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Re: Pellets vs whole hops
« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2015, 10:38:52 am »
I am using whole hops from a bulk buy in 2008. Found them in the bottom of the freezer after it thawed from being accidently unplugged last month. Sealed in their vacuum bags there's no degradation that I can see.
Makes me less suspicious of the 1lb of Nugget from 2012 in my freezer.

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Re: Pellets vs whole hops
« Reply #31 on: March 17, 2015, 10:44:43 am »
I am using whole hops from a bulk buy in 2008. Found them in the bottom of the freezer after it thawed from being accidently unplugged last month. Sealed in their vacuum bags there's no degradation that I can see.

Wow, that's amazing.  I've had some varieties that seemed on the decline after 2 years.
« Last Edit: March 18, 2015, 10:43:15 am by HoosierBrew »
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Re: Pellets vs whole hops
« Reply #32 on: March 17, 2015, 11:23:00 am »
I did a little homework on Hop Heaven.  It appears that the owner handles pro-brewing contracts as well as selling on eBay.  Everyone seems to have good things to say about Ted.  Most of the varieties are only offered in 1lb bags.  It takes me forever to work through a pound of a single variety, as I usually only use around two pounds total in a year.  That's partly due to the fact that I use whole hops, and there's a limit to the quantity of whole hops that can be used in a small batch without losing too much wort to the hops with my setup (I also prefer beers with a BU:GU ratio of 0.5 to 0.8).  I am assuming that Ted offers 1/2lb bags upon request.

Gee, I coulda told ya that!  ;)  He also has quite a few varieties in 1/2 lbs. if that makes things any easier for you.  If you PM me your email addy, I can shoot you the 2014 order form so you can see what he has/had.
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Re: Pellets vs whole hops
« Reply #33 on: March 17, 2015, 12:46:27 pm »
I used to contract through Ted. He's great and his hops are great. Little pricier than we could afford at our size.