English Bitter
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- mikotondria30
I've got to say, as a lifelong bitter and darker beer drinker in England, I wasn't relishing the thought of American beer when I moved here, but I've to say that I've had some of the finest proper dark beers in my time here.
Usually in small runs, microbrews and the like, but I even love everything Sam Adams puts out. They all tend to be a bit brigther and more acidic than a trad. english bitter, but mighty fine.
If you look in an average supermarket now, I think there's at least as much proper hoppy beer and ales as there is of corporate redneck swill.
A friend of mine made a batch of home brew porter not long ago, absolutely superb, rivalled anything I'd ever had in the UK.
For anyone curious, bitter is a smooth, open flavored beer, best served at just below room tempurature, not very bubbly, not fruity or sweet or acidic, like a low dark minor chord on a dusty old piano with sunlight coming through the window.