Hops

Hop Pellets - 1oz Packages. Pellets are prepared from whole leaf hops which have been hammer-milled into a powder and the subsequently pressed through a conventional pellet die. Hop pellets retain all of their natural vegetative and lupulin material and can be used as a full replacement for leaf hops in the brewing process. After milling at a very low temperature (which removes the stickiness of the lupulin) the powder is sieved and a portion of the vegetative material is removed. Baled hops are broken up and passed into an air-stream which delivers them to a hammer-mill. Heavy, foreign materials drop out while metal fragments are removed using magnets. The hop cones are milled until they pass through a sieve, which is commonly composed of 9-12 mm mesh. The resulting powder is mixed and homogenized in a blender, and then conveyed to a pellet die, most commonly 4 or 6 mm in diameter. Once the pellets are formed, they are passed through a pellet shaker (to eliminate undersized product and remove residual loose powder) and immediately conveyed to a cooling tank where refrigerated nitrogen reduces the pellet temperature as rapidly as possible. From the cooling tank, the pellets are packaged with an airtight, nitrogen flush system.

Whole Leaf Hops - 1oz Package - Pressed. Leaf hops are the dried and pressed natural inflorescences of the female hop plant. During harvest, these inflorescences or cones are removed from the plants, dried and pressed into bales on the farm. They are supplied to brewers as whole or part bales ready for immediate use. Uses and Advantages in Brewing: Leaf hops are usually added either to the boiling wort in the kettle, or after fermentation for dry-hopping. For maximum aroma, additions should be made at end of boil during whirlpool to capture as much of the volatile oil as possible. For maximum bittering, additions need to be made one hour before the end of the boil. Additions made approximately 10-15 minutes prior to the end of the boil will provide late-hop character. Dry-hopping additions are usually made prior to fermentation and the hops can remain in the product for several days or, in some cases, until the product is consumed.

Keep them hops in check with a hop bag. Less filtering and clearer homebrew.

Nylon Hop Boiling Bag - Tie top - 8 x 9 - Reusable. Contain those pesky hop pellets. Easy removal and cleanup. Reusable nylon material.