great head to no head rapid

[lagerlad]

Hi brewed gh 80 shilling pours great with a lovely head which disappears in a minute fermented at 19 bottled and conditioned for 2 weeks at 19 then garage temps for a month,tastes good but beer is dead,batch primed 6g per litre,is there anything I can do to make it better cheers lagerlad

 

[Covrich]

What do you mean by dead? just no head or flat?

 

[lagerlad]

Head disappears quickly and beer is fairly flat once it goes,tastes nice though cheers

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Torrified Wheat...300g per 25li brew

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Hi brewed gh 80 shilling pours great with a lovely head which disappears in a minute fermented at 19 bottled and conditioned for 2 weeks at 19 then garage temps for a month,tastes good but beer is dead,batch primed 6g per litre,is there anything I can do to make it better cheers lagerlad

Beer is dead.....do you mean no carbonation?

 

[lagerlad]

Certainly carbonated good 1 inch head 2 sips and its gone tho

 

[lagerlad]

Great way to get a beer on a Monday afternoon tell the wife its all about education haha

 

[lagerlad]

And now even flatter

 

[johnnyboy1965]

That looks good to me, you wont get a full head all the way down the glass
Ive just worked out your problem..Your not drinking it quick enough

Youre Welcome

 

[lagerlad]

Probably being a bit fussy m8 have been brewing pales and ipas recently and the heads have been good in general lasting all the way,I think I get better results bottle priming and I batch primed this which I know is the preferred method of most brewers but being not too experienced yet a lot of it is about appearance ie a lasting head....tastes great tho cheers folks for your input. Lagerlad

 

[lagerlad]

Johnny 4.08-4.15 for near a half pint is not bad haha

 

[Covrich]

You don't head all the way down, clean non detergent on your glasses can help.. I certainly don't find lager keeps head well anyway..

You may find in the coming weeks it gets better anyway

 

[lagerlad]

That's the best looking one I have had out of 5 bottles,I think my glass was clean detergent free as I only ever use water on it but I star sanned it anyway and drunk it at outside temperature without putting it in fridge,cold enough here for that and it was good ta m8 lagerlad

 

[Leon103]

Just use water to clean your glass, you don't need starsan. It will come down to ingredient choice. Has mentioned you will never get a full 2 inch head all the way down.

 

[Martybhoy]

I used to get hung up on head retention. Different beer styles have different levels of head retention, and the higher the alcohol level, the less retention you'll have.

I finally stopped worrying about it when I realised that some of my very favourite bought beers had poor retention. Last night I tried a Belgian Quadruple for the first time, it was incredible, but had very little head retention.

Btw, does the beer taste any good?

 

[mattellis70]

Your glass might not be "beer clean" meaning residual soap from washing will destroy head retention


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[lagerlad]

yes marty the beer tastes fine ,maybe the retention will improve with time maybe i am too fussy better drinking with my eyes shut....that happens sometimes haha....matellis glass is only ever rinsed by me it never goes near the dishwasher,she always has plenty other stuff to do :nono:

 

[stigman]

That's what happens when you get married isn't it? (great head to no head)

 

[chuffer]

Your glass might not be "beer clean" meaning residual soap from washing will destroy head retention


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this is what tends to happen to me, also when I serve ales to cold. Doesn't seem to be too much of an issue of I leave the beer to "warm" up a bit for 1/2 hr out of the fridge and make sure I give the glass a good rinse before pouring