How many ounces of hops are in your freezer?

[kingmatt]

I currently have 12oz of Amarillo, 1 oz Mt. Hood, 1 oz Citra, 12 oz Cascade and 8 oz Centennial...SWMBO is starting to get annoyed

 

[Fastmetal]

About 3lbs. Simco, Citra, Cascade, Amarillo (1lb), Magnum, Summit, and a few more. Too lazy to go look. I bought several of the variety packs from farmhouse brewing supply. They are in the kegerator freeze so SWMBO is happy (for now).

 

[BendBrewer]

About 3 pounds.

 

[jfowler1]

Tell SWMBO it could be worse. I have actually spilled from the beer freezer to the kitchen freezer. I have about 10 lbs of various pellets frozen. US Magnum, Columbus, Amarillo (I have 12 ounces that will need to be used sparingly - becoming impossible to find) Simcoe (planning on stupidly blowing 8oz of Simcoe on a triple IPA), Cascade, Centennial, Crystal, Northern Brewer, Willamette, Saaz, Hallertauer, and a few ounces of Glacier. I am not proud of it. I bought them all by the pound from hopsdirect.com when the prices were so good that it made more sense to buy a pound of something for 9 dollars than spend $2-3/ oz at the HBS. These purchases were also made before it was in vogue for the online retailers to offer an 8oz price. The 8oz size will be the way I go from now on, but I will not be needing anything for a while.

Joe

 

[aggiejay06]

2 oz total ...we need another freezer!

 

[Teromous]

1oz Hallertaur...I usually only buy what I need but I'm hoping to start growing rhizomes this year.

 

[samc]

Not that much (less than 1lb), I finally got over that phase where you have to have large quantities of every hop. I now am going to buy only as I need them. Unless of course a super cheap deal tempts me.

 

[JasonInBTR]

About 7lbs or so. Should get me through the year.

 

[Mischief_Brewing]

I also have about 7lbs of various hops, maybe more.

I have a fridge in my garage that is dedicated to brewing supplies. The specialty grain side is packed tight. The freezer still has some room for more hops, but if I spend another penny on brewing stuff I'll get the full wrath of an angry SWMBO...

 

[brrman]

I am at around 10 lbs now... I have a problem.

 

[PVH]

I switched to using pellets almost exclusively in order to save space in the freezer. I have about 10 lbs in there now.

 

[kpr121]

I have about 4 lbs. 1/2 lb of Centennial Leaf, 1/2 lb Nugget Leaf, 1 lb pellets of cascade, hallertau, and magnum. I am limited to the top shelf in the kitchen freezer. We have been on the lookout for a good deal for a new fridge in the kitchen, then the current one will go downstairs and be ALL MINE!!!

 

[bruin_ale]

Just ordered 1.5 lbs from freshops. Should be in my freezer by the weekend. That reminds me, I need to defrost my freezer before they get here... BTW, I have a separate beer freezer that I keep this stuff in - my kitchen freezer is too full of frozen food to fit much in the way of hops.

 

[Scooby_Brew]

I got about 3.5 lbs. I need to get some more from Hops Direct pretty soon

 

[chicagobrew]

I'm about 4-5lbs, but that's down considerably. I brewed 45g in the last 3 weeks and burned through a whole bunch. I was probably closer to 7 before that. I do all the cooking, so SWMBO doesn't really care that I take up a large part of the freezer.

 

[Razorbrew]

Maybe 5lbs.

 

[OldManHouston]

Probably right around 5lbs. Good thing IPA season is just about to get started! (I love IPAs all year round but did back off to do a lot more maltier beers for the colder months)

 

[wildwest450]

112 ozs.

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[eelpout]

1 oz of Summit. the Homebrew shop is 4 blocks away so I dont keep much on hand.

 

[bob1852]

112 ozs.

_

Finally someone did it right.

 

[Homercidal]

Probably around 3 lbs. I will likely have another 3 lbs from our plants this year and have to give some of last years away again, unless I brew up a couple of batches of IPA!

 

[adam01]

80+oz.

1lb tettnanger
" hallertau mittelfrueh
" hallertau hersbrucker
" fuggles
" Styrian Golding

+ Misc williamette, tradition, EKG, etc.

 

[volcom579]

2oz only. i need to get back into brewing asap. I took a break for a while.

