Hop Storage
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:06 am
I recently moved from the USA to Italy, and the production of beer in my house has taken an appropriately sized hit. I don't expect to be practicing full LODO any time soon as I had to leave my CO2 system behind, but it's been "fun" to piece a new system back together. Today I was thinking of storing hops. I used to vacuum seal mason jars for cold storage, but that option is no longer available to me/silly expensive due to my location.
The idea of using yeast as an O2 scavenger came to me today. Would it make sense to somehow put a little dish of yeast and food alongside a bag of hops inside a jar that is able to become airtight, leave it at room temp for an hour or so, and then pop it back in the freezer? I would obviously not like to create little hop grenades, but pressure is a calculation away. Is this a bit much for a cheap solution for hop storage?
The idea of using yeast as an O2 scavenger came to me today. Would it make sense to somehow put a little dish of yeast and food alongside a bag of hops inside a jar that is able to become airtight, leave it at room temp for an hour or so, and then pop it back in the freezer? I would obviously not like to create little hop grenades, but pressure is a calculation away. Is this a bit much for a cheap solution for hop storage?