Pre-Prohibition American Hops?

[stylus1274]

Go back and read my posts from the primary source. It was from 1930 not 1830 and your hops listed aren't correct except for Fuggles. I posted a link to the source as well.

So no chance whatsoever that the US got imported hops? 100% of the hops used then were all home grown?

Is that what you are saying?

 

[TheMadKing]

So no chance whatsoever that the US got imported hops? 100% of the hops used then were all home grown?



Is that what you are saying?

Not at all, but the OP asked for American hops, and even back then, the Willamette valley was responsible for a large amount of the hops grown worldwide. We were exporting more than importing according to the report. Especially to England. And during prohibition we were absolutely not importing any hops since we had no use for them. So it stands to reason that US hop growers started exporting the hops that they had already been growing all along and performed well in the U.S..

 

[5mooth0perator]

Yeah I'd love to see!

The report I was quoting earlier is pretty definitive though. He was a PhD Botanist at the University of Oregon collaborating with Washington State University on figuring which hops were resistant to mildew. These two universities were at the leading edge of hops at the time. So he went through and categorized all of the hops varieties available in the largest hop producing region in the US, 2 years before prohibition ended. He also included several anecdotes from hop farmers about their past activities indicating that what he saw in 1930 was typical of what was available for at least the previous 40 years.

English Cluster, Early Cluster, Late Cluster, Fuggles, and Canadian Red Vine

It just mentioned the varieties/species already stated. Interestingly enough the scientific name barley is alphabetically right next to the scientific name for hops, and there were several species of barley that were cultivated and or harvested by the natives.

 

[the amazingly randy]

I've searched all over and can fix little information on which hops available today would be historically accurate to use in a pre-prohibition American IPA.

All I've found for this time period in America is cluster cluster cluster cluster cluster cluster cluster cluster.... We're there no other American grown hops used during pre 1900 in America?

Hey I have found feral hops outside old hop growing fields that date to 1915 .I am currently working on expanding my root stock from 3 plants this year to hopefully 20 or more next spring

 

[hotbeer]

Old thread alert!

 

[bike2brew]

So what. It makes for interesting reading. I am a university professor and often have to remind my students that there is a substantial amount of good research published before the typical 10 year window identified with modern search engines. I would like to know more about the 1830 book of recipes.

 

[ajmilan]

So what. It makes for interesting reading. I am a university professor and often have to remind my students that there is a substantial amount of good research published before the typical 10 year window identified with modern search engines. I would like to know more about the 1830 book of recipes.

Exactly. I haven't been on this site since 2017. So, as Kevin Nealon of Saturday Night Live would say, "...and that's news to me!"