prrriiide
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I have 6.5 gallons of Watermelon Kolsch going in secondary ATM. I put it in secondary on Jan. 28th. I took a hydrometer sample at that time and it was 1.009, and tasted awesome out of primary. When I racked to secondary, I did it on top of 1.5 oz per carboy (3.25 gallons each - total of 3 oz. in 6.5 gallons) of L. D. Carlson Brewer's Best Watermelon Flavor. The web site says to use 4 oz. in 5 gallons.
At this point, the beer doesn't have a bad flavor - although it's still more watermelon-forward than I want - but there is a pretty harsh astringency on the finish. I have 9 more gallons of the kolsch on stand-by in primary to temper the watermelon batch if necessary, but I don't want to use what is so far a great batch of Kolsch to try and temper the watermelon if that isn't going to help the astringency.
Will that astringency fade? I have 30 days to bottling. If I'm going to temper the watermelon, I need to do it soon.
At this point, the beer doesn't have a bad flavor - although it's still more watermelon-forward than I want - but there is a pretty harsh astringency on the finish. I have 9 more gallons of the kolsch on stand-by in primary to temper the watermelon batch if necessary, but I don't want to use what is so far a great batch of Kolsch to try and temper the watermelon if that isn't going to help the astringency.
Will that astringency fade? I have 30 days to bottling. If I'm going to temper the watermelon, I need to do it soon.
