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storing hops etc
Hi
I have a question; it's not strictly hops-specific, but I am currently harvesting a modest amount of hops that I will freeze after I feel that they're
dry enough. I did this last year and the hops that I used from the freezer seemed fine to me.
Oxidation of some of the hops components is to be avoided; it will impact the flavour in a negative way. As an extra precaution would anyone have any
suggestions for something that would help in this respect. I see food with packets of 'anti-oxidant'. If I could add a 'tea bag' of something like
that; something otc?
thanks
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If only there was some kind of vessel full of microbes that could ferment the hops and keep is for you. . . . .
Though seriously, freezing sounds like a good idea.
“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found
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I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.”
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Just store them in a plastic bag in the freezer with as little oxygen as possible. I don't know what "anti-oxidant" packets you are referring to. The
only packets I have seen with food are packets of silica gel meant to absorb moisture not oxygen.
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I have also seen little packets meant to absorb oxygen. I believe they contained sodium bisulfite or similar sulfite salt.
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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Freezing has worked well so far, and my freezer is way cold. It was an article on hop make up and chemistry that got me wondering. And I think that
I've wondered about this before in other contexts.
Around here I've been seeing small packets inside beef jerky packaging; not as large as dessicant packets that I see, and iirc they're labeled as
anti-oxidant.
As for the 'vessel full of microbes that could ferment the hops' etc .. dude! that's me that your describing!
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Some instant noodles come with O2 suckers.
“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found
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I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.”
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instant noodles?
good to know, I'm going to keep an eye out for that
I'd eat instant noodles; it's a sacrifice that I'm willing to make
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I keep mine in the freezer. Mine come in the aluminized mylar bags which keep the "freezer flavor" out. Fresh granulated activated carbon also adsorbs
free O2.
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Some of the anti-oxidant packets contain iron powder plus a bit of other stuff; they are decent sources of small amounts of iron 'filings'. You could
use iron filings I suspect.
Use CO2 to flush the bags if you're really worried, either a small bit of dry ice or make your own from NaHCO3/whatever acid.
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ok and ok
I just heard about those mylar bags and their odour-blocking properties. Hadn't realized that was one of their strengths. I just thought it was
supposed to look glossy! "Anything that you may wonder about, industry has already solved it", I was told.
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Hey. Store it in a relative vacuum. Then freeze it.
Special bags are available for such a procedure. Here in The States, on late night television.....they advertise a special device for removing air,
from special vacuum storage bags.
You could improvise though. But, get the air out.
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will check that
I'm gaining a new respect for packaging
"retort pouches", yow!
the name alone inspires respect
I checked out one of those oxygen absorber packets; damn if the thing didn't stick to a magnet! Iron filings! I was expecting something a bit more
space-age. Mind you, I don't what else is in there
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