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I did my first batch ever today and waited a long time for the water to start boiling. When it was boiling, I added my LME and waited for it to start the boiling again. It had small bubbles coming through, so I added my bittering hops and so on and so forth for the 60 min. I never noticed a "Hot break" but continued anyways. I cooled the Wort relatively quickly and took a small sample with a sanitized spoon. It tasted sweet, then faded to bitter. Then I poured it in with my Kolsch yeast. I am wondering since I saw no hot break or any real strong boiling if this would ruin the taste of the beer I am creating by leaving any off flavors or that it won't have any bitterness what-so-ever. Can anyone tell me if this is normal for anyone or if my beer will actually be ruined.