stratslinger
Well-Known Member
I just sampled my first beer from the first batch I bottle conditioned with DME - typically I bottle a six pack with coopers drops and keg the rest, so I'm definitely in uncharted territory.
Anyway, gave the beer about 3.5 weeks in a 70F-ish closet, then placed it in the fridge before work Friday. This evening - probably 30 hours or so since the beer hit the fridge - I cracked it open and poured.
I poured into two small glasses so SWMBO and I could split the first sample, and both glasses wound up with about 1" worth of beer and the rest was all head.
Did I simply not give the beer long enough in the fridge for the CO2 to fully dissolve? That's the assumption I'm going on for now - what is a reasonable amount of time to expect to have the beer refrigerated for to make sure that it pours glasses that aren't 90% head?
Anyway, gave the beer about 3.5 weeks in a 70F-ish closet, then placed it in the fridge before work Friday. This evening - probably 30 hours or so since the beer hit the fridge - I cracked it open and poured.
I poured into two small glasses so SWMBO and I could split the first sample, and both glasses wound up with about 1" worth of beer and the rest was all head.
Did I simply not give the beer long enough in the fridge for the CO2 to fully dissolve? That's the assumption I'm going on for now - what is a reasonable amount of time to expect to have the beer refrigerated for to make sure that it pours glasses that aren't 90% head?