cweston
Well-Known Member
I recently got a "pound" of whole Columbus hops from HopsDirect.
As quickly as possible, I put 1 oz portions in ziplocks, squeezed every possible bit of air out, put them all in a jumbo ziplock, squeezed every possible bit of air out of that, and put it into the deep freeze (which we keep on the coldest setting).
I know that one always loses some AA to oxidation with whole hops. Anyone have a reasonable estimate of what percentage that loss is? This batch was labelled 16% AA (!!!).
I know it's kindof anal, but I'd like to have a decent guess what the actual AA is for computing IBUs.
As quickly as possible, I put 1 oz portions in ziplocks, squeezed every possible bit of air out, put them all in a jumbo ziplock, squeezed every possible bit of air out of that, and put it into the deep freeze (which we keep on the coldest setting).
I know that one always loses some AA to oxidation with whole hops. Anyone have a reasonable estimate of what percentage that loss is? This batch was labelled 16% AA (!!!).
I know it's kindof anal, but I'd like to have a decent guess what the actual AA is for computing IBUs.