Hop shots

[Bribie G]

if its extracted, it's liquid.

Fresh extract certainly DOES have aroma, in spades...

I also suffered at the hands of (what I believe) was much older stocks that had SFA aroma years ago.. from a 'reputable source'

Personally, I'd have pulled it and thrown it out rather than give good product a bad name.

Any hints as to current suppliers? PM would be fine if you don't want to spruik anyone in particular in public. I was rather hoping you'd be extending your shots to Euro....

 

[Yob]

I may well be, was waiting on crops to hit the suppliers

 

[Bribie G]

Pencil me in for a few, I haven't tried your Americans yet as I'm not a huge APA AIPA brewer.

When the kegs are empty my go to beers are usually Euro production lagers (not Rivet :lol: ) so I'd love to get close to them as I'm now in a position to make serious lagers with my new fridge, oxy kit, SS etc.

 

[blekk]

Links?

As mentioned a few links below in regards to the procedure in general with very sciencey results. I'm just looking forward to tinkering :chug:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004744/pdf/jmbe-15-45.pdf
Using Soxhlet Ethanol Extraction to Produce and Test Plant Material (Essential Oils) for Their Antimicrobial Properties

http://www.orientjchem.org/vol30no1/extraction-of-essential-oil-from-cinnamon-cinnamomum-zeylanicum/
Extraction of Essential Oil from Cinnamon (quite in depth)

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-12/documents/3540c.pdf
Old EPA procedure manual

http://nature.berkeley.edu/ahg/pubs/OrmenoEtAl_TrAC_2011.pdf
Extracting and trapping biogenic volatile organic compounds stored in plant species (good +/- of different methods side by side)

 

[Bribie G]

You mentioned sub $100 - where would you source your equipment from ?

Fark, in the last source, a picture of a microwave oven with a hole drilled in the top and the stem of the apparatus sticking out of the top. I could be into that.

Now you are fckn talking B) B)

 

[blekk]

Basic setup around $100. The soxhlet I bought was from a company called Reacware, just a 150ml cheapy (yes I know poor man pays twice...), but it does have nice ground glass Joints (sizes 19/26 and 34/35), and is supposedly Borosilicate 3.3 (it is quite a thick heavy glass comparable to my pyrex beakers). I'm actually quite impressed with the quality, I wasn't expecting much for $50 but there are no air bubbles or impurities that I can see, glass thickness is even all around and the joins are finished very nicely. Heating can be done in a water bath on any heat source although a proper lab heating mantle would be nice; add a lab stand, solvent and cooling hose and you're pretty much ready to go. Yes you could spend more but to get started $100 isn't much of a stretch for something that might be a bit of fun on the side.