[homoeccentricus]

Drew,

Did you ever bottle this beer? or only serve from kegs? if there is oil from the zest it would probably float on the surface so if you are serving from a keg you wouldn't have any problems.

Homoeccentricus (Man, you gotta put your first name in your sig line or something. that's a beast to type) could it be fusels (hot alcohol flavors) or too low pH? (tartness).

I'm just going to assume you have sparkling clean hand wiped beer glasses of course.

I do have the impression that it's oil and particles floating at the surface that prevent the head from being formed. Why would that not be a problem when one kegs?

[unclebrazzie]

I do have the impression that it's oil and particles floating at the surface that prevent the head from being formed. Why would that not be a problem when one kegs?

If it's floating stuff, then kegging could bypass this (at least, until you reach the end of the keg) because you're not serving the top fraction but indeed the lower fraction (assuming a keg works the way I think it does, i.e. like a siphon bottle).

[morticaixavier]

I do have the impression that it's oil and particles floating at the surface that prevent the head from being formed. Why would that not be a problem when one kegs?

If it's floating stuff, then kegging could bypass this (at least, until you reach the end of the keg) because you're not serving the top fraction but indeed the lower fraction (assuming a keg works the way I think it does, i.e. like a siphon bottle).

Correct

[homoeccentricus]

This is not fair. And I blame Drew.

[dbeechum]

Don't worry, everyone blames me for everything.

I agree it's probably the citrus oils, but I've never experienced it before.

Here's the real question - does the beer still drink good?

[homoeccentricus]

It does!