Quoted AA%
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 08:19 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 08:22 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 08:27 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 08:46 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 08:57 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 08:58 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 09:03 PM
I wasn't saying they'd measure it when they ship, I meant to say they measure it when they get a new crop in, then use a degradation calculation to estimate the current AA level when they ship. Just as a general note, I find it very interesting that a product that degrades so significantly over time almost never has any information about when it was harvested, packaged, etc. associated with it, despite the fact that it's extremely pertinent information to the end user. I'm sure breweries can get that kind of data for bulk orders, but I would also think there would be some effort to provide that type of information to homebrewers.I think the AA% they give you is whatever the hop is certified for after they harvest. I highly doubt that HD or any hop provider measures the AA% when they ship out a hop, thats too much work. I think they do HPLC to determine the AA%. I have noticed that the AA% range on their website is whereever the % that is listed on the package when I get them as well. The deterioration of AA% from tested to when they ship out an order would be negligable I believe.
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 09:07 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 09:22 PM
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 09:29 PM
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 04:27 AM
Yeah, that forum isn't exactly the most active.Let me know what they come back and say. It might be like 3 months for a response. I am on that forum and the response time can be very long. Good Luck with the MLPA I just finished my first keg of that last night. It was nice.
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 08:34 AM
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Posted 10 June 2009 - 07:17 PM
So, it looks like I'll be using October of the harvest year as my starting point.OUR HOPS ARE TESTED TWICE....THE LEAF/BALE SAMPLES ARE RAN WITHIN DAYS OF PICKING (DURING HARVEST) THE W.S.D.A. REQUIRES ALL GROWERS TO HAVE SAMPLES TESTED IN THEIR LAB FOR REGULATION PURPOSES.THEN WE TEST AGAIN AT PELLETIZATION (OCTOBER) WE RUN OUR PELLET SAMPLES THRU THEIR LAB TO GET AN UPDATED ANALYSIS FOR LABELING.HOPS DIRECT
Edited by JKoravos, 10 June 2009 - 07:17 PM.
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