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PS: by tapping the bottle to the side of a table new seed bubbles will be created, but more seed bubbles will be destroyed (by loosening them from the glass) so that the net effect is less foam. To create a lot of seed bubbles and a lot of foam you need to shake the bottle or hit it violently. Of course it could also be that I'm just drunk and imagining things. ;)
Oh yeah, I have a theory about this as well. Tiny imperfections in the glass cause bubbles to form. These are the seed bubbles that spawn all the other bubbles that create the foam. By tapping the bottle to the side of a table, you loosen the seed bubbles from the glass: as a result no more seed bubbles and no more foam.
It works with beer bottles. At least that is my experience. It goes like this: you open a glass beer bottle, if it starts foaming (it does not always do this) and you notice that it will overflow; tap the side of the bottle against the edge of a table and it will stop foaming and not overflow.
Similarly: a bottle that is already opened (without foaming), if you take a swig straight from the bottle it will start foaming, if you notice it will overflow; tap the side of the glass bottle against the side of the table (or bar counter) and it will stop foaming.
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To create a lot of seed bubbles and a lot of foam you need to shake the bottle or hit it violently.
Of course it could also be that I'm just drunk and imagining things. ;)
Tiny imperfections in the glass cause bubbles to form. These are the seed bubbles that spawn all the other bubbles that create the foam. By tapping the bottle to the side of a table, you loosen the seed bubbles from the glass: as a result no more seed bubbles and no more foam.
It works with beer bottles. At least that is my experience.
It goes like this: you open a glass beer bottle, if it starts foaming (it does not always do this) and you notice that it will overflow; tap the side of the bottle against the edge of a table and it will stop foaming and not overflow.
Similarly: a bottle that is already opened (without foaming), if you take a swig straight from the bottle it will start foaming, if you notice it will overflow; tap the side of the glass bottle against the side of the table (or bar counter) and it will stop foaming.
It should be easy enough to test this yourself.
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