47 hops anyone order from them

[Dhm8484]

I had my shipping data send to FedEx and they were on the way with 2 days

 

[Jayjay1976]

I placed my order on 5/15, it finally arrived on Friday. Definitely worth the wait, and I'm super happy with my order.

 

[JohnSand]

Got mine today.

 

[Kickass]

I ordered 2 pounds on 5/23, got them today. Delivery was to southern CA

 

[bpgreen]

I placed my order on 5/15, it finally arrived on Friday. Definitely worth the wait, and I'm super happy with my order.
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I ordered mine a day after you ordered yours and got mine 3 days earlier. It's not often that living in Utah is good for a beer drinker.

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

Mine came in today! Ordered 5/19.

 

[IslandLizard]

May 24 - Ordered 12 pounds, received order notification/invoice.
June 9 - Got notification that a shipping tag was created.
June 15 - They actually shipped, in transit now.
Routing from WA to OR then to Houston, TX and on to MD from there.
I had never considered a southern route as a viable alternative.

Expected delivery June 21 June 22.

==> Received June 22. Awesome!

That gives me a bit more time to defrost the chest freezer.

 

[teesherv]

Ordered 3 pounds May 25, received June 16 in central CA.

 

[IslandLizard]

I just received my 12# of hops today as ordered. Looks good, well packaged!
About half the bags are vacuum sealed and hard, the rest are just sealed but soft. Doesn't look those were ever vacuum sealed, so it's not a broken seal.

I gather those soft bags are likely Nitrogen flushed, does anyone know for sure? Thanks!

 

[FunkedOut]

5/22: Ordered 9lbs - all 0.5lbs packages, $2.24 each.
6/8: Recieved email with tracking number.
6/15: Package picked up by FedEx
6/21: Package delivered by FedEx

None of my packages came in those colorful bags; silver mylar. Only half were vacuum packed hard. The others were at varying degrees of vacuum. I opened all those up and placed in a FoodSaver bag to draw a tight vacuum before placing in the freezer.

Fuggle, Tettnanger, Mandarina Bavaria, Crystal all looked and smelled great. No cheese here.

Prices are triple now and no 0.5lbs available.
That was a great sale and glad I got in.
Thanks to this forum!

 

[IslandLizard]

Regarding my inquiry on the few soft bags I received, wondering if those were Nitrogen flushed instead of vacuum sealed, this is the reply I got from 47Hops' customer service (Amanda):

I talked to the warehouse manager and he said nothing to worry about as this happens sometimes in the shipment process and that is why we choose the shipping method we do because the hops will not be out of cold storage and exposed for more then a couple of days. As long as you have refrigerated them right away they will be good.

That sounds really strange, since the bags are not leaking. There's no smell of hops anywhere in that package. I emailed them back for more clarification.

Stay tuned...

 

[IslandLizard]

Just got a new reply from 47Hops (Amanda):

Yes inside the bags is air. We do not use nitrogen.

Emphasis, mine.

 

[FunkedOut]

I vacuum seal my hops in foodsaver bags.
I find that if I draw a vacuum with the pellets still frozen, they can poke tiny holes in the bags and the vacuum is lost.
Never had the seal give.

 

[IslandLizard]

I don't have a vacuum sealer, but I do purge the bags with CO2 after dispensing, roll up the flap tightly while squeezing as much air/gas out as I can, then tape it down. And back in the freezer they go. Although I've never had trouble with my hops that way, some are from the 2012 harvest (!) and still good, maybe it's time to look for a vacuum sealer. For sous vide cooking of course.

 

[teesherv]

I vacuum seal my hops in foodsaver bags.
I find that if I draw a vacuum with the pellets still frozen, they can poke tiny holes in the bags and the vacuum is lost.
Never had the seal give.

You just solved a mystery for me! I couldn't figure out why sometimes the sealed bags lost vacuum. I was packing them frozen....
Thanks FunkedOut.