abstonhops
Member
being in the second year of hop growing, we are looking into the best way of packaging. any help? also, what are the differences in wet hopping versus dry hopping? thanks!
Packaging Hops
- Thread starter abstonhops
- Start date
Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:
Corey_James
Well-Known Member
Take your hops and place them on a screen or something that you can blow air through. I used some left over window screen and blew a fan over them until they were dry. Then I weighed them and Vacuum sealed them and placed them in the freezer. Mine are still fine from last year.
jagg
Well-Known Member
Go and buy a foodsaver, you will want to get the quart size foodsaver bags, cut them in half for 1 oz. packages or use the whole bag for 2 oz packages, and dry them on a window screen as already mentioned, you dont need a fan, but they will dry a little faster, the quart size bags come in a box of 20, so you will be able to vaccum seal 40 oz. of dry hops with that 1 box, good luck.
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2009
- Messages
- 9,408
- Reaction score
- 1,926
+1 on the Foodsaver.
HoppyDaze
Well-Known Member
use a food saver
stuff in evelope marked to my home address
overnight ship
I will test and give proper feedback
stuff in evelope marked to my home address
overnight ship
I will test and give proper feedback
abstonhops
Member
thanks!! then freeze if needed? i may be harvesting twice this year.
cuinrearview
Well-Known Member
Definately freeze them unless you plan to use within the next week.
