Free hops to collect - Scotland Central Belt - Now offering postage (details in post #6)

[Stu123]

Thanks all so far, based on the requests by pm, that looks like I'm almost out of the First Gold, and have about 3kg left of the Summit.
I've requests from @jayk34 @Random Badger @stuarts @GeorgieV @Gerryjo and @the baron
Edit: adding @Benfleet Brewery @Rento
I've kept 200g of each for myself. I hadn't realised till I worked out that there's over £500 of hops sitting in those boxes, which is a bit barmy .

Anna

hi anna if theres any left ill take up to 500g of whatever is going happy to pay postage and packing to manchester. Just pm me to let me know how i can pay you

 

[Wez82]

Hi Anna if there's any left I would take 500g of each posted to Durham if possible please

 

[DocAnna]

Hi Anna if there's any left I would take 500g of each posted to Durham if possible please

Hi just the summit left if that’s ok - if you can pm me your address I’ll send them down next week. I’ll let you know what the postage will be once they are packed as it does rather depend on what my new vacuum sealer can squash them down to.

Anna

 

[marshbrewer]

If there are any Summit left, I would love to give them a go.

 

[DocAnna]

Ok I think that's about it for the hops. There may be a bit of summit left but I'll post here once everything is packed up to say what is then available. @Stu123 and @jjsh could you pm me your addresses please to send to.

Anna

 

[DocAnna]

After portioning out the leaf hops for @stuarts when he collected them today I am really really hoping that vacuum sealer I've ordered can effectively shrink them down . It didn't help that he caught me moving things around in the garage so rather than my ordered tidiness that I like I was surrounded by bottles and brewing bits! Always nice to meet someone who is similarly keen on all things brewing .

Anna

 

[stuarts]

Anna
Thank you very much for the hops , the Doune boys are already thinking about how to use them .It was also great to see a garage just like mine very tidy .
Stuart

 

[DocAnna]

So this morning has been spent learning how to use a vacuum sealer, and just how long it takes to pack down hops
..and how much mess it makes
...and that I was being just a bit over ambitious (again)
....and how big a bag is needed for a kg of leaf hops!

Ok you are all really lovely people and it's a great place this, but packing down hops is a definite one off exercise, I'm class one jiggered. I'm not quite done yet as I ran out of vac pack roll, so it will be next week till I can post.

Anna

 

[Flan]

So this morning has been spent learning how to use a vacuum sealer, and just how long it takes to pack down hops
..and how much mess it makes
...and that I was being just a bit over ambitious (again)
....and how big a bag is needed for a kg of leaf hops!

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Ok you are all really lovely people and it's a great place this, but packing down hops is a definite one off exercise, I'm class one jiggered. I'm not quite done yet as I ran out of vac pack roll, so it will be next week till I can post.

Anna

On the plus side i bet your kitchen smells lovely. What a great thing to do for others, this is why i love this forum.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Really appreciate all this, thank you.

 

[Random Badger]

So this morning has been spent learning how to use a vacuum sealer, and just how long it takes to pack down hops
..and how much mess it makes
...and that I was being just a bit over ambitious (again)
....and how big a bag is needed for a kg of leaf hops!

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Ok you are all really lovely people and it's a great place this, but packing down hops is a definite one off exercise, I'm class one jiggered. I'm not quite done yet as I ran out of vac pack roll, so it will be next week till I can post.

Anna

Thank you for taking this on Anna.

Even if the lesson learned is never volunteer!

Just keep reminding yourself that hoppiness is only one letter away from happiness...

 

[The Baron]

Thankyou Anna

 

[DocAnna]

Posted out today some of the hops I'd packed just to make a bit of space in the fridge. I also picked up some more vac pack roll so will be able to continue with the packing. Some of the volumes are a wee bit down on what I had said due to having less First Gold than expected, and my packing inexperience with the vac pack machine.
Posted today @GeorgieV @Gerryjo @the baron @Rento @Wez82 and I was pretty sure I'd also posted to @Random Badger but I can't see the reference on the receipt which is a bit odd , I'll pop in to the post office tomorrow and double check.

Let me know that they've arrived ok and I'll pm you the details to cover postage which wasn't a lot.

Anna

 

[Scottyburto]

Hi Dr Anna
Has everything gone?

 

[samale]

@DocAnna I think it's only fitting that anyone who receives hops sends you a beer made with them in return..
Thank you for taking the time. I am expecting a share of @Gerryjo package

 

[Pennine]

@DocAnna I think it's only fitting that anyone who receives hops sends you a beer made with them in return..
Thank you for taking the time. I am expecting a share of @Gerryjo package

Agreed this was seriously awesome for you to do @DocAnna

For those that ended up with the goldings here is a recipe idea.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/miraculix-best-classic-english-ale.661073/

 

[Gerryjo]

Cheers again @DocAnna and is surely appreciated.

 

[Broken Toe]

@DocAnna What an amazing offer! bummed i didn't see it in time. If there are any leftovers I would very much be interested.

 

[Gerryjo]

@DocAnna I think it's only fitting that anyone who receives hops sends you a beer made with them in return..
Thank you for taking the time. I am expecting a share of @Gerryjo package

You're quite right @samale and I'll let you sort the postage

 

[DocAnna]

Your comments are lovely but I'm really just the messenger in this case, the credit properly belongs to Dave Lannigan at Ride Brewing Co who was kind enough to offer up the hops. As for sharing beers made with them, again I don't think it's fair to put people under that expectation as these were offered here as 'free'. I was in two minds whether to bill for postage at all since it did rather break the idea of the offer I'd put up here as it was. My enjoyment from this has been in facilitating good things for other people, I've learnt a lot about vacuum sealing, and I do owe an apology for one or two of the packages where the vacuum failed a bit and I had to reseal them.

@Broken Toe I don't think there will be left over once I'm done packaging but I'll see. A couple of the packages were a bit short on weight because either there was more limited stock than I expected (the goldings) or I ran out of vac pack roll and it was all I could fit in what was left. I've also a few to send still, I might get some time today to pack them down but I'm not sure.

Anna