The old kit finally sees daylight

[Steve.]

Having got a couple of brews under my belt I decided it was time to test the pre 1992 Boots kit. The can was under a little pressure and gave out a nice wet fart sound when open. Not sure what the original colour should have been but this was a dark tar colour. Followed recipe as best I could, as I don't have a large enough brew pan. Added new pack of Gervin English GV12 yeast. I'll update as things progress

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[LeeH]

Did you not trust the original yeast?

 

[soupdragon]

Boots London bitter was a regular for me back in the day. Quite enjoyable even for those days if I remember correctly

Cheers Tom

 

[Steve.]

Well, how did it go? OG 1045, happily bubbled for 10 days, the smell from the airlock was promising. Checked SG by drawing some of the brew from the tap into a sample tube, 1020. Went to taste it - my god I haven't tased anything that purported to be beer quite so bad, difficult to describe, bit medicinal and stale. It cost a bag of sugar and some yeast so no big shakes. Probably the worst thing is loosing production time with the fermentor.

I'm sure there must be a level of use beyond the best before date, but 20 years is probably too far

 

[Clarence]

The can was under a little pressure and gave out a nice wet fart sound when open.

I think this should have given the game away.
Even so. 20+ years is pushing it a bit.
Well done for trying it. It needed doing!