You can never go wrong with a good German Dunkel.
My stepfather likes Krombacher he tried it once because his name is Krombach
and a German immigrant told him about Krombacher.It is fairly good you can buy it sometimes
in the US.There was this little town a few miles away from where I was stationed in Germany
the town was called Otterbach if I ever win the lottery(which will be never because I do not play)
I am going to start a brewery there and name it Otterbacher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:W_otterbach_og.jpg