To be fair US beer ain't that bad. The guy who made Budweiser purposefully made it bland (not too sweet or bitter) so it could appeal to a mass audience and become an everyman beer. Although US beer is a little crisp and too fresh for me but I wouldn't stick my nose up at it if someone else bought it.
Bud was designed to be both bland and CHEAP. They use a lot of cheap grain extracts including rice and millet. Any educated drinker will tell you beer has four ingredients: water, yeast, hops, and malted barley. No rice, no colorings, flavorings, "foam stabilizers" or any of that other chemical shit.
A-B had to develop a different recipe for Budweiser for the European market because (1) too little alcohol and (2) all the weird ingredients they put in their brews meant that they couldn't market it as "beer" in most EU countries.
If the choice is Bud or nothing, I'll cheerfully drink nothing. I can drink Bud all night and just get a headache and no buzz. I'll take a Corona or a Dos Equis any day.
Besides since the Anheuser-Bush takeover pretty much the lions share of beer in the US fridges is European owned.
The takeover of A-B means that SAM ADAMS is now the largest US-owned brewer.