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Unlike later in the century, when UK brewers imported hops from all over the world, at this point they were all sourced domestically. Given its close proximity to the capital, it’s no surprise that London brewers mostly used Kent hops. In the examples in the table, in the form of East Kent and Mid-Kent hops.

Note that a couple of Barclay Perkins beers contained hops that were three and four years old. Using old hops wasn’t at all unusual. There was a simple reason: the price of hops varied so much from year to year. At this point they were sourcing most of their hops from Mid-Kent, the rest from East Kent.



London Stout 1805 - 1811 hops


Year
Brewer
Beer
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3


1811
Barclay Perkins
BSt
MK 1808
MK 1810
MK 1811


1805
Barclay Perkins
FSt
MK 1801




1805
Barclay Perkins
P Stout
EK 1803




1807
Whitbread
Sea DS
English




1807
Whitbread
Sea S
English




Sources:


Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/525.


Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/002.


Not much had changed by the 1820s. Still all English hops, but generally more different types. And nothing more than 3 years old. I’m guessing that most of those where the origin wasn’t specified came from Kent.

Barclay Perkins were still very keen on Mid-Kent hops. That just happening to be a region which produced some of the best hops. Only surpassed by perhaps East Kent and Farnham.
You can see the practice developing of using several different vintages of hops in each brew. This was typical of brewing later in the century, when it was rare to see fewer than two or three types of hops employed.




London Stout hops 1820 - 1821


Year
Brewer
Beer
hop 1
hop 2
hop 3
hop 4


1820
Barclay Perkins
FSt
MK 1818





1821
Barclay Perkins
BSt
MK 1818
MK 1820
MK 1818
MK 1819


1820
Whitbread
Stout
English 1819





1821
Truman
K Stout
English 1819
English 1819
English 1820



1821
Reid
S
English 1819
English 1819
English 1820



1820
Reid
SS
English 1820





1820
Reid
SSS
English 1818
English 1819
English 1820



Sources:


Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/547 and ACC/2305/1/531.


Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/09/014.


Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/021.


Reid brewing record in private ownership.




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