Is beer supposed to taste bitter?

No ...now go away.

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Or you might like an ale...

"Or you might like an ale..."

er..in the UK ale is commonly called "bitter", its usually much more heavily hopped than lager.

On the original question. Yes. Beer is supposed to be bitter. The only beers that aren't are:

Belgian Lambics - which are sour

Dreadfull watery brews like "Bud" (the American, not the Czec version) etc. But here you're better off with Perrier.

"er..in the UK ale is commonly called "bitter", its usually much more heavily hopped than lager. "

Did you click his links? You probably should click them before "correcting" him. :)

Yep - probably should have clicked them before!

A good bitter is properly balanced.

And Scottish ales which are heavily malty.

German beers are nicely balanced.

American lagers are more dry than bitter.

Phil =====visit the New York City Homebrewers Guild website:

Try New Zealand Steinlager

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And Guinness - sorry, Guines - is very heavy, I suppose? God, generalisations!

Or burned off a mess of taste buds. I remember reading once that we are born with thousands of them, and average about THREE in old age (bitterness is sensed on the tongue). I have one relative who serves the cheapest bordeaux from warehouse outlets, and half the guests, especially the young ones, are keeling over with puckered faces and once they've crawled back to their seats won't even attempt a second sip of these "walls of tannin" with no possible penetration of any other flavors, but he and an equally elderly relative are remarking about how quite nice the wine is, and writing down the label.

You can always brew your own.

grab a Schabenbrau, probably spelled wrong (sic), that's a good ol' German beer.

Guinness is NOT heavy for chrissake. Why do you think is floats on Harp? It's dark. Yes. Stout is dark. Can we all move along now?

But it's specific gravity is very low.

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