One candidate, based on the stevia plant, can leave a bitter aftertaste in some sodas, particularly cola.

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"Even though the investigation into perjury has now been called off, a bitter aftertaste remains, " commented the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

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For decades, the ingredient that has given the antitrust brew its bitter aftertaste is something called the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI).

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Though thousands of beer aficionados will flock to Germany this fall for its famed Oktoberfest, native brewers will be left with an extra-bitter aftertaste.

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Even though the conviction was eventually overturned and Watson never served his term, the episode left him with a bitter aftertaste for government interference.

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No one would mistake the director John Hamburg for Ingmar Bergman, but his brittle, glossy comedy, despite its intermittently entertaining antics, leaves a long and bitter aftertaste of the haut-bourgeois blues.

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The standout beer from the outer-borough brewer was its Dark Matter, a product of their Brewmaster Reserve series, that begins with slightly bitter vanilla notes and has a welcome aftertaste of bourbon and berry notes.

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