Hop Pellets

Hop pellets are used for efficient bittering, and creating different flavours and aromas depending on the type of hops used. 

What are Hop Pellets?

Hop pellets are whole, dried hops that are compressed into small pellets. They are used to add bitterness, flavour, and aroma to beer, and are an efficient way of utilising hops within a brew as they are easy to store, take up less space, and make less of a mess of your equipment. 

Hop pellets are created by grinding the hop cones into a fine powder in a hammer mill. The powder is then pressed and forced through an extruder, turning them into hard pellets.

Types of hop pellets

There are a few types of hop pellet to choose from. Depending on what style of beer you are brewing, and the results you are looking for, it’s important to choose hop pellets that align with the flavours and aromas you want.

T90 Pellets 

T90 pellets contain more than 90% of the non-resinous elements within the hop—this means almost all of the vegetable matter from the hop cones is still present in the pellet. These pellets give a more “natural” or “whole hop” flavour, thanks to the inclusion of most of the hop cone as well as the lupulin inside.

T45 Pellets 

T45 pellets have 45% of the hop cones’ vegetative matter remaining, meaning that a much larger percentage of the pellet is the aromatic and flavour-filled lupulin resin compared to T90 pellets. T45s are milled at sub-zero temperatures to retain as much flavour and aroma as possible, and are QC checked, foil packaged, and nitro flushed by us.

Enhanced Pellets 

Enhanced pellets are hops that are processed in any number of specialised ways. The process used will generally enhance flavours and aromas, and some will work to be more efficient when brewing. Common name brands are Lupulin Pellet, BBC, Lupomax, and Cryo Hops. 

We have a huge range of sought-after hops from around the globe in pellet form:

• Australia
• Czechia
• German
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Slovenia
• UK
• USA

Advantages of using hop pellets for brewing beer

For homebrewing, hop pellets have many advantages over whole hops. Hop pellets are the perfect solution for adding bitterness, flavour and aroma to your beer without the hassle of dealing with whole hops. 

Here are just some of the benefits of using hop pellets for home brewing, according to our professional brewers:

1. Easier to Measure: One of the significant benefits of using hop pellets is that they are much easier to measure than whole hops. This makes them more reliable when you need to achieve a consistent bitterness or hop flavour in your beer.
2. Better Longevity: Hop pellets have a much longer shelf life than whole hops so you can store them for extended periods. This allows you to bulk buy hop pellets for better value and future brews, and not worry about freshness.
3. Increased Solubility: Pellets are much more soluble in wort than whole hops, meaning that more hop oils will be released into the wort, giving you more intense flavours and aromas in the final beer.
4. More Consistent Results: Because hop pellets are much more consistent than whole hops, you can get the same results batch after batch, making your beers more predictable and consistent. 
5. Greater Efficiency: Because hop pellets are more concentrated than whole hops, you can get more bitterness or flavour. This means you can use fewer hops and save money in the long run.
6. More Varieties: Because of their smaller size and longer shelf life, hops are easier to transport. This means we can get hop pellets from all over the world, giving us more options for flavours and aromas. 

Why Choose Get Er Brewed Hops?

Get Er Brewed is immensely proud to offer the finest beer hops in the homebrew and craft brewing industries. We have travelled the globe in search of the best quality products, meeting with our suppliers regularly and doing QC checks in person.

We provide full technical support to you, the brewer, and place great emphasis on true Cold Chain Storage from the Hop farm to our cold store at the warehouse. We strive to guarantee that hops are kept at their optimum temperature below 4 degrees during the process up until delivery. 

The best breweries in Ireland and UK trust us to supply them with their hops for brewing and we have made available the best hops in the world to home brewers in a wide range of quantities. 

Beer hops come available in packs of 50g, 100g, 225g, 450g and 1kg. Every batch of hops we repack is nitrogen-flushed and vacuum-sealed to guarantee maximum freshness. We also provide Mylar hop bags with a resealable strip, so users can easily reseal and store hops in the fridge once opened.