For the first time, there’s a confirmed sighting of some foreign hops. From the West Coast of the USA. Not such a surprise, as massive quantities of hops were shipped across the Atlantic before WW I.
Other than that, the majority were pretty local, coming from Kent. Mostly East Kent, with some Mid-Kent thrown in. Along with one lot from Worcester, England’s other major hop region.
Pretty fresh most of the hops remain. No real surprise there, as this was a style that would attract the best hops in the loft.
London Stock Pale Ale hops 1900 - 1914 | ||||||
Year | Brewer | Beer | hops 1 | hops 2 | hops 3 | hops 4 |
1900 | Barclay Perkins | PA | EK 1898 | EK 1899 | ||
1908 | Barclay Perkins | PA | EK 1906 | EK 1907 | ??? 1907 | |
1902 | Fullers | IPA | English 1900 | English 1901 | ||
1910 | Fullers | PA | Oregon 1907 | ??? 1909 | MK 1909 | EK 1908 |
1914 | Fullers | PA | MK 1913 | Cobbs 1913 | Cobbs 1914 | Oregon 1913 |
1901 | Whitbread | PA | EK 1900 | Worcs 1900 | ||
1905 | Whitbread | PA | EK 1903 CS | EK 1904 | MK 1903 | |
1910 | Whitbread | PA | EK 1909 | EK 1909 | EK 1909 | |
1914 | Whitbread | PA | EK 1912 CS | EK 1913 | ||
Sources: | ||||||
Barclay Perkins brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers ACC/2305/1/593, ACC/2305/1/605. | ||||||
Fullers brewing records held at the brewery. | ||||||
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/066, LMA/4453/D/01/070, LMA/4453/D/01/075, LMA/4453/D/01/079. |
Martyn Cornell says in his latest post that by the early 1900s, the US was growing non-trivial amounts of Fuggles among all of the Cluster otherwise being grown.
ReplyDeleteIs there any indication which variety of US hops were being used?
Clark,
ReplyDeleteno, unfortunately. Just American, Pacific. Oregon, California. Very vague geographic locations.