Hops Direct I love you!!

Brewer's Friend 728
Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
D

discgolfin

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jul 3, 2007
Messages
615
Reaction score
5
Location
Chicago, Il.
4 # of hops arrived at my house today:ban:

1# Cenntennial
1#Cascade
1# Amarillo
1# Galena

would have gotten Simcoe if they had it in whole..Broke them all down into 1ounce and 2 ounce freezer bags and have my APA and IPA hops set for the year!! I need to start brewing..I know I wish I had a pic of all the hops..they actually ended up anywhere from 17 to 20 ounces in each bag. Freezer is jammed with hops..

J
 
ok quick pic..I cant fit them all in the bottom of the freezer..man gonna have to brew soon.

IMG_1950.JPG
 
LOL! I too got 4 lbs from them; My chest freezer looks similar - 1 and 2 oz. freezer bags full.

How else are we gonna satisfy our lupilin addictions!
 
discgolfin said:
4 # of hops arrived at my house today:ban:

1# Cenntennial
1#Cascade
1# Amarillo
1# Galena
Click to expand...

I just ordered similarly. I already have a pound of: Styrian Goldings, Czech Saaz, and Saphir. I ordered, a few days ago, a pound each of: Centennial, Cascade, Galena and Willamette.

I use quart mason jars and pull a vacuum on them with the foodsaver sealer. I use a brake line bleeder to pull the vacuum because foodsavers are quite expensive for what they are.
 
I just made my first bulk order of hops from hops direct. I did not know they were so cheap online. I bought 6# that should last a while and save me some good money from what LHBS charges. Thanks discgolfin for this post!
 
I use the Foodsaver with mason jar attachment. Got the Foodsaver for $25 on Craiglist, and ordered the attachment off e-bay for $10. Pretty handy contraption.
 
I wish I had bought a few more lbs when I had the money. The two lbs I bought will be enough for a little while.
 
I have a 26lb order that's scheduled for delivery today. I can't wait to break open both boxes and go to sleep under my desk on a bed of hops.
 
"Is there a problem with their site? I'm trying to order and it redirects to a blank page..."

Try a different browser like Mozilla

I ordered 3 lbs the other day and they should arrive on Wed. I am working thru the first 3 lbs I bought in November
 
Cool thread...spent quite a while ..hours actually deciding on what to buy... I have a FoodSaver I should be receiving next week so plan to vacuum seal and freeze these.

Here's what I ordered: (whole leaf hops)

1 lb Cascade
1 lb Centennial
1 lb Fuggle
1 lb Goldings
1 lb Northern Brewer

Looks like we'll need to make room in the garage freezer. Either that or I need to get busy brewing
 
i have another few punds of pellet hops under the whole hops..Im gravitating to whole hops again. I just squeezed the air out of the zip lock bags with good success..not as effective but I will not have any of these hops in a year..once I brew a bunch of IPA..I need a good cheap Simcoe source..

J
 
I added more - Yes I'm impulsive but wtf when I go I go big.

Here's my shipment set for end of next week.

1 lb Cascade
1 lb Centennial
1 lb Fuggle
1 lb Goldings
1 lb Northern Brewer
1 lb Amarillo
1 lb Chinook
1 lb Magnum
 
Took delivery of my 8 pounds yesterday around 7 pm/...just now finished dividing them into various size bags ranging from 1 oz to 4 ounce, vacuum sealing and putting in the kegerator.

This is the first time I've ben around whole leaf hops. I figured there'd be more cones..there was some but a lot of loose leafs too..I guess it all does the same thing.

Now the fun part...using them in recipes. Really looking forward to that part.
 
Moose777 said:
Dude are you serious? That's an insane amount of hops for a home brewer man. What's up?
Click to expand...

Haha I was the organizer for a group buy between 6 people. I only took 4 pounds out of the 26lb order, the most anyone took was 6lb. I posted a thread in the photo forum showing off some hops and grain pix
 
Any idea what the shipping costs are approximately? Lets say for 4-5 lbs of hops to the East Coast. I hate when websites don't put them up.
 
My hop deliver got delayed due to the bad weather in OK, CO and TX. It came today and now I have 6 pounds at my disposal.
img_0498.jpg

Will be brewing up a big IPA this weekend. I brewed BM's Outer Limits IPA a couple months ago and it was great. I might make something similar this weekend. These hops will pay themselves off after about 5 IPAs worth of brewing, and I will be able to brew a bunch more after that. Hops = happiness.
 
v2comp said:
she will, buy them and fill the freezer up with them while she's at work, remember, it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission:tank:
Click to expand...

I know it's been a little while since this thread was active but I just wanted to update that in conjunction with this sage advice I decided to order two pounds and jammed them into our tiny little freezer. When I got them I was actually sick and she couldn't even get mad at me! It worked like a charm; thanks for the words of encouragement!
 

Similar threads

P
Off Hop Flavor?
Replies
1
Views
432
lumpher
lumpher
R
Hop and yeast score
Replies
1
Views
546
NiwotBrew
N
L
Free Cascade Hops
Replies
2
Views
383
Lonen
L
R
Motueka Single hop Pale Ale
Replies
1
Views
829
redrocker652002
R
refect
Too much cryo hops?
Replies
1
Views
640
RCope
RCope
Brewer's Friend 300

Latest posts

Back
Top