 

[elproducto]

I have 10+ pounds. Problem being, at 10$/pound I have a hard time paying $2/ounce, so I end up buying them by the pound. The only one I regret is the pound of Tettenanger I bought, that I have yet to use. I brew mainly IPA's, so the hops don't really last. Plus I trade often for hops that I don't really use.

Centennial
Columbus
Simcoe
Amarillo
Cascade
Nugget
Tettenanger
Northern Brewer
Citra
Sorachi Ace
Willamette

I plan to change that.

What I like about having bulk hops, is I have no problem dry hopping the hell out of my IPAs.

 

[tomasej]

Tell SWMBO it could be worse. I have actually spilled from the beer freezer to the kitchen freezer. I have about 10 lbs of various pellets frozen. US Magnum, Columbus, Amarillo (I have 12 ounces that will need to be used sparingly - becoming impossible to find) Simcoe (planning on stupidly blowing 8oz of Simcoe on a triple IPA), Cascade, Centennial, Crystal, Northern Brewer, Willamette, Saaz, Hallertauer, and a few ounces of Glacier. I am not proud of it. I bought them all by the pound from hopsdirect.com when the prices were so good that it made more sense to buy a pound of something for 9 dollars than spend $2-3/ oz at the HBS. These purchases were also made before it was in vogue for the online retailers to offer an 8oz price. The 8oz size will be the way I go from now on, but I will not be needing anything for a while.

Joe

Joe,

Don't spare the Amarillo, they are way too good! If you need some more they have them at Freshops. I just got a pound delivered yesterday.

 

[Whut]

Around 48oz, getting kinda low!

 

[Hammy71]

5-6 Pounds.

 

[MaltMonster]

None!

 

[Beezer94]

360 ounces

holy crap I have 22.5 lbs of hops. I have to stop buying hops! I don't get to brew often enough. I really need to go nuts on some IIPA's, or maybe IIIIPA's. I have been averaging 8-12oz on all my APA's & IPA's, but maybe I need to use 1lb at a time lol.

 

[Indyking]

Zero. Never had any problems finding the ones I want FRESH...

 

[OldManHouston]

Zero. Never had any problems finding the ones I want FRESH...

Since hops are not necessarily harvested year-round, are the ones you buy today really any more FRESH than the ones you bought 3 months ago?

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

Right there with you... 320oz as of right now == 20lbs.

M_C

360 ounces

holy crap I have 22.5 lbs of hops. I have to stop buying hops! I don't get to brew often enough. I really need to go nuts on some IIPA's, or maybe IIIIPA's. I have been averaging 8-12oz on all my APA's & IPA's, but maybe I need to use 1lb at a time lol.

 

[Indyking]

Since hops are not necessarily harvested year-round, are the ones you buy today really any more FRESH than the ones you bought 3 months ago?

Hum, I don't think I said my hops are fresher than anybody else's. I said I buy them fresh, meaning not frozen.

 

[kingmatt]

Hum, I don't think I said my hops are fresher than anybody else's. I said I buy them fresh, meaning not frozen.

yeah, i can buy them 'fresh' at my lhbs but they are always $2-$3 and ounce whereas when i buy them in bulk from farmhouse they are less than $1.

since i brew a decent amount of IPAs that use a lot of hops the savings are pretty considerable.

 

[steakandale]

Holy crap! There's no hops shortage! It's all in your freezers!!!!!
I have a .5 oz of Warrior, and .5 oz Amarillo in the fridge

 

[Indyking]

Holy crap! There's no hops shortage! It's all in your freezers!!!!!
I have a .5 oz of Warrior, and .5 oz Amarillo in the fridge

People stocking up huge amounts of hops don't help at all with shortage in the market, but luckily, the places I buy them are unaffected and unaware of any shortage...

 

[Balue]

6 oz Centennial
6 oz Simcoe
6 oz Amarillo
4 oz Cascade
4 oz Magnum
2 oz Warrior
4 oz Falconer's Flight

 

[Bubba]

1 lb columbus
1 lb chinook
1 lb willemete
2 lb Amarillo
10 oz cascade
1 lb nugget homegrown

 

[elproducto]

Supply and Demand. If we don't buy the hops, they won't grow anymore!

 

[Grimm]

I got 5.5#'s of pellet hops on the way. only maybe 4oz of leaf.