When I was in the service, I drank Bud, Coors and Keystone by the suitcase - it was cheap and easy to get.
Then I tried other stuff as my income grew, and started spurning those brands. But the reality of it is, if you hand me a cold one, I'll not turn you down.
I'm brewing my own, and love the different flavors you can get. My wife doesn't like "chewy" beers (stouts, hardy ales, porters) or overly hopped beers. I really don't like overly hopped beers, either, but really like the "chewy" stuff. They almost taste skunked to me, but that is likely a remnant of drinking massive quantities of OB and locally-brewed Bud in Korea. Some bars didn't know what refrigeration or shade was and the beer was damn nasty. I prefer beer that allows me to keep my eyeballs in their original sockets.
I meant that overly-hopped beers taste skunked to me - not the chewy ones.
I am old enough to remember when cities on the East coast with large ethnic populations had at least 8 or 10 local breweries that were the “literal” micro brews. And, in any bar, the bar had to have at least 4 of those on tap as different people from different “clans” liked different brews. In those days, “Miller High Life” was a premium beer...seriously! The old guys reminisced about the marvelous beer in Munchen, but that was in memory.
I think beer is highly personal, and that “there is no disputing taste” to paraphrase the Latin. If someone wants to buy an $18 six pack, that’s fine by me—it’s their dough. I have less expensive tastes.
I will say that one local beer I really liked was Henry Wiedemeyer’s Special Reserve which I got in Portland. It was good brew. I’ve had many brews, and I’ll take a Yuengling any time. I do like Guinness on tap, though. But then, I get it from the “source” as I travel back a lot.