adamjab19
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Is someone splitting them up and respackaging or are they just stopping by your house and picking out what they need? Basically is someone putting in some serious sweat equity?
Is someone splitting them up and respackaging or are they just stopping by your house and picking out what they need? Basically is someone putting in some serious sweat equity?
Thanks for this thread, I went ahead and bought 6 lbs of pellets for 126$ (shipped, shipping was 12$ to NE).
Packages weighed 1.8 to 3.2 oz's over a lb. The bags they're packaged in probably weigh 1 oz though.
Crystal (3.2), Cascade (2.55), Vanguard (2.25), Fuggle (US) (2.6), Chinook (2.5), Magnum (1.8).
The Magnum packaging wasn't fully vacuumed so I'll probably re-package those first.
My order should be here on Thursday. Question for you guys... the hop bags are filled with nitrogen you say? So they can go straight into the freezer until I need them?
If I was to buy a couple lbs of hops and didn't have a vacume sealer/bags..could I just use a plastic container and set it in the freezer?
I don't think I'd blow through that much hops (5lbs) for a while.
You could, but how long do you think it will be in there? Some ppl use the cheap Reynolds sealers and have success.
How does the lid sealer work? I was under the impression that you had to use special food saver jars.
I have been using glass mason jars with my lid sealer on my FoodSaver. It is nice because I no longer have to go through bags, I just pop open the labeled jar, measure out my hops, then reseal the jar and stack in the freezer. I have about 9 pounds of 15 varieties in the brew fridge.
I have been using glass mason jars with my lid sealer on my FoodSaver. It is nice because I no longer have to go through bags, I just pop open the labeled jar, measure out my hops, then reseal the jar and stack in the freezer. I have about 9 pounds of 15 varieties in the brew fridge.
I'm guessing that these are wide-mouth mason jars, because the regular ones I bought will not fit the food saver jar attachment. However, I just put the mason jar into a large food saver canister and turned on the vacuum. When you release the vacuum on the canister, the jar inside remains sealed. Worked fine and I didn't have to go back and buy more jars.
It's worth pointing out that a dozen mason jars cost about as much as a single foodsaver canister.
I just ordered an assortment of 4 lbs from them.
I don't have any canning jars or vacume sealer bags much less a scale. I don't think my scale for reloading bullets will work for measuring hops so I'll need a scale too.
This hobby just gets more expensive each day... and I would have thought it was from drinking tons of beer (which I dont).... it's from all the equipment.
Reynolds (yes, the reynolds wrap people) has a < $10 vacuum sealer that is sold at many large grocery stores. Quart bags (which hold 1/2 # of pellets) come in a box of 14 for $3.50. This system works great for me. You will be very impressed with the quality of the vacuum, although I had a bag that did lose its vacuum. The vacuum thingy is battery operated, but comes with batteries.
Reynolds Vacuum Sealer
Ziploc also sells a manual pump for their vacuum bags. It is only $2. I haven't used this.
All the above is sold in the aisle with the baggies and such.
I get a massive failure rate on resealing those bags. I now treat them as seal once and forget about it. Sometimes you can reseal and put tape over the hole but it is a hassle to use. One of these days I will upgrade to a real system.
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