too much head.....?

[CATpAW Brewing]

yeah, before you all start responding with "there's no such thing as too much head...", I'm talking home brew OK.

 

 

 

I brewed a Coopers original bitter, adding just 1kg of BE1 and some Cluster hop pellets back in late June.

 

 

 

Pitched with supplied yeast at 24 deg C then sat at 20 deg C for 7 days. Final SG was 1011 (stable over 2 days, but probably lower as I think my hydrometer reads a bit high).

 

 

 

Bottled into 740 ml PET with 2 coopers carbonation drops.

 

 

 

Bottled were stored at 20 deg C ambient for a couple of months.

 

 

 

Whilst flavour, colour, aroma etc. are all fine, I get an uncontrollable excess head on the glass, regardless of how delicately I pour it. I cannot get more than a 1/2 glass of fluid, the rest being foam.

 

 

 

I've not experienced this before. Does anyone have any insights into what might cause this?

[PB2]

Sounds like you are just short of having "gushers"! If bottled at the correct SG, most likely caused by infection due to wild yeast and/or bacteria.

 

 

 

You can de-gas by cracking the seal on each PET and tighten back up, like you would with a soft drink that may have been shaken. Might need to do this a few times to normalise the pressure.