Good hop sources? Need whole Liberty and Simcoe

[LowRedMoon]

I'm not sure if this type of question is allowed, but I'm in a bit of a quandry here.

I've cruised all over the web, visited over a dozen supply sites, but still haven't found a source that sells whole Liberty or Simcoe hops. I'd use pellets but the aforementioned hops are intended for a hopback, and I doubt that pellets would be a wise choice. Hmmm...would plugs work?

Any leads would be much appreciated!

 

[david_42]

Freshops carries Simcoe. Hoptech says they have liberty in whole leaf or pellet.

Pellets do not work for hopbacks, randels or dry hopping, unless you like muddy, high-fiber ales.

 

[LowRedMoon]

Excellent. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the reply.

What exactly do you mean by randels?

 

[david_42]

Randel the Enamel Animal was a hopback made from a 20 gallon water heater. I've lost the link, but that's a lot of hops!

 

[LowRedMoon]

Wow. I hope Randel wasn't built for use with 5 gallon batches! That's... let's see... 20 gallons x volume of a gallon ÷ volume of a pound of hops x AA of hops x hopback AA constant = that's craaazy, man!

 

[LowRedMoon]

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Turns out that it's an invention of Dogfish, one of my favorite brands!

 

[LowRedMoon]

After 10 seconds of exhausting investigative research, I came up with this link:

http://www.dogfish.com/bargame.cfm

Turns out that it's an invention of Dogfish, one of my favorite brands!