What is a good beer for a beginner drinker who hates the bitter taste?
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 a
