• Swedneck
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    1 month ago

    i mean, all beer does lol

    fuck knows why you’d add bittering agents to a beverage, like mmm yes today i want to drink something poison flavour

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        1 month ago

        ah right, so you can put off drinking the stuff for longer, makes sense!

        • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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          1 month ago

          Exactly! I certainly don’t want to drink something that’s dominated by the taste of preservative.

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      1 month ago

      Beer (and wine) has to be really sweet at the start of the fermenting process, because that sugar is what feeds the yeast. If you don’t add any hops, then the resulting beverage tends to be malty sweet and very one dimensional. The hops cut down and balance the sweetness.

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        1 month ago

        you mean if you don’t add hops it’s actually malty and enjoyable? wow, now i hate beer even more!