What to do with the extra hops?

[lmacmil]

I got an amber ale kit from Austin Homebrew. It contains three 1 oz packages of hop pellets. The recipe calls for 3/4 oz of one and 1/2 oz of the other two. I don't recall not using the entire package in the past unless I just wasn't paying attention. What, if anything, can I do with the leftover hops?

 

[Brooklyn-Brewtality]

save them for another brew.

 

[Hammy71]

For lack of a vaccum packing system, just double bag them in ziplock bags and put in the freezer. They'll keep for a while.

 

[ayoungrad]

Are you sure that they gave you extra? Seems odd to me but I have only ever used one kit. Do you have a scale to double check?

 

[lmacmil]

Are you sure that they gave you extra? Seems odd to me but I have only ever used one kit. Do you have a scale to double check?

The packages all say 1 oz and on my 1# scale, they are all about 1 oz. This is my 7th time (all from kits) and the first time I recall the packages being different from the recipe.

 

[SteveM]

I would save them, but if you are a hop-head, use the full ounce of each.

 

[Austinhomebrew]

We make recipes for taste not by the ounce. There can be some left over.

Forrest

 

[jtkratzer]

I've saved them as a lot of the styles of beers I like use similar hops. Eventually, I'll just use them up on something or hop up a cream ale...there's always somewhere to boil them.

When you get into brewing recipes that aren't boxed kits, like those here or in books, you'll end up with partial ounces of a variety of hops.

 

[RM-MN]

You could use the rest of the hops as a late addition to the boil for more flavor or you could add them at flame-out for more aroma. You could even use them when the active ferment is over as dry-hopping.