Well,it all depends I suppose.
Over here in Blighty we have what we call " session " beers.Normally about 3.8%abv they're good for an average weekday session of four or five pints.
My particular favourite is GFB - a golden hoppy beer made by the Hop Back Brewery in Romsey,Hampshire ( They have a website )
London brewers Youngs also do an excellent session beer which can be stiffened with the addition of a bottle of Ramrod.
Come the weekend and you may want to up the ante a gnats - straying into 4%abv+ terrirtory and then I might opt for a nice Greene King Abbot Ale or perhaps a Wadworths 6X.
Five or six pints of that and you're cooking on all four rings.
By the way - in my local we call Stella Artois " wife-beater "