HOPS protection…how necessary?

[Nate R]

but preferable for a more efficient brew (to get all the sugars).

I wonder... for a large scale commercial brewer: 0.5% bump up in efficiency must equal hundreds or thousands of dollars in increased profits. For a 5 gallon batch... a buck in grain?

Nice to hear, given my rabid uncontrollable addiction and massive suffering from Lupular Procurementitis. I fear it is a terminal disease. At least for my wallet.

Lmfao. This is why i had to un-subscribe to the hop grower emails.
I have a 5# bag of Northern Brewer hops- still sealed- in my freezer. Once i finish my 1# bag i should be ready to use 'em. Granted i use what- .6 ounce a brew?
But i got a helluva deal on 5# of hops i will never use!

 

[seatazzz]

Nice to hear, given my rabid uncontrollable addiction and massive suffering from Lupular Procurementitis. I fear it is a terminal disease. At least for my wallet.

I too suffer from that particular ailment. I have a chest freezer in my garage that is ONLY for hop storage; I've got some hops in there that are well over 3 years old, but won't get rid of them. They might come back in style! Like parachute pants!!!

 

[CascadesBrewer]

I too suffer from that particular ailment. I have a chest freezer in my garage that is ONLY for hop storage; I've got some hops in there that are well over 3 years old, but won't get rid of them. They might come back in style! Like parachute pants!!!

But just think about how much money you SAVED!!!

I have been working to use up my supply of hops...but somehow I ended up with about 30 packs of dry yeast! In fair, I got about 15 packs for free at Homebrew Con, but it can be tempting for me to grab 5-6 packs of dry yeast when I am at the homebrew store.

 

[JAReeves]

Two years of not having people wander by to sample home-brew definitely left a lot of beers un-brewed, and therefore, a lot of hops sitting in the freezer waiting for their special moment.

 

[Nate R]

Two years of not having people wander by to sample home-brew

I'll be there tommorrow.
I'll bring a few growlers, too.
Whatever i can do to help.

Also- need 5# of German Northern Brewer hops?

 

[kevin58]

The notion that breweries didn't have access to refrigeration "way back when" is BS. Ron Pattinson's blog, Shut Up About Barclay Perkins or Martyn Cornell's Zythophile blog are good places to start learning the truth.

 

[camonick]

i cant even remember whats in there. or the "interesting" new brew gets delayed, then forgotten, then i cant remember why i bought the random hop variety in the first place.....

I’m having that exact problem right now. I have several packages of hops in varying weights in my chest freezer that I have no idea why I bought them.