• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 hours 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

      • mkwt@lemmy.world
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        5 hours 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.