The neighbor lady came over with her husband and my son tonight and helped bag and vaccum seal the hops. Burned up my old vaccum sealer and used up all of the bags.....soooo$175 bucks later for a newer better sealer and some bags the hops are ALMOST all bagged and in the freezer.
I would like to know if it is possible to OVER dry them? They are still sticky on your hands ( and all over the floor) but completely fall apart when handled now. Are they still good?
Also I made a starter from some wahed yeast a few days ago and cold crashed it to decant and pitch... been in the fridge for 2 days now....how long can I wait because I PLANNED to brew yesterday and it didn't happen....may be first of next week now.
And lastly, has anyone ever used the hose attachment on the vaccum sealers to degas wine? Is it powerful enough and how would you do it if you can?
OH YEAH ONE MORE----- I mixed up some skeeter pee a few days ago....OG right on 1.070 just like the recipe said....added the yeast cake from some apfelwein after a day, fermentation started pretty quickly checked the gravity just now and it is 1.080.. I know you guys will say not properly mixed but the EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED with the last batch. Same readings even.
I would like to know if it is possible to OVER dry them? They are still sticky on your hands ( and all over the floor) but completely fall apart when handled now. Are they still good?
Also I made a starter from some wahed yeast a few days ago and cold crashed it to decant and pitch... been in the fridge for 2 days now....how long can I wait because I PLANNED to brew yesterday and it didn't happen....may be first of next week now.
And lastly, has anyone ever used the hose attachment on the vaccum sealers to degas wine? Is it powerful enough and how would you do it if you can?
OH YEAH ONE MORE----- I mixed up some skeeter pee a few days ago....OG right on 1.070 just like the recipe said....added the yeast cake from some apfelwein after a day, fermentation started pretty quickly checked the gravity just now and it is 1.080.. I know you guys will say not properly mixed but the EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED with the last batch. Same readings even.