I love bitters. There is something so right about this simple style of beer. So why can't I manage to make one. I have tried three batches of bitter this year. All of them are simple recipes. All of the came out horrid. Everything I made this year other than bitters came out great, including a complicated apricot ale. I think the beer gods, for some reason, just don't want me making a decent bitter. Is there a style that you love, but just can't seem to work out even though everything else you make is good?