Brewed, kegged, and tapped my first stout recently. Head is darker than I expected; I’d almost call it brown. Would that seem normal from the following grain bill?
7 lb Maris Otter
2 lb Flaked Barley
1.25 lb Roasted Barley
It has not aged in the keg yet, but I pulled half a pint to check carbonation.
W/O a pic not sure but it may be sediment from bottom of keg being the first pull. A brown color wouldn’t be abnormal though in my opinion.
The head on stouts is often a mahogany color.
A brown head would be too dark in my opinion. “Brown”, to me, would be just slightly lighter than the color of the beer.
That’s a pretty standard Stout grain bill (give or take) and should produce a tan/off white/cream color. Maybe we are using different words to describe the same thing, so like Hop Den said, a picture would be helpful.
Sorry. I don’t know how to get the pic to display here.
Not unusual
I agree. Looks good to me. Too good, actually.
Cheers!
I also have a Stout on tap. The foam on my beers look very similar to yours. Cheers!
It looks (and sounds, by grainbill) excellent. Enjoy!
Looks great! Now I just have to figure out how to get pics to show up without having to follow an external link!
I use the Tapatalk app on my phone.
That actually pretty awesome. That is exactly what I hope to see when I pour a stout.
Mine always come out with a tan head like the above photo. Thats a lot of roast though. How did it taste?
Instructions for inserting pics.
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Why is Guinness head almost white? Just the nitro?
It really isn’t. It’s tan to light brown unless the pic is photoshopped.
