Old Hop Donation thread

**Reverend JC** · 01-30-2009, 01:09 AM

Let me be the first in this delicious thread to ask, beg, plea for your old hops so that I can make a lambic.

**Edcculus** · 01-30-2009, 01:17 AM

I have an ounce each of Northern Brewer and Saaz I could send you. I inherited them with some extra equipment I bought. I have absolutely no idea how old they are. They were in the nitrogen flushed shrink sealed packages until last week. As far as I know, they were sitting in this guy's garage for 5 + years. I opened them last week just to see how they held up. Theyre still pretty green, but definitely not fresh.

**GNBrews** · 01-30-2009, 01:28 AM

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**Reverend JC** · 01-30-2009, 01:29 AM

That is awesome.

Do they smell cheesy or just not fresh? Cheesy is no good, but just plain not fresh is perfect.

**Edcculus** · 01-30-2009, 11:19 AM

Theyre cheesy. I guess a no go then? I've never found a good resource on how old hops should look/smell.

**Reverend JC** · 01-30-2009, 02:46 PM

They will just be kind of stale. A bit grassy, but none of the other characteristics that you find when you open a fresh bag and sniff in all of those wonderful aromas.

but not cheesy.

zoebisch01 · 01-30-2009, 03:32 PM

Dang Puterbaugh was selling those debittered hops real cheap a while back, I wonder how they would have been.

flyangler18 · 01-30-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reverend JC

They will just be kind of stale. A bit grassy, but none of the other characteristics that you find when you open a fresh bag and sniff in all of those wonderful aromas.

but not cheesy.

Really? I've always thought that those cheesy hops were valued for lambics? Perhaps I'm misinformed!

**Reverend JC** · 01-30-2009, 04:21 PM

yeah. Cheese=bad

**SenorWanderer** · 01-30-2009, 07:47 PM

pretty sure northern brewer has 4 year old hallertauer for sale about a month ago.