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Author: Phil CookPhil Cook Date: Aug 15, 2008 11:21
Mike ............ wrote:
>"I'm going down the pub for a pint"
>"anyone for another pint"
>"just a swift half (pint) for me"
There is no such thing as a swift half... :-)
>
>"a bottle of (insert name of some fake continental fizz) for me please"
>
>Bottles of things like Theakstons Old Peculier are often thought of as
>bottled "real ale", a misnomer, as they are *nearly* all filtered and
>gassed (as far as I know).
You can get real ale in a bottle. The magic words are "bottle
conditioned" where there is live yeast in the bottle often leaving a
sediment requiring careful pouring to leave it in the bottle. Some
examples off the top of my head; Hen's Tooth, Fullers 1845,
Worthington White Shield. Youngs also do a bottle conditioned bitter.
Shepherd Neame's Spitfire used to be available bottle conditioned but
the bottled product is now gassed and filtered. :-(
Bottled ales from Belgium are more often than not bottle conditioned.
Duvel being a prime example that recieves a couple of months cold
conditioning in the bottles at the brewery before they let it out.
All the trappist ales are bottle conditioned and laughingly have best
before dates on them. Some of them age very well indeed. My problem is
that I struggle to keep them in an undrunk state!
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
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