but we shouldn't. we need to be more vocal - fighting the 20-something fratboy beer drinking image of 'web developer' is something that needs to be done. I strongly suspect that perhaps outside a few square blocks of san francisco, non-beer-obsessed 30-something+ non fratboys (and girls) are actually the norm for web/software development, but we don't fit the techporn myth.
Don't worry, I'm in a similar boat. I have disliked most beers that I've tried (exceptions: Guinness), and the alcohol that I do enjoy (e.g. scotch) I can really only enjoy about a sip. Or half a sip. Sometimes just the smell.
Bleh. I like that ice cream idea much better.
I've had one or two unpleasant encounters with people who truly can't accept that all beer tastes bad to me. One person went so far as to tell me that you can't dislike beer if you like bread because, you know, beer is just liquid bread. I've since learned to just never bring up my distaste for beer except possibly on forums like this. I'm sure there are more of us out there who just keep quiet about it.