I'm thinking about ordering some of these guys but the quality seems to be very crop dependent. Good crop = citrus/tangerine, bad crop = onion/garlic.
What have your experiences been with the 2012 harvest?
Where did you get them and when? Whole or pellet? What was the %AA?
Perhaps we can nail down some info on the good and bad batches.
For example, pellets from such and such supplier with x% AA were bad when ordered in January. If the stock at that merchant has turned over since then, and they have sourced a different batch, then the %AA would perhaps be different. I would probably be wary of all 2012 pellet hops with that %AA, however. In fact, the %AA for a harvest year is probably going to be a pretty good identifier for a particular farm's crop.
What do you think?
What have your experiences been with the 2012 harvest?
Where did you get them and when? Whole or pellet? What was the %AA?
Perhaps we can nail down some info on the good and bad batches.
For example, pellets from such and such supplier with x% AA were bad when ordered in January. If the stock at that merchant has turned over since then, and they have sourced a different batch, then the %AA would perhaps be different. I would probably be wary of all 2012 pellet hops with that %AA, however. In fact, the %AA for a harvest year is probably going to be a pretty good identifier for a particular farm's crop.
What do you think?