[Ansteorra] XMas Gifts for your Brewing Friends

[Jean Paul de Sens]

Man, that sucks... thanks for the info.. while saving money is good, making
bad beer... well... some things are just criminal.

JP

Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Matthias the Brewer <
matthiasthebrewer at cox.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> I did some research on a similar sale a few months ago.  Hops (no matter
> how
> stored) loses its acidity over time.  This means that those treasured alpha
> acids go down.
>
> When a company like this is dumping their hops at a low price like this,
> they're probably selling old hops which are no longer possessing their
> advertised alpha acids.
>
> I learned this the hard way and have about 2 pounds of misc hops in my
> collection that is of qusetionable Alpha Acid.
>
> Let the buyer beware.
>
> Matthias
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces+matthiasthebrewer=cox.net at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:ansteorra-bounces+matthiasthebrewer<ansteorra-bounces%2Bmatthiasthebrewer>
> =cox.net at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> Behalf Of Jean Paul de Sens
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 2:54 PM
> To: Ansteorra List
> Subject: [Ansteorra] XMas Gifts for your Brewing Friends
>
> Northern Brewer is having a sale on hops:
>
> http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/pound-hops-sale
>
> <http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/pound-hops-sale>"... this is only
> an
> awesome deal if you need more than a single pound. I'm not saying it's bad,
> just bear in mind that there's $7.99 shipping per order. A snigle-pound
> [sic] order eliminates a lot of the discount.
>
> So... get all your brewing friends together!"
>
> JP
>
>
> Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.
> _______________________________________________
> Ansteorra mailing list
> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ansteorra mailing list
> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org
>