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Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by adams81 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:32 pm

If you could get your homegrown hops tested for approximate AA% would you do it? How much would you be willing to pay?

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by sleepyjamie » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:58 pm

Nothing. Get hops über cheap on the group buys from manufacturers that have extremely detailed AA testing/measuring.
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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by Tony L » Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:35 pm

sleepyjamie wrote:Nothing. Get hops über cheap on the group buys from manufacturers that have extremely detailed AA testing/measuring.
I'll second this. :spilly:

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Post by adams81 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:51 pm

Damn, thought I'd be able to mix my work and my hobby there for a second! Haha :cheers:

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by Tony L » Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:14 pm

adams81 wrote:Damn, thought I'd be able to mix my work and my hobby there for a second! Haha :cheers:
Well you have the price we are willing to pay ( cheep cheep ) so you can do this for us free?

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by adams81 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:41 pm

To get %AA as accurately as commercial hops would need a uv spec that costs (cheap) about two thousand. There is a titration that can be done that would be more crude, lumping the alpha and beta acid together. I've never done it but I see some people have on the net,and the cost to do it would be very cheap. I don't know how useful that would be though. Would have to test it out on some commercial strains first.

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Post by Sobeys » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:43 pm

sleepyjamie wrote:Nothing. Get hops über cheap on the group buys from manufacturers that have extremely detailed AA testing/measuring.

Ok so I am tire of paying too much for hops, 6 oz cost me $16 the other day. What time of year are the group buys going in. I don't check the board all that often.

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by sleepyjamie » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:16 am

I'd check the group buy section for the ncm and hop contract orders
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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by Tony L » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:39 am

Jeez, an order from Hops Direct would be cheaper than $16 for 6 Oz for sure, especially if you order multiple pounds.

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Post by Dirt Chicken » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:16 am

Sobeys wrote:
sleepyjamie wrote:Nothing. Get hops über cheap on the group buys from manufacturers that have extremely detailed AA testing/measuring.

Ok so I am tire of paying too much for hops, 6 oz cost me $16 the other day. What time of year are the group buys going in. I don't check the board all that often.
Did you see this " http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4029" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; " thread? order is going in today, and will be cheeper than local competition

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by wortly » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:23 am

The titration method is garbage. Even the UV spec method is dicey without suitable replication. The HPLC method is the best. We will do it in our lab for free if you are a grower. There is a guy in Bathurst at the community college, Kevin Sheil, that will do it for $30.

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by adams81 » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:18 am

wortly wrote:The titration method is garbage. Even the UV spec method is dicey without suitable replication. The HPLC method is the best. We will do it in our lab for free if you are a grower. There is a guy in Bathurst at the community college, Kevin Sheil, that will do it for $30.
Nice, HPLC is definitely the way to go!

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Re: Homegrown Hop AA%

Post by chalmers » Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:26 am

I'm trying to build an HPLC in my basement, fitting by fitting, piston by piston.
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I'm not very far.

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