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I bought several pounds from FH but want to get several more from HD. Anyone know when they will have their 2011 pellets ready?
They say late October, early November. I plan on checking the site pretty much daily:)
Me too, I didn’t want to have to cram leaf hops into my freezer. I hope some of the Citra made it to the pelletizer.
Thanks for the tip. I’ve already got 2+ lb. of Amarillo, but I grabbed some Simcoe.
Hey guys, from earlier in the post, how off will 2010 Saaz be right now? A couple of AAU’s? Or several?
I have some 2010 saaz pellets that I am still using - they are okay - shouldn’t really be using them for much more than late additions so the IBU deterioration should not be that hindering.
that said, Czech Saaz are well known to lose AA rather quickly. I don’t have my hop union book on this computer, but I know its pretty high.
use 'em late in the boil and you’ll be fine.
What a bummer! Just bought a pound of that! >:(
They can’t lose a lot of AA%, since they don’t have much to begin with! I have a pound of pellets in the freezer that I won’t worry about using. Pellets - not much to worry about. Whole hops would lose more, still not much to worry about. As far as the bitterness, it is always a guess as to the AA going in, even using that printed number on the bag.
If you want to buy fresh European hops, the time to buy is the first of the year. Takes a while for shipping and customs.
Can you point me to a good website?
same place you just bought from. just gotta be more patient 
Depends on whether they’re whole or pellets and how they were stored.
he wrote above leaf, and from puterbaugh, which I believe holds them in the mid teens (?).
Sounds good. I didn’t know the imported hops were a year behind. Learn something new every day!
Yeah, what I posted for timing is from experience. Keep an eye on the hopsdirect site. You can e-mail around Christmas to get better timing on the imported European hops. Got EKG before Christmas last year, others were not in.
As far as the hops loss vs. time, go to the Hopunion site and look at the hop handbook. Saaz did not have a storage factor in my hard copy. Most noble hops are listed as poor in my books.
according to the prior edition of the hop union book:
[quote]45 – 55% alpha acids remaining after 6 months storage at 20º C
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I forget the ROT factor, but storing them at 0º will retard the loss significantly.
Seems like shipping from Hops Direct and Fresh Hops to the east coast is sort of high. I think I’m going to need to figure just how much I’d need to buy in order to make sure tha the hop savings isint gobbled up by shipping costs.
I am expecting 3 pounds tomorrow. With shipping costs it cut my hop costs in half. I was good with that…
Dave
I have bought about 4 pounds from each so far this year - in both cases the shipping was about $12-13 per. I am probably in the same general zone as you, so that should give you a means of comparison. So with the exception of my Simcoe, even including shipping, most of the hops were <$1 per ounce.
For freshops, if its below 2 pounds, I think they use one of those flat rate shipping USPS boxes.
It definitely makes sense to buy more. You can use their zip code and yours on either Fed Ex or UPS websites to get an approximation and play with the breakpoints on poundage - I’d assume packaging is 2lbs.
Didn’t realize they were going that quickly. I got some Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial, and Zues from FH today.
I was wondering what was going on with HD. I kept checking their site for Amarillo and never showed up. Turns out, I was too late. Did they ever have Simcoe or Citra?
I think HD was sold out of Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra and Centennial when I was done brewing at 2:30 on 10/5. Was looking for Amarillo and Centennial, so went to Freshops. My 8 oz Amarillo and 1 Lb Centennial came in a USPS flat rate box, to confirm what was said above.