Cairnes hops in 1914

Moving on to the hops employed by Cairnes, we can see that there were an awful lot from the USA, specifically Oregon. In most beers, it was 50% Oregon and 50% English. The exception being Single Stout which was 100% Oregon.

I’m sort of assuming the non-Oregon hops were English. They are listed by a grower or dealer’s name which is obviously English. As there were pretty much no hops grown in Ireland, I think we can rule out them being local.

The majority of the hops were from the most recent season. With only Single Stout having older hops. Even then, they were only yearlings. I’ve come across English brewers who used much older hops in general, a majority being more than a year old.

Cairnes hops in 1914
Beer	Style	OG	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3
2d Ale	Mild	1038	Oregon 1913	English 1913
Mild Ale	Mild	1062	Oregon 1913	English 1913
Bitter Ale	Pale Ale	1050	Oregon 1913	English 1913
SS	Stout	1050	Oregon 1913	Oregon no date	Oregon 1912
DS	Stout	1067	Oregon 1913	English 1913
Source:
Cairnes brewing record held at the Guinness archives.