Gifted 20+ pounds of hops from neighbor I don't know

porky_pine · Sep 16, 2012

I was brewing in my front yard today and a neighbor came over and gave me a bunch of hops because he's moving. Centennial, Cascade, Simcoe, Amarillo etc. He also gave me a stir plate and 5 mature hop plants in 20 gallon containers, ready to harvest. I love my neighborhood in Portland!

nukebrewer · Sep 16, 2012

Holy ****! That's one hell of a score. I wish I could get that lucky every now and again.

NobleNewt · Sep 16, 2012

I'm moving to Portland now.. Watch out!

logan3825 · Sep 16, 2012

Wow, Amarillo is really hard to find. Sounds like it is time for several batches of IPA.

supermoth · Sep 16, 2012

Brew some CDA, it'll be a tribute to your neighborhood in Cascadia!

EllisTX · Sep 16, 2012

Big congrats!! If my neighbor moved they would gift me some Keystone and a couple of broken lawn mowers.

Now get brewing....

NobleNewt · Sep 16, 2012

One of my favorite homebrews was a SMaSH IPA with Maris Otter and Amarillo!!

wSelwyn · Sep 16, 2012

I have brewed in the front yard a number of times, and all I got was "Are you making meth or something?". Congrats, good sir!

ChessRockwell · Sep 16, 2012

EllisTX said:
Big congrats!! If my neighbor moved they would gift me some Keystone and a couple of broken lawn mowers.

+1 except they would have already drank the keystone and it would just be the cans, plus broken lawn mowers.

porky_pine · Sep 17, 2012

The Amarillo are from 2009 but they are pellets in one pound bags that are vacuum sealed and nitrogen purged. Are they still good?

AmandaK · Sep 17, 2012

Yes. They are still good. The AA% will be slightly less, but if they were stored properly, it should be NBD. Smell 'em and see if they smell nice. If they're cheesy or musty, they ain't nice.

logan3825 · Sep 17, 2012

I wouldn't use old hops for bittering. Like Amanda said, they should be good as long as they smell good. Just vacuum sealing and purging with nitrogen wouldn't be enough. They should also be stored cold.

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