I have something really annoying happening. I have been having an issue of no heads on most my beers. My current problem is with a brown ale I accidently over carved and the foam when opening in not chilled and still when I pout it I have no head. I use no soap in my sanitation process and I'm not sure what my issue is. For car boys I only use star San. For bottles I soak in oxyclean (sometimes free, sometimes generic) and then rinse and soak in star San, rinse and dry. Botteling day they get a star san rinse and filled.
I used to only use star San and not have a head problem. But I wanted to improve my sanitation so I could share knowing it was a truly clean bottle. My last I bottled tonight was a Brewers best box kit and noticed what might have been an oil slick on top in the carboy. It looked the same as how star San kinda has a soap like sheen and there was a lot of foam in the carboy when I transferred. This lack of head has been haunting me all year and I thought it was because I didn't star San rinse after oxy soak. Or because I didn't use oxy free. But I re sanitized all my bottles like I mentioned and the problem is here still. I can switch to pbw if that will fix it. But I would love advice.
Brewer about 15 batches in 3 years is my experience.
Mostly sweet stouts with small heads. But my heffeweizen had small head this year too. Same procedure as previous years and never had that issue. Help appreciated.
I used to only use star San and not have a head problem. But I wanted to improve my sanitation so I could share knowing it was a truly clean bottle. My last I bottled tonight was a Brewers best box kit and noticed what might have been an oil slick on top in the carboy. It looked the same as how star San kinda has a soap like sheen and there was a lot of foam in the carboy when I transferred. This lack of head has been haunting me all year and I thought it was because I didn't star San rinse after oxy soak. Or because I didn't use oxy free. But I re sanitized all my bottles like I mentioned and the problem is here still. I can switch to pbw if that will fix it. But I would love advice.
Brewer about 15 batches in 3 years is my experience.
Mostly sweet stouts with small heads. But my heffeweizen had small head this year too. Same procedure as previous years and never had that issue. Help appreciated.