Hop plug maker…
2 ton jack (overkill) nylon disks are for pushing and for seperating 1/2 to 1 oz plugs
hop back (purchased) holds 3 oz of cones
growler - 1 gallon mini keg (use to hold vanilla for icecream machine)
Why the hop plug maker? To save space in your freezer?
Yes, and also to keep them fresh longer.
I vaccum bag my cones but because there is oxygen in there they don’t keep longer than 8 months… I usually get 3 lbs per year from my plants, but between that and pellets I buy I usually end up throwing cones out I don’t use - this will cut down on the amount of waste because I believe that plugs stay fresher longer… who knows I may be able to double the storeage life.
Right now it is in the testing phase… it cost me nothing to put together and I can always dimantle it if it fails.
How is there still O2 in the bag? Is the vacuum not very strong?
That 1 gallon mini keg is sweet! Where did you find that?
There is always going to be some oxygen in there unless you can purge it with something first (nitrogen)…
I use the typical foodsaver vaccum sealer with there best quality plastic bags… strong enough but not as strong as a commercial unit. I am just compairing my bagging system to what they use a say HopUnion… they use mylar/aluminum
bags and purge with nitrogen which I believe you can only do in a closed system, then they hit it with a massive vaccum which
looks to have very wide sealings bars on it (11 lbs brick of pellets)
The mini keg I got at a resturant equipment salvage yard… $20