian but it hasn't been popular here since about 1980. I know a few people who drink it. My favourite Aussie beer is Cascade. My favourite international beer is probably Corona with a slice of lime (Mexico).