Why is beer so popular in most of the world?

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There is a wide range of beers. They all have their own unique flavors and characteristics. For a long time, I thought it all was horrible, but then I figured out that there was a lot more out there than I realized. Now I know what I like and find it really pleasant. I greatly enjoy a nice craft brew. I still don't drink mainstream American beers though. Perhaps it really isn't for you, but perhaps you've not sampled enough to find something you like.

Yeah it kind of is . It's a mind altering drug that's traditional for a lot of cultures, so why wouldn't they drink a lot. I drink Guinness, Blue Moon, and other beers of that ilk, none of the cheap half water crap for me.

At some points water was turned into beer to make it drinkable...there is a documentary, How Beer Saved the World or something but can't find it on youtube but it goes into a lot of why one could say beer=civilization.

Yes, it might have been the motivation for growing grain crops. It certainly saved many lives where the water was contaminated with bacteria. Most people until relatively recently drank weak beer instead of water. For breakfast. Also cider.

I suspect that most beer lovers have less bitter taste receptors so it tastes good to them. the only beer I could tolerate was keystone light, as it lacked the bitter hops [hence next to no "head"] that make 99% of beers [or anything with major alcohol in it] taste horribly bitter to me.

You know I have no idea. I'm a relatively heavy drinker but always really, really hated beer to the point where I can't stand it's smell. I did used to live about two miles from a Budweiser plant though. Talk about a HORRIBLE smell.

I'll stick with vodka, tequila, some brandy or bourbon thanks. Wine is tolerable. But beer, no thanks. And I've tried to acquire the taste when I was much younger and couldn't.

Just as well, it would probably pickle your vagina.

I love that it's bitter. Bitter is good.

I don't like Keystone Light but I don't like light beer in general. I do drink Keystone & other light beer thou when I'm in situations where tit's available for free.

I couldn't care less for beer as it is---let alone if tits were available for free.

I have always preferred stronger flavors with minimal sweetness, so that could very well have something to do with why I enjoy the taste of beer especially stronger tasting beers...I like the bitter hops. As for mixed drinks most are rather sweet for my liking which is why my favorite of those is simply a gin and tonic...since its more bitter and citrusy than sweet.

Light beer is always a disappointment as far as I am concerned, in that case might as well just smoke a bowl and go get a soda at the nearest 7-11.

I concur. The first time I heard this was a history professor asking the question: "Why is beer legal and marijuana not?" Of course his theory was that beer has been around since the start of civilization itself therefor it's so woven into the social fabric of humanity that it's considered innocuous, whereas marijuana being relatively new to civilization (western civ at least) is an unknown quantity and thus "dangerous".

I think alcohol is legal because Christians believe that Jesus turned water into wine.

I like beer. Maybe not the taste itself, but its aroma, I love it. It smells delicious, and when you drink beer, you experience the whole flavour !
I find that adding beer to a lot of drinks and cocktails makes their taste better, more subtle.

But marijuana is hardly new to civilization, where on earth did this professor pull that crap out of? Not to mention it has recorded use in ancient civilizations which would imply some knowledge of how it works, what it does and how it makes people feel.