I tried my hand at brewing beer this summer with the intent of making a braggot. I developed a recipe for the braggot that was based on a stout. I had 50% of the fermentables come from a dry malt extract which I added to my malt extracts (for this I used crystal malt, malted barley, and chocolate malt). I pitched the yeast and then added the honey (buckwheat honey) into the secondary.
The fermentations were very strong and the head that developed on these were big. After sitting for two months I bottled this and they have been sitting at 78 C for about two weeks.
I tried a bottle last night (after chilling). The color was a nice dark chocolatey brown, the bottle was carbonated, the flavors for the extracts, hops, and honey all came through.
But, there was no head
I even tried to pour it vigorously and only got a thin head that didn't last.
I still enjoyed the braggot, but I don't understand why is not forming the head that I was expecting (I honestly thought it was going to have too much of a head)
Any thoughts????
The fermentations were very strong and the head that developed on these were big. After sitting for two months I bottled this and they have been sitting at 78 C for about two weeks.
I tried a bottle last night (after chilling). The color was a nice dark chocolatey brown, the bottle was carbonated, the flavors for the extracts, hops, and honey all came through.
But, there was no head
I still enjoyed the braggot, but I don't understand why is not forming the head that I was expecting (I honestly thought it was going to have too much of a head)
Any thoughts????