Getting a head

[silverback]

Why does beer have a 'head' but cider doesn't? I know that cider does when it's poured, but it very quickly dissipates while (providing you have a clean glass and proper beer) the head on beer stays pretty much to the last? (This - - looks like beer!)
Silverback

[StuartR]

Does this help to explain?

It looks like the ingredients needed to create a head come from the grain, and Cider isn't made from grain.

[silverback]

Thanks, Stuart.
Seems to answer the question perfectly.
Silverback

(Is there anything that isn't on Wikipedia? I would never have thought of looking there.)

[StuartR]

...(Is there anything that isn't on Wikipedia? I would never have thought of looking there.)

I didn't think of looking there either, it was the first entry on the page for the google search Why does beer have a head

[ChrisGreaves]

It looks like the ingredients needed to create a head come from the grain, and Cider isn't made from grain.

That is so sixties.
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