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Finally, it’s time to look at the hops. Unsurprisingly, the commonest source of hops is the UK. In particular, Kent. Not so odd, really, as it’s right next door to London. There are also a few from Worcester and Surrey. And quite a few where no specific location in England is mentioned. It’s probably safe to assume that most of these came from Kent. Just statistically, given that it produced far more hops than any other region.
Even more specific than that, Mid-Kent was the most common source. With rather fewer from East Kent, where the classier hops tended to come from. While Mid-Kent and Worcester provided the more workaday hops.
The second most common supplier of hops after the UK was the USA. Again, not much of a shock as it was already one of the world’s largest producers of hops. By this point most of the US hop industry had shifted from New York State to the West Coast. In some cases, California, Washington or simply. Pacific is recorded in the brewing record.
Trailing a distant third, with only 4 examples in the table compared to the 12 of the US, is Germany. Their hops were valued rather more highly than those from the USA and are more likely to turn up in expensive beers like Pale Ale. Though mostly just recorded as Bavarian, they were most likely to have been Hallertau.
The example called Bohemian will be Saaz or something similar. No idea what variety the ones from Burgundy might have been. Nor the two simply described as “Foreign”. They could have come from anywhere.
In most cases, the hops were from either the most recent harvest or the one before that. Though one lot, the Bohemians used by Truman, were three years old. Given that I’ve seen plenty of examples of hops five years or more old being used, overall these were pretty fresh.
London X Ales hops 1880 - 1899
Year
Brewer
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
1880
Barclay Perkins
MK 1879
US 1878
Bavarian 1879
1886
Barclay Perkins
MK 1883
MK 1885
California 1885
1886
Barclay Perkins
MK 1885
US 1885
MK 1884
1887
Barclay Perkins
MK 1885
MK 1886
Farnhams 1885
1890
Barclay Perkins
MK 1886
MK 1889
US 1889
1899
Barclay Perkins
MK 1899
US 1898
MK Goldings 1897
1881
Whitbread
Bavarian 1880
English 1880
English 1881
1885
Whitbread
English 1883
English 1884
Bavarian 1884
1891
Whitbread
English 1890
US 1889
US 1890
Hallertau 1890
1895
Whitbread
English 1894
English 1894
Pacific 1894
1898
Whitbread
EK 1897
EK 1897
MK 1896
1887
Fullers
Kent 1884
EK 1883
1893
Fullers
Foreign 1892
1898
Fullers
Worcs. 1897
MK 1896
1880
Truman
US 1879
US 1879
1885
Truman
Kent 1884
US 1884
Bohemian 1882
1890
Truman
Kent 1889
Kent 1889
Burgundy 1889
1895
Truman
Kent 1893
Kent 1894
Washington 1893
Foreign 1893
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/579, ACC/2305/1/584, ACC/2305/1/583, ACC/2305/1/586 and ACC/2305/1/593.
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/047, LMA/4453/D/01/050, LMA/4453/D/01/057, LMA/4453/D/01/061 and LMA/4453/D/01/064
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers B/THB/C/161, B/THB/C/166, B/THB/C/171 and B/THB/C/175.
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Finally, it’s time to look at the hops. Unsurprisingly, the commonest source of hops is the UK. In particular, Kent. Not so odd, really, as it’s right next door to London. There are also a few from Worcester and Surrey. And quite a few where no specific location in England is mentioned. It’s probably safe to assume that most of these came from Kent. Just statistically, given that it produced far more hops than any other region.
Even more specific than that, Mid-Kent was the most common source. With rather fewer from East Kent, where the classier hops tended to come from. While Mid-Kent and Worcester provided the more workaday hops.
The second most common supplier of hops after the UK was the USA. Again, not much of a shock as it was already one of the world’s largest producers of hops. By this point most of the US hop industry had shifted from New York State to the West Coast. In some cases, California, Washington or simply. Pacific is recorded in the brewing record.
Trailing a distant third, with only 4 examples in the table compared to the 12 of the US, is Germany. Their hops were valued rather more highly than those from the USA and are more likely to turn up in expensive beers like Pale Ale. Though mostly just recorded as Bavarian, they were most likely to have been Hallertau.
The example called Bohemian will be Saaz or something similar. No idea what variety the ones from Burgundy might have been. Nor the two simply described as “Foreign”. They could have come from anywhere.
In most cases, the hops were from either the most recent harvest or the one before that. Though one lot, the Bohemians used by Truman, were three years old. Given that I’ve seen plenty of examples of hops five years or more old being used, overall these were pretty fresh.
London X Ales hops 1880 - 1899
Year
Brewer
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4
1880
Barclay Perkins
MK 1879
US 1878
Bavarian 1879
1886
Barclay Perkins
MK 1883
MK 1885
California 1885
1886
Barclay Perkins
MK 1885
US 1885
MK 1884
1887
Barclay Perkins
MK 1885
MK 1886
Farnhams 1885
1890
Barclay Perkins
MK 1886
MK 1889
US 1889
1899
Barclay Perkins
MK 1899
US 1898
MK Goldings 1897
1881
Whitbread
Bavarian 1880
English 1880
English 1881
1885
Whitbread
English 1883
English 1884
Bavarian 1884
1891
Whitbread
English 1890
US 1889
US 1890
Hallertau 1890
1895
Whitbread
English 1894
English 1894
Pacific 1894
1898
Whitbread
EK 1897
EK 1897
MK 1896
1887
Fullers
Kent 1884
EK 1883
1893
Fullers
Foreign 1892
1898
Fullers
Worcs. 1897
MK 1896
1880
Truman
US 1879
US 1879
1885
Truman
Kent 1884
US 1884
Bohemian 1882
1890
Truman
Kent 1889
Kent 1889
Burgundy 1889
1895
Truman
Kent 1893
Kent 1894
Washington 1893
Foreign 1893
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/579, ACC/2305/1/584, ACC/2305/1/583, ACC/2305/1/586 and ACC/2305/1/593.
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/047, LMA/4453/D/01/050, LMA/4453/D/01/057, LMA/4453/D/01/061 and LMA/4453/D/01/064
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery.
Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers B/THB/C/161, B/THB/C/166, B/THB/C/171 and B/THB/C/175.
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