2017 Nugget Hops- $7/lb shipped

[smata67]

$6/lb if two lbs ordered. Vacuum packed in barrier bags. Nugget is one of those hops that stores well. I'm putting together an order with YVH, so will not be ordering these myself. From Michigan? Who would have thunk it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NUGGET-BEE...60AAOSwJTNbx5AR:sc:USPSFirstClass!30677!US!-1

 

[deadwolfbones]

Nice deal. The stated "two for $12" doesn't seem to work, though.

 

[smata67]

You'll have to message them to set up another listing with it. Don't you already have like 500 lbs of hops in the freezer?

 

[deadwolfbones]

Sure do! And now I have 2 more.

 

[smata67]

"It be much easier to stock up on ingredients to make beer than actually make beer." Confucius 479 B.C.

 

[smata67]

Sure do! And now I have 2 more.

Did your hops come vacuum packed or nitrogen flushed? My bag came in puffed up in a barrier bag, but with no leaks, so I believe the packaging is nitrogen flushed. I have not opened.

 

[deadwolfbones]

Did your hops come vacuum packed or nitrogen flushed? My bag came in puffed up in a barrier bag, but with no leaks, so I believe the packaging is nitrogen flushed. I have not opened.

Mine were vacuumed.

They're pretty responsive on eBay, might as well ask 'em.

 

[smata67]

I will have to open it up and re-package in vacuum bags. I don't think the vendor knows one way or the other what he/she is selling.

 

[smata67]

Hops seemed fine inside. Odd that the bag was swollen like a potato chip bag, but did not appear to have any kind of leak. This article says it is heat related.

https://www.hopflavourblog.com/en/das-phaenomen-der-aufgeblaehten-pelletfolie/

 

[deadwolfbones]

Could also be elevation-related. Ever seen a bag of potato chips shipped from overseas?

 

[Carolina_Matt]

This leads me to a question I've been wondering. There are some hops I'm interested in buying from Yakima Valley, but I'm across the country. Is there any danger in ordering now, when it's 90+ degrees out? It'll take several days to arrive, at the very least, and I'm not sure how the transit impacts hops at these temperatures.

 

[smata67]

I got a package with 12 items from them a few weeks back when it was hotter and they were all fine. It took 2 days. They use flat rate boxes, so you can fill them up without costing more. My only regret was not getting more cascade, at $5.99/lb no less, what an idiot, should have gotten a couple thousand lbs.

 

[deadwolfbones]

Oof, just opened mine and they're yellow/brown and don't smell like anything.

 

[smata67]

I had to repackage mine and they were fine. Good aroma and extremely bitter, took 20 minutes to get the flavor/taste out of my mouth from chewing on the smallest piece of a pellet. Both packages were bad? They did offer to send out a replacement without much coaxing, but I decided these were good enough.