Binnie hops 1903 - 1905

I'm almost done with Binnie's beers. Well, until I start writing recipes. I hope you've enjoyed this series. I certainly have. Mostly as I need to build up some posts to cover my next overseas jaunt. Maybe I'll pull the same trick with Thomas Usher. That would get me through until October. By which time I'm sure I'll have lots of new material.

For example, the fascinating material in the letters between J. C. Jacobsen and his son Carl. In particular, the details about Younger and Bass IPA. And the rather condescending way they wrote about William Younger, where Carl was an apprentice.

Finally, let’s consider the hops. Most beers contained at least two types. And many three types.

Most common types were Kent, Bavarian and Californian.  With a single example each of Sussex and Betd. Not sure what the latter one was. Those first three types seem to have been pretty common amongst Scottish brewers. For example, at Thomas Usher.

Note the heavy use of spent hops. Mostly in conjunction with fresh hops. Other than in the Table Beer, which was exclusively spent hops. It’s not unusual to see spent hops in certain types of beer. But not in Pale Ales. Where normally only the best hops were used.

Binnie hops 1903 - 1905
Beer	Style	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3	hop 4
TB	Table Beer	spent
80/-	Ale	Kent	Bavarian	California	spent
100/-	Ale	Kent	Bavarian	spent
140/- Ale	Ale	Kent	Bavarian	California
BB	Pale Ale	Kent	American	Bavarian
Ex B	Pale Ale	Kent	California	spent
54/- IPA	IPA	Sussex	Bavarian	California	spent
60/- IPA	IPA	Kent	Bavarian	California
XXX Porter	Porter	Bavarian	Kent	Betd.
DBS	Stout	Kent	Bavarian	California	spent
Source:
Binnie brewing record held at the Scottish Brewing Archives, document number BH/6/1/1/1.