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 Giving it a shot as I have no gelatin at the moment. Course filter only. I sampled a cup and it was real hazy, just like those hazy ipa's they make on purpose which may taste good, but to me beer has to be clear. I am starting to think I some how oxidized this beer. No cardboard taste, but it has that harsh/tea bag taste and seems to be getting worse. I got this a few months ago too. No idea why. Water Profile? Splashing beer to my keg or just splashing it around when I filtered it. I never get this in Kolsch beers. That is why I am switching to 100% Kolsch beers until I can figure out why this beer is harsh/astrigent.                                                               TASTE ON MARCH 1ST Not too bad, but cloying for sure, but no harsh taste yet.                     ...

 Ingredients 11 lbs. GTA Pils Malt 8 ozs. Munich I 8 ozs. Vienna 4 ozs. Acid Malt 77 g Hallertauer Mittelfruah WLP029 Kolsch 75/25 RO/WELL O.G. - 1.048 F.G. -  1.012 % -     4.7 SRM - 3.6 BU - 25                                                          BREW DAY NOTES Had a boil over right in front of me but I was on my bloody phone. Messy. I have to pull out the washer, dryer and dehumidifier just to clean the floor. Other than that, everything is good so far after that shit show.                                                    PITCHED YEAST AT 7:30 AM FEB 23 Now to finish cleaning up and pull out appliances to clean the floor. Fermentation has already started around 2 pm. First time it ha...

 Conical Got my grains this week from our bulk buy from Kawartha Homebrew in Lindsay. Hoping to do 2 brews as long as my hops last. Looks like no bulk hop buy this spring. I just paid $20 to GTA Brews for my membership and can't use it, bloody China Virus. Ingredients 22 lbs. Canada Malting 2.50 lbs. Munich II 2.50 lbs. Vienna 11 ozs. Acid Malt 1.5 ozs. Roast Barley ( for colour adjustment ) 50 g US-05 14 g Warrior - 60 min. 30 g Chinook - 60 min. 60 g Chinook - 20 min. 60 g Chinook - 0 min. 100 g Chinook - dry hop 5 - 7 days in the primary before kegging.  Water Profile - 50/50 RO/WELL 10.50 gallons in mash and sparge 5.25 gallons each RO/WELL in mash and sparge tank. O.G. - 1.056 F.G. -  1.012 % -     5.8 SRM - 6.3 BU - 43.6                                                     FERMENTATION NOTES Having a bit of a hard time keepi...