William Younger (Abbey) hops in 1885

Time to look at the hops at William Younger's other brewery. How different are they from the ones at Holyrood?

The most obvious is that there are far fewer East Kent hops. Which makes sense as there are far fewer Pale Ales being brewed at the Abbey brewery. On the other hand, there are a lot more Kent hops. I'm sure that these difference are mostly due to the types of beer being brewed. Most of which - for example Shilling Ales and Mild Ales - aren't particularly hop-accented.

There's also another source. In addition to US, German and English hops, there are also a few from Bohemia. Which I assume were Saaz or something similar.

Just shy of half the hops were from the USA. Which isn't unusual for the period. The UK imported massive quantities of American hops. Simply because they were very economical to use, being not only relatively cheap, but also high in alpha acid. Though most brewers weren't very keen on their flavour.

There were almost as many German hops as English hops. In this case, from Württemberg and Spalt. They certainly liked their German hops at Younger. 

Only a couple of types of hops in S1 and S2. Though those aren't totally typical brews, as they used all fresh hops. Most brews contained some, or all, reused hops from other brews. Which meant that they could have large numbers of different types, depending on where the spent hops came from.

William Younger (Abbey) hops in 1885
Beer	Style	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3	hop 3	hop 5	hop 6
T	Table Beer	Kent 1884	Kent 1885	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	US 1884	US 1885
50/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif.1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
S 50/-	Ale	Kent 1884
B 50/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
H 60/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
60/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
80/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Kent 1885	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	US 1884	US 1885
100/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
120/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
140/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Bohemian 1885	US 1885	US 1884
160/-	Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Bohemian 1885	US 1885	US 1884
X	Mild	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
XX	Mild	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
XXX	Mild	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1885,	US 1885	US 1884	Kent 1885
XXXX	Stock Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Kent 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
P	Pale Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
XP	IPA	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884
XP Scotch	Pale Ale	Kent 1884	Kent 1885	Calif. 1884	Würt. 1884	US 1884	US 1885
DBS	Stout	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	Kent 1884	Spalt 1884	US 1884	US 1883
S1	Stout	US 1883	EK 1883
S2	Stout	Spalt 1884	US 1883
1	Strong Ale	Kent 1884	Calif. 1884	US 1885	US 1884	Kent 1885
2	Strong Ale	Kent 1884	Würt. 1885	US 1884	US 1885
3	Strong Ale	Kent 1884	Bohemian 1885	US 1885	US 1884
3 pale	Strong Ale	Kent 1884	Kent 1885	Würt. 1884	US 1884
Source:
William Younger brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/2/31.