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Finally, we get to the hops. Always fascinating. With the odd exception, they were all English.
That Saaz were used to dry hop PA Export, a really top-class beer, demonstrates the regard in which they were held by British brewers. The same goes for Styrian Goldings.
But the overwhelming majority if the hops were from Kent and the classic English varieties of Fuggles and Goldings. You can discern a class divide in the hopping. The Mild Ales are all Fuggles, the Pale Ales a mix of Fuggles and Goldings and the expensive beers all Goldings, at least in the copper.
The vast majority of the hops were from the two most recent harvests and the older ones had all been cold stored. That’s what the CS in the table signifies. Cold storing greatly reduced the decline in alpha acid, especially during the first 18 months.
Barclay Perkins Ale hops before WW II
Year
Beer
Style
hops
1936
DB
Brown Ale
Worcester (1935 CS), MK (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS)
1939
A
Mild
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939
X
Mild
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939
XX
Mild
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939
IPA (bottling)
IPA
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); Styrian dry hops
1939
XLK (bottling)
Pale Ale
MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); no dry hops
1939
XLK (trade)
Pale Ale
MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); EK Goldings (1938) dry hops
1939
PA
Pale Ale
MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); Styrian Goldings (1938) dry hops
1936
PA Export
Pale Ale
EK Goldings (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); Saaz (1935 CS) dry hops
1936
KK
Strong Ale
Kent (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); EK (1935 CS) dry hops
1937
KK (bottling)
Strong Ale
MK Fuggles (1936 CS), EK Goldings (1935 CS); Saaz (1936 CS) dry hops
1936
KKKK
Strong Ale
EK Goldings (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); EK Goldings (1935) dry hops
Source:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/01/621 and ACC/2305/01/623.
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Finally, we get to the hops. Always fascinating. With the odd exception, they were all English.
That Saaz were used to dry hop PA Export, a really top-class beer, demonstrates the regard in which they were held by British brewers. The same goes for Styrian Goldings.
But the overwhelming majority if the hops were from Kent and the classic English varieties of Fuggles and Goldings. You can discern a class divide in the hopping. The Mild Ales are all Fuggles, the Pale Ales a mix of Fuggles and Goldings and the expensive beers all Goldings, at least in the copper.
The vast majority of the hops were from the two most recent harvests and the older ones had all been cold stored. That’s what the CS in the table signifies. Cold storing greatly reduced the decline in alpha acid, especially during the first 18 months.
Barclay Perkins Ale hops before WW II
Year
Beer
Style
hops
1936
DB
Brown Ale
Worcester (1935 CS), MK (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS)
1939
A
Mild
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939
X
Mild
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939
XX
Mild
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939
IPA (bottling)
IPA
MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); Styrian dry hops
1939
XLK (bottling)
Pale Ale
MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); no dry hops
1939
XLK (trade)
Pale Ale
MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); EK Goldings (1938) dry hops
1939
PA
Pale Ale
MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); Styrian Goldings (1938) dry hops
1936
PA Export
Pale Ale
EK Goldings (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); Saaz (1935 CS) dry hops
1936
KK
Strong Ale
Kent (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); EK (1935 CS) dry hops
1937
KK (bottling)
Strong Ale
MK Fuggles (1936 CS), EK Goldings (1935 CS); Saaz (1936 CS) dry hops
1936
KKKK
Strong Ale
EK Goldings (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); EK Goldings (1935) dry hops
Source:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/01/621 and ACC/2305/01/623.
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