Hey folks, hope you all are doing good.
I need help with one problem that I’m having, I start use keg and the beers I keg have a nice head retention, but the beers that I priming are not have that good of head retention, they’re carbed enough, I have a saison with 3.0 vols of CO2 and having a nice carbonatic bite, but the foam dissolve quick, I have other a belgian pale ale with a little better foam but not like my beers in the kegs. Anyone had this kind of problem? I always wash my bottles after use, and put some 70% alcohol, in the day of bottlening I use Iodophor, siphon the beer with low flow to help minimize the oxidation and dissolve inverted sugar, bottle with less than 30 minute after transfer. I cleaned my bottle vessel thoroughly with running water so there no residue. I’m truly puzzled with this
I’ve read that soap residue kills head retention. Maybe rinse more thoroughly.
Another guess - I’ve had some that took many weeks in bottles before having good head retention. I don’t know the theory, or even if that is an accepted idea, but it’s what I observed.
Are the beers you’re kegging and the beers you’re bottle conditioning the same recipe?
There might be a problem with your capper.
He (she?) says he’s got carbonation, but poor head retention.
I wonder about the 70% alcohol treatment.
Is a he lol. I have nice carbonation but some poor retention, gonna check about the alcohol because I use a lot of water to wash the detergent.
Never was the same recipe at the same time, but already keg a recipe I already did and bottle conditioned with better head retention
How much sugar per what size batch?
Are you noticing a lot of floating material or yeast slurry at the bottom of the glass as the beer settles?

How much sugar per what size batch?
Are you noticing a lot of floating material or yeast slurry at the bottom of the glass as the beer settles?
5 gallon batch and I use the brewersfriend priming calculator, it not a problem with the carbonation but only the head retention, and the floating material depend on what style, usually I brew more english and lagers style, some time some american stylies, but I pour to the glass with careful so I don’t even have the chance to drag the yeast, most come out crystal clear if I do this