7.5% is watered down?

Not inherently but in this case, yes. To me, Guinness plain tastes like half water, half Russian Imperial stout that was only aight to begin with.

what should i be looking for then? i mean, i know they aren't around here but i would still like to give them a shot as you guys make them out to be pretty tasty.

Full disclosure: if they hadn't signed with Heineken I would tell you about what their trend has been but honestly, I have no idea how or if that's going to change. I'll still give you a ranking of their best beers though.

Waldo's Special Ale**
Undercover Investigation Shutdown*
Brown Shugga*
Cappuccino Stout*
Maximus
Hop Stoopid
Lil Sumpin Extra*
High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout**
Dave Murray's Best Scotch Ale**
Lagunitas Sucks
Imperial Stout
12th of Never
Dark Swan**
Lil Sumpin
Lucky 13*
Our Bavarian-Styled Doppel Weizen*
Pils
IPA
Aunt Sally

Beers that I haven't tried enough to form a rankable opinion on but I remember as damn good beers:
Wilco Tango Foxtrot*
Olde Gnarly Wine*

*Limited release
**One-hitter series

damn, didn't expect a whole in depth ranking system. thanks brother, will keep my eyes peeled for them.

My Lagunitas ranking (a few of these I've only had once and don't remember super well and in that case just referred to my untappd rating):
Brown Shugga
Dark Swan
Hop Stoopid
DayTime Fractional
12th of Never
Lagunitas Sucks
IPA
Citrusinensis
Pils
Lucky 13
Lil Sumpin
Stoopid Wit

bolded are favorites

My Lagunitas ranking:

Brown Shugga

Bolded is my fav.

A nice cold glass of...KOOL-AIDE,AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Chocolate Milk :)

Well, it's my birthday!! WOOT!

I went down to the pub below my apartment here in Utah and had a Skulpin Graperfruit IPA. (I'm new in town here, so not a lot of friends around)

I'm gonna try to drown my loneliness with IPA and Dinah Washington. I think that's a fine idea.