Glass jars for freezing pellets?

[kohalajohn]

Pellets stored in glass jars, purged with co2 and frozen?

I read about how well frozen hop pellets last in the freezer. And I have a vacuum pack machine.

But the vacuum bagging method is not convenient. I have to open a bag containing many ounces of pellets, just to use one ounce. And bagging tiny amounts also seems inconvenient.

So how about a mason jar, pour the pellets in, purge with co2 then put the lid on, and put in the freezer. Then I can take out a tiny bit of pellets for a batch and immeditely return the jar to the freezer.

Seems better than vacuum bagging.

What do you think?

 

[redrocker652002]

I obtained a large amount of pellets from a member here who was getting out of the hobby. He gave me a few mason jars that were sealed so I put them in the fridge. Also, he gave me some loose pellets that were frozen, so I took those, put them in vacuum bags and froze them. I opened a mason jar and only used a small amount so I put the rest in vacuum bags in two ounce increments and they went into the freezer as well. I have used most of the hops he gave me with exception of a huge jar full of Cascade that are pressure sealed and in the fridge as of right now and have not noticed anything wrong with any of them

 

[day_trippr]

[...]Then I can take out a tiny bit of pellets for a batch and immeditely return the jar to the freezer.[...]

I think the good intention falls apart at that point. You're not going to be fast enough to not admit plenty of air in the jar.

I buy from vendors that use resealable metalized mylar packaging, one that does evacuation, the other does nitro flushing. I put their bags in freezer bags and keep them in the freezer, measuring out what I need when I need it, then sucking out as much air as I can before resealing the inner and outer bags and stuffing them back in the freezer. Imo that's about the best one is going to do without getting heroic about it. And you can't really suck the air out of a jar without a machine getting involved...

Cheers!

 

[worlddivides]

I buy from vendors that use resealable metalized mylar packaging, one that does evacuation, the other does nitro flushing. I put their bags in freezer bags and keep them in the freezer, measuring out what I need when I need it, then sucking out as much air as I can before resealing the inner and outer bags and stuffing them back in the freezer. Imo that's about the best one is going to do without getting heroic about it. And you can't really suck the air out of a jar without a machine getting involved...

I do the same. A glass jar is going to have so much headspace that it's going to expose the hops to way, way, way more oxygen than zip lock bag that you remove as much air as possible from before resealing and putting back in the freezer. I've used hops I bought more than a year ago and have used multiple times in batches and resealed without being able to taste any oxidation, so this method seems to work pretty well.