{"id":2457,"date":"2011-09-28T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:40:09","slug":"head-retention-with-the-pope-of-foam-beersmith-podcast-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/28\/head-retention-with-the-pope-of-foam-beersmith-podcast-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Retention with The Pope of Foam &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/28\/head-retention-with-the-pope-of-foam-beersmith-podcast-23\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Beer foam and head retention are the topics for this week&#8217;s podcast with Dr Charles Bamforth, the Anheuser-Busch endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California, Davis. Known as &#8220;the Pope of Foam&#8221;, Charlie has been studying beer foam since 1979. He provides a complete overview of carbonation, how foam forms in a beer, how you can enhance the head retention in a beer, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-23-Pope-of-Foam.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1636\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-23-Pope-of-Foam.mp3]<\/p>\n<h3>This Episode Sponsored by MoreBeer!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">MoreBeer <\/a>is the sponsor of this week&#8217;s episode. You can show your appreciation to them on your next order by using the special order links here at <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/morebeer\">BeerSmith.com\/MoreBeer<\/a> &#8211; a portion of each order will go to support the BeerSmith sites, podcast, and newsletters.<\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (37:40)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s guest is Dr Charles Bamforth, <a href=\"http:\/\/foodscience.ucdavis.edu\/bamforth\/\">Professor of Brewing Science<\/a> at the University of California at Davis. Charlie teaches sold-out classes on brewing at the University. His facebook page is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/UC-Davis-Brewing\/251423878226928?ref=ts&amp;sk=wall\">here at UC Davis Brewing<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This week&#8217;s sponsor is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">MoreBeer <\/a>&#8211; you can express your support for the BeerSmith sites by placing your next order with MoreBeer using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">order page here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Charlie introduces carbonation and talks a bit about the history of carbonation and how it is measured.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about why some styles are highly carbonated while others are not.<\/li>\n<li>Charlie talks about why foam is an important part of most modern beers.<\/li>\n<li>We walk through how foam and carbonation affects the percepion, body and flavor of the beer.<\/li>\n<li>Charlie talks about the most popular methods for carbonating beer.<\/li>\n<li>We dive into the science of bubbles and head retention<\/li>\n<li>Charlie provides a few methods for enhancing and managing head retention in a beer<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the role of glasses and how glass shapes affect beer<\/li>\n<li>Charlie explains how some beers like Guiness Stout are served with a nitrogen-carbon-dioxide mix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks again to Dr Charles Bamforth who was kind enough to take time from his very busy schedule to appear on the show!<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" 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