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Hops in the statutes of Adalhard of Corbie
In 822 the statutes of Abbot Adalhard of Corbie gave the monastery's porter a tenth of the hops brought in, and told him to get enough to make his beers: the first dated document to link hops and beer.
822
Monastic statutes assign the porter a tenth part of the hops delivered to the monastery and tell him to obtain more if he lacks enough to make his beers.
Why it mattered
Earliest dated written link between hops and brewing; it does not explain how the hops were used.
What the statutes say
Adalhard, a cousin of Charlemagne, was abbot of Corbie; in 822 he also helped found its daughter house, Corvey in Saxony. His statutes of 822 include the passage De humlone quoque, postquam ad monasterium venerit, decima ei portio ... detur. Si hoc ei non suffit, ipse ... sibi adquirat unde ad cervisas suas faciendas sufficienter habeat: of the hops, once they reach the monastery, a tenth is to be given to him (the porter); if that is not enough, he should obtain enough to make his beers. The hops were apparently gathered, like firewood, by tenants. The text does not say how the hops were used in brewing.
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