So I'm formulating recipes using these hops, should I trust the Beersmith tool for alpha adjust? I don't want to end up with an under.over hopper brew...
Use the AA value that is on the Hops Direct page. You just double click on the hop in Beersmith and change the Alpha value.
Are you saying the AA posted on hopsdirect is adjusted for being a year old?
Whatever the AA's are on the package that you get from Puterbaugh Farms is the AA's for that hop at the time of packaging. If you have concerns about the AA's then by all means email Puterbaugh Farms and see what they hafta say. As a matter of fact I believe I'll do that anyways.
BTW still Great Hop Pricing going on! Better than this time last year.
If you have concerns about the AA's then by all means email Puterbaugh Farms and see what they hafta say. As a matter of fact I believe I'll do that anyways.
BTW still Great Hop Pricing going on! Better than this time last year.
Yup on the price, ..;Last year i was spending $20 a lb, and that was cheap, i saw cascade going for $30-40 a lb..guess the shortage is over...lets hope.
You do realize that ANY hops you buy out there at a HBS are going to be at least a year old right? Do you think those vendors update thier AA's? Pshhha, right
Thiers are all 2008 at best, and they are still charging you double or triple what HD is.