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As you probably know, bitterness is pretty much all about hops. Hops are the flowers, or cones, of a plant called humulus lupulus. Hops help to keep beer fresher, longer; help beer retain its head of foam a key component of a beer's aroma and flavor; and, of course, add hoppy aroma, flavor, and bitterness.

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Meanwhile, beer's bitterness largely comes from hops. The alpha and beta acids found in hops, as well as the low concentrations of ethanol in beer, bind to three of these 25 bitter receptors, signaling a strong bitter taste to the brain when you take a sip of lager, Lovelace said.

LOOK. After pouring your beer into the proper glass, observe the color and look of the beer. ... SWIRL & SMELL. Gently swirl your beer around in the glass to agitate it and stir up some foam. ... SIP. When you take a sip try to breathe in some air through your mouth in an almost slurping manner. ... SWISH & SAVOR. ... SWALLOW.

Cut down the amount of time that the hops boil for. If the recipe calls for boiling your bittering hops for 30 minutes, cut it down to 15 - 20 minutes. The less time the hops are boiled for, the less the oils from that hops will be infused in the beer, therefore the less bitter it will be.

Yes beer can taste good. Try Blue Moon or Guiness. ... Really I can't stand the bitterness of most beers, so I've decided just to give up on any beer with a lot of hops, which is most beers. And Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is the nastiest thing I have ever tasted in my life, btw.

Yes, there are beers that taste good, lots of them. ... After all, beer is bitter, dry, and revolting to most first time drinkers. It's hard for you to imagine that any of them taste good. So you've got to choices: Stick to drinking crap like hard sodas and wine coolers, or try more beers.

A beer sommelier, also called a cicerone, is a trained professional, working in the hospitality and alcoholic beverage industry, who specializes in the service and knowledge of beer.

Excess bitterness is created by overuse of boiling/bitterness hops, long boil times, the use of black or roasted malts, and the use of alkaline water or water with excess sulfates.

The International Bitterness Units scale, or IBU, is used to approximately quantify the bitterness of beer. This scale is not measured on the perceived bitterness of the beer, but rather the amount of iso-alpha acids. There are several methods to measure IBU.