Any one who has spent time AND money in Nothern Europe will know that there are a wealth of pale lager type beers from Belgium , Holland and Germasny which APPEAR to be lagers , but are in fact GOOD Beer !
Every now and then you MAY find a pub in UK selling the REAL thing (At Exhorbitant prices) which make your Fosters , Carling , etc taste like the crap they are .
By the same token there are a lot of VERY drinkable Non lager type beers in our long lost colonies of the North Americas ! Adams in Boston is one I have enjoyed !