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After the last post on 1880's hop rates, there were some questions about the age and types of hops used. Rather than try to answer in words in a comment, I though t it would be clearer if I posted some extended tables. So here you are, you lucky people.
Barclay Perkins hopping rates in the 1880's Date Year Beer Style OG FG ABV App. Attenuation lbs hops/ qtr hops lb/brl recom-mended lbs hops/ qtr MK 1886 EK 1885 MK 1885 Wors 1885 Wors 1886 MK 1879 Bavarian 1879 American 1879 31st May 1887 Hhd Porter 1053.0 1013.0 5.29 75.44% 11.67 2.95 4-5 42 112
10th May 1887 BS Stout 1071.0 1019.4 6.83 72.69% 7.75 2.50 8-10 207 103
21st May 1886 XX Mild 1076.0 1022.7 7.05 70.11% 12.00 3.86 4-6
96
96
29th Jun 1886 XLK Pale Ale 1054.0 1014.1 5.27 73.84% 12.00 2.68 7-10
200
100
15th Jul 1886 PA Pale Ale 1059.0 1016.1 5.68 72.77% 16.00 3.88 15
266
128
21st Jan 1880 KKK Stock Ale 1090.6 1012.5 10.33 86.20% 18.80 8.10 10-12
1746 1885 1796 Source: Barclay Perkins brewing records
Whitbread hopping rates in the 1880's Date Year Beer Style OG FG ABV App. Attenuation lbs hops/ qtr hops lb/brl recom-mended lbs hops/ qtr Grant 1878 Bavarian 1880 Hussey 1880 American 1877 Lerry 1880 5th Jun 1881 P Porter 1054.6 1010.8 5.79 80.20% 8.77 2.08 4-5
806
642 8th Dec 1880 Exp S Stout 1078.7 1018.8 7.92 76.06% 13.35 5.41 14-15
1st Dec 1880 SS Stout 1079.2 1024.9 7.18 68.53% 10.63 4.73 8-10 687 567 994 197
1st Dec 1880 SSS Stout 1091.4 1029.9 8.14 67.27% 10.63 5.45 8-10 687 567 994 197
Source: Whitbread brewing records
Whitbread hopping rates in the 1880's Date Year Beer Style OG FG ABV App. Attenuation lbs hops/ qtr hops lb/brl recom-mended lbs hops/ qtr Grant 1878 American 1878 American 1879 Cobb 1879 Hatch 1879 Lewis 1880 Tomkin 1879 Lillywhite 1880 samples 1880 Kingsford 1880 12th Jul 1880 X Mild 1060.9 1015.5 6.01 74.55% 7.53 2.09 4-6
687 480 338
15th Jul 1880 XL Mild 1068.4 1019.7 6.45 71.26% 7.45 2.36 4-6
634 329 170
26th Dec 1880 XX xpt Mild 1078.4 1024.9 7.07 68.19% 14.86 5.44 4-6
543
50 1027 12th Jul 1880 FA Pale Ale 1052.6 1008.6 5.83 83.68% 13.52 3.58 7-10 279
255
9th Aug 1880 PA Pale Ale 1065.4 1014.4 6.74 77.97% 17.12 4.30 15
168
546
15th Sep 1880 KK Stock Ale 1076.2 1025.5 6.71 66.55% 12.44 4.36 10-12
381
179 535
11th Oct 1880 KKK Stock Ale 1084.2 1028.0 7.44 66.78% 13.13 4.97 10-12
781 868
Source: Whitbread brewing records
What do you make of that then? Whitbread's hops were mostly pretty fresh, apart from a few two-year old American hops. But that's typical. They never used American hops really fresh.
I think you can see how brewers used two or three different types of hops, not just different ages but also from different countries. The Amercan hops were probably Cluster, the Bavarian ones Hallertauer.https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...s.blogspot.com
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