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When the war kicked off, Boddington Bitter contained both English and foreign hops. The latter being described as Oregon and Styrian. That is, from the USA and Yugoslavia, respectively. From 1941 on, only English hops were employed, both in the copper and as dry hops.
The age of the hops employed varied at different times in the war. In 1939, quite a lot of the hops were two seasons old. While in 1944 and 1945, most of the hops were fairly fresh. There’s a simple explanation. By then, most brewers had exhausted any stocks they had built up before the war. With no imports, locally-grown hops were the only option.
And only from the last season, as each year’s crop was divided up amongst breweries based on their pre-war usage. Enough to hop at, if they were lucky, perhaps 80% of their peacetime rate.
Boddington Bitter hops 1939 - 1945
Year
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
hop 5
hop 6
hop 7
hop 8
1939
Oregon 1937 CS
Styrian 1937 CS
English 1937
English 1937 CS
English 1938
Styrian 1937 CS dry hops
English 1937 CS dry hops
English 1938 dry hops
1940
Styrian 1936 CS
English 1939
1941
English 1940
English 1940 dry hops
1942
English 1940 CS
English 1941
English 1941 dry hops
1943
English 1941
English 1941 dry hops
1944
English 1943
English 1943 dry hops
1945
English 1943
Kent 1944
Kent 1944 dry hops
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/129.
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Still obsessing about Boddington Bitter.
When the war kicked off, Boddington Bitter contained both English and foreign hops. The latter being described as Oregon and Styrian. That is, from the USA and Yugoslavia, respectively. From 1941 on, only English hops were employed, both in the copper and as dry hops.
The age of the hops employed varied at different times in the war. In 1939, quite a lot of the hops were two seasons old. While in 1944 and 1945, most of the hops were fairly fresh. There’s a simple explanation. By then, most brewers had exhausted any stocks they had built up before the war. With no imports, locally-grown hops were the only option.
And only from the last season, as each year’s crop was divided up amongst breweries based on their pre-war usage. Enough to hop at, if they were lucky, perhaps 80% of their peacetime rate.
Boddington Bitter hops 1939 - 1945
Year
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
hop 5
hop 6
hop 7
hop 8
1939
Oregon 1937 CS
Styrian 1937 CS
English 1937
English 1937 CS
English 1938
Styrian 1937 CS dry hops
English 1937 CS dry hops
English 1938 dry hops
1940
Styrian 1936 CS
English 1939
1941
English 1940
English 1940 dry hops
1942
English 1940 CS
English 1941
English 1941 dry hops
1943
English 1941
English 1941 dry hops
1944
English 1943
English 1943 dry hops
1945
English 1943
Kent 1944
Kent 1944 dry hops
Boddington brewing record held at Manchester Central Library, document number M693/405/129.
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