AK hops after WW II

We really are done with AK after this post. I promise. Unless I'm too lazy to write a recipe for Wednesday. Which is definitely a possibility. Especially as I'm investing do much time in Heineken's wartime records.

Lots and lots of English hops is the short overview.  Along with a few Styrians and one lot of Californian. That's no surprise. From the 1950s the UK was pretty much self-sufficient in hops. No need to import any. It seems to have almost completely ended hop imports from the USA.

About all you see in the first couple of decades after WW II are European hops. Quite often Styrian. Presumably because they were cheap. Quality hops like Hallertau and Saaz also crop up a little.

Between 1946 and 1965 only in three years, 1956, 1959 and 1961 were insufficient hops grown to cover domestic needs.

Hops: home production and imports 1946 - 1965
Year ended 31st Dec.	Estimated Produce	Imports: Less Re-Exports	Exports: British Hops	Consumption Years ended 30th Sept. following	surplus British hops
	Cwts.	Cwts.	Cwts.	Cwts.	Cwts.
1946	257,451	29,243	35,056	217,759	39,692
1947	289,908	7,716	31,661	231,470	58,438
1948	273,584	4,561	29,135	233,168	40,416
1949	250,406	900	42,301	232,979	17,427
1950	368,313	269	84,027	229,106	139,207
1951	321,824	626	107,738	228,512	93,312
1952	282,349	502	76,620	225,569	56,780
1953	272,593	1,015	64,762	216,841	55,752
1954	246,748	3,075	51,323	217,716	29,032
1955	256,821	5,836	49,049	218,820	38,001
1956	184,170	6,416	40,746	215,114	-30,944
1957	267,677	8,848	38,635	208,870	58,807
1958	302,640	5,441	42,352	226,371	76,269
1959	222,768	6,007	34,291	234,611	-11,843
1960	248,195	8,172	12,220	234,611	13,584
1961	204,306	19,235	24,914	226,437	-22,131
1962	266,812	16,489	16,070	234,611	32,201
1963	276,384	10,063	21,790	226,437	49,947
1964	252,398	12,624	24,181	226,565	25,833
1965	258,727	12,961	19,474	237,356	21,371
Sources:
1955 Brewers' Almanack, page 63.
1971 Brewers'Almanack, page 54

During the 1950s hip imports were minimal, though they did start to increase in the 1960s, they still amounted for well under 10% of the hops used in UK brewing.

AK hops after WW II
Date	Year	Brewer	Beer	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3	hop 4	hop 5
22nd Jan	1946	Shepherd Neame	AK	English 1942	English 1944	English 1945
15th Jul	1947	Shepherd Neame	AK	English 1943	Kent 1945	Kent 1946
19th Mar	1952	Strong	SAK	Worcs 1951	Kent 1950	Kent 1950	Kent 1951	Kent 1951
3rd Jan	1964	Eldridge Pope	BAK	Kent 1962	Worcs 1962	Sussex 1962	Styrian 1962
6th Jan	1967	Eldridge Pope	BAK	Kent 1965	Worcs 1965	Worcs 1965	Californian 1965	Styrian 1965
17th May	1982	Eldridge Pope	BAK	English	English	English	Styrian
27th Jun	1984	Eldridge Pope	BAK	English	English	English	English	Styrian
Sources:
Strong brewing record, number 79A01-A3-3-27.
Eldridge Pope brewing record.
Shepherd Neame brewing record held at the brewery.