Frank_Rizzo
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So I'm just starting to drink my very first batch. I lurked on this site a lot to get my facts down before I brewed. I did an oatmeal stout.
The beer is pretty good. Better than I would have thought. There's really only one thing that bothers me. It has about zero foam/head. It's carbonated, but there's just no foam at all. I let it sit in bottles for 4 weeks at room temperature and it's been in the fridge for a few days at this point, so I don't think I've done anything wrong as far as waiting.
I used 2.7 ounces of turbinado sugar and 3 ounces of malto dextrine when "priming." Austin Homebrew Supply says malto is 12% fermentable, so I'm guessing I primed with roughly 3 ounces of cane equivalent, which should have given me between 1.9 and 2.0 volumes.
The level of carbonation itself isn't bad. There's a steady stream of bubbles rising up, and it has that familiar CO2 bite, especially if you're looking for it. Not as strong as most of the beers I'm used to, and not really close to soda, but still with this amount of carbonation I'd expect even a little bit of foam, but I get practically nothing. Just a thin layer a few mm thick that disappears almost instantly.
Any ideas as to why this might be?
The beer is pretty good. Better than I would have thought. There's really only one thing that bothers me. It has about zero foam/head. It's carbonated, but there's just no foam at all. I let it sit in bottles for 4 weeks at room temperature and it's been in the fridge for a few days at this point, so I don't think I've done anything wrong as far as waiting.
I used 2.7 ounces of turbinado sugar and 3 ounces of malto dextrine when "priming." Austin Homebrew Supply says malto is 12% fermentable, so I'm guessing I primed with roughly 3 ounces of cane equivalent, which should have given me between 1.9 and 2.0 volumes.
The level of carbonation itself isn't bad. There's a steady stream of bubbles rising up, and it has that familiar CO2 bite, especially if you're looking for it. Not as strong as most of the beers I'm used to, and not really close to soda, but still with this amount of carbonation I'd expect even a little bit of foam, but I get practically nothing. Just a thin layer a few mm thick that disappears almost instantly.
Any ideas as to why this might be?