Before dinner serve yourself an appetisingly hoppy beer in a decent-sized burgundy glass or goblet. Beer is a drink made from grain, usually malted barley, and spiced with hops. The most widely available type of beer both in Britain and worldwide is lager. None of the above. This makes for cleaner rounder flavours, but arguably less complexity than is found in ales.
All beer has some bitterness.
Some would argue for balance, as exemplified by English classics such as Fuller's London Pride or Marston's Pedigree. Others like sweeter malt-accented brews such as the classic Scottish ales from Caledonian , Belhaven or Maclay's. Disappointing news for Sister Doris, the Bavarian nun who makes Mallersdorf lager or for Lady Catherine Maxwell Stuart, whose Traquair House brewery, in the Scottish Borders, produces a fine strong ale. Fortunately, it is not true. The most feminine women I have met in a lifetime's appreciation all drink beer.