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How do I improve head retention?

If you have fermentation issues, all the protein laden ingredients in the world won't help you. Here's a great article that explains how fermentation relates to head formation and has experiments yo …
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How to keep your head on an oatmeal porter?

Some people will say to add protein laden ingredients, but you already have oatmeal in there. Fermentation procedures are very important to head formation and retention. See this article: Getting Go …
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Head Retention improves with bottle conditioning?

More time gives the the CO2 more chance to go into solution in the beer and give you better foam formation and more even carbonation.
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How much head retention do you get from a caramunich III compared to crystal malt?

Using specialty malts for head retention is kind of a canard. You'll have much better luck by controlling your fermentation....http://byo.com/stories/article/indices/35-head-retention/697-getting-goo …
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Crystal Malt - How does it influence head retention?

IF all your other brewing practices are good, adding more dextrins can help. But if you have yeast/fermentation issues, adding proteins won't help foam formation and retention.
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Potential fat in wort, what's going to happen?

The worst that could happen is that it would affect head formation and retention. But you might be OK. No big deal.
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What causes the lack of head formation/retention in my Belgian beers?

Fermentation practices and pitching rates can have a large effect on beer foam, as Brandon mentioned. There's a great article here beer foam that not only describes this but also includes test you ca …
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