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So I picked up my hops in 4oz packages and I'm brewing a Coffee Brown Ale so I don't need the whole packaged. I do have about 1.5 oz of Columbus and 1.5oz of Willamette left over from the boil. I have two thoughts in mind with the hops, one could be either throwing the Columbus on the malty lager I got from the Lakefront AHA rally and packaging the Willamette away. Or, I could package em both seperatly and tuck em away. I've got the freezer in my kegerator that stay chilled and out of light but I also want to make sure I can pack em safely to use at a later brew possibly in a few weeks. Thanks!

Suthrncomfrt1884

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They'll be fine. Just seal them up good in a ziplock.

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SumnerH

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Yeah, even a few months isn't a big deal in the freezer.

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Tumpster

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Excellent! Thank you!

ThreeTaps

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How long -would- be a big deal in the freezer? I've got about 1/2oz of Fuggles and 1oz of Willamette that's been in a ziplock in the freezer for probably 7 months now...is that too long?

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Suthrncomfrt1884

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Smell them. If they still smell like normal hops, they're probably okay. You'll know when they're bad. They get a real cheesey smell to them.

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ThreeTaps

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Mmmm...cheese...I may be on to something here: HamHop Sandwich (hops aged to cheesey perfection). I'll sell it for $12.99 as a specialty food item!

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Primary: Centennial Blonde Ale, Deception Cream Stout Secondary: Empty.
Bottle Conditioning / Drinking: Pumpkin Spice Ale, Cherry Wheat Ale, Bee Cave IPA, EdWort's Apfelwein.
R.I.P.: Bee Cave Haus Pale Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Pecan Scottish Ale, Nut Brown Ale, Blonde Ale.

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SumnerH

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Short answer: Willamette and Fuggles both have a 37% HSI. After 6 months in a ziplock bag in the freezer, they'll lose about 12% of their alpha acids (e.g. going from 5% AA to 4.4%).


Long answer:
Hops are rated with an HSI, which is the AA% they'd lose in 6 months of storage at 68F in an open (not vacuum-sealed) environment. Typical values are in the 15-50% range.

A 25% HSI hop that's 8% AA would be at 6% AA after 6 months sitting in an unsealed paper bag on the kitchen counter.

For every 27 degrees Farenheit that you lower the temperature, aging is cut in half. So in a fridge that's 35F, you'd expect the same 8% AA hops to be down to about 7.2% AA after 6 months.

A zip-lock bag or vacuum sealing will reduce the AA loss even more.

http://brewerslair.com/index.php?p=brewhouse&d=calculators&id=cal16&u=eng can do the calculation for you.

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On deck: Little Bo Pils, Bretta Off Dead (Brett pale)
Secondary: Oude Bruin, Red Sky at Morning (Sour brown ale)
On tap: Saison Duphunk (sour), Amarillo Slim (IPA), Earl White (ginger/bergamot wit)
Bottled: Number 8 (Belgian Strong Dark Ale), Eternale (Barleywine), Ancho Villa (Ancho/pasilla/chocolate/cinnamon RIS), Oak smoked porter (1/2 maple bourbon oaked, 1/2 apple brandy oaked)