Hops Direct

[Tim Gregory]

Anyone have any experience dealing with Hopsdirect.com?

Their prices look good I'm just wondering if their shipping costs are reasonable.

Also, any quality issues?

Thanks!

[RobD]

I have no personal experience, but a buddy of mine in Fredericton told me:

"I had 8lbs of hops arrive at my door this morning from Hops Direct. AFTER shipping, taxes, and exchange, the average price came to $1.05/oz. The cheapest of the bunch (Columbus) was a mere 90 cents per ounce after shipping, taxes, exchange. "

He's been really happy with them, and highly recommends ordering from them.

You may be able to get a group order together to share on shipping. I'd be interested in going in on some.

[RobD]

And a message my buddy got from Hopsdirect:

"We do ship to Canada. The most economical method is USPS. We can get up to five 1# packages of hop pellets in a Medium Flat Rate Box for $26.95 or seven 1# packages in a Large Flat Rate Box for $33.95. I also know that there are additional charges that Canada Customs charges, but
I do not know the amount of those charges. Thanks for your inquiry and you can go to our webpage www.hopsdirect.com to place an order."

[GillettBreweryCnslt]

I'd be interested too. Can you freeze hop pellets?

[LiverDance]

You sure can, I keep all my hops in the freezer in the most air tight conditions I can get them in. Most of my pellet hops are kept in 1 litre water bottles purged of oxygen with a carbonator cap.

[derek]

I haven't ordered from Hops Direct - but my last order of 4+ lbs from the US (http://homebrewit.com) via USPS (US Postal Service) arrived free of duties or even HST. Anything I buy from the US I insist on USPS - they charge minimal, if any, customs brokerage fees ($5-10), where UPS and FedEx charge an arm and a leg, and I fairly frequently get smallish (like under $100) orders without any COD charges.

I averaged about $1.20/oz from homebrewit, iirc. otoh, they shorted me 2 oz of Centennial, so thanks for reminding me to ask about it...