No head after three weeks

Vanilla oatmeal stout. Primary one week. Secondary one week. 4 oz of priming sugar in 3.5 gallons of beer. Plenty of sugar an FG was 1.018. Slight carb in beer but zero head retention. What gives?

That's gotta be the fastest "grain to glass" stout I've ever read about.

How long has the stout been carbing? One week?

Cheers!

Stouts take longer to carb properly.

Its been carbing for three weeks

I just tried my stout; 3 weeks primary and 3 weeks bottle conditioned. The carbonation and lacing was okay, but the head dwindled quickly. Hopefully it will mature in a few weeks. In the meantime I should probably wash my glasses.

EDIT: I just tried another (tried and true) beer in this glass and its head dwindled as well. Time to clean my glassware!

no head after three weeks sounds like a relationship problem more than a beer problem.

jester5120 said:

no head after three weeks sounds like a relationship problem more than a beer problem.

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Did you buy her dinner, yet?

SteveHeff said:

Did you buy her dinner, yet?

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I'm married...case closed.

jester5120 said:

no head after three weeks sounds like a relationship problem more than a beer problem.

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No, everyone knows you cant get better head from a stout, the best head comes from belgian blondes!!!

Popped a top last night and is finally acquiring the foam i was hoping for. Took a full month. But im married too and head is definitely not my problem.

Good thread. Nice to hear that the beer is doing what it needs to do.

SteveHeff said:

Good thread. Nice to hear that the beer is doing what it needs to do.

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The beer is fine but... are you getting some head or not????

Obliviousbrew said:

The beer is fine but... are you getting some head or not????

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Yep! 👅