Cooper's Irish Stout question

[Metal Dwarf]

Greetings all,

Just cracked open a bottle of Coopers Irish (bottled about 3-4 weeks ago), as a test: this particular (glass) bottle is from a batch of 12 being kept in an area between 20 and 22 degrees, while the remainder of the batch is being held at around 15-16 degrees after spending 2 weeks at 20-22.

Cooled to around 12 degrees before opening

Happy gas hiss, reasonable carbonation, but little to no head...

So, the question is -

Is this a result of the warmer conditioning temperature?

[darkonnis]

I found that it didn't make much head either, cooling it further had better results however. Especially in making it fizzy

[Metal Dwarf]

Ah, so not just me then!

Ok, will try cooling these down a bit for a few days.

Thanks!

[Geezah]

Stout is 1 reason to buy a keg.
I never prime em, just add enough co2 to keep serving and always get good head

[oldtom]

+1 for kegging. I bottled my first batch and had the same results as you. Always keg now and it`s the best.

Paul.

[LeeH]

Keg, leave it for 8 weeks, and serve through a stout faucet and a nitrogen/co2 mix @ around 20 psi.

Its a perfect pint.