Lindsay Dive
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Good Morning All,
I think of this every time I place some very late hops into the boil or especially when I'm dry hopping.
How do you know that the oast-house cat/dog/possum/mouse/rat/horse/donkey/human has not been pi55ing on your beloved hops prior to them being packaged for you?
I guess there is a lot less chance of having contaminated hops if you are using pellets or plugs, but then again, I have no idea how the hops are stored prior to packaging. Also, how do you know how clean the people are that are handling these precious hops.
Is there any way that hops can be 'cleaned' prior to use without buggering the alpha acids amongst other things?
Please put my mind at ease.
Regards,
Lindsay.
I think of this every time I place some very late hops into the boil or especially when I'm dry hopping.
How do you know that the oast-house cat/dog/possum/mouse/rat/horse/donkey/human has not been pi55ing on your beloved hops prior to them being packaged for you?
I guess there is a lot less chance of having contaminated hops if you are using pellets or plugs, but then again, I have no idea how the hops are stored prior to packaging. Also, how do you know how clean the people are that are handling these precious hops.
Is there any way that hops can be 'cleaned' prior to use without buggering the alpha acids amongst other things?
Please put my mind at ease.
Regards,
Lindsay.