McCoy
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So I just cracked a beer from my third batch and all kinds of weirdness happened. This was the first batch that I'd carbonated using DME instead of sugar. Same as when I used sugar, I boiled it in water for ten minutes, cooled it a little, added it to my bottling bucket, and racked the beer on top. I gave the beer three weeks to carb before putting any into the fridge. The first six I tried were well-carbed. The next twelve or so were almost completely flat. It's now been about a six or seven weeks since I bottled this batch.
When I cracked open this beer, there was immediately a thin layer of bubbles forming at the top of the bottle. I started a gentle pour and with only about two ounces out of the bottle, the beer formed a 5 inch tall head in my pint glass. In the bottle it started forming a one finger head, bubbles rising furiously from the bottom.
Lacking patience for such tomfoolery, I wiped a bit of oil off of my face and dipped my finger into the head to destabilize the foam. The carbonation has continued to yield bubbles for over 10 minutes. A particle patch of the foam took on a slight orange hue.
There are no off-flavors, and except for the surprisingly high level of carbonation, the beer is pretty good. I'm just confused as to what could have caused this, especially the orange blotch in the head of the beer. I unfortunately have no photos to share.
P.S. My roommate has had two beers that went into the fridge at the same time, and they didn't have this issue.
When I cracked open this beer, there was immediately a thin layer of bubbles forming at the top of the bottle. I started a gentle pour and with only about two ounces out of the bottle, the beer formed a 5 inch tall head in my pint glass. In the bottle it started forming a one finger head, bubbles rising furiously from the bottom.
Lacking patience for such tomfoolery, I wiped a bit of oil off of my face and dipped my finger into the head to destabilize the foam. The carbonation has continued to yield bubbles for over 10 minutes. A particle patch of the foam took on a slight orange hue.
There are no off-flavors, and except for the surprisingly high level of carbonation, the beer is pretty good. I'm just confused as to what could have caused this, especially the orange blotch in the head of the beer. I unfortunately have no photos to share.
P.S. My roommate has had two beers that went into the fridge at the same time, and they didn't have this issue.