Hops Direct I love you!!

[discgolfin]

4 # of hops arrived at my house today

1# Cenntennial
1#Cascade
1# Amarillo
1# Galena

would have gotten Simcoe if they had it in whole..Broke them all down into 1ounce and 2 ounce freezer bags and have my APA and IPA hops set for the year!! I need to start brewing..I know I wish I had a pic of all the hops..they actually ended up anywhere from 17 to 20 ounces in each bag. Freezer is jammed with hops..

J

 

[discgolfin]

ok quick pic..I cant fit them all in the bottom of the freezer..man gonna have to brew soon.

 

[RichBenn]

LOL! I too got 4 lbs from them; My chest freezer looks similar - 1 and 2 oz. freezer bags full.

How else are we gonna satisfy our lupilin addictions!

 

[mordantly]

still awaiting delivery of my 5#'s.

 

[rushbattle]

4 # of hops arrived at my house today

1# Cenntennial
1#Cascade
1# Amarillo
1# Galena

I just ordered similarly. I already have a pound of: Styrian Goldings, Czech Saaz, and Saphir. I ordered, a few days ago, a pound each of: Centennial, Cascade, Galena and Willamette.

I use quart mason jars and pull a vacuum on them with the foodsaver sealer. I use a brake line bleeder to pull the vacuum because foodsavers are quite expensive for what they are.

 

[jgibbs]

I just made my first bulk order of hops from hops direct. I did not know they were so cheap online. I bought 6# that should last a while and save me some good money from what LHBS charges. Thanks discgolfin for this post!

 

[jmb5x4]

I use the Foodsaver with mason jar attachment. Got the Foodsaver for $25 on Craiglist, and ordered the attachment off e-bay for $10. Pretty handy contraption.

 

[motobrewer]

i wish I bought more

 

[shunt1317]

Wow.....That's a lot of hops...

 

[v2comp]

Wow.....That's a lot of hops...

not really........lol

 

[WIP]

I wish I had bought a few more lbs when I had the money. The two lbs I bought will be enough for a little while.

 

[caspio]

I have a 26lb order that's scheduled for delivery today. I can't wait to break open both boxes and go to sleep under my desk on a bed of hops.

 

[fastricky]

Is there a problem with their site? I'm trying to order and it redirects to a blank page...

 

[jgibbs]

I didn't have any trouble earlier today.

 

[Bartman]

"Is there a problem with their site? I'm trying to order and it redirects to a blank page..."

Try a different browser like Mozilla

I ordered 3 lbs the other day and they should arrive on Wed. I am working thru the first 3 lbs I bought in November

 

[v2comp]

working perfectly for me.........windows 7, IE 8

 

[fastricky]

Yup, works on a different browser... weird.

 

[bwomp313]

I wish my girlfriend would let me pack our freezer full of hops...

 

[v2comp]

I wish my girlfriend would let me pack our freezer full of hops...

she will, buy them and fill the freezer up with them while she's at work, remember, it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission

 

[bwomp313]

she will, buy them and fill the freezer up with them while she's at work, remember, it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission

Ah yes, wise advice indeed. Maybe I'll just order a pound...I can make room...

 

[Moose777]

Cool thread...spent quite a while ..hours actually deciding on what to buy... I have a FoodSaver I should be receiving next week so plan to vacuum seal and freeze these.

Here's what I ordered: (whole leaf hops)

1 lb Cascade
1 lb Centennial
1 lb Fuggle
1 lb Goldings
1 lb Northern Brewer

Looks like we'll need to make room in the garage freezer. Either that or I need to get busy brewing

 

[Moose777]

I have a 26lb order that's scheduled for delivery today.

Dude are you serious? That's an insane amount of hops for a home brewer man. What's up?

 

[WIP]

Dude are you serious? That's an insane amount of hops for a home brewer man. What's up?

Sounds like 13 10 gallon batches of IIPA.

 

[gxm]

I have a 26lb order that's scheduled for delivery today.

I thought I was over the top with 10# in my freezer

 

[discgolfin]

i have another few punds of pellet hops under the whole hops..Im gravitating to whole hops again. I just squeezed the air out of the zip lock bags with good success..not as effective but I will not have any of these hops in a year..once I brew a bunch of IPA..I need a good cheap Simcoe source..

J

 

[Moose777]

I added more - Yes I'm impulsive but wtf when I go I go big.

Here's my shipment set for end of next week.

1 lb Cascade
1 lb Centennial
1 lb Fuggle
1 lb Goldings
1 lb Northern Brewer
1 lb Amarillo
1 lb Chinook
1 lb Magnum

 

[Moose777]

Took delivery of my 8 pounds yesterday around 7 pm/...just now finished dividing them into various size bags ranging from 1 oz to 4 ounce, vacuum sealing and putting in the kegerator.

This is the first time I've ben around whole leaf hops. I figured there'd be more cones..there was some but a lot of loose leafs too..I guess it all does the same thing.

Now the fun part...using them in recipes. Really looking forward to that part.

 

[caspio]

Dude are you serious? That's an insane amount of hops for a home brewer man. What's up?

Haha I was the organizer for a group buy between 6 people. I only took 4 pounds out of the 26lb order, the most anyone took was 6lb. I posted a thread in the photo forum showing off some hops and grain pix

 

[mosquitocontrol]

Any idea what the shipping costs are approximately? Lets say for 4-5 lbs of hops to the East Coast. I hate when websites don't put them up.

 

[caspio]

Any idea what the shipping costs are approximately? Lets say for 4-5 lbs of hops to the East Coast. I hate when websites don't put them up.

Call their 800 number. They're pretty helpful and they can get a quote for you.