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We really are done with AK after this post. I promise. Unless I'm too lazy to write a recipe for Wednesday. Which is definitely a possibility. Especially as I'm investing do much time in Heineken's wartime records.
Lots and lots of English hops is the short overview. Along with a few Styrians and one lot of Californian. That's no surprise. From the 1950s the UK was pretty much self-sufficient in hops. No need to import any. It seems to have almost completely ended hop imports from the USA.
About all you see in the first couple of decades after WW II are European hops. Quite often Styrian. Presumably because they were cheap. Quality hops like Hallertau and Saaz also crop up a little.
Between 1946 and 1965 only in three years, 1956, 1959 and 1961 were insufficient hops grown to cover domestic needs.
Hops: home production and imports 1946 - 1965
Year ended 31st Dec.
Estimated Produce
Imports: Less Re-Exports
Exports: British Hops
Consumption Years ended 30th Sept. following
surplus British hops
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
1946
257,451
29,243
35,056
217,759
39,692
1947
289,908
7,716
31,661
231,470
58,438
1948
273,584
4,561
29,135
233,168
40,416
1949
250,406
900
42,301
232,979
17,427
1950
368,313
269
84,027
229,106
139,207
1951
321,824
626
107,738
228,512
93,312
1952
282,349
502
76,620
225,569
56,780
1953
272,593
1,015
64,762
216,841
55,752
1954
246,748
3,075
51,323
217,716
29,032
1955
256,821
5,836
49,049
218,820
38,001
1956
184,170
6,416
40,746
215,114
-30,944
1957
267,677
8,848
38,635
208,870
58,807
1958
302,640
5,441
42,352
226,371
76,269
1959
222,768
6,007
34,291
234,611
-11,843
1960
248,195
8,172
12,220
234,611
13,584
1961
204,306
19,235
24,914
226,437
-22,131
1962
266,812
16,489
16,070
234,611
32,201
1963
276,384
10,063
21,790
226,437
49,947
1964
252,398
12,624
24,181
226,565
25,833
1965
258,727
12,961
19,474
237,356
21,371
Sources:
1955 Brewers' Almanack, page 63.
1971 Brewers'Almanack, page 54
During the 1950s hip imports were minimal, though they did start to increase in the 1960s, they still amounted for well under 10% of the hops used in UK brewing.
AK hops after WW II
Date
Year
Brewer
Beer
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
hop 5
22nd Jan
1946
Shepherd Neame
AK
English 1942
English 1944
English 1945
15th Jul
1947
Shepherd Neame
AK
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
19th Mar
1952
Strong
SAK
Worcs 1951
Kent 1950
Kent 1950
Kent 1951
Kent 1951
3rd Jan
1964
Eldridge Pope
BAK
Kent 1962
Worcs 1962
Sussex 1962
Styrian 1962
6th Jan
1967
Eldridge Pope
BAK
Kent 1965
Worcs 1965
Worcs 1965
Californian 1965
Styrian 1965
17th May
1982
Eldridge Pope
BAK
English
English
English
Styrian
27th Jun
1984
Eldridge Pope
BAK
English
English
English
English
Styrian
Sources:
Strong brewing record, number 79A01-A3-3-27.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Shepherd Neame brewing record held at the brewery.
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We really are done with AK after this post. I promise. Unless I'm too lazy to write a recipe for Wednesday. Which is definitely a possibility. Especially as I'm investing do much time in Heineken's wartime records.
Lots and lots of English hops is the short overview. Along with a few Styrians and one lot of Californian. That's no surprise. From the 1950s the UK was pretty much self-sufficient in hops. No need to import any. It seems to have almost completely ended hop imports from the USA.
About all you see in the first couple of decades after WW II are European hops. Quite often Styrian. Presumably because they were cheap. Quality hops like Hallertau and Saaz also crop up a little.
Between 1946 and 1965 only in three years, 1956, 1959 and 1961 were insufficient hops grown to cover domestic needs.
Hops: home production and imports 1946 - 1965
Year ended 31st Dec.
Estimated Produce
Imports: Less Re-Exports
Exports: British Hops
Consumption Years ended 30th Sept. following
surplus British hops
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
Cwts.
1946
257,451
29,243
35,056
217,759
39,692
1947
289,908
7,716
31,661
231,470
58,438
1948
273,584
4,561
29,135
233,168
40,416
1949
250,406
900
42,301
232,979
17,427
1950
368,313
269
84,027
229,106
139,207
1951
321,824
626
107,738
228,512
93,312
1952
282,349
502
76,620
225,569
56,780
1953
272,593
1,015
64,762
216,841
55,752
1954
246,748
3,075
51,323
217,716
29,032
1955
256,821
5,836
49,049
218,820
38,001
1956
184,170
6,416
40,746
215,114
-30,944
1957
267,677
8,848
38,635
208,870
58,807
1958
302,640
5,441
42,352
226,371
76,269
1959
222,768
6,007
34,291
234,611
-11,843
1960
248,195
8,172
12,220
234,611
13,584
1961
204,306
19,235
24,914
226,437
-22,131
1962
266,812
16,489
16,070
234,611
32,201
1963
276,384
10,063
21,790
226,437
49,947
1964
252,398
12,624
24,181
226,565
25,833
1965
258,727
12,961
19,474
237,356
21,371
Sources:
1955 Brewers' Almanack, page 63.
1971 Brewers'Almanack, page 54
During the 1950s hip imports were minimal, though they did start to increase in the 1960s, they still amounted for well under 10% of the hops used in UK brewing.
AK hops after WW II
Date
Year
Brewer
Beer
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
hop 5
22nd Jan
1946
Shepherd Neame
AK
English 1942
English 1944
English 1945
15th Jul
1947
Shepherd Neame
AK
English 1943
Kent 1945
Kent 1946
19th Mar
1952
Strong
SAK
Worcs 1951
Kent 1950
Kent 1950
Kent 1951
Kent 1951
3rd Jan
1964
Eldridge Pope
BAK
Kent 1962
Worcs 1962
Sussex 1962
Styrian 1962
6th Jan
1967
Eldridge Pope
BAK
Kent 1965
Worcs 1965
Worcs 1965
Californian 1965
Styrian 1965
17th May
1982
Eldridge Pope
BAK
English
English
English
Styrian
27th Jun
1984
Eldridge Pope
BAK
English
English
English
English
Styrian
Sources:
Strong brewing record, number 79A01-A3-3-27.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Shepherd Neame brewing record held at the brewery.
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