Hop Block

[SteveD]

...apart from the Brupaks dried up brown crappy excuses for EKG's I had then

I think you're in the minority there Steve (you're not thinking of those Youngs hops are you)?

Nope, Brupacks, silver foil. I agree, Youngs are shite. 1070's style loose air packed fully light conducting plastic bags of dead leaves and rubbish that were once hops.

I accept fully that I may have had a duff sample from Brupaks, but when you add to that the fact that the pack was also under the stated weight, I was not best pleased as it did screw with my recipe somewhat. Two cockups on the same pack simply meant that I went straight back from whence I came - the gold block Morris Hanbury's.

I feel on balance the gold blocks are better. They are green and they are packed so tight that it must be better for long term storage plus they are almost always overweight, which is never a problem!!!

[bitter_dave]

Sounds like you got a duff batch Steve

I've used Brupaks Goldings numerous times and the hops have always been in excellent shape. In fact, I used them in a beer I made at the weekend and they had all the attributes of good hops.