I met some guys from a dry frat once.... my best
friend can drink beer, but I can't get past the smell.
That was half my problem. The other was the taste. Like coffee, it's an acquired taste. It took years, but I acquired it.
Sadly, on recent trips I started feeling really crummy after drinking beer (my committees go out for beers & dinner together after a day's meeting -- given that many of our employers are competitors it's a necessary exercise to maintain our consensus-building program). I don't know if it's something like a low-level allergy (years ago I learned I simply cannot drink Henry Weinhard products) or what, but I'm going to cut back. (I don't drink beer/ales/Guinness at all except with my committees.)
Maybe it's a part of the getting-old program. I used to love chocolate, and Guinness, but today I can pass them up with ease, along with anything sweet except pecan pie. OTOH, I now like Brussels sprouts (in moderation *\;-).
The goodwife has a recipe for tofu pumpkin pie that is out of this world, if you are ready to pass on the sugary custard passed off as pumpkin "pie" these days. OTOH, she now has a soy allergy...