Compressed Hop Pellets

Hop Pellets are hops that have been ground and formed into pellets to make them easier to store, and stabilise the material to help prevent deterioration of the hops' volatile oils and acids. Hop pellets are best stored vacumn sealed at below 3 degrees in the fridge for short term or the freezer for longer term storage.
Hop pellets are available from us in 100gram vacumn sealed bags. Our hops are stored vacumn sealed at 3 degrees celcius or less at all times.

Whole Hop Flowers

Whole flowers are pressed into bales after harvest, and represent the least processed form of hops available. Some brewers believe they can impart a smoother more balanced flavour to a beer, particularly noble hop varieties.
To protect the Australian hop industry from pests and diseases that affect hops plantations in Europe and North America, it is not possible to import whole flower hops into Australia from anywhere else other than NZ without an AQIS (Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service) permit and strict quarantine control.

There are a number of famous varieties of hops available from NZ, including some that are better known for being grown in the UK or US. Because they are grown in a different environment, they can be slightly different in characteristics from the 'original', but are still fantastic hops in their own right. Many of the varieties we stock are available only from NZ and are completely unique in their characteristics, such as Nelson Sauvin, Pacific Gem, Southern Cross and Green Bullet.
Hop flowers can be expected to retain slightly more wort than pellets do, but are also known for creating their own filtering bed from the whirlpool, resulting in very clear wort running off from the kettle.

Sometimes, we do have hop plugs available from Europe and North America that are available as they do not face the same import restriction as un-processed hops flowers do.

Here at Beerbelly, we are huge fans of whole flower hops, using them for our own brews whenever possible.