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Unsurprisingly for a brewery located in hop country, Shepherd Neame had their own hop gardens. In most brews these made up the majority of the hops. In the table below they’re the ones described as Kent.
As you can see, they were using quite a lot of old hops – some were three seasons old. At any one period there was little variation in the hopping. All the beers received the same hops, Mild or Bitter.
There was one exception, however. That was SS Stout, which also contained a quantity of hopulon, which I assume is some sort of hop concentrate. It’s a bit odd that a Kent brewery surrounded by hop fields should use a concentrate. Especially as this was almost certainly imported.
Shepherd Neame hops in 1947
Beer
Style
OG
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
MB
Mild
1027.1
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
LDA
Pale Ale
1027.1
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
AK
Pale Ale
1027.1
Kent 1944
Kent 1944
Kent 1946
BB
Pale Ale
1031.3
Kent 1944
Kent 1944
Kent 1946
BA
Pale Ale
1034.3
Kent 1944
Kent 1944
Kent 1946
SS
Stout
1027.1
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
hopulon
Source:
1947 Shepherd Neame brewing book, held at the brewery.
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Unsurprisingly for a brewery located in hop country, Shepherd Neame had their own hop gardens. In most brews these made up the majority of the hops. In the table below they’re the ones described as Kent.
As you can see, they were using quite a lot of old hops – some were three seasons old. At any one period there was little variation in the hopping. All the beers received the same hops, Mild or Bitter.
There was one exception, however. That was SS Stout, which also contained a quantity of hopulon, which I assume is some sort of hop concentrate. It’s a bit odd that a Kent brewery surrounded by hop fields should use a concentrate. Especially as this was almost certainly imported.
Shepherd Neame hops in 1947
Beer
Style
OG
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
MB
Mild
1027.1
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
LDA
Pale Ale
1027.1
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
AK
Pale Ale
1027.1
Kent 1944
Kent 1944
Kent 1946
BB
Pale Ale
1031.3
Kent 1944
Kent 1944
Kent 1946
BA
Pale Ale
1034.3
Kent 1944
Kent 1944
Kent 1946
SS
Stout
1027.1
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
hopulon
Source:
1947 Shepherd Neame brewing book, held at the brewery.
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