London Strong Burton Ale hops 1880 - 1899

Logically, now we come to the hops. All of which are reasonably fresh.

A majority of the beers have multiple types of hops, mostly English. Sadly, the region of origin is only mentioned in the Barclay Perkins records. Where they were all from Kent. At least the English ones. There were also some Bavarian hops.

American hops – which were used in huge quantities in the UK in the late 19th century – only appear in the Whitbread examples. That so many fresh, English hops were used is a sure sign that these were expensive beers.

London Strong Burton Ale hops 1880 - 1899
Year	Brewer	Beer	hop 1	hop 2	hop 3
1881	Whitbread	KKK	American 1881	English 1880	English 1881
1891	Whitbread	KKK	English 1890	English 1891	American 1890
1886	Barclay Perkins	KKK	Bavarian 1886	EK 1886	MK 1886
1887	Truman (Burton)	S3	English 1886
1897	Truman (Burton)	CS 3	English 1896	English 1896
Sources:
Whitbread brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers LMA/4453/D/01/047 and LMA/4453/D/01/057.
Barclay Perkins brewing record held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number ACC/2305/1/583.
Truman brewing records held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document numbers B/THB/BUR/11 and B/THB/C/327.