I'm currently drinking my second ever homebrew batch - an all grain brown ale. It tastes great, and I'm very happy about that - but I'm experiencing something weird when it comes to carbonation and head formation.
It seems its been kind of inconsistent from bottle to bottle, whether it seems properly carbed with decent head formation, to almost no head and flat/watery tasting.
At first I figured it was due to my priming sugar not being mixed properly...chalked it up to a rookie mistake.
I then started paying more attention and keeping track when I'm drinking this batch.
So far 100% of the time, if I take it out of fridge, and crack it right away...I get no head formation, and it tastes flat. If I take it out of the fridge, let it sit out for 20-30 minutes first, it has excellent carbonation, great head formation, and it actually tastes better!
I can't seem to find any threads referencing temperature changes and head formation/carbonation - so I'm looking for other people's experiences, or references if there are articles out there I've missed??
Is it something to do with CO2 absorption and temperature changes? Is it really possible its a bad priming sugar mixture and its pure luck whether I crack it right away, or let it sit out a bit? It seems like too much of a coincidence...
Let me know if you have any insight!!
Thanks!!
It seems its been kind of inconsistent from bottle to bottle, whether it seems properly carbed with decent head formation, to almost no head and flat/watery tasting.
At first I figured it was due to my priming sugar not being mixed properly...chalked it up to a rookie mistake.
I then started paying more attention and keeping track when I'm drinking this batch.
So far 100% of the time, if I take it out of fridge, and crack it right away...I get no head formation, and it tastes flat. If I take it out of the fridge, let it sit out for 20-30 minutes first, it has excellent carbonation, great head formation, and it actually tastes better!
I can't seem to find any threads referencing temperature changes and head formation/carbonation - so I'm looking for other people's experiences, or references if there are articles out there I've missed??
Is it something to do with CO2 absorption and temperature changes? Is it really possible its a bad priming sugar mixture and its pure luck whether I crack it right away, or let it sit out a bit? It seems like too much of a coincidence...
Let me know if you have any insight!!
Thanks!!