title_body: Do different beers have a different 'buzz'?
upvoted_answer: The answer is "probably" although it is hard to know with liquors how much of the difference is social or psychological.  There are some important things to keep in mind with alcohol effects and beer though:
  
  
  Hops are mildly sedative.  It isn't unreasonable to think that very hoppy beers may have a different effect than less hoppy beers.
  Gruit beers (unusual but there are some on the market!) often have other psychoactive ingredients in them too.  With historical brewing becoming a bit of an industry, it may only be a matter of time before we see commercially available henbane beer too....
  Alcohol absorption will be retarded by carbohydrate content in the beer.  You will absorb alcohol more slowly from a heavy beer than a light beer.
  Carbonation works the other way.  Lightly (or rarely available uncarbonated) beers will affect one more slowly than highly carbonated beers.  For most commercial beers this is not a significant factor but for home-brewed beers or specialty beers it may be.
  
  
  With this being said, it isn't clear that there is a single objective answer as to what beers will effect who in what way.  The purpose of this answer is to go over some factors which may impact how a given individual is affected.
  
  This being said, I don't condone a general pursuit of drunkenness....