MikefromMichigan
Active Member
I brewed my first partial mash 6 weeks ago and it was a Porter, with an OG = 1.052 and FG = 1.015
Ingredients
0.75 Ib. (0.34 kg) Halcyon pale malt
1.5 Ib. (0.68 kg) brown malt
1.0 Ib. (0.45 kg) English crystal malt (75 °L)
0.75 Ib. (0.34 kg) chocolate malt
1.0 Ib. (0.45 kg) Muntons Light dried malt extract
4.0 Ibs. (1.8 kg) Muntons Light liquid malt extract (late addition)
6.25 AAU Fuggle hops (60 mins) (1.3 oz./38 g of 4.7% alpha acids)
0.67oz. (19 g) Fuggle hops (15 mins)
Wyeast 1968 and with 1.5 L yeast starter
I let it ferment for 10 days,then 3 weeks conditioning.
Transferred to a keg 6 days ago and set the CO2 to 12 14 lbs and placed it in the fridge at 41 deg.
So I finally tasted it yesterday. I set the serving pressure to 4 or 5 lbs and it tasted great. The only problem was it had very little head and was flat. I expected more head and more carbonation.
I reset the CO2 to 12 14 lbs and left it another 24 hours in the fridge. I tried it again this evening and it was still flat, with very little carbonation and no head. I increased the serving pressure to 12 -14 lbs and of course lots of head but still flat, but still tasted great.
I would prefer a little more carbonation, so does anyone else who has brewed Porter have the same issue with low carbonation and little head.
Ingredients
0.75 Ib. (0.34 kg) Halcyon pale malt
1.5 Ib. (0.68 kg) brown malt
1.0 Ib. (0.45 kg) English crystal malt (75 °L)
0.75 Ib. (0.34 kg) chocolate malt
1.0 Ib. (0.45 kg) Muntons Light dried malt extract
4.0 Ibs. (1.8 kg) Muntons Light liquid malt extract (late addition)
6.25 AAU Fuggle hops (60 mins) (1.3 oz./38 g of 4.7% alpha acids)
0.67oz. (19 g) Fuggle hops (15 mins)
Wyeast 1968 and with 1.5 L yeast starter
I let it ferment for 10 days,then 3 weeks conditioning.
Transferred to a keg 6 days ago and set the CO2 to 12 14 lbs and placed it in the fridge at 41 deg.
So I finally tasted it yesterday. I set the serving pressure to 4 or 5 lbs and it tasted great. The only problem was it had very little head and was flat. I expected more head and more carbonation.
I reset the CO2 to 12 14 lbs and left it another 24 hours in the fridge. I tried it again this evening and it was still flat, with very little carbonation and no head. I increased the serving pressure to 12 -14 lbs and of course lots of head but still flat, but still tasted great.
I would prefer a little more carbonation, so does anyone else who has brewed Porter have the same issue with low carbonation and little head.