My point again is how are they delivered to the store? When they are packaged at the hop plant, are they immediately--IMMEDIATELY--purged and stored in frozen or refrigerated environments? Are they shipped that way?
Any easy thing I can do to limit any destruction on my end is worth the effort. No need to worry about what I can’t control.
[QUOTE="mongoose33, post: 8545650, member: 218809”] I have hard time believing 3 or 4 days in an environment at 65 degrees is going to make any discernable difference at all. Do what you will, it's your beer.[/QUOTE]
A few years ago people had a hard time thinking o2 caused such drastic changes to their homebrewed beer. Now there are many threads/articles on reducing o2 in every imaginable way. Some ridiculous...some would say.
Stands to reason the same attitude towards storage temps (of key ingredients to a particular style) and degradation are expressed. From both sides.
Anyways, to each his own, please keep us posted on the progress of your build and any results. I appreciate the ideas and input.