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How much head retention do you get from a caramunich III compared to crystal malt?
So far I found no difference in head retention from various relatively highly kilned specialty malts like crystal/caramunich etc. Carafoam is a different beast in that regard. Btw likely same level of ...
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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-...
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What causes head retention?
Proteins are what make head/foam. When I make cider I generally add some dry malt extract (<10% of total fermentables). This helps with some residual sweetness by holding up the final gravity ...
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Potential fat in wort, what's going to happen?
That grease in extraction fan is from volatile food grease / oils. In my experience these are not water soluable. The condensation that fell back in was most likely just water.
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Use of maltodextrin to increase head retention & body, how much & when added for 5 gallon batch?
I mash from the grains and use maltodextrin to improve head retention, as well as a beer heading liquid containing propylene glycol alginate(PGA), which helps to stabilise the head and prevent ...
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Suggestions for a thin/no head Wit?
Maltodextrin will have an affect on body also the head formation and retention, dry hopping may help foam stability as in increase in iso-humulones enhance head retention. I am not sure how dry ...
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What causes head retention?
The head in beer is a result of the proteins and the alpha acids from the hops combining to form complexes that create the structure needed to maintain the head of foam.
You may be able to add a ...
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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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Fat residues on bottles or glasses, causing bad head retension: how to dissolve and remove it?
I would start with a mild dish washing soap with warm water, it usually gets rid of grease and oils. If you have a bottle brush, use it, if not shake the bottles well. Then rince the bottles well. ...
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Fat residues on bottles or glasses, causing bad head retension: how to dissolve and remove it?
What not use a commercial brewing steriliser/cleaner like VWP? Soak in a solution made with very hot water overnight. One might find that all that is needed thereafter is a rinse with fresh water and ...
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Suggestions for a thin/no head Wit?
Since no one has really touched on this part of the question:
'Will [...] dry hopping post fermentation help a no head/thin beer?'
No, and in fact dry hopping would probably only serve to make ...
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What causes head retention?
Another way to add to head retention is to pressurize your drink with nitrogen rather than CO2, think Guiness. This aides head retention as N2 does not dissolve as easily as CO2 in water therefore ...
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Crystal Malt - How does it influence head retention?
I decided to make some very pale bitter ("golden ale") for a change, with no addition of my normal 250g of standard crystal malt.
So the only ingredient were
my usual Maris Otter pale malt 2.5Kg/5 ...
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