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单词 rocky head
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rocky head
4. Brewing. Designating a head (head n.1 20a) formed on the top of beer during fermentation that has a solid, rock-like appearance. Later also (in extended use): designating a dense, solid head on a glass of beer. Chiefly in rocky head. [Perhaps compare French rocher foamy head on top of fermenting beer (1765), spec. sense of rocher rock (see rocher n.).]
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1835 W. Black Pract. Treat. Brewing 52 The third change is the cauliflower or curling top, rising to a fine rocky or light yeasty head.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 405/1 The stages of a healthy fermentation are, first, a creamy scum rising on the surface: this, after a time, begins to curl and becomes frosted in appearance; it then becomes rocky, and the air vesicles which appeared frosted enlarge.
1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 510/2 At the end of a further short period this develops into a light curly mass (cauliflower or curly head), which becomes lighter and more solid in appearance, and is then known as rocky head.
1988 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Dec. 14 Golden yellow and cloudy with a small but rocky head.
2001 J. J. Palmer How to Brew vi. 74 Produces a dense rocky head during fermentation.
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