Crap old hops??

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Crap old hops??

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Before I go and buy a bag of those sad old hops you find on dusty shelves in HB shops, does anyone have some really old hops that they have stored really badly?

I am going to make a Lambic of some description.
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I've been storing some Bramling Cross in a paperbag in the loft for the past couple of years. Doubt I'll be getting round to a lambic anytime soon, so you're welcome to them. I'll check if they're cheesy.
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Thanks Mark, I will only need 100g.
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How about a kilo of flyer hops for a fiver? Plenty more here
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RogerP wrote:Thanks Mark, I will only need 100g.
I think they weighed around 250 g when I put them up there, but have no idea what they weigh now. Presumably a lot less due to moisture loss. I'll check later.
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vacant wrote:How about a kilo of flyer hops for a fiver? Plenty more here
Not a bad shout Paul, I suspect they are not crap enough! For a lambic they need to have lost the will to live, which is why I was thinking of those sad old bags of fuggles you see in hardware shops with a little HB section :)
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Just had a look. They now weigh 41g including the paper bag, but obviously weighed an awful lot more once upon a time. It's actually quite surprising how light they are! Anyway they are just papery golden brown wisps with nary a spot o resin, oil or chlorophyll twixt the lot of em. They also smell of absolutely nothing.

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Capn Ahab wrote:Just had a look. They now weigh 41g including the paper bag, but obviously weighed an awful lot more once upon a time. It's actually quite surprising how light they are! Anyway they are just papery golden brown wisps with nary a spot o resin, oil or chlorophyll twixt the lot of em. They also smell of absolutely nothing.

If you wannem they're yours.
Yes please Mark, I can't make BBC (clashes now monthly with another commitment) but sure I can pick them up some time.
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