Tetley hops in 1888

Around two thirds of the hops employed by Tetley were English. Specifically, from either Kent or Worcester. Not really a surprise as they were the two largest hop-producing regions in the UK.

Unusually, all the foreign hops were European. Remember that the USA was by far the largest foreign supplier of imported hops. I wonder if the brewers at Tetley didn’t care for the flavour of American hops?

The foreign sources were quite odd. Two of the four types were German. But not the fashionable German types such as Hallertau or Spalt. Instead, they came from Alsace and Altmark. The other foreign suppliers were Burgundy, a small hop region in the North of France, and Austria. Never seen the latter before. Do they mean Bohemian?

Tetley hops in 1888
Beer	Style	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3	hop 4	hop 5
X	Mild	Kent 1886	Kent 1887	Alsace 1886	Altmark 1887
X1	Mild	Kent 1886	Kent 1887	Alsace 1886	Altmark 1887
X2	Mild	Kent 1886	Alsace 1886
X3	Mild	Kent 1886	Kent 1887	Worcester 1887	Burgundy 1887
K	Pale Ale	Kent 1887	Worcester 1886	Worcester 1887	Worcester 1887	Burgundy 1887
PA	Pale Ale	Kent 1887	Worcester 1886	Worcester 1887	Burgundy 1887
P	Porter	Kent 1886	Austrian 1886
S	Stout	Kent 1886	Alsace 1886
Source:
Tetley brewing record held at the West Yorkshire Archives, document number WYL756/44/ACC1903.