I can help you with the !BEER deficite ;)
Actually, I like darker and warmer images and I usually don't make them too bright in Lightroom. After basic adjustments in Lightroom I finalize the photos in Photoshop, where I eventually add a vignette and brighten the motif a bit, but I try to stay as close to the original photo as possible most of the times, unless I want to make an intentionally overdone photoshop (art)work ... ;) lol
How do they say? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder 🙂
In the !DERANGED !shop of the !MARLIANS you can buy cheapest beer and !COFFEEA and some other things you don't want to know what it is 😉
