What causes terrible tasting head?

i had my second case of a commercial brew having terrible tasting head, the first time i experienced this was with Orval, head was terrible, on both bottles i tried, but in that case i did not like the beer either so i didnt think about it to much.

now, yesterday i tried Stones old guardian Barleywine, i really liked this beer, but once again, the head tasted terrible, anyone have any insight on this?

Usually the food you eat contributes, try eating less bitter foods...

I'm glad the reply didn't disappoint me. We're generally pretty tolerant of innuendo, but god damn man, you're making it hard not to go there.

geoffny25 said:

Usually the food you eat contributes, try eating less bitter foods...

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I'm told asparagus is especially bad

Does this have anything to do with you having a grilled cheese??!?

Pineapples are the way to go.

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Who drinks the head anyway??

Mind went into the gutter so fast on this one I got dizzy.........

Hartski said:

Mind went into the gutter so fast on this one I got dizzy.........

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Seconded... I'm glad somebody else broke the ice first...

geoffny25 said:

Usually the food you eat contributes, try eating less bitter foods...

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Toasted678 said:

Pineapples are the way to go.

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I don't want to know how you guys know that. What you do in private is your own business.

shecky said:

I don't want to know how you guys know that.

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It really is amazing what one can learn watching HBO late at night.....

shecky said:

I don't want to know how you guys know that. What you do in private is your own business.

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Hey now, I take pride in how my head tastes. Be all you can be my friend.

I cannot in good conscience answer this. That and I don't want another post deleted due to foul humor. So I will keep my comment to myself.

If it tastes that bad just spit it out.

ReverseApacheMaster said:

If it tastes that bad just spit it out.

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Don't make a mess, sack up and swallow.

while i appreciate the humor in the title lol, does anyone have any real info

I know carbon Dioxide can cause off flavors (acid like flavors). I have had one of my beers that tasted awful at first due to this. But as it aged the flavors mellowed out and became very drinkable. But I am not sure that this was just isolated to the Head and I would think that beer distributed on a "commercial" level would have their products aged properly

Wilsons said:

while i appreciate the humor in the title lol, does anyone have any real info

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Party pooper! :fro:

Foam is 25% beer and the rest is air and CO2. So pretty muc the head will take on the flavor of the beer. However, as mentioned above, CO2 on its own does not taste good. The acidity can increase the perceived bitterness and make it taste bad. Perhaps you are especially perceptive of CO2...

Maybe just stop going after the head so aggressively...

I came in this thread just to make sure someone "appropriately" responded.

Chenslee said:

I came in this thread just to make sure someone "appropriately" responded.

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hope you didn't come too soon.....