Riwaka Hops

[keith1664]

Yeah, I wonder how many other Lithuanian websites use the royal mail to deliver internationally for £2.52?

From what he says I think he is delivering from the UK...but I will let you know what I find out..

I may be wrong, just that a lot of the links on the site take you to bits that haven't been written, there's a language that looks Eastern European on it and you have a choice of paying in Dollars, Euros, Pounds or Litai (which when googled seems to be the Lithuanian currency), also it's a .eu rather than .co.uk domain.
It may well be completely legitimate but there's enough alarm bells ringing for me not to risk 20 quid on it (£20 min order).

[oldtimer]

Cheers Keith

I will give that some thought.

It's a good job you are out there to look after me.

[jimp2003]

Don't worry keith I will have my knuckleduster in my pocket when I go down there

[jimp2003]

Okay guys I have now been to see Arunas who runs the http://www.hopsonline.eu/ website to check out their hops etc.

Firstly they are based in Malvern and deliver from there. Its a similar set up to worcesterhopshop except that Arunas has a dark, cool room dedicated to the hops etc (when I collected from WHS everything seemed to be in the kitchen). He also sells on ebay but not the full range.

He concentrates on hops at the moment mainly because he works for Farams and that is his expertise. The website has the .eu rather than .co.uk because from what I could gather his main target market is homebrewers across europe and farther afield who don't have access to the large range of hops that we have over here. Not a bad idea when you think about how well served the UK homebrew market is now.

One thing that slightly lets the products down however is the fact that he does not vac pack the hops in the way we are used to from other suppliers. I did point this out to Arunas and he conceded that it is something he is looking at. Having said that he did let me rub plenty of samples in my hands to test the aromas and none of them smelt off and they were sticky enough - I can still smell the raisiny aroma of the green bullet and I have washed my hands three times since .

I came away £11 lighter but with 200g of Riwaka, 100g or so of motueka to try in the next week and 2 packs of Nottingham yeast.

I will definitely be keeping an eye on the website and would order again but will still use maltmiller for the bulk of my supplies as Rob has the biggest range.

Cheers!

Jim

[keith1664]

Well as you've proved the place actually exists Jim and they seem to have the only remaining Riwaka in the world I've taken a punt and gone for 400g Riwaka (some for me some for oldtimer ), 200g Nelson Sauvin and 200g Summer (£20 min order). I'll keep you posted.

[jimp2003]

Hope the hops turn out well for you Keith. I am looking forward to using them - just need to get a recipe together.

[keith1664]

The one Oldtimer liked so much was for 40L

6.5kg pale malt
750g Caramalt
250g wheat

26g Magnum for 60min
66g Riwaka for 15min
66g Riwaka for 5min
66g Riwaka at flameout, steeped for 30min.
Yeast was US-05.

I mashed this one overnight so it started at 1050 and finished at 1008.

[jimp2003]

Nice one keith! I will give that a go as I have all the ingredients.

Cheers!

[raiderman]

The one Oldtimer liked so much was for 40L



26g Magnum for 60min
66g Riwaka for 15min
66g Riwaka for 5min
66g Riwaka at flameout, steeped for 30min.

keith what was the ebu on that? It sounds interesting. I've just brewed using 100g of citra and 66g of simcoe, with 100g going in over the last 20m and 60 at the end of the boil. Its still fermenting but the smell is awesome, like a newly opened pack of hops. I'm worried its going to be very bitter though.

[keith1664]

Only about 33.
21 from the magnum, 8.4 from the 15 min and 4.3 from the 5.

[raiderman]

Only about 33.
21 from the magnum, 8.4 from the 15 min and 4.3 from the 5.

Cheers. I kegged mime yesterday. Allowing for not getting back from twickenham iuntil the smallhours and a palate jaded by far too much red wine guinness and cigars, I thought it tasted bloody amazing. Its meant to be 57 ebu, and my fears of being too bitter don't seem realised, but it smells like a packet of hops and the taste is quite awesome- its hopefully going to be a cracker when i can drink it

[lancsSteve]

A minimum purchase total of 20.00£ is required in order to validate your order

THats a LOT to spend on un-vac-packed hops.

[leedsbrew]

Not when you have a vac packer! one of the best things I've bought for brewing! No more open packets of hops for me!

[jimp2003]

Not when you have a vac packer! one of the best things I've bought for brewing! No more open packets of hops for me!

Where did you get the vac packer from LB?