Past its sell by date!

[Steve.]

I've just about to start brewing again after finding a Boots kit in the garage from 1991. There's no "BBE" date on it. Anyone else have a view, worth using or bin it?

 

[Polcho]

It will cost nothing to find out!

 

[Braumeister]

I've just about to start brewing again after finding a Boots kit in the garage from 1991. There's no "BBE" date on it. Anyone else have a view, worth using or bin it?

That’s worth more in a museum than as beer. these kits are so cheap just buy a new one from Wilko or the range

 

[jof]

31 years is much too old for even me to attempt to brew.
Save yourself time, effort, yeast & £1 worth of sugar and just dump in.
If you do open it I expect the malt extract to be very dark & if there were any imperfections in the can lining, forget it.
Also beer kits from those days weren't great (judging by my penniless student first forays into brewing a couple of years before your kits BBE)

 

[jof]

Actiall, I've just had a better idea, it would be ideal for a secret santa item

 

[Chippy_Tea]

That’s worth more in a museum than as beer.

I would keep it as has been said it's not worth brewing and probably isn't worth much other than for someone wanting an ornament for the man cave.

Can you post a picture?

 

[The Baron]

It's Pre-Matured

 

[Branny]

Brew it to see whether the kits were as bad as we remember or whether it was technique. I very clearly remember my Dad brewing in the airing cuoboard, FVuo against the hot water tank.

 

[An Ankoù]

I'd brew it if it were mine. Presumably the tin is sound.

Then you should have a party to celebrate Boots and how the pushed forward the ranks of home brewers . My Boots PBs are still in good working order although I've changed the taps and bought a new pot of vaseline.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I’m surprised it hasn’t eaten through the tinplate and steel of the can. Do not use it will be metallic as hell.

 

[An Ankoù]

I’m surprised it hasn’t eaten through the tinplate and steel of the can. Do not use it will be metallic as hell.

No. Do it and call it Irn Brew.

 

[allotment_fox]

I once had an old tin of golden syrup in a kitchen cupboard had sat there for years as I flipped the lid it hit the ceiling to my then children's loud cheers. just saying this could pop a bit when you puncture the can.
I would think a lot depends on the temperature fluctuations over the years will look forward to hearing the outcome of it

 

[Wrastler]

Ohh go for it.. even if only for science

 

[mgmick]

Funnily enough I went to the local re-cycling centre yesterday in search of some demi-johns. I found an unopened Boots home wine making starter set complete with 6 clear bottles, plastic stoppers, funnel, airlock, bung, syphon tube, demi-john and a can of "White Wine" with a BBE of 11/97 all for £5. I also found an unopened Vinbrite type filter set for £2. My thoughts are to give it a go when cider season is over.

Does it count as "vintage" wine before I even make it?

 

[jof]

Right, so this thread appears to be who can resurrect the oldest kit & will it be possible to produce anything drinkable (without ill effects) at the end.

 

[mgmick]

Please define "ill effects". Somewhere between a mild sense of well being all the way to the Black Death?

 

[Donegal john]

Please define "ill effects". Somewhere between a mild sense of well being all the way to the Black Death?

Pick some magic mushrooms and throw them in the boil. That will counteract any ill effects from the nasties. And lend to an increased sense of well-being. Or the Black Death.

 

[Steve.]

I would keep it as has been said it's not worth brewing and probably isn't worth much other than for someone wanting an ornament for the man cave.

Can you post a picture?

Already started on a Geordie kit, still undecided whether it's worth a bag of sugar and couple of hours.

 

[Jiffy176]

Happy to donate some yeast that is just in date for this experiment. BTW if it was mine it would be being brewed.

 

[Cwrw666]

Brew it to see whether the kits were as bad as we remember or whether it was technique. I very clearly remember my Dad brewing in the airing cuoboard, FVuo against the hot water tank.

And that's what I still do. Try fermenting anywhere else when you don't have central heating.
Lagers I can do in the bedroom most of the year except about 3 months in summer.