Pdeezy
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From what I've seen everyone is out until late November?
Should I preorder or does anyone know where I can get my hands on some?
Should I preorder or does anyone know where I can get my hands on some?
Sam Adams does a deconstucted 12 pack of one of their beers. It has a few Simcoe only bottles in it. I'm sorry I don't recall the name of the beern
The recipe I'm trying is a cascade/amarillo/simcoe combo that I'm pretty pumped about.
I also recommend Freshops.com. But have a vacuum packer ready. My entire gang box reeked of hops! Buy in bulk as well. Myself and many commercial brewers have found Simcoe vital so it's good to have it on hand if they run out again.
Simcoe is my absolute favorite American hop. When will these suckers lose their patent so this can be grown en masse?
Speaking of vacuum sealing has anyone ever resealed the bag their hops came in? I usually just transfer them all to a bag that came with my vacuum sealer, but I am running low...I don't see how it could hurt anything.
I don't think most vacuum sealers work on just any bag. There is one sealer that has a snorkle that goes into the bag. Haven't tried one of those. I tried a swizzle stick in my Food Saver. Same principle. It sort of worked but it wasn't worth the hassle. Not all bags can be resealed with heat.
I got a lb of Simcoe whole hops from freshops.com, as well as a half lb of Amarillo They were like $1.60/oz, but the only other site I saw them on wanted like $4/oz for pellet.
$14.35 per pound for pellets, $13.71 per pound for leaf. Keep checking back as they get more in regularly.
That is a very fair price. While I am all for free enterprise and making a buck, why is it that this vendor charges roughly 1/2 of what the other is asking for Simcoe when they can get ahold of it?
I think its's availability. Labelpeelers is right next to LD Carlson.
I guess that it comes down to how much one is willing to pay and how much vendors are comfortable charging their customers. The fact that one vendor charges twice what another vendor charges for the exact same product during a shortage is problematic. Obviously there is a shortage of Simcoe at this point in time. However, I have no doubt that most of the vendors that I purchase hops from could obtain Simcoe for an exorbitant price and could charge their customers buco $$$ for it if they chose to do so. Rather than gouge their customers, they are simply are waiting until the supply returns at fair prices. These are the vendors that I will continue to do business with along with those that provide a fair price. We went through this a few years ago during "the great hop shortage" which was followed by depressed prices for hops shortly after. Some people never learn...
Simcoe hops are already contracted out through 2012. Prices aren't going down anytime soon. I heard of a brewery that is inline to get a contract for the 2013 hop harvest.
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