No head on beer

[Danny013]

I brewed an Irish Red and got it all bottled, no problems. It been in the bottle for 2 weeks and when I pour it there is no head at all. Decent carbonation, could use a little more aging though. Even if I pour it straight down the middle of the glass all I get is a few bubbles on the surface that dissapate almost instantly. My glasses are clean, too.

I did have some bottle in oxyclean to get rid of labels, could this be the problem? I'm sure I rinsed them well, and it was only half the bottles.

Any ideas/theories? Thanks!

 

[Brakeman_Brewing]

do you wash your glasses in the dishwasher or by hand without soap?

 

[Danny013]

Wash them by hand with a little bit of soap, and rinse very well. It hasn't had any effect on any of my other beers or beers I buy.

 

[malkore]

how long are the bottles being chilled?

chill for 3 days so the beer can absorb the CO2, then try pouring

 

[McKBrew]

I noticed a big difference in carbonation in my stout from the two week point to now (almost 4weeks). You might see some improvement the longer it sits.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Are you using flip tops bottles? I did a kolsch and more than half didn't have much carbination. Same bubbles, even when i poured it in fast. I beleive my problem on that batch was i didn't stir the priming sugar when i added it. I forgot, and i don't think i set the flip tops well. Every other batch I did was with bottle caps and they were great..Give it some more time. Now that i think about it, as time went by i think they got a little better. By then they were all gone..

 

[Danny013]

Sounds great. Should I be worried at all about oxyclean residue in the bottles and now in my beer?

Edit - I'm capping the bottles.

 

[Judd]

Don't sweat it. Oxyclean isn't dangerous, according to the material safety data sheet. Besides, beer is resilient. There's very little that will ruin it completely - you have to throw more at it than a little residue.

 

[g_rath]

This has happend with some of mine if i opened them early. I would say just give it more time.

 

[malkore]

And oxyclean rinses pretty well....I'd only worry if granuales of the stuff that didn't dissolve made it into my beer.

 

[Bobby_M]

It's just not carbed enough. Wait another week.