bnscherm
Active Member
Has anyone tried vacuum sealing and freezing wet hops? Any reasons not to do this? Seems like if you don't need to worry about shipping the hops it may not be worth the effort to dry them.
From what I've read, it varies. However, the rule of thumb is to use 5 times as much wet hops as dry.
As I understand it; its the other way around. So you would use 1/5 the amount of wet hops. I could be wrong though
could you dry them with a food dehydrator? or does that make too much heat?
5 to 8 times as much as you would the dried versions to compensate for the water weight of which ~80% is removed through the drying process.
Related to this, what is the standard wort absorption factor for adequately dried hops? Do they take on the 20% moisture they lost in drying? Is there a quick & dirty factor to use as there is with wort absoprtion in grain (i typically use 0.1gal/lb)?
Hops lose ~80% of their moisture in drying. IIRC, a commonly used factor is 1/2 cup per ounce for loose water absorption. I think that is what I have been using too. I don;t rightly recall if there is a factor built in to softwares for this. If there is, it'd be in Pro-Mash for sure.
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