Thomas Usher hops in 1894

Moving on to the hops, the great majority are English. Other than one lot of British Columbian and one of Californian.

As for the English, almost all are either from Kent or Sussex. The former is no surprise, being, the UK’s biggest hop-growing region. Sussex, on the other hand, was a relatively minor player in the hop game. Worcester, which appears once, was another major hop county. Thus, not unusual.

It may seem odd that an expensive beer like the Export Stout contains only American hops. But it does make sense. An export beer would need lots of protection from hops. And US hops had a higher preservative value. Also, in a beer that was aged and had loads of roast, hop aroma wouldn’t have been a prominent flavour. 

Thomas Usher hops in 1894
Beer	Style	hop 1	hop 2
XX 60/-	Mild	Kent	British Columbia
50/- Br	Ale	Kent	Sussex
60/-	Ale	Kent	Sussex
60/- Br	Ale	Kent	Sussex
80/-	Ale	Kent	Sussex
100/-	Ale	Kent	Sussex
3 XX	Stock Ale	Kent
IP	IPA	Worcester	Kent
PA	Pale Ale	Kent	Sussex
PA 60/-	Pale Ale	Kent	Sussex
Stout	Stout	Kent	Sussex
Stout Export	Stout	Californian
Source:
Thomas Usher brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archives, document number TU/6/1/2.