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I’m afraid that the hops will be more confusing than revealing. A combination of poor handwriting, odd abbreviations and my lack of comprehension leave me mostly guessing wildly at to what they might be.

I’m only certain about the last two entries in the table. They’re definitely Hallertau. A could stand for Auscha, a hop-growing region in Czechoslovakia. In which case they would be something akin to Saaz. By this point, of course, Czechoslovakia was also occupied by the Hermans. As for Bacha, I’ve absolutely no clue.

Before the war, Heineken seemed to use mostly German hops which meant little changed after the outbreak of war. It would have been a different matter had they been accustomed to employing English or American hops.
Heineken (Rotterdam) hops in 1940
Date Beer Style hop 1 hop 2
14th Nov Do Donker Lagerbier Be LA 1939 Bacha 1939
8th Nov Li Licht Lagerbier ?? 1939 Bacha 1939
8th Nov P Pils A 1938 A 1939
8th Nov Bei Münchener H 1939
10th Jul Bok Bok Barth Ha 1939
Source:
Heineken brewing record held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1759.




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