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So $3.75 each delivered to my door isn't too bad then, considering I don't have a homebrew shop within 200kms. Thx lethal, again

Yeah i would think that delivered that would be pretty good, i dare say that if you had to drive the 200 ks you would probably spend a bit more than that

Mine cost $2, but it was the last that they had. Hopefully they will have more soon.

If the glass is rinsed with water, but not dried, will that affect how the head holds to the glass?

While my beers seem to have a decent head, it will not cling to the glass so I never seem to get those nice rings (well sometimes I do) , usually end up with a clear looking glass at the end.

cleverpig wrote:If the glass is rinsed with water, but not dried, will that affect how the head holds to the glass?

While my beers seem to have a decent head, it will not cling to the glass so I never seem to get those nice rings (well sometimes I do) , usually end up with a clear looking glass at the end.

If you put it in the freezer with water on the inside of the glass it will freeze and the first beer will foam up huge and then die to nothing, next beers will be ok though.
Whoever come up with drying your glasses with paper towel first is a dead set legend.

pilsner urquell website on how to pour a great beer actually recomends to rinse in cool water first. It wont affect your head! I once had a hbs idiot try to tell me that if i didnt let my bottles dry before filling that i wouldnt get a good head??????? i told her beer is mostly water anyway.

Got some new glasses for fathers day, tried them out with one of my number 4 brews, which was a year old. Really nice, poured with 3cm head, and left a few rings.

Then I rinsed, shook out the glass, and poured in a Coopers Vintage. Splashed in the last drops, and barley a bubble to see. Tiny tiny head started to form, but soon dispeared. It was carobonated, but did not form a head.

morgs wrote:pilsner urquell website on how to pour a great beer actually recomends to rinse in cool water first. It wont affect your head! I once had a hbs idiot try to tell me that if i didnt let my bottles dry before filling that i wouldnt get a good head??????? i told her beer is mostly water anyway.

They do this at the James Squire Brew house.. Rinse it with water at a certain temperature to ensure the best head..

Does anyone know where I can get headmaster glasses in Perth (preferably South of the river)? I have had a bit of a look around but no luck as yet.
Cheers,
Brad.

If you are buying "headmaster" style glasses,just make sure they are the sandblasted bottom style, there is another style that has a ring engraved around the base that does the same job but if you chill them down while still a bit warm, their ass will fall out of them leaving you with a bottomless glass.unfortunatly not the kind you want though!!

Brad,
get a piece of good emery paper, tape it to the end of a pencil, piece of dowel, whatever, and rub it around the bottom of the glass, rinse well dry and chill, you will find you have a perfect glass. Don't go the old glass cutter, masonary drill etc. trick, because yes they will soon leave you with a glass tube rather than a container.

This all sounds abit fancy for me i find the easiest method is to put your mouth under the beer tap and bypass the whole glass thing!

If you're doing that I suggest running the keg at about 2~4 psi. A Pluto gun saves a cricked neck too.

Cheers,
Greg