What's gone wrong with this??

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Eh up.

I recently brewed Dronfield Best Bitter, which I have done many times followed the same recipie etc...

for 30 litres.

6kg of Pale malt
80gms of roasted malt
300gms of torrified wheat
80 gms of crystal malt.

Hops:

40gms of Northern Brewer full 90 mins
20 gms of Challenger at 60 mins
50 gms of challenger for the last 10 mins

brewed for 1 week with recovered yeast from Fullers BL(split to 2nd brew of day, which is fine)

dropped into 2nd FV after the week to settle off the trub and fined with gelatin, which I have done many times.

Bottled after 10 days after static reading of 1011 for 2 days, batch primed with sugar (as I have done many times) tasted fabulous...

Left for 2 weeks to condition in garage as I have done loads of times... Cracked open a bottle last night...good old pfisst as the cap came off...poured into favorite supping chalise...mega fizz, looked more like pouring pop than beer..mega big bubbles, loads of head that dropped like a brick to leave a totally headless pint of fizz. After 5 mins was as flat as a witches tit. Tastes right but no head retention at all

 

[alanywiseman.]

Could the recent heat wave mean that the CO2 was not dissolved in your beer as it normally is? Is there anywhere cooler that you can leave it?

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Could the recent heat wave mean that the CO2 was not dissolved in your beer as it normally is? Is there anywhere cooler that you can leave it?

you could be right. It does get warm in the garage. I have nowhere cooler to put it at the moment but its clouding over and the forcast is that it will piss it down before the end of the day. The whole batches are planned for a party (mine) at the weekend, I just hope that the cooler temps will help.

The other batch (Dronfield Redneck) is absolutley fine and is kept on the same shelf in the garage. I tried that last night too...pfiss, proper head, lovely taste....fantastic..

 

[Hawks]

Could the recent heat wave mean that the CO2 was not dissolved in your beer as it normally is? Is there anywhere cooler that you can leave it?

I'd go along with this, heat is your likely culprit

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Could the recent heat wave mean that the CO2 was not dissolved in your beer as it normally is? Is there anywhere cooler that you can leave it?

I'd go along with this, heat is your likely culprit

Is the whole batch FUBAR or will cooling it for a few days do the magic??

 

[alanywiseman.]

Try putting a wet towel under the bottles to help disappate the heat better and cool them down.

 

[orlando]

Shove a couple in your fridge for a few days and see.

 

[alanywiseman.]

Shove a couple in your fridge for a few days and see.

This makes much more sense