storage??

[robsan77]

how is best to store my newly opened bag of hops? fridge or cool cupboard? Also yeast too?

thanks

Rob

 

[Wez]

Hops = Freezer as airtight as you can get them too
Yeast = Fridge (some people freeze this too)

 

[robsan77]

thank you

 

[Vossy1]

I freeze my yeast :thumb:

 

[llannige]

And me. :thumb:

 

[Muddydisco]

Hops = Freezer
Yeast = Freezer
Beer = In my Belly
Grains = Secured in a cupboard and in this weather Into the heated cupboard once weighed out for the next days brew :thumb:

 

[llannige]

Recommended storage temp of grains is 15C.

 

[Muddydisco]

Recommended storage temp of grains is 15C.

So I need another heated cupboard! Ok then Plans away!
I found out by warming the grains the night before brewday meant my sparge water didn't need to be so hot! So I'm doing each time now overnight at 20c.

 

[tubby_shaw]

I found out by warming the grains the night before brewday meant my sparge water didn't need to be so hot!

Your sparge liquor should the same temperature regardless of the starting temperature of the grist
Did you mean mash liquor :grin:

 

[evanvine]

Yeast - freezer, hops - vacuum packed at what ever temp!

 

[Aaron Rennie]

Oh, I need to move my hops to the freezer. How long can they be kept for?

 

[Drunkula]

Oh, I need to move my hops to the freezer. How long can they be kept for?

Absolutely years. While doing some research on hop storage index (HSI) recently I found temperature is the biggest factor. Having them vacuum packed make little difference to having them in a sealed or open to the air. I couldn't believe it... well didn't want to because I've got a vacuum sealer and bought tons of vac baggy stuff. I used some Galaxy that I had for 18 months the other day that was just in a bag with a clip on it and it was fine. I nibbled some and made a tea before using it to test it.

 

[chthon]

Absolutely years. While doing some research on hop storage index (HSI) recently I found temperature is the biggest factor. Having them vacuum packed make little difference to having them in a sealed or open to the air. I couldn't believe it... well didn't want to because I've got a vacuum sealer and bought tons of vac baggy stuff. I used some Galaxy that I had for 18 months the other day that was just in a bag with a clip on it and it was fine. I nibbled some and made a tea before using it to test it.

Good to know, I have a vacuuming system with bags with air valves. I notice that after some time they are not as vacuum as in the beginning. But the advantage of this system is that by vacuuming I gain storage space, and that I can reuse the bags, i.e. I can take from the bags what I need, close and vacuum them again. Caveat: with hops, use an inner bag so that no dust can be sucked in the valves. (In case you want to know where I got this: it was from Lidl, last fall).

 

[MyQul]

Absolutely years. While doing some research on hop storage index (HSI) recently I found temperature is the biggest factor. Having them vacuum packed make little difference to having them in a sealed or open to the air. I couldn't believe it... well didn't want to because I've got a vacuum sealer and bought tons of vac baggy stuff. I used some Galaxy that I had for 18 months the other day that was just in a bag with a clip on it and it was fine. I nibbled some and made a tea before using it to test it.

Thats interesting. I knew that temp is the biggest factor (from doing my own research) for hops but I didnt know sealed vs open air made very little difference. I just keep mine in the freezer, packs folded over and held with mini bulldog clips. . I was going to get 1/4 kg of EKG in the new year but I think I'll buy 1/2kg now. Saves me bothering with a vac-packer

 

[Aaron Rennie]

I'm just thinking I need a freezer for hops. I convinced the wife about a fridge for fermenting, not sure how I'm going to bluff a frezzer.

Maybe sale it as more work surface in my brew shed.

 

[Drunkula]

Saves me bothering with a vac-packer

The big silver bags you get won't seal in my Lidaldidi one as they're too thick. Before I was rebagging them into vac bags but now just press the air out of the bag and use an iron to run over the end. I did use a vac bag on some fresh wet hops I picked just to have the fetishistic pleasure of seeing them squeezed and suffocated.

Quite a lot of bags you can do the ironing thing with but you just have to get a strip of tin foil and put the edge of the bag in a fold of it or it'll wither up all nasty. I've used crisp bags and cat food pouches. Yeah, I'm a right classy bird.

 

[MyQul]

The big silver bags you get won't seal in my Lidaldidi one as they're too thick. Before I was rebagging them into vac bags but now just press the air out of the bag and use an iron to run over the end. I did use a vac bag on some fresh wet hops I picked just to have the fetishistic pleasure of seeing them squeezed and suffocated.

Quite a lot of bags you can do the ironing thing with but you just have to get a strip of tin foil and put the edge of the bag in a fold of it or it'll wither up all nasty. I've used crisp bags and cat food pouches. Yeah, I'm a right classy bird.

Fantastic Idea with the iron! Nice one :hat:

Edit. I notice on ebay you can buy zip lock mylar bags (the silver bags hops come in

 

[Aaron Rennie]

The big silver bags you get won't seal in my Lidaldidi one as they're too thick. Before I was rebagging them into vac bags but now just press the air out of the bag and use an iron to run over the end. I did use a vac bag on some fresh wet hops I picked just to have the fetishistic pleasure of seeing them squeezed and suffocated.

Quite a lot of bags you can do the ironing thing with but you just have to get a strip of tin foil and put the edge of the bag in a fold of it or it'll wither up all nasty. I've used crisp bags and cat food pouches. Yeah, I'm a right classy bird.

By far, one of the funniest and most help replies I've seen all week, possibly all year.