hist-brewing: Re: very strong old porter-linseed

[Argyle Wolf-Knapp]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:34:56 -0500 (EST), Mark Poliner wrote:

>  REmember, OILS KILL THE HEAD.
>  It may make the body richer, but it will also taste oily and there will
be
>  no head retention.
>  For a richer body, try adding flaked oats into the mash.

My sense of flax seed is not so much of oils being expressed as a form of
gelatin. If anything, it might *increase* the head.

Argyle
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