On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 7:42:13 AM UTC-7, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 21:59:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> > Vegemite was first introduced to market in 1923 -- a bit after Armistice Day.
> > But the biggest problem is that the yeast in Vegemite is dead Dead DEAD.
>
> Certainly the salt content would kill any residual live yeast. And
> even it were miraculously viable somehow, there no way it's going to
> turn out anything close to moonshine. A very weak wine, if anything.
> The making of moonshine is a bit more complicated than a bathtub and
> Vegemite.
>
> Some reporter at BBC had a bunch of smoke blown up their ass.
>

There is a vaguely supported but firmly held belief that "the natives
cannot handle their liquor." This generally coincides with the natives
living in misery and despair.

When I looked this up last night, I ran across an interesting page
describing how the aborigines used to make all sorts of low alcohol
drinks before the white man came.