Hop Storage

[republicofbeer]

Hi, I'm new to the forum. I've got 20kg of pellets coming Friday and wondered what the best way to store them would be.


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[simple one]

Split them in to manageable and usable sizes depending on brewlength and hop usage, vacuum pack them. Then stick them in the freezer. Make sure the labeling is robust and has type, year and AA% on them.

[simple one]

20 kg is quite a lot.....

[republicofbeer]

Yes it is. I'm brewing 100 - 150 ltr batches, 3 times a month. Buying in 100g pouches from home brew shops is far too expensive.


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[alexlark]

Get the Andrew James vac packer off Amazon/eBay and some big vac bags.

[Wonkydonkey]

Better still, sell me some !

[McMullan]

This is a home-brew forum, mate. No offence intended, but if you're ordering 20kg batches of hops, you need to know WTF you're doing

[republicofbeer]

This is a home-brew forum, mate. No offence intended, but if you're ordering 20kg batches of hops, you need to know WTF you're doing

Well that's a rather unhelpful reply. I thought the idea of forums was to get advise and help not to insult new members, maybe I'm wrong....

When it comes to brewing I do know what I'm doing, however I have never had the need to store any hops before as I have always had them delivered just before use hence not knowing the best way. The internet is full of contradictory information and in an attempt to discover I mistakenly thought asking advise on a "friendly" forum would assist me.


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[Manngold]

I generally tend to freeze mine once opened and make sure I keep labels on them. Judging by your quantities you may need an entire freezer!

[republicofbeer]

I generally tend to freeze mine once opened and make sure I keep labels on them. Judging by your quantities you may need an entire freezer!

Yes I put them in the freezer. The opened bag got split into 500g bundles, purged with CO2 then vacuum packed. Fingers crossed that keeps them good for 6 months.


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[jaroporter]

The internet is full of contradictory information and in an attempt to discover I mistakenly thought asking advise on a "friendly" forum would assist me.

the definition of insanity is to keep asking the same question and expecting a different outcome, apparently

for all its worth, i've had no issues just chucking them in the freezer.

[Wonkydonkey]

This is a home-brew forum, mate. No offence intended, but if you're ordering 20kg batches of hops, you need to know WTF you're doing

Well that's a rather unhelpful reply. I thought the idea of forums was to get advise and help not to insult new members, maybe I'm wrong....

When it comes to brewing I do know what I'm doing, however I have never had the need to store any hops before as I have always had them delivered just before use hence not knowing the best way. The internet is full of contradictory information and in an attempt to discover I mistakenly thought asking advise on a "friendly" forum would assist me.


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I don't think it was ment to insult, there's lots of phrases that can be taken in the wrong context. IMHO this is one of them

Edit: ps,,it's always good to introduce yourself in the guestbook area,
Cheers
WD

[richard080561]

I generally tend to freeze mine once opened and make sure I keep labels on them. Judging by your quantities you may need an entire freezer!

Yes I put them in the freezer. The opened bag got split into 500g bundles, purged with CO2 then vacuum packed. Fingers crossed that keeps them good for 6 months.


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Why purge them with CO2 and then vacuum pack them? Aren't you just sucking out all the CO2 you just put in?

[McMullan]

SMaSHing, I guess.

[Sadfield]

Wow 500-800 pints a month, fair play if you can drink all that.

When bulk buying, I vac pac into 500g bags and stick them in the freezer. Pellets take up less freezer space.

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