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Besides hopsdirect - which is awesome. I just need a good place to find simcoe hops in lbs of pellets. Is there any other sites like hopsdirect that you guys know of? Thanks
Just wondering, is it better to but whole leaf of pellets (in bulk)? I don't have a vacuum sealer..
I found that whole leaf hops take up 3-4x as much freezer space compared to pellets. I took the cheap way to vacuum seal my hops: I store them in wide-mouth pint mason jars. For $10, I bought a mason jar attachment for a FoodSaver device. Then I use a Reynolds Vacuum Pump instead of a FoodSaver to suck the air out. Cheap and easy!
Do you know if this thing pulls a good vacuum that comparable to a table top vacuum sealer?
In all fairness, hop degradation is nearly the same whether the hops are vacuum sealed, or just air tight. The largest factor is temp. and air tight packaging. After that, the AA savings from vacuum sealing is relatively small.
I don't have any way to measure it of course. Enough of the air has been removed to necessitate me prying off the lid of the jar so I know at least it's done some vacuuming. The only other anecdotal evidence is that the Reynolds pump work very well with the Reynolds bags in really getting the air out of the bags and is comparable to a FoodSaver in that respect.
Do you know if this thing pulls a good vacuum that comparable to a table top vacuum sealer?
Take an empty jar and use your device to seal it. Then submerge the jar, lid down and straight up and down, not angled. Pry the lid off for a second then replace the lid before taking the jar out of the water.
You'll know how much air your leaving in the jar by how much water was allowed to rush in.
I use a brake bleeder and it pulls around 85% of the air out of the jar. I'm curious to see what kind of vacuum those devices pull
Take an empty jar and use your device to seal it. Then submerge the jar, lid down and straight up and down, not angled. Pry the lid off for a second then replace the lid before taking the jar out of the water.
You'll know how much air your leaving in the jar by how much water was allowed to rush in.
I use a brake bleeder and it pulls around 85% of the air out of the jar. I'm curious to see what kind of vacuum those devices pull
fresh hops has them for $28... yikes! At that price, I'd start subbing for other things.
(and to think that used to be cheap, lol.)
Where were you last year when hops were $4 and up an ounce? There giving them away now.
See, I typically buy hops per recipe, but I seem to use cascades a lot, so I see that HopsDirect.com has them for $11/pound for leaf hops. Do you guys think there is an advantage to buying pellets over whole hops for long term storage? I am assuming that I'd be using the whole pound in about 4-6 months considering not every beer I brew will be using them.
Also, has anyone ordered from hops direct? If so, what's up with there shipping? How much has it been for you guys?
Also, has anyone ordered from hops direct? If so, what's up with there shipping? How much has it been for you guys?
Cascade hops - 6% AA, 12 months old, 68F
No seal adjusted AA% - 1.5%
Airtight adjusted AA% - 2.12%
Vacuum adjusted AA% - 3.00%
Cascade hops - 6% AA, 12 months old, 32F
No seal adjusted AA% - 3.46%
Airtight adjusted AA% - 3.97%
Vacuum adjusted AA% - 4.56%
Cascade hops -6% AA, 12 months old, 0F
No seal adjusted AA% - 4.67%
Airtight adjusted AA% - 4.97%
Vacuum adjusted AA% - 5.29%
Also, has anyone ordered from hops direct? If so, what's up with there shipping? How much has it been for you guys?
I ordered 4lbs on friday afternoon. Got UPS ship confirmation monday afternoon. It'll be here tomorrow, according to UPS. I got charged $6.94 for shipping.
4 Lb's huh? I brew about a batch every 3 weeks and I don't think I could use that many before they get old. How much beer do you brew?
Thanks,
J
Take an empty jar and use your device to seal it. Then submerge the jar, lid down and straight up and down, not angled. Pry the lid off for a second then replace the lid before taking the jar out of the water.
You'll know how much air your leaving in the jar by how much water was allowed to rush in.
I use a brake bleeder and it pulls around 85% of the air out of the jar. I'm curious to see what kind of vacuum those devices pull
The Reynolds vacuum sealer looks like it is taking between 75-80% of the air from the mason jars. Thanks for the input on how to test it!
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