Hops Direct Pellets?

Anyone know when the new crop of pellets usually arrives? Looks like they have whole hops up there for 2012. Psych.

Also have you seen any other sources of 2012 hops out? Thanks.

Can't seem to get on touch with these guys on their contact form...anyone remember last year?

I'm running low on hops

Usually early October.

What do you guys think about this prices (all 5 kg bags) they seem like they are a little short but it keeps changing all the time
http://www.simplyhops.co.uk/

Last year I ordered Amarillo VGXP01 leaf the first day it was available (sold out in less than a day) and that was 10-5-11 . It appears they are a couple weeks early this year as the leaf went on sale last week.

I suspect in a few days

BTW: what is the deal with centennial? is this OLD variety the new "must have" hop?

I just made a pre-order with labelpeelers.com, yesterday. They are advertising that they should be able to ship the new crop somewhere between late October - mid November. I've never ordered from them before, so I can't speak for their service or product. I wanted to purchase a lot, and wanted to make sure I got what I needed, so I figured I'd give them a shot. Might be worth looking into.

CBelli said:

Last year I ordered Amarillo VGXP01 leaf the first day it was available (sold out in less than a day) and that was 10-5-11 . It appears they are a couple weeks early this year as the leaf went on sale last week.

I suspect in a few days

BTW: what is the deal with centennial? is this OLD variety the new "must have" hop?

Click to expand...

Apparently. Just about everywhere sold out last year, so that means it's the best hop in the world, right?

I like it a lot, but I'm not going out of my way to get it. The 70/30 mix of Cascade and Columbus works fine enough for my purposes. And it's a whole lot cheaper too.

phenry said:

Apparently. Just about everywhere sold out last year, so that means it's the best hop in the world, right?

I like it a lot, but I'm not going out of my way to get it. The 70/30 mix of Cascade and Columbus works fine enough for my purposes. And it's a whole lot cheaper too.

Click to expand...

I didn't mean that I think this is the best hop ever.... far from it, but it is a good judge of availability

I bought a couple of pounds of amarillo leaf hops two weeks ago from freshops. I haven't seen pellets out yet.

CBelli said:

I didn't mean that I think this is the best hop ever.... far from it, but it is a good judge of availability

Click to expand...

I was agreeing with you. Just because Centennial sold out last year I'm expecting anyone who wants some from this year's crop will have to act fast to if they want to order from hopsdirect at least. I think they were out by the 4th or 5th day of listing them last year if I remember at all correctly.

I've spoke with several hops farmers around the PNW. The consensus is; Centennial and Cascade will both be in short supply. Citra is also nearly completely contracted out and may become a little more difficult to procure.


FYI - Simcoe leaf just posted to Freshops. 3lb limit.

jammin said:

I've spoke with several hops farmers around the PNW. The consensus is; Centennial and Cascade will both be in short supply. .

Click to expand...

I seem to remember seeing a graph of all hops grown in the US and recall Cascade being somewhere around a60% slice of the pie. Hard to believe it will be such a hard commodity to get. Must have been a really bad year

Good thing nearly all the brews I make can get by with Magnum, Hallertau, and Fuggles.

nothing to contribute other than stating i freaking love citrusy hops. I have 8oz from last year's amarillo but they might me going stale, i'm anxiously waiting for some citra because that tangerine smell is just delicious. If i could dry hop all beers with a mixture of cascade, centennial, citra, amarillo & summit i'd be the happiest man alive

Thanks for the updates - what about English hops are they on the same schedule?

I have been contacted by Hopsdirect. Citra will be released to the public from their website in late October/early November in pellet form. Very limited quanities. They said most of their pellets will be out last week of October through mid-November

Thanks vegan man