You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.

~Frank Zappa

I wouldn't say I'm a tremendous fan, but when the occasion calls for it, a beer can really hit the spot. And, when you're traveling for a year and end up in youth hostels on a regular basis, beer is the backpacker's equivalent of a handshake (and in some cases a makeshift currency). Thusly, as I wandered the globe, I thought it appropriate to keep a record of the beverages native to each nation. Below is a quick list of most of the lagers, ales and stouts I tried in each country. Just don't ask me how to pronounce them all.