Brew kits in the 80s

[brewpete]

Ah rotokeg

[MikkyK]

That's the one, Rotokeg, I just had it in my mind all these years that I've alway's known it as the beer sphere!!

[Dan]

I remember doing "London Bitter" early80s, late 70s from Boots, Dare i say it tasted fine to me.
How times have changed, For the better really.

[FUBAR]

I remember doing "London Bitter" early80s, late 70s from Boots, Dare i say it tasted fine to me.
How times have changed, For the better really.

Used to use the Boots genuine brewers yeast sachets which came in liquid form which where in their ESB kits but sold separately as well in my extract brews , they used to ferment really well with a big dense thick krausen and drop bright . Wish they where still available now , I would like to know where Boots sourced them from and why they didn't continue to be available from another supplier when Boots left the homebrew retail market .

[Dan]

Good ?

[Top Cat]

I remember doing "London Bitter" early80s, late 70s from Boots, Dare i say it tasted fine to me.
How times have changed, For the better really.

Used to use the Boots genuine brewers yeast sachets which came in liquid form which where in their ESB kits but sold separately as well in my extract brews , they used to ferment really well with a big dense thick krausen and drop bright . Wish they where still available now , I would like to know where Boots sourced them from and why they didn't continue to be available from another supplier when Boots left the homebrew retail market .

I remember that yeast well. I used to buy it separately for grain brewing, it improved my beers, gave them a much more rounded taste. Problem was there wasn’t much of it and you had to build it up. I agree that it would still be a good performer 40 years on!

[FUBAR]

I remember doing "London Bitter" early80s, late 70s from Boots, Dare i say it tasted fine to me.
How times have changed, For the better really.

Used to use the Boots genuine brewers yeast sachets which came in liquid form which where in their ESB kits but sold separately as well in my extract brews , they used to ferment really well with a big dense thick krausen and drop bright . Wish they where still available now , I would like to know where Boots sourced them from and why they didn't continue to be available from another supplier when Boots left the homebrew retail market .

I remember that yeast well. I used to buy it separately for grain brewing, it improved my beers, gave them a much more rounded taste. Problem was there wasn’t much of it and you had to build it up. I agree that it would still be a good performer 40 years on!

Pretty sure I remember there where plastic bags with clips to secure the bag in with the yeast sachets , and instructions to dissolve a couple of TBSP of malt extract in boiling water . Cool and add to the bag with a sachet of liquid yeast 48 hours before brewing ? .

[FUBAR]

I remember doing "London Bitter" early80s, late 70s from Boots, Dare i say it tasted fine to me.
How times have changed, For the better really.

Used to use the Boots genuine brewers yeast sachets which came in liquid form which where in their ESB kits but sold separately as well in my extract brews , they used to ferment really well with a big dense thick krausen and drop bright . Wish they where still available now , I would like to know where Boots sourced them from and why they didn't continue to be available from another supplier when Boots left the homebrew retail market .

I remember that yeast well. I used to buy it separately for grain brewing, it improved my beers, gave them a much more rounded taste. Problem was there wasn’t much of it and you had to build it up. I agree that it would still be a good performer 40 years on!

Pretty sure I remember there where plastic bags with clips to secure the bag in with the yeast sachets , and instructions to dissolve a couple of TBSP of malt extract in boiling water . Cool and add to the bag with a sachet of liquid yeast 48 hours before brewing ? .

[Trefoyl]

I found this looking for information about Boots yeast
https://www.homebrewinguk.com/post/yea ... s-11800985

There is not a lot to share or reveal about the origins of the strain, which has been in the Lallemand culture collection for about 30 years. My understanding is that It was originally a multi strain culture given to Lallemand by a chain of chemists/pharmacy in the UK who ask the company to dry a yeast for insertion in to home brew kits. The culture had 4 strains in it and these were isolated in to single strain yeasts. One of these became Nottingham and two of the other strains were Windsor and London (which we also still produce commercially). There was no information about origin or brewery that the multi-strain culture came from. There are always lots of rumours and guesses about where strains come from but most of the time it is not that exciting, it is simply taken from a culture collection with little to no information about the ‘origin’.

Kind regards,

Robert Percival
Regional Sales Manager - Europe
Lallemand Brewing – #WeBrewWithYou