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Head Retention in Fruit beers

Started by Donny, May 07, 2017, 10:48:28 PM

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Donny

May 07, 2017, 10:48:28 PM Last Edit: May 08, 2017, 10:11:54 AM by Donny
Recently i made a golden ale but added some mango and lime to the secondary to add some fruit flavors and aromas to it.

I added lime by soaking the zest in vodka for a few days and then chucked it all into the fermenter, the mango was pulsed into mush.

I opened one this eve to have a taste see but even tho there is nice carbonation there is 0% head retention. Even on a heavy pour. Is it possible that the citrus fruits are affecting the head retention?   

oblivious

It could be the papain in the mango breaking down head developing polypeptides

Donny

Cheers for the info. I'll have to look into it more now that you've givien me something to research.