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Finally, we come to the hops. Which were mostly English. And mostly pretty fresh. With only one more than one year old.

There are two types of German hops, Hallertau and Bavarian. Which were types that were quite well regarded by UK brewers. The other foreign hops were American. Which were also well liked by UK brewers, but for a different reason. Because they were cheap.

Where specified, all but one of the English hops came from Kent. The exception being one lot of Worcester hops. Given how large the percentage of English hops which came from Worcester and Kent, it’s no real surprise that’s where the hops came from.
London Burton Ale hops 1880 - 1899
Year Brewer Beer hop 1 hop 2 hop 3 hop 4 dry hops
1892 Barclay Perkins KK Hallertau 1891 EK 1891
1881 Whitbread KK Bavarian 1881 USA 1881 English 1880 English 1881
1897 Fullers XXK MK 1895 EK 1896 EK 1896
1887 Truman (Burton) C5 R Worcester 1886 Calif. 1885 Kent 1885
1887 Truman (Burton) S5 English 1886
Sources:
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/587.
Whitbread brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/01/047.
Fullers brewing record held at the brewery.
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/BUR/11.



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