Truman (Burton) hops in 1946

Having started the war using all UK hops, there was little likelihood that the war would have changed much. And that was indeed the case.

There was one small change, however. In 1942, in addition to whole hops, Truman started to use a hop concentrate. Presumably because this was more readily available than hops.

Between 1942 and 1947 considerable quantities of hop extracts and concentrates were imported. I’m guessing because these took up far less space when shipping across the Atlantic. This importation came to a complete stop in 1948, I’m guessing when shipping was less stretched.

All the beers contained the same hops and some hop concentrate. With one exception: P1 Bottling, their top-of-the-range Pale Ale. For which they obviously reserved the freshest hops and didn’t bother with the hop concentrate.

Truman (Burton) hops in 1946
Beer	Style	OG	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3
X	Mild	1025.8	English 1944 CS	English 1945 CS	Hop concentrate
XX	Mild	1028.8	English 1944 CS	English 1945 CS	Hop concentrate
No. 7	Mild	1033	English 1944 CS	English 1945 CS	Hop concentrate
P2	Pale Ale	1040.7	English 1944 CS	English 1945 CS	Hop concentrate
P1	Pale Ale	1047.6	English 1944 CS	English 1945 CS	Hop concentrate
P1 Bott	Pale Ale	1050.7	English 1944 CS	English 1945	English 1945 CS
XXX	Strong Ale	1039.6	English 1944 CS	English 1945 CS	Hop concentrate
Source:
Truman brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number B/THB/C/354.