Am I just crazy.....?

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Am I just crazy.....?

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Or does the BD stuff give a better head than Cooper's MrB?

From the few straight up BD's I have done, I seem to end up up with better head.

I do bottle prime so it could be something on my end I guess.
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Mad Max
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jpsherman wrote:Or does the BD stuff give a better head than Cooper's MrB?

From the few straight up BD's I have done, I seem to end up up with better head.
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I also noticed the BD seems to have a fuller, longer lasting head than Mr.Beer. Perhaps this explains the weird e-mail from Mrs. Beer?
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I can't recall how the two BD batches I made fared. Wait, checked my notes. It says "good head". I always found MrB to have little or no head.
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Isn't the BD the same stuff as the MrBeer before Coopers bought them?
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Gymrat wrote:Isn't the BD the same stuff as the MrBeer before Coopers bought them?
Yes.
jpsherman wrote:Or does the BD stuff give a better head than Cooper's MrB?
Perhaps they should change their name to "Brew Succubus" based on these findings?
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Good head makes a difference
I LOVE GOOD HEAD
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Hey JP,

Is it just the head retention or is there a noticeable difference in the body as well? (Leave it alone RB :lol: )

We are fixing to help a guy brew his first beer, which will be a BD batch and I don't have any Carapils to steep.

I was going to post a thread and see if adding some CaraAmber would help with body/head retention.


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Brewbirds wrote:Hey JP,

Is it just the head retention or is there a noticeable difference in the body as well? (Leave it alone RB :lol: )

We are fixing to help a guy brew his first beer, which will be a BD batch and I don't have any Carapils to steep.

I was going to post a thread and see if adding some CaraAmber would help with body/head retention.


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It was the head retention.

Never used CaraAmber, but I have noticed good retention when I add Chocolate Malt.
Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain.
Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies,
Come to life and fade away:
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today.

– Edgar Allan Poe
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Everyone has to believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink--Oscar Wilde
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Giggle Squid Brewery
Fermenting:
Barleywine 2016


Conditioning:
Barleywine 8-27-2014 (only drinking on special occasions)

Drinking:
Apple Wine 2.0
Apple Wine 2.1
Jalapeno Ale
Dark Vanner
Dark and Hoppy Night
Liquid Gold
Mad Max
Dundee Ale
Magnum PA

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