Why does beer taste so bitter?

Answer 1

Bitterness is a product of the rate at which beer is hopped before, during, and after fermentation. There are many varieties of hops and they all have different degrees of bitterness. To protect their recipes, brewers rarely discuss the amount or type of hops that are put into their products. However, selecting the right type of beer may produce acceptable results.

The type of beer with the lowest bitterness is a brown ale. This could be said to be the bottled version of English 'Mild' ale. Brown ales are lightly hopped and are made with a healthy helping of caramel and roasted malts for colour and flavour.

If I was really trying to avoid bitterness, I would choose one that leans to having less roast malt and more caramel malt. This can be judged from the colour. Roast malts are brown, while caramel malts have a coppery colour. Brown ales are generally fairly low in alcohol, which helps their flavour.

If you want to experiment, I would suggest scaring up a friend who is a home brewer and can tailor a product to your tastes. Or you may want to visit a brew-on-premises establishment (where these are permitted by law) and discuss the issue with the owner. They may adjust their recipes to suit.

Cheap and light beers are often hopped in such a fashion as to provide 'something' in the absence of malt flavour. Many of these use rice as an adjunct to lower costs, thin out the product, and produce alcohol in the absence of malt. They may have little malt flavour and, since the rice adjunct has little flavour, they derive their flavour kick from the hops.

Addendum: It does little use to recommend a specific brand of beer. This is an international forum and specific products, particularly beer, may not be available from retailers even a few miles from your home. Even if one was to recommend a product sold internationally, it may not taste the same as 'at home'. Trans-national beer companies adjust their recipes to suit their target market. Beers are even brewed using different recipes in different parts of the same country. An American-brewed 'Bud', for example, does not taste quite the same as one brewed in Canada. I believe it more useful to provide someone with the information to make an informed choice, knowing what to look for, rather than recommending some lightly flavoured, vaguely astringent brand of beer. There are, quite literally, thousands of brands of beer in the world, with a vast range of flavour profiles. To explore is to enjoy.

Answer 2

Many beers are flavoured with hops which supplies you a particular volume of bitterness. attempt some thing except a beer. A light ale or a draft beer or fruit beer probable received't have a similar bitterness. The lime beer it quite is taking the country through hurricane appears truly well-known lately. i have not yet tried it yet i have had a lot of human beings tell me that's magnificent.

Answer 3

More hops, but I wouldn't call it a bitter taste. Find a nice IPA such as Stone, Karl Strauss,
Anchor Steam and decide.

Answer 4

The hops adds bitterness in addition to the fact that the fermentation process consumes all the sugars (sweetness) and so you have bitter from the hops and lack of sweet from the fermentation.

Answer 5

man i cant compete with that answer, even though i have worked for an anheuser-busch distributor for 18 years. i was going to say that most times beer is an acquired taste. you need to try several different beers or ales (stronger than beer) before you give up. hopefully your old enough to drink responsively.try Budweiser.com.

Answer 6

Once you get used to drinking it it doesn't really taste bitter anymore. You'll learn to love it.

Answer 7

Hops

Answer 8

It's the yeast used to make it. Try adding a pinch of salt and a wedge of lemon or lime.

Answer 9

Only the first four are bitter....

Answer 10

the secret is to drink it ice cold, not with ice