No head after three weeks

[vesestilldrumming]

Vanilla oatmeal stout. Primary one week. Secondary one week. 4 oz of priming sugar in 3.5 gallons of beer. Plenty of sugar an FG was 1.018. Slight carb in beer but zero head retention. What gives?

 

[day_trippr]

That's gotta be the fastest "grain to glass" stout I've ever read about.

How long has the stout been carbing? One week?

Cheers!

 

[patthebrewer]

Stouts take longer to carb properly.

 

[vesestilldrumming]

Its been carbing for three weeks

 

[masskrug]

I just tried my stout; 3 weeks primary and 3 weeks bottle conditioned. The carbonation and lacing was okay, but the head dwindled quickly. Hopefully it will mature in a few weeks. In the meantime I should probably wash my glasses.

EDIT: I just tried another (tried and true) beer in this glass and its head dwindled as well. Time to clean my glassware!

 

[jester5120]

no head after three weeks sounds like a relationship problem more than a beer problem.

 

[SteveHeff]

no head after three weeks sounds like a relationship problem more than a beer problem.

Did you buy her dinner, yet?

 

[masskrug]

Did you buy her dinner, yet?

I'm married...case closed.

 

[alane1]

no head after three weeks sounds like a relationship problem more than a beer problem.

No, everyone knows you cant get better head from a stout, the best head comes from belgian blondes!!!

 

[vesestilldrumming]

Popped a top last night and is finally acquiring the foam i was hoping for. Took a full month. But im married too and head is definitely not my problem.

 

[SteveHeff]

Good thread. Nice to hear that the beer is doing what it needs to do.

 

[Obliviousbrew]

Good thread. Nice to hear that the beer is doing what it needs to do.

The beer is fine but... are you getting some head or not????

 

[vesestilldrumming]

The beer is fine but... are you getting some head or not????

Yep! 👅