Black Hops-Black Friday Sale

[theveganbrewer]

You getting a Simcoe shipment? Sale or not, just looking for some.

 

[bh10]

is it officially 12:01 p.m. central on Friday or are you still taking suggestions? If so, i suggest 11:00 A.M. eastern time on Friday afternoon. I plan on having a few beers on thanksgiving and plan on being asleep by midnight

Quoted for the truth.

 

[Steelers77]

We will start the sale on Thursday night but I think there will be enought hops available Friday.

A limited supply of Zythos, Falconer's and 7 C's will be $.99/oz. After that they will go back to their already low price of $1.25/oz

We also have:

Cascade
Warrior
Palisade
Tettnang
Opal
Saphir
Northdown
Challenger
Mt. Hood
Chinook
Columbus
Nugget

There will be others but I cannot remember off the top of my head.

John

 

[neovox]

I heard Zythos is a C blend, is that right?

 

[Steelers77]

7C's is an all C blend, I think Zythos has some other varieties in it.

 

[2BeerSpeer]

maybe a stupid question but what is 7C's?

 

[Steelers77]

It is a blend of hops that start with the letter C. I just smelled and tasted them, they are really nice. I can't wait to brew with these.

 

[nutty_gnome]

Will you have any summit for sale tonight?

 

[mydementia]

I heard Zythos is a C blend, is that right?

Seems to be conflicting info on this... I've read that Zythos is a blend, and
I've also read the following from July, 2011:

"Introducing, ZYTHOS
The third and final release form Hopunion tells of yet another new variety that they will soon breed and offer brewers. They explain that the demand for “unique IPA style hops” is as strong as ever and that varieties like Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra, and Palisade have been very successful for them. The need for a new and exciting hop that “replicates the chemical structure of the finest IPA/Pale Ale finishing hops” is needed.
Hopunion worked with Alpha Analytics to create a hop that “delivers aggressive alpha acid levels, balanced beta acid levels and low co-Humulone levels for a smooth finish”. The new hop is called ZYTHOS and is named after the traditional Greek word for beer. The target alpha and beta percentages are 9.4 and 5.5 respectively. I can’t wait to see what our local brewers come up with to display the unique characteristics of this hop. I have a strong sense that it’s going to impress the hop lovers amongst us."

Source: Beer Blotter: Seattle based. World focused. » ZYTHOS

Regardless... I'm buying both to play with!
Cheers!
Mike

 

[Gear101]

question about Citra, is it that it's a newer hop and the plants have yet to make higher yields, or the demend for this product is so high.

 

[Steelers77]

Both. They are a very unique hop.

 

[Steelers77]

Updates list of hops that will be available:

Cascade
Warrior
Palisade
Tettnang
Opal
Saphir
Northdown
Challenger
Mt. Hood
Chinook
Columbus
Nugget
Brambling Cross
Phoenix
Falconer's Flight
7 C's
Zythos
E.K.G
Hersbrucker
Mittlefruh
Spalter Select
Northern Brewer

 

[Big10Seaner]

So 12 am central right?

 

[theveganbrewer]

Yes, Central standard time.

Who's brewing Friday while all the ladies are out shopping? I'm re-brewing an oatmeal stout that I brewed a month ago, have to tweek the recipe.

 

[Big10Seaner]

Ok cool, I'm brewing a bourbon coffee stout tomorrow!

 

[2BeerSpeer]

waited ill midnight to order a pound of 7C's and a pound of Zythos and realized that you are Central Time (after checkout)....any way to call and adjust it so I get the sale price?

 

[NJstout]

so its at 1pm est?

 

[Steelers77]

Yes in 20 min it will be go time.

 

[testingapril]

Is the website getting hammered or is it down while the deals are uploaded?

 

[Big10Seaner]

System error?

 

[EarthBound]

I apologize for being part of the crowd that's crashing your server.

 

[R2-D2]

Is the website getting hammered or is it down while the deals are uploaded?

Yep, can't connect either =(

 

[rjsnau]

I think it is getting hammered. I saw the prices but when I went to add them to my cart it crashed.

I have a solution. Everyone stop hitting the site so I can process my order then you can resume!

 

[xeerohour]

Joining the chorus - it appears that we have a new 'homebrewtalk' effect that is capable of crashing servers

 

[maffewl]

Same problem here... hit add to cart at 12:00 and it's been "Connecting" ever since...

 

[Strecker25]

Joining the chorus - it appears that we have a new 'homebrewtalk' effect that is capable of crashing servers

or clearing out vendors stock before the sales even go public. i.e. keg connection

 

[Peter_h]

Same here.

 

[theveganbrewer]

I think we broke hopshack.com earlier.

 

[stevedasleeve]

Well I waited and selected and clicked add and got an error and then your site stopped responding. I get that things go wrong occasionally but this is the third site that has touted "big sale'" at midnight and not a one worked! You'd think this might be a situation where maximum care was taken to get the buys in this economy on this day but... whatever I'm off to bed. I have enough hops to get me through a few more months.

 

[theveganbrewer]

Well I waited and selected and clicked add and got an error and then your site stopped responding. I get that things go wrong occasionally but this is the third site that has touted "big sale'" at midnight and not a one worked! You'd think this might be a situation where maximum care was taken to get the buys in this economy on this day but... whatever I'm off to bed. I have enough hops to get me through a few more months.

A minute too soon...