@The Flashlight is old school eastern Okie bible belt, so his prohibitionist tendencies are really unavoidable. They are a species slave to their base desires, so they concoct moral panics to try to restraint their inability to enjoy things in moderation. Well that and I think he's part injun, so it's cultural and genetic. No tolerance for the fire water.
I had a bottle at an Ethiopian restaurant a few years back and it wasn't bad but not good. Kind of about the same as the US mass market beers though their honey mead was better.
Interesting. I've not a lot of experience with African beers other than one kind out of Kenya whose name I now can't remember. Edit - I went looking and it was Tusker.