Ancient yeast reborn in modern beer
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 19:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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. Raul Cano now brews barrels of pale ale and German wheat beer using that ancient yeast.
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