Evereman Ale 6 gal (I do 6 gal batches to get 5.5gal into fermentor and 5gal into keg) OG 1.057 FG 1.013 43 IBU (this might be a little off, I'm fighting with Beersmith 2 mobile right now) 6 SRM Mash at 154 Assumed mash efficiency of 70% Grain Bill 6lb Marris Otter 5lb 6oz US 2-Row 12oz. Munich Malt...

BIAB got 1st in American Pale Ale in local comp. Scored a 40.

Wow. I read that wrong! Looks great! Sorry about all that.

Well you have 20 chloride and 4 sulfate. That's a 5 for malty ( so very malty). Or as the web page says a so4/cl of .2.
Something more on the hop side would be 10 chloride and 15 sulfate. Or something in that ratio.
Up to 20-10 sulf/chl.

I think that ratio is still going hard towards the malty side if I'm reading this correctly(I could be off). Anything with more chloride is on the malty and on the sulfate side is the bitter/hoppy. Right now this looks like 5-1 on the malt side.

I haven't heard of over pitching leading to a decrease in hop presence. Mainly I have heard of that in connection with under attenuating and some odd flavors. Have you had success with hoppy beers in the past? My water's chloride to sulfate ration is 2-1 chloride so when I want sharper bitterness an...

Water profile can have a huge effect. What kind of hops did you find it was missing (bittering, flavor, aroma)?

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