Left over hops

[Brewjitsu]

So i was sealing my hops with my food saver bags and got a wild hair and tried sealing the hops in the original bag... it worked! If somebody already did this sorry for the repeat.

 

[Brewjitsu]

Here is the sealed bag.

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[day_trippr]

Hmmm....for this to be true, you must have vacuum-sealed an unopened packet of hops.

Which just raises more questions...

Cheers!

 

[Brewjitsu]

No i opened the magnum used .52 oz and food saved seal the hop union bag.

 

[day_trippr]

Ok, the foodsaver bag threw me off, and I don't see a seal line across the Hop Union bag...

 

[Brewjitsu]

My wife said the same thing however its there across the us magnum

 

[thunderwagn]

Actually pretty cool

 

[timdillon36]

Nice. Its not just pinching pennies here but also saving time bc the bag is already labeled. At my LHBS they give a discount on half pounds, not just by the pound. I have bought and used what I needed for that brew and sealed in a bag and used a few Oz later and resealed up in the same bag. I'm guessing many do the same thing. Reusing the stock packaging is great.

 

[MtnHiBrewin]

I've been doing this with hop bags for a long time, also. I also seal dry malt extract bags after I take part out for a yeast starter or original gravity boost. It makes sense to me.
Cheers!

 

[schematix]

Food Saver requires a textured material in order to draw a vaccum. I've tried it with hop union bags before and it seals, but it usually gets only a little bit of the air out before it decides to seal, which it does fine. Appears to be what you have here.

 

[Brewjitsu]

I had the same problem however i creased the bag along the sides and the food saver pulled out all the air and sealed it completly even with the flap on the back. I can show a video of the bag.

 

[tsl346]

I do it all the time. Works great!