Consider Bitter

On the plate and in the glass

My first exposure to bitterness (the flavor, not the emotion) was likely in a bottle of beer. In as much as I can remember, it was surely a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - my go to college “fancy beer” that I might enjoy if I was really going to savor my selection. The rest of the time, beer was consumed in abundance, quickly, and therefore needed to be cheap,…