Old Belfast Brewery Yeast

[Metattron]

Has anyone cultured up a Clotworthy Dobbin yeast?  Does anyone know if it's filtered?  Might give it a go this week.

[irish_goat]

It's definitely filtered, was talking to Bernard about it.

[Rossa]

He is a bit of a saint though.

[irish_goat]

Update on this: I had a bottle of Whitewater's Copperhead the other day and there was a good bit of yeast at the bottom. First time I've noticed it in their beers so it may have been a filtering problem. I'm not sure about pasteurisation though but I'd assume Tesco and Sainsburys are getting their supply pasteurised anyway.

[irish_goat]

Bernard told us they only pasteurise beer for export, i.e. to the likes of Italy, due to the running costs of the pasteuriser.

Have a go at growing it up?

The best before date is always 12 months after production though, would that not suggest it's been pasteurised?

I'll have a go at growing it next time I'm having a few.

[irish_goat]

But I don't understand why then they bother pasteurising the foreign bottles? Surely they'd expect any product exported to be sold and consumed within 12 months as well?