Foam

[kcross13]

I have a nice coffee stout, three weeks in the bottle. The carbonation is not heavy but in foams like crazy when opened. No off flavors. Does it jjust need more conditioning or more time chilled before serving?

 

[midfielder5]

what was the OG?
Anyways, likely both.
good luck.

 

[hopsalot]

What was your FG? How much priming sugar did you use?

 

[Thehopguy]

Could be an infection

 

[daksin]

Could be an infection

Nope.



How long have you been chilling the bottles? I like to give mine 2 days. Half an hour in the freezer isn't going to get the CO2 into solution unfortunately (though I admit to trying to cheat like that myself from time to time).

 

[Fennis]

Sounds like you should leave those beers in the fridge for about a week or so and let the CO2 dissolve into the beer.

 

[unionrdr]

A week in the fridge is def better for pale ales,& the like. 2 weeks is even better than that for thicker head & longer lasting carbonation. Or darker beers in general. My Whiskely ale needed 2 weeks fridge time to get decent head & carbonation.

 

[RM-MN]

How did you get the coffee in the stout? If there are any fine particles in the bottles they will foam over when opened and make you think you have an infection or overcarbontation. Giving it more time to settle will help immensely. If you follow that with extra time in the refrigerator it should take care of the problem.