Want to Make sure this is normal.

[JD1999]

Hey Everyone,
So I made my first brew a week ago. Checked the gravity today. SG was 1.4. Now it is at 1.2. So it is fermenting well. I tasted the beer that I took out for a gravity reading just to see how it tasted. It was bitter. I just want to make sure this is normal. What should a fermenting beer taste like? I will say it smelled like beer! The batch definitely is not infected! So I am really happy about that! But I just want to make sure I am on the correct track.
Thanks Everyone!

 

[jms5180]

whether or not it should be bitter depends on what beer you made. recipe? hop schedule?

 

[Nike_Eayrs]

Like the person prior commented, it depends on what kind of beer it is. I wouldn't be concerned, though. My first IPA took two months in the bottle to mellow out.

 

[rmcgill]

My IPA tasted fairly bad in the bucket and before bottling... Don't stress sure it will be great

 

[TyTanium]

A fermenting beer doesn't taste all that great. If it did, we wouldn't bother letting it finish. You're on the right track. Leave it alone!

 

[JD1999]

Thanks everyone! I am making an amber beer from the Samuel Adams homebrew contest kit. Does anyone have any experience with it? This is the link: http://www.beer-wine.com/products/longshot-deluxe-beer-brewing-kit-complete-wingredients