PaddyBrew2 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Do hops have to be vacuum packed for the freezer. I have 50 gms of centennial and EKG left over from the English bitter. I have the bag closed tight and one of those plastic snap lock things over the seal inside the freezer . She’ll be right yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, PaddyBrew2 said: Do hops have to be vacuum packed for the freezer. I have 50 gms of centennial and EKG left over from the English bitter. I have the bag closed tight and one of those plastic snap lock things over the seal inside the freezer . She’ll be right yeah? its better to be, due to the oxidation factor but hey, it your using them soon, who cares. Ill post a photo of mine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaddyBrew2 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Cheers mate. Yeah mine are pretty much like that. I’m gonna use them this weekend as I took advantage of the Big W coopers special and will throw down a coopers ESVA using up the leftovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yeah, vacuum sealed is best but if I'm gonna be using them again reasonably soon then I generally don't do it. Maybe I should go back to doing it though, some of my beers don't seem to have the punchy hop presence that they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 2 hours ago, PaddyBrew2 said: ESVA Hey Paddy, Which ESVA recipe are you looking to do? Cheers Shamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyBrew2 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Think it’s gonna be an off the cuff one. I saw King Rudd did one using the same core ingredients ( apa and real ale ) but used ekg and Styrian hops I have ekg and centennial left over from my battleship bitter so will use them but follow the core recipe as is ( apa, real ale , 300 gms crystal, 500 gms dex ) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I picked up some hops yesterday and after some feedback on them: Victoria hops (not Vic Secret) and Nugget 130g of each came with some brewing equipment I bought yesterday. Anyone familiar with them. Naturally I have looked them up on Google but after feedback from those who may have used them. I will be throwing them into an Pale Ale at some stage. They are pretty high AA 14%ish so I imagine I need to be light handed with them also picked up 250g of Cascade AA 13%ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I’ve tried Victoria. Wasn’t a fan. But I’m pretty sure it was from the storage at my LHBS. They seemed pretty oxidised now that I think of it. Probably would have been better in a sour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 @The Captain!! These have been vaccum sealed for about 18 months and found out today, when I opened some one of the cascade, that they are flowers not pellets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 What do they smell like? You could always just use some for a flame out addition in a pale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 There is a fair amount out there that I have read that it can throw a rotten tropical fruit flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 9 hours ago, The Captain!! said: What do they smell like? They smelt great. I used them as a dry hop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 minute ago, MartyG1525230263 said: They smelt great. I used them as a dry hop. Of well, guess you’ll find out what they are like then. Hopefully you have a better experience than I did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemate Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Victoria are a part of my hop crop this year, so I'll be very interested in your experience Marty. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 13% is a bloody high alpha content for Cascade. It usually ranges between about 5 and 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: 13% is a bloody high alpha content for Cascade. It usually ranges between about 5 and 8. I thought about that. I was wondering how he measured the AA% . Anyway to be on the safe side i will not use as bittering hop and it sounds suss to me. Maybe it is total acid % as that should be in that region. Cascade hops: Alpha Acid Composition 4.5%-8.9% Beta Acid Composition 3.6%-7.5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 It might be, but they shouldn't be labelling it like that if it is, because all the calcs and predictions are based on the alpha acid content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: It might be, but they shouldn't be labelling it like that if it is, because all the calcs and predictions are based on the alpha acid content. These were home grown and pretty sure the guy was a extract brewer. He was a deputy principal so i imagine he would have brains to know what he was doing with the AA%. Anyway I did not know they were homegrown when I aquired them. They are 2018 crop which is the same year as the commercial Northern Brewer I bought at the LHBS. So not too worried I will use as dry hops or whirlpool hops for aroma. Edited January 15, 2020 by MartyG1525230263 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Well unless he has some way of analysing them properly, any alpha content "claim" is just guessing. Being older they likely would have lost some of the AA content as well. I've used home grown Cascade in a batch before, bittering through to late/flameout, and based my calcs on 5%. Given how it tasted I'm guessing the real content was a bit lower than that. It was a bit sweeter than my pale ales usually are, not ridiculously but enough to notice a difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I have dry hopped with my home grown, dried and stored in the freezer Cascade hops before. Loved the result. No idea what the AA was though. I did a 20 minute boil of Red Earth flowers and got too much boiled vegetable flavour. Goldings went well in a triple 18, 12 and 6 minute boil addition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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