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Offline Jeff M

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Re: Head Retention on A Wheat beer
« Reply #30 on: May 05, 2014, 10:59:45 am »
Wouldnt Capsaicin itself work against head retention due to its nature?

"Capsaicin is believed to be synthesized in the interlocular septum of chili peppers by addition of a branched-chain fatty acid to vanillylamine; specifically, capsaicin is made from vanillylamine and 8-methyl-6-nonenoyl CoA.[16][17] Biosynthesis depends on the gene AT3, which resides at the pun1 locus, and which encodes a putative acyltransferase.[18]"

Im not a chemist, but it makes some sense to me.

Jeff
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