45 Million Year Old Beer
Ok, not the beer itself…it’s the yeast the beer’s made from. According to this detailed article in Wired Magazine, a microbrew from the Fossil Fuels Brewing Company in Northern California is being made with a re-animated strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae extracted from fossil amber from the Eocene epoch. Not exactly “Jurassic Park”, but close…
Evidently, the brew is pretty good, too: there’ve been several “thumbs up” reviews.
I’ve never been a big beer drinker, but I’d love to try it…I’m a science nerd, after all. Unfortunately, it’s not being distributed outside of Northern California yet. But who knows? The hubby and I are considering a short, end-of-summer vacation… and a beer/wine-tasting tour of Northern CA might be just the ticket. 😉
(h/t Slashfood)
