East Coast Hoppers

04/23/2026

Heads up that I will be closed for pickups this coming weekend (25-Apr-26). For anyone local needing anything, I can be available for pickups on Friday eve. Sorry for any inconvenience!

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10/13/2025

Just a heads up that I'll be closed this coming weekend (18-Oct-25) for local pickups. I will be open the evenings of the 15th, 16th, and 17th from 6-9 for anyone wanting to pickup an order before the weekend, just place your order as normal and email me to let me know when you'd like to stop by.

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06/26/2025

Just a heads up that I'll be closed this weekend for local pickups. Any shipping orders that come in over the weekend will be shipped out on 2-Jul (after Canada day). Anyone local looking for a pickup that needs their order before the next Saturday can drop me a quick email to make arrangements for an evening or through the day pickup next week. Thanks as always for all your support!

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04/24/2025

Support Canadian companies by purchasing Canadian grown hops! We just got in a large shipment of a variety of hops grown in beautiful British Columbia!

https://eastcoasthoppers.ca/collections/canadian-hops

Hops grown right here in Canada! Support local!

03/26/2025

Please note: We will be closed From 3-Apr-25 to the 7-Apr-25. Orders placed during this time will ship on Tuesday the 8-Apr-25. Local orders will be ready for pickup on the following Saturday (12-Apr-25).

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03/12/2025

Looks like hop rhizomes are now ready for pre-order!! The following are the available varieties:

Cascade
Centennial
Chinook
Magnum
Willamette

They will be $11.99 each and will arrive sometime in April. Let me know which you'd like and how many of each by the 19th of March.

02/11/2025

Have you tried Yeast Canada's new yeasts yet? This month we are showcasing Bond with a sale at $4.49 per pitch (regularly $5.99)!

Here are the details:

A clean, aggressive, attenuative, ABV tolerant, and highly flocculant ale strain. This yeast is the go-to house yeast for many microbreweries. This English-style yeast provides the backbone for everything from IPAs to stouts to barleywines.

Fermentation Temperature: 18°C to 22°C
ABV Tolerance: 14%
Attenuation: 76% to 80%
Flocculation: High
Comparative Strains: English Ale
Beer Styles: Brown Ales, Imperial Stouts, IPAs, Pale Ales, Red Ales, Stouts

Try it today while supplies last:

https://eastcoasthoppers.ca/collections/yeast-canada-innovations/products/bond

02/07/2025

Another order freshly weighed out, milled, packaged and ready to go out the door! Happy brewing!

02/05/2025

Ever wonder why some hops add the flavors that they do to your beers? Most of the flavors are coming from terpenes in the hops.

Terpenes are aromatic compounds (hydrocarbons) found in many plants and are present at high levels in hops. Hops have many different terpenes but some are much more abundant than others. These ratios of different terpenes are what make up the major flavor profiles of hops. Each of the major ones is worth its own post so lets start with Myrcene.

Myrcene is the dominant terpene found in hops making up 30-70% of total hop oils in most varieties.

It contributes significantly to the hoppy flavor and aroma in beer, particularly in heavily dry-hopped beers. It is often described as having a resinous, herbaceous, and slightly citrusy scent and is the most potent aromatic compound in hops. Even small amounts, just 13 ppb (parts per billion!!!) can be perceived.

It is highly volatile though, with an evaporation temperature of just 64°C. Due to this, most myrcene is driven off during the brewing process so late additions, such as dry hopping, are required to reintroduce it back to the beer. It is also not very water soluble so dry hopping (in the presence of alcohol) helps increase its absorption. It is a key flavor component in American-style IPAs which utilize hops like Cascade, Citra, Amarillo and Simcoe, all of which are high in myrcene.

Myrcene can also be found in cannabis (a close relative to hops), thyme, lemongrass, and ripe mangoes.

Myrcene also has potential medicinal properties such as pain relief, stress/anxiety relief and has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activities.

02/01/2025

New Hop alert, this one from the USA: Krush

Krush was previously known as HBC 586 cultivar variety. Krush is bright and bold with big flavors of stone fruits, citrus, and berries. Krush is perfectly suited for fruit-forward IPAs and plays well with the usual suspects of Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado, Cashmere, Columbus and Galaxy.

This one smells amazing! I can't wait to try it out myself.

https://eastcoasthoppers.ca/collections/usa-hops/products/krush-hbc-586