Dunkelman
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Hi all, I'm still pretty new to brewing, having only bottled my second batch (Oktoberfest) about a month ago, so I'm not sure if this is normal or not. I opened the first couple bottles last week to try the brew after it had been conditioning for a few weeks. I poured the beer into pre-chilled mugs, and got a respectable head on each beer.
A few days later I grabbed a couple more bottles and did the exact same thing; same mugs pre-chilled. This time there was very little head. Is it because perhaps I poured a bit differently, or is it likely that these bottles were not as carbed or lost there carb via some undetected loss of air-tightness? When I DID open each bottle, they ALL had what I refer to as the Beer Genie, (the misty fogginess beneath the cap of a freshly opened beer).
All the beers tasted fantastic.
A few days later I grabbed a couple more bottles and did the exact same thing; same mugs pre-chilled. This time there was very little head. Is it because perhaps I poured a bit differently, or is it likely that these bottles were not as carbed or lost there carb via some undetected loss of air-tightness? When I DID open each bottle, they ALL had what I refer to as the Beer Genie, (the misty fogginess beneath the cap of a freshly opened beer).
All the beers tasted fantastic.