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shoreman · 10-10-2012, 12:00 AM

Btw when buying whole hops do they usually add a good amount more like they do with the pellets?

ddrrseio · 10-10-2012, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by bellmtbbq

C'mon! I'd be literally brewing five times a year if I did 5 gallon batches.

Plus it lets me experiment a lot. This hop sounds excellent and right up my alley but no way till they release 1 or 4 oz packs.

since $5 is almost certainly a promo price, you can expect to pay more for a 4oz package from a LHBS. if you don't like it and were ordering something else from them, you're out almost nothing.

pm5k00 · 10-10-2012, 12:31 AM

Horrible name for a hop IMO. Went to order a pound but with $10.75 S&H for the one pound I passed it up. Interested to see what everyone thinks of it.

bellmtbbq · 10-10-2012, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ddrrseio

since $5 is almost certainly a promo price, you can expect to pay more for a 4oz package from a LHBS. if you don't like it and were ordering something else from them, you're out almost nothing.

What the guy after you said, the shipping makes it mediocre priced.

kaconga · 10-10-2012, 12:52 AM

So I just got my order and it smells really good. Strong tangerine smell with a hint of tropical citrus. Definitely a hop I am excited about using. As for the shipping, I felt that paying 17 bucks for 6 lbs to be no big deal when compared to the per oz cost I am used to paying. If you were just buying one pound then it would be cost prohibitive but not when stocking up for the year.

theveganbrewer · 10-10-2012, 01:12 AM

How much do your LHBS charge an ounce for hops? Cheapest I can get stuff is 1.50 and ounce, or 24 bucks a pound. I know another store that charges 2 bucks and some varieties are 2.50. Anyway.

kaconga, did you get a shipment notice, or did they just show up? when did you order?

kaconga · 10-10-2012, 01:54 AM

Hops are 2.25 per oz at my local shop with my club membership discount.

I ordered on friday night late and they did not send me a shipment notice. I logged on last night at hopsdirect.com and they had a tracking number there. I live just 4 hours from the farm so I am sure that is why they came so fast. The order wasn't shown as fulfilled until Monday. Overall I am really impressed.

hoops_hops · 10-10-2012, 02:06 AM

Sounds like it might be good in a Belgian style ipa. Something like Strubbes IPA, not sure what hops strubbes uses but this might make the citrus flavor pop a bit more without making it too bitter like citra would in that beer

KingBrianI · 10-10-2012, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pm5k00

Horrible name for a hop IMO.

I know, right? Sounds like that dumpy girl from high school with lots of acne. Belma... What were they thinking. They should have given it a cool name. Like Zephyr. Or Withershins. Yeah, Withershins hops - just the thing for your next atypical IPA.

kaconga · 10-10-2012, 02:22 AM

IIRC it was a mashing up of some words in a song. Still a strange name but I guess no worse than simcoe or fuggles.