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This finishes off my look at Truman's Burton beers at the start of WW II. I hope you've enjoyed it. Because I'll be going through the same exercise for their beers at the end of the war next.
Truman was unusual in using 100% English hops in all its beers. This was possibly influenced by the fact that the brewery had its own hop gardens. More standard was to employ a percentage of foreign hops. In most cases, that would have meant hops from the Pacific coast of the US. Or, in rare cases, Belgian, Czech or even German hops.
Not that, once again, the Stock Ales were different to all the others. Though it is worth bearing in mind that they were brewed in 1940, while all the others were brewed in 1939. It does mean, however, that the Stock Ales, which were brewed early in the year, had all hops from the most recent season. While the others had some from the last harvest, but also from the one before.
Unfortunately, the brewing records give no clue to either where the hops were grown in England nor their variety. Though it’s fair to assume that most would have been either Fuggles, Goldings or something similar.
Truman (Burton) hops in 1939
Beer
Style
OG
hop 1
hop 2
X
Mild
1030.2
English 1937
English 1938
X "Dark"
Mild
1028.5
English 1937
English 1938
X "Light"
Mild
1030.2
English 1937
English 1938
XX
Mild
1035.5
English 1937
English 1938
XX "Dark"
Mild
1033.8
English 1937
English 1938
XX "Light"
Mild
1035.5
English 1937
English 1938
No. 7
Mild
1041.3
English 1937
English 1938
Pale1
Pale Ale
1053.5
English 1937
English 1938
Pale1 B
Pale Ale
1053.5
English 1937
English 1938
Pale2
Pale Ale
1047.4
English 1937
English 1938
XXX
Strong Ale
1048.2
English 1937
English 1938
B3
Ale
1056
English 1937
English 1938
R4
Ale
1052.9
English 1937
English 1938
Stock 1
Stock Ale
1105.3
English 1939
Stock 2
Stock Ale
1088.6
English 1939
Source:
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/339.
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This finishes off my look at Truman's Burton beers at the start of WW II. I hope you've enjoyed it. Because I'll be going through the same exercise for their beers at the end of the war next.
Truman was unusual in using 100% English hops in all its beers. This was possibly influenced by the fact that the brewery had its own hop gardens. More standard was to employ a percentage of foreign hops. In most cases, that would have meant hops from the Pacific coast of the US. Or, in rare cases, Belgian, Czech or even German hops.
Not that, once again, the Stock Ales were different to all the others. Though it is worth bearing in mind that they were brewed in 1940, while all the others were brewed in 1939. It does mean, however, that the Stock Ales, which were brewed early in the year, had all hops from the most recent season. While the others had some from the last harvest, but also from the one before.
Unfortunately, the brewing records give no clue to either where the hops were grown in England nor their variety. Though it’s fair to assume that most would have been either Fuggles, Goldings or something similar.
Truman (Burton) hops in 1939
Beer
Style
OG
hop 1
hop 2
X
Mild
1030.2
English 1937
English 1938
X "Dark"
Mild
1028.5
English 1937
English 1938
X "Light"
Mild
1030.2
English 1937
English 1938
XX
Mild
1035.5
English 1937
English 1938
XX "Dark"
Mild
1033.8
English 1937
English 1938
XX "Light"
Mild
1035.5
English 1937
English 1938
No. 7
Mild
1041.3
English 1937
English 1938
Pale1
Pale Ale
1053.5
English 1937
English 1938
Pale1 B
Pale Ale
1053.5
English 1937
English 1938
Pale2
Pale Ale
1047.4
English 1937
English 1938
XXX
Strong Ale
1048.2
English 1937
English 1938
B3
Ale
1056
English 1937
English 1938
R4
Ale
1052.9
English 1937
English 1938
Stock 1
Stock Ale
1105.3
English 1939
Stock 2
Stock Ale
1088.6
English 1939
Source:
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/339.
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