Head retention on beer

Stevetjones · Post by **Stevetjones** » Monday Aug 21, 2006 9:49 pm

Any recomondations for keeping a good head on ales, such as stouts, dark ale, draught? I tried licorace extract in my stout and an additive called big head. The stout tastes great but the head disapears.

WSC · Post by **WSC** » Monday Aug 21, 2006 9:55 pm

I find the morgans kits of late give awesome head!!!!!

Coopers Bitter is also good.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Aug 21, 2006 10:31 pm

i find the longer i mature my beers then the better the head they have, as i have never really had a problem with this i would say to check the way you rinse or clean your glasses

Beerpig · Post by **Beerpig** » Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 7:40 am

A bit of dried wheat malt in with the brew works for me

About 100gm or so is fine

Cheers

da_damage_done · Post by **da_damage_done** » Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 8:56 am

try steeping some carapils grain about 100 grams

it'll add mouth feel + help with head retention while not imparting flavour or colour

cheers

dogsbeer · Post by **dogsbeer** » Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 3:22 pm

Dude you must never of tasted a West End Draught.......

melbourne man · Post by **melbourne man** » Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 3:37 pm

why does head retension matter does it alter the taste at all?

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Tuesday Aug 22, 2006 3:57 pm

Personally i think it does but it could be just a mental thing, when you have good head retention it seems to (in my opinion) make the beer taste smoother and creamier, i think its also a good sign of a well matured and well brewed beer, as your beer matures the bubbles in the beer get alot smaller and hold together in groups alot better resulting in a good head retention

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