He did mention that the Galena was very nice this year. Sounds right up your alley.
My fav is his Edelweiss blend.
I’ve gotten Edelweiss and Saaz and Ted also threw in some C-148 (gratis) and I posted about those here. He calls them an IPA hop but I just made a standard APA and they were very nice. I believe I also have some Hallertau from Ted as well. All of the hops seem to be in excellent shape and I commented about how some additional attention may be necessary (by me!) to ensure that every batch I make has the best possible hops in it. If the hops I am using don’t come from Hop Heaven then they’re from YVH. No more “LHBS repackaged hops” for me.
No, to me that’s more coastal. It used to be the greenest state before things changed and we started having major droughts.
Don’t forget Yakima Chief. In my experience their hops are at least as good as the other 2.
YCH hops are great if you are confident in the storage prior to getting your hands on them. The hardware store near my house keeps them on the shelf next to the dry yeast, so I steer clear of theirs. But when I’ve gotten ones that were stored properly they have been every bit as good as Hop Heaven, YVH, Farmhouse, Hops Direct, etc.
Last I knew they had a web store so you can order direct.
I saw that he had whole Galena. I decided to order whole Magnum instead, mainly because Ted is offering whole Magnum in 8oz packages whereas Galena is only offered by the pound. It would take me two years to work through a pound of Galena. While Galena has excellent storage properties, I prefer to be able to use a bag of whole cones within year. Magnum was bred from Galena. The cultivars are not quite the same, but they are both neutral, smooth bittering hops. What is weird is that I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Perle brewer until Mark Garetz turned me on to Galena. I like Perle too, but it is not as versatile as Galena or Magnum when it comes to bittering. Perle has that mintiness to it that carries through to the end of the boil.
Well, there goes my “no more hops” resolution. ;D
+1. I can vouch for fast shipping. Great source for hops.
I seem to have gotten into bed with YVH and I get their emails regularly. I have ordered from YCH too with good results. I mentioned in another thread that I need to be more mindful of the condition of my hops and only use hops that seem like they’re going to make the best possible beer. It’s not like I was using BAD hops but I may have used hops that were just not as punchy and I need to watch that. I can tell the difference between regular LHBS hops and those that come from HH and YVH. I probably also have a soft spot for YVH because they had a $5-per-pound sale once and another brewer went to order FIVE POUNDS and the total came to $5. He notified YVH and told them their site wasn’t calculating properly and they responded saying “NOPE! EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY!”… as a result we both got five pounds of Hallertau for FIVE DOLLARS!!! 
I have not purchased hops from a LHBS since I started purchasing hops in bulk from Mark Garetz (HopTech) back in the nineties. I was glad to discover that Ted offers some varieties in whole form in 8oz packages. I am not a hop head. I usually hop conservatively, so 8oz of any given hop cultivar lasts a long time. With whole cones, that can be a problem.
I ordered 2lbs on the 17th and per seller ETA is 22nd. I live in Ohio so I don’t think 5 days is too long.
Weather may have impacted your delivery. I recently had a two day delay.
I have always received great hops from Yakima Chief but YVH, Hop Heaven (maybe others?) lets you choose the year of harvest which I like.
Also, YVH gives me a Mil Discount which helps ease the shipping rate. [emoji106]
Galena is a$$.
Can you expand on this? Does this mean you don’t like it?
Maybe to the cool kids a$$ written like that if like “phat”?
I think galena is an excellent bittering hop.
I know I mentioned this before and I don’t want to derail the thread but in the past I have made some pilsnery and/or helles-like beers where I used something like Hallertau, Tettnanger, Saaz, etc. and the beer came out tasting a little flat and sort of dirty. It wasn’t contaminated but it just wasn’t right. Thinking back, it’s very possible that the cause was old, mishandled, poorly-stored hops that just didn’t have that fresh, vibrant character. Sometimes you open a bag of hops and the pellets look old and dry and are not aromatic. It’s not ALARM BELLS “bad” but they’re not fresh. When I open hops from YVH or HH, the pellets are super green, aromatic and usually the pellets are sticky and stuck together. That seems like a good indicator to me. I literally threw out brand new packages of Goldings, Hallertau and Tettnanger recently that I got from MoreBeer (their Artisan brand of hops) because their aroma was off and they just looked old and dry.
Where do you live in Ohio? Just curious.
I received my hops yesterday. They were pellets and some continental varieties.