Felinfoel Double Dragon

[Troutman47]

I bottled this about 2 weeks ago and I'm a bit disappointed, I know it's not fully conditioned but the brewday went very well so to have a beer with no head and lacking in body is very disappointing.

I followed the recipe from GW's book, I mashed at 68oC for 90 mins.
My top up liquor and batch sparge liquor temp was 80oC (maybe it should have been 85oC?)

Target OG was 1.040 and I achieved 1.042.
It fermented down to 1.010

As there was Torrefied Wheat in the recipe why the lack of head?

Is it going to improve with time? Like I said it's only been in the bottle for 2 weeks!

[Dennis King]

Of all of Graham's recipes this is the one I have brewed the most. Two weeks in the bottle is not very long so it might well improve with time. What yeast did you use, I found the best results I had were with WLP002 or WLP005.

[Troutman47]

I've been using Gervin English ale yeast, hey, maybe that's it, it is a Welsh beer after all!

[Dennis King]

I've been using Gervin English ale yeast, hey, maybe that's it, it is a Welsh beer after all!

Never used that yeast before and I put into barrels [polypins] not bottles so it's not a real comparison.

[Troutman47]

4 weeks after bottling, getting better.

Better head retention, fuller body, but not quite there yet...