Since my last post about the Beers with Obama I have come across plenty of discussion about what they should drink. I think anyone who gets het up discussing what they should drink is missing the point. It's a beer. It's not the focus of the meeting, beer just makes the meeting possible. If what they drink is important, maybe they should be drinking wine. This is the sort of situation where beer is just the wallpaper. It means something that they're drinking it but it doesn't have to be fancy, certainly nothing where a big flavour intrudes on what they are there for...my pick would be a good golden lager. If they have to go for Budwesier, at least make it the one from Budweis (Ceske Budejovice). Of course, that would just start another war about not drinking American (not the Budweiser is American anymore), which would in turn distract from the whole point of the meeting...
Such is life.