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Beginner Homebrew

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  • #52
    Lovely Bloke
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    yep, that's right.


  • #53
    irish_goat
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    almostover wrote: »
    Right opened a bottle of the Coopers APA that I bottled 3 weeks ago. Fairly happy with the result. It's very drinkable, mild hoppiness and superior to most bottled mainstream lagers that I would drink from the bottle so a success in that regard. Only issue I'm finding is head retention, pours with a 1 cm head that lasts only a minute! Carbonation a little on the low side too so may have underestimated the priming sugar, may switch to the carbonation drops in future. It's very very drinkable though and overall I'm pleased with it as a first effort. Any ideas how to improve head retention and carbonation in future brews?

    Priming sugar is definitely the most reliable way. Did you use a calculator to work out the amount? This one is bang on I find. http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html

    Increasing the priming sugar will improve the head retention, adding dry hops too. Other options would include adding wheat or unmalted barley but you need to be doing all grain to do that.


  • #54
    Carawaystick
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    Not washing your glasses in a dishwasher, or drinking milk in them also improves head retention.


  • #55
    almostover
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    Bottled the cider and primed with sugar last night. Tastes good, I fermented it fully so it's a dry cider but seems drinkable even at this early stage. Drank more of the Cooper's APA with a few friends Friday night. Bought some new beer glasses and head retention was far better using these. Happy overall with what I've done and have really caught the homebrewing bug. Thanks for all the good advice on here!


  • #56
    mordeith
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Not washing your glasses in a dishwasher, or drinking milk in them also improves head retention.

    What's the milk thing? I'm a devil for drinking a pint of milk in my glasses


  • #57
    rubadub
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    mordeith wrote: »
    What's the milk thing? I'm a devil for drinking a pint of milk in my glasses
    I think the fat in the milk gets embedded in the glass and hard to wash out, especially if there are any scratches. I imagine it also gets stuck in those glasses with the micro etched holes in the bottom to cause the head to stay (hate those glasses). The fat then kills the head.


  • #58
    macnug
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    almostover wrote:
    Right opened a bottle of the Coopers APA that I bottled 3 weeks ago. Fairly happy with the result. It's very drinkable, mild hoppiness and superior to most bottled mainstream lagers that I would drink from the bottle so a success in that regard. Only issue I'm finding is head retention, pours with a 1 cm head that lasts only a minute! Carbonation a little on the low side too so may have underestimated the priming sugar, may switch to the carbonation drops in future. It's very very drinkable though and overall I'm pleased with it as a first effort. Any ideas how to improve head retention and carbonation in future brews?

    There is very little you can do to increase head retention with kit beers, just make sure your carbonation is right and glass is cleaned right as been said before, also your choice of glass can have an impact as well, very wide glasses will disperse the co2 quicker due to the wider surface area.


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