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Ancient Yeast Used To Brew Modern Beer
Kozar_The_Malignant writes "Yeast trapped inside a 45 million year old weevil, trapped inside amber has been extracted, activated, and used to brew beer. According to the report, the beer has 'a weird spiciness at the finish.' The brewer, Raul Cano, a scientist at the California Polytechnic State University, attributes this to the yeast's unusual 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. Cano brews barrels of Pale Ale and German Wheat Beer under the Fossil Fuels Brewing Co. label."
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Apparently they are having some difficulty with the beer, having broken out of its electric fences, it's been chasing around the lab technicians.
Hopefully they won't figure out how to open the doors.
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What kind of head do you get from yeast that old?
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Oh Well, Bad Karma and all . . .
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
I feel a great disturbance in the Keg. As if millions of ancient yeast suddenly produced vast amounts of alcohol, and were suddenly consumed. I fear something terrible has happened.
*burp*
I also wondered about the brewing profile. At what level does it attentricate? What about its level of galoration? Have you considered, perhaps, that yeast this old could cause a problem with the bipalipation process? Yeah, so what. I made it all up. I don't know shit about brewing beer.
Similes are like metaphors
You know what else has a spore state! Shrooms man! ..and I bet there was mycelial networks the size of Russia.
Shrooms must have been huge 45 million years ago!
Interesting...that's exactly what Dr. Ian Malcolm keeps saying!
There are two California Polytechnic State Universities, one in San Luis Obispo and one in Pomona. Dr. Raul Cano is at CalPoly SLO. I guess their new slogan can be "Learn by brewing"...
Who cares what he says.
Never trust people who come back from the dead, that's what I always say... From snarky scientists to pacifistic carpenters, zombies will lead you wrong every time!
I can't imagine that bringing back specimens from millenia ago is going to be very prudent.
Well, at least not at this juncture.
Early man had ADD. Assuming this applies to all ancient life, this yeast will not attentricate in the presence of shiny things and pretty colours. Bipalpation will not been a problem, as most elections produce a one-sided Government. Galoration will occur at a rate of one gallon a gallon. Gatoration can be expected to be snappy.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
I think they used the biological testing technique of the "Double dog dare". ..besides undergrads will drink anything with alcohol in it and it's not like you'll ever run out.
Nah, what could possibly go wrong? I for one, want my pet raptor...
I suspect we'd be limited primarily to species that have a spore state.
It's not so much that it has a spore state, as much as it comes with SecuROM DRM.
:P
Sorry, was that in poor taste?
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