In fact, IBU and people can taste the bitter is different, some imperial stout may have 50 IBU, but there is still no pale lager of 30IBU. This is because in the stronger beer, more hops may be needed to get to that kind of bitterness, but a milder version of the beer doesn't require so much hops. The sense of taste is a relative comparison, just like eating spicy food, you may feel very hot in the first bite, but the more you eat it, the more you feel that it is not as spicy as the first bite. The high IBU beer doesn't taste like beer, it doesn't have any carbonation, it's like drinking juice. Because of the limit of human taste, you can't drink the bitter taste, but lose the beer itself, and lose the value of the beer itself.
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