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Found an old Boots Special Bitter homebrew kit in the garage a couple of months ago. I reckon I bought it around 1981 so it was a bit past its best-by date . Haven't brewed beer for many years now, mainly cider and wine and of course wash for stilling nowadays, but nothing ventured and all that so dug out some much more recent Fuggles hop pellets and brewed it all up.

Been bottle maturing for a month now so gave it a try tonight. Definite blast from the past with that old fashioned homebrew kit taste but quite drinkable. Result!

You have to burn fuel to make fuel.

Don't tell me that you used the original yeast

Robert.

Properly LOL. Didn't see that coming. Thanks

Cannot have been original yeast.
They will have been mummified.
Or taken a year or two to ferment out.

Mash and I can maybe share a few private jokes
that others here may not understand.

Robert.

On the subject of using vintage items. Found a bar of original Wrights coal tar soap.

Still as good as it was, probably better than I remember. Brilliant.

I see that, and smell it!
Is it worth more on a famous auction site than a bar of soap?.
Not sure that I would bid, but there are some nutters out there that buy anything, exotically described.

Robert.

Never thought about selling them. Just bought up what I found.

I must admit I didn't even try to resuscitate the original yeast although the one I did use was a couple of years old. I gave it a couple of days to get going before adding to the brew but it fired up OK and did the job.

Maybe I should list the brew on ebay, unique vintage beer anyone? I think the oldest beer I have drunk was a 20 year old Belgian Chouffe Christmas beer.

It is all about finding your market.
Vintage/"Heritage" yeasts probably have a few discerning collectors.

Robert.