Barclay Perkins Ale hops before WW II

Finally, we get to the hops. Always fascinating. With the odd exception, they were all English.

That Saaz were used to dry hop PA Export, a really top-class beer, demonstrates the regard in which they were held by British brewers. The same goes for Styrian Goldings.

But the overwhelming majority if the hops were from Kent and the classic English varieties of Fuggles and Goldings. You can discern a class divide in the hopping. The Mild Ales are all Fuggles, the Pale Ales a mix of Fuggles and Goldings and the expensive beers all Goldings, at least in the copper.

The vast majority of the hops were from the two most recent harvests and the older ones had all been cold stored. That’s what the CS in the table signifies. Cold storing greatly reduced the decline in alpha acid, especially during the first 18 months.

Barclay Perkins Ale hops before WW II
Year	Beer	Style	hops
1936	DB	Brown Ale	Worcester (1935 CS), MK (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS)
1939	A	Mild	MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent  Fuggles (1938), MK  Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939	X	Mild	MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent Fuggles (1938), MK  Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939	XX	Mild	MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent  Fuggles (1938), MK  Fuggles (1937 CS)
1939	IPA (bottling)	IPA	MK Fuggles (1938 CS), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); Styrian dry hops
1939	XLK (bottling)	Pale Ale	MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); no dry hops
1939	XLK (trade)	Pale Ale	MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); EK Goldings (1938) dry hops
1939	PA	Pale Ale	MK Fuggles (1938), Kent W (1938), MK Goldings (1937 CS); Styrian Goldings (1938) dry hops
1936	PA Export	Pale Ale	EK Goldings (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); Saaz (1935 CS) dry hops
1936	KK	Strong Ale	Kent (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); EK (1935 CS) dry hops
1937	KK (bottling)	Strong Ale	MK Fuggles (1936 CS), EK Goldings (1935 CS); Saaz (1936 CS) dry hops
1936	KKKK	Strong Ale	EK Goldings (1935 CS), MK Goldings (1934 CS); EK Goldings (1935) dry hops
Source:
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/01/621 and ACC/2305/01/623.