We recently expanded our warehouse to install an [b:2m0fppps]additional walk in fridge[/b:2m0fppps] to cold store all our hops, we have seen massive growth in the sale of hop pellets ahead of the leaf/cones. When visiting the hop farmers in American and Europe during the 2015 harvest they both felt that [b:2m0fppps]hop pellets travelled and stored more consistently when pelletised. [/b:2m0fppps]
Expect [b:2m0fppps]better hop utilisation from hop pellets[/b:2m0fppps] when recipes call for approximately 10% less hop pellets than leaf plus the less surface area of the pellets helps prevent oxidation so they stay fresher for longer too.
During our visits to a few breweries we also got some interesting tips from brewers, I was surprised to hear a few of them are actually [b:2m0fppps]crushing their hop pellets[/b:2m0fppps] especially in the more hop forward style beers, when sampling I have to say the hop profiles in their beers were impressive, so maybe grinding the hop pellets does actually work..
We use hop pellets in our brewery, simply put the brewer finds them easier to measure and they are cheaper to ship and take up less space. Hop pellets are better in the kettle as they don't soak up as much wort too but we still have home brewers who prefer leaf as they find it suits their system better, perhaps the romantic idea of brewing with fresh leaf hops isn't possible due to the fact we dont have them grown locally. We cold store our leaf hops also to ensure they are as fresh as possible but what is your preference?
[b:2m0fppps]We have a huge hop sale on at the moment[/b:2m0fppps], we will shortly be bringing the largest amount of hops ever seen into the homebrew market in Ireland and have a few new experimental varieties that we will have exclusively.
We also offer [b:2m0fppps]hop packets in various quantities 50g, 100g, 225g and 450g [/b:2m0fppps]
[b:2m0fppps]Grab the freshest hops at a bargain price;[/b:2m0fppps]
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