I cook with beer and will have one ocassionaly, but I am not a "drinker."
I have always enjoyed spicy sausages and high-grade hot dogs cooked in beer, ever since the 1977 Trail Blazers run to the NBA Championship. I have used beer as pan deglazing liquid, instead of water, when making gravies and sauces...it can be alright, yeah, sure. It has an interesting character in savory sauces.
And Sharon, not liking beer: are you drinking your beer in larger drinks? Bittereness registers primarily on the front of the tongue. I see many women sip beer, wince, and proclaim they don't like it...beer is not meant to be drunk in small sips, but in mid-tongue-placed, fairly large mouthfuls. Keeping the beer off the front portion of the tongue minimizes beer's inherent bitter nature...and also, many establishments serve beer at farrrrr too low a temperature for any flavor or aroma to be optimal.