When we go out to dinner, Dad's rule is this: I'll buy the first round, but you're on your own after that. Damned if I'll pay $6 or more for Bud Light or other swill. When I'm out, it's Shiner Bock or something similar.
I have no qualms in saying I got spoiled in Germany. I mostly drank Konigsbacher or Bitburger. Didn't matter, wherever I went, the beer was world class.
College prepared me well for Germany. I was the rare American that could hang in there with the natives.
So, you go with the beer philosophy "more bitter, more better"?