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Saturday, 19 September 2015

Drying hops at home

Just harvested some hops. What's the best way to dry them?

6 comments:

Ed said...: Have a look at this:

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/how-to-harvest-prepare-and-store-homegrown-hops/; 19 September 2015 at 09:45
Jazz said...: A box fan and a furnace filter works, or get fancier and run a box fan and mesh screens in a frame. You want airflow past the cones. Oast is the technical term. http://www.instructables.com/id/Hop-drying-oast/ but if you just stack some furnace filters horizontally on a box fan, it works decently. You can also make jerky in the same setup.; 19 September 2015 at 10:00
R said...: Can you easily acquire window screens at a hardware store? They'll be larger than furnace filters if you have a decent haven't. I just set them up with a fan blowing through them for a few days, vacuum pack the hops in 1oz. Quantities, and freeze them until I brew.; 19 September 2015 at 11:48
Anonymous said...: Living in a dry climate, I lay mine on a piece of cardboard at only 1 layer (of hops) thick. Then a fan blows over them for a couple days on low. I'll move the fan around so all of the hops get a turn. I'll also mix-up the hops twice a day so all sides get some exposure to the wind. This usually takes place in a warm garage which only takes 24-36 hours to complete, though sometimes the temp is fairly cool and it takes a full 48 hours to get as dry as I like. Once they're opened up like a pinecone and feel pretty darn dry to the touch then you can vacuum seal or use.; 19 September 2015 at 12:16
Barm said...: Assuming you don’t have to take them somewhere else, if I had fresh hops at home I’d just stick them in the freezer.; 21 September 2015 at 04:32
derspatero said...: A food dehydrator on the 35-40C spice setting for 8 hours does a perfect job.; 22 September 2015 at 21:08