While my brew was mashing this morning, I harvested 45oz of hops off the fuggle plant in my garden. I had planned on laying them out on news paper for a few days before filling the freezer, but it seems that the local free paper doesn't come through my door anymore (or my housemate has binned them all). So I don't have any paper. For now they are in an old pillow cast. Can anyone suggest a better way to dry the hops?
Thanks
J
Fuggle Harvest
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Re: Fuggle Harvest
Try drying them in smaller batches. I harvested some wild hops last week (about 8ozs) and put them in a roasting tin with a cooling rack. Lay some kitchen paper on the rack and leave them somewhere warm. They dried in 3 days.
Dave Berry
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Can't be arsed to keep changing this bit, so, drinking some beer and wanting to brew many more!
Sir, you are drunk! Yes madam, and you are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober! - WSC