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"delboy":2ht4cna0 wrote: Do any of the micros bottle with the yeast in? I don't understand why some of them don't go down this route.[/quote:2ht4cna0]

Is the porterhouse plain not bottle conditioned?

"TheBeerNut":1capjb2z wrote: Porterhouse bottle-conditions everything, and I think the Hilden own-brand stuff is bottle-conditioned too.[/quote:1capjb2z]

I don't think i've ever had a bottle of hilden beer with yeast in it, they certainly don't claim to be bottle conditioned and the presence of a big yeast filter in the brewery would also suggest they don't bottle with yeast.

Never tried any of the porterhouse beers, they don't seem to make it up north.

"delboy":3jja52fk wrote:

"TheBeerNut":3jja52fk wrote: Porterhouse bottle-conditions everything, and I think the Hilden own-brand stuff is bottle-conditioned too.[/quote:3jja52fk]
I don't think i've ever had a bottle of hilden beer with yeast in it, they certainly don't claim to be bottle conditioned[/quote:3jja52fk]

"Hilden":3jja52fk wrote: We have two bottled beers, Hilden Original Ale, this is a 4.6% ABV bottle conditioned ale and Scullion’s Irish 4.6% filtered ale for a smoother finish.[/quote:3jja52fk]Link[/url:3jja52fk]

So it was just Hilden Ale that was bottle conditioned. I think they may have discontinued it too, as the own-brand beers aren't listed on this page[/url:3jja52fk]. The College Green and Belfast Quarters ranges are all filtered, IIRC.

"delboy":3jja52fk wrote: Never tried any of the porterhouse beers, they don't seem to make it up north.[/quote:3jja52fk]I'm sure they will before long.

"RichieH":2rotn9fl wrote: I'm pretty sure that the bottle I had of brainblasta had "bottle conditioned" written on it, but there wasn't a hint of sediment, so I was a little confused. Perhaps they carbonate naturally before bottling? Would that count as bottle conditioning? It wouldn't count as bottle refermentation but I guess conditioning is different[/quote:2rotn9fl]

you do not need a lot of yeast, it may not have been evident