Monday 1 March 2021

Boddington Bitter hops 1920 - 1938

The final post in this series on interwar Boddington Bitter. What fun it's been.

There's one consistent feature in Boddington's interwar hopping - lots of different hops in every beer. Up to six coppwer hops and three dry hops. In terms of origin, most are either English or American. But also some German (Hannover) Belgian (Alost), Czechoslovakian (Saaz) and Yugoslavian (Styrian). Quite a mixture, though with a higher percentage of locally-grown hops thatn you might have seen before WW I.

As well as several different types of hops, each beer also had ones from several different harvests. The oldest in the table were five seasons old, while most are no more than two seasons old. This sost of mix and matching I'm sure was at least partly driven by a desire to avoid and sudden changes in flavour when one hop was substituted.

Boddington Bitter hops 1920 - 1938
Year hop 1 hop 2 hop 3 hop 4 hop 5 hop 6 hop 7 hop 8 hop 9
1920 English 1919 Oregon 1916 Oregon 1917 English 1919 dry hops Oregon 1917 dry hops Alost 1919 dry hops      
1921 Saaz 1918 English 1919 English 1920 Alost 1920 Pacific 1920 Pacific 1920 dry hops English 1920 dry hops    
1922 Pacifics 1920 Pacifics 1921 English 1920 English 1921 English 1921 English 1922 Pacifics 1921 dry hops English 1921 dry hops English 1922 dry hops
1923 Pacific 1921 English 1922 Hannover 1923 Pacific 1921 dry hops English 1921 dry hops Hannover 1923 dry hops      
1924 Americans 1921 Pacifics 1922 CS English 1922 English 1923 English 1924 Pacifics 1922 dry hops English 1923 dry hops English 1924 dry hops  
1925 Pacifics 1923 CS English 1923 English 1923 English 1923 English 1924 Pacifics 1923 dry hops English 1924 dry hops    
1926 Pacifics 1922 English 1924 English 1924 English 1925 English 1925 Pacifics 1923 dry hops English 1925 dry hops    
1927 Californian 1922 Californian 1926 English 1925 English 1925 English 1925 English 1926 Californian 1926 dry hops English 1925 dry hops English 1926 dry hops
1928 Pacifics 1927 English 1925 English 1926 English 1927 English 1927 Pacifics 1927 dry hops English 1927 dry hops    
1929 Californian 1927 English 1927 English 1927 English 1928 Californian 1927 dry hops English 1928 CS dry hops      
1930 Sonoma 1928 Oregon 1928 English 1927 English 1927 English 1928 English 1928 CS Oregon 1927 dry hops  English 1928 CS dry hops  
1932 Oregon 1930 English 1930 English 1930 English 1930 English 1930 CS Oregon 1930 dry hops English 1930 CS dry hops    
1933 Oregon 1931 English 1931 English 1931 English 1931 English 1931 CS English 1932 English 1932 dry hops    
1934 Oregon 1930 CS English 1929 English 1930 English 1932 English 1933 Styrian 1933 dry hops English 1933 CS dry hops    
1935 Oregon 1933 CS Styrian 1933 CS English 1933 English 1934 English 1934 Styrian 1934 CS dry hops English 1934 CS dry hops    
1936 Oregon 1935 CS Styrian 1933 CS English 1934 CS English 1935 English 1935 CS Styrian 1934 CS dry hops English 1935 CS dry hops English 1935 dry hops  
1937 Oregon 1936 Styrian 1936 English 1935 CS English 1935 CS English 1936 CS English 1936 CS Styrian 1936 dry hops English 1936 CS dry hops  
1938 Oregon 1937 CS Styrian 1937 CS English 1936 CS English 1936 CS English 1937 CS English 1937 CS Styrian 1937 CS dry hops English 1937 CS dry hops English 1937 CS dry hops
Sources:
Boddington brewing records held at Manchester Central Library, document numbers M693/405/127 and M693/405/128.

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