Nearly but not absolutely correct. While there is brewery conditioning, it is not absolute and a small amount of live yeast remains, so it is not totally 'bright'. (If there was a bright beer campaign, they would probably reject it!). Presumably this is enough to continue some secondary fermentation and prolong the life of the cask beyond that you would expect from a totally bright beer. CAMRA accepts that some filtering is acceptable - whether DB takes this too far is a whole other can of worms.
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
A pint of Cloudwater Aw18 Bitter over the weekend was fantastic, If all Best Bitters were brewed to this standard there would be no such thing as BBB's, cask at its very best.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
With Holts Bitter, the only thing that made me weep is when I couldn't get any! Probably my overall favourite for 50 years. I now weep most of the time in Wales but I am delighted when one of my locals The Ponsonby Arms gets it as a guest. On our recent crawl to Manchester, it was one of the best beers of the day in The Hare & Hounds.
Not in the same class as Holts Bitter, but I find the much criticised Sam Smiths Bitter very good in Chester in both The Falcon and Ye Olde Boot Inn. A good £2 well spent in both pubs. That is for a FULL pint in spite of "uncle Humphrey's" rules.
Never see Holts in the Southeast, and rarely Sam's, though more often than when in Yorkshire.Really enjoyed it in Durham in the 1970s in Colpitts Hotel , and in a pub opposite the Tech in Framwellgate Moor. (Can't remember its name.)
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.