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Head retention on beer
Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2006 9:49 pm
by Stevetjones
Any recomondations for keeping a good head on ales, such as stouts, dark ale, draught? I tried licorace extract in my stout and an additive called big head. The stout tastes great but the head disapears.
Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2006 9:55 pm
by WSC
I find the morgans kits of late give awesome head!!!!!
Coopers Bitter is also good.
Posted: Monday Aug 21, 2006 10:31 pm
by lethaldog
i find the longer i mature my beers then the better the head they have, as i have never really had a problem with this i would say to check the way you rinse or clean your glasses
Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 7:40 am
by Beerpig
A bit of dried wheat malt in with the brew works for me
About 100gm or so is fine
Cheers
Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 8:56 am
by da_damage_done
try steeping some carapils grain about 100 grams
it'll add mouth feel + help with head retention while not imparting flavour or colour
cheers
Never tasted a beer I couldn't learn to like!
Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 3:22 pm
by dogsbeer
Dude you must never of tasted a West End Draught.......
Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 3:37 pm
by melbourne man
why does head retension matter does it alter the taste at all?
Posted: Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 3:57 pm
by lethaldog
Personally i think it does but it could be just a mental thing, when you have good head retention it seems to (in my opinion) make the beer taste smoother and creamier, i think its also a good sign of a well matured and well brewed beer, as your beer matures the bubbles in the beer get alot smaller and hold together in groups alot better resulting in a good head retention
