Fremlin copper hops in 1897

Hops. Fremlin used loads of them. Pretty much all of them English.

Every beer contained at least two types of hops. Except for the Pilsener, which had just the one. I’m not 100% certain of the type. I think it says “Veleke”. I’m guessing that it was some type of Czech hop,

Most beers have a combination 1896 and 1897 season hops. All pretty fresh, considering all these brews took place in October 1897. The exceptions were the London versions of BA, BB and PA, which only had hops from the 1897 harvest, A sure sign that these were posh, expensive beers.

Sadly, with the exception of a couple of instances, there’s no indication of the English region from which the hops came. In those few cases, it’s always Worcester. Leading mw to believe that the others are mostly from Kent. It was, after all, the region that produced the most hops. And was where Fremlin was located. 

Fremlin copper hops in 1897
Beer	Style	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3	hop 4	hop 5	hop 6
X	Mild	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
H	Pale Ale	Eng. 1897	Eng. 1897	Wor. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
BA	Pale Ale	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897	Wor. 1897
BA C	Pale Ale	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
BA L	Pale Ale	Eng. 1897	Eng. 1897
BB	Pale Ale	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
BB L	Pale Ale	Eng. 1897	Eng. 1897
PA	Pale Ale	Eng. 1897	Eng. 1897	Wor. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896
PA L	Pale Ale	Eng. 1897	Eng. 1897
IPA	IPA	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897	Eng. 1897
Pilsener	Pilsener	Veleke? 1896
P	Porter	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
Cooper	Porter	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
DS	Stout	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1896	Eng. 1897
Source:
Fremlin brewing record held at the Kent Archives, document number U3555/2/F/Bx2/1/22.