I'd bet engineering brown bottles with consistent hue is a challenge. NOTE: Since I'm into recycling (simply makes sense to me) I'd love it if all bottles and jars were made of recycled materials such that glass color was forever changing.
Hop flavor seems to be VERY POPULAR. I say that because 80% of small beers seem to be hop laced....some quite heavily.
TOTALLY drink what you like. I feel sorry for people who live in small towns where you're forced to be "one of the guys" and a foreign beer brands you as a bad person.
LOVE lagers, some porters, some mildly hoppy beers (Stella Atrois = light, Beck's = heavier), kolsch, Weissbeers (unfiltered, please).