CAMRA Champion Hobsons Yeast?

[midlantic]

Does anyone know anything about the yeast used by Hobsons, whose Mild was awarded the 2007 CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain?

http://www.hobsons-brewery.co.uk/our-beers/hobsons-mild/

On a whim I bought a bottle of Hobsons Postman's Knock and saw that it's bottle conditioned, so I thought I'd take a stab at harvesting the yeast and making a small batch of bitter. I can barely find out anything about the yeast, though.

From what I can tell, the nearby Ludlow brewery originally got their strain from Hobsons, and this page says Hobsons yeast is originally from Holden's brewery:

http://allbeerflavourdiscoverychoice.blogspot.com/2010/06/anything-but-old-hat.html

The yeast, a classic top-fermenting ale strain, was originally
sourced from Midlands family brewer Holden’s but now imparts
a distinctive character to all Hobsons beers.

If anyone has any more information about this yeast, I'd appreciate it.

 

[daksin]

Nothing that I can find. One of my favorite strains was picked up by White Labs a few years back as a platinum strain, but they haven't had it since. Does Hobson's sell any bottle-conditioned beers? I think harvesting your own would be the best bet if possible.

 

[midlantic]

Nothing that I can find. One of my favorite strains was picked up by White Labs a few years back as a platinum strain, but they haven't had it since. Does Hobson's sell any bottle-conditioned beers? I think harvesting your own would be the best bet if possible.

The mention of bottle conditioning on the label is what led me to want to try to harvest it. I read one reference to them reusing their yeast, so it's very likely they've had a bit of drift from what they originally picked up. It should be an interesting gallon or two experiment.

 

[badlee]

Old thread,but OP,did you ever have any luck with the Hobsons yeast?
I have a bottle each or Postmans and Shropshire stout over here I would like to try the yeast from.