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Beer brewed from 45 million year old yeast

moshquerade

moshquerade

No Lifer
Would you try it?


Ancient Yeast Reborn in Modern Beer

Sept. 23, 2008 -- Trapped inside a Lebanese weevil covered in ancient Burmese amber, a tiny colony of bacteria and yeast has lain dormant for up to 45 million years. A decade ago Raul Cano, now a scientist at the California Polytechnic State University, drilled a tiny hole into the amber and extracted more than 2,000 different kinds of microscopic creatures.

Activating the ancient yeast, Cano now brews barrels (not bottles) of pale ale and German wheat beer through the Fossil Fuels Brewing Company.

"You can always buy brewing yeast, and your product will be based on the brewmaster's recipes," said Cano. "Our yeast has a double angle: We have yeast no one else has and our own beer recipes."

The beer has received good reviews at the Russian River Beer Festival and from other reviewers. The Oakland Tribune beer critic, William Brand, says the beer has "a wierd spiciness at the finish," and The Washington Post said the beer was "smooth and spicy."

Part of that taste comes from the yeast's unique metabolism. "The ancient yeast is restricted to a narrow band of carbohydrates, unlike more modern yeasts, which can consume just about any kind of sugar," said Cano.
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That's awesome.

I would also like to know more about the 2,000 other microorganisms found. Very fascinating.

Couldn't this also be a little dangerous? I guess they must have containment measures enforced, but microorganisms are hard to keep a lid on.

What if they introduce some new bacterial or viral parasite that decimates the insect population? 😉
 
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Great. They're going to brew something deadly and BEER will be the death of us all. 🙁
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I always assumed that beer would play an important role in my death.
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we'll be sure to drink at your funeral. that should fulfill your prophecy. 😛
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Great. They're going to brew something deadly and BEER will be the death of us all. 🙁
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I always assumed that beer would play an important role in my death.
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we'll be sure to drink at your funeral. that should fulfill your prophecy. 😛
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You betcha, my funeral will be open bar and tons of strippers.
 
unpossible, the earth is 5766 years old.

that said, I'd try beer made from yeast infused with the godstuff from the days following creation
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Drink it and a mutant Pop N Fresh emerges from your belly...
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that'd be so damn cool. If I lived, I'd do my best to trap it and keep the little critter as my little evil pet, one that shall do my bidding.
Anyone wanna buy me some and ship it here? 😀
 
Probably brewed in China. "Spiciness" is some kind of Cancer causing Chemical.

I'm skeptical about these claims. Sounds like the perfect angle that a Conman would think up.
 
I call shens on this. Yes, microbes can possibly survive but the yeast is something that dies in light and heat as well as starving to death.

 
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