Researchers Developing Cancer-Fighting Beer

CWmike writes "Ever picked up a cold, frosty beer on a hot summer's day and thought that it simply couldn't get any better? Well, think again. A team of researchers at Rice University in Houston is working on helping Joe Six Pack fight aging and cancer with every swill of beer." Thank you science! Now we just need cigarettes that cure baldness.

Comments

Re:I liked it, but...

[pushing-robot]

Because they're using yeast to produce resveratrol, beer seems a logical choice of beverage. Besides, I think they're targeting that vast group of Americans who think it's unpatriotic to drink water.

Re:Guinness already does it...

[rrhal]

You can buy their Yeat strain from any well stocked Home brew supply - one of the promenent Yeast labs has it.

Re:Rice?

[UncleFluffy]

The brewer posted the recipe online some time ago (Free as in Beer Speech) so you can always make your own:

All Grain Recipe - Pliny the Elder ::: 1.074/1.012 (6 Gal)

Grain Bill

• 12 lbs. - 2 Row Pale Malt (American)
• 1 lb. - Corn Sugar
• 1/3 lb. - Crystal Malt (45L)
• 1 lb. - CaraPils Malt

Hop Schedule

• 1.5 oz - Chinook (First Wort or Mash Hop)
• 2.75 oz - Warrior (90 Min.)
• .5 oz - Chinook (90 Min.)
• 1 oz - Simcoe (45 Min.)
• 1 oz - Columbus (30 Min.)
• 2.25 oz - Centennial (Flameout)
• 1 oz - Simcoe (Flameout)
• 3.25 oz - Columbus (Dry Hop)
• 1.75 oz - Centennial (Dry Hop)
• 1.75 oz - Simcoe (Dry Hop)

Yeast

• White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001) - 1800 ml starter

Mash/Sparge/Boil

• Mash at 150 to 152 for 60 min.
• Sparge as usual
• Boil for 90 minutes (remember to compensate your water if you normally do 60 min boils)
• Cool and ferment at 66 to 68

Re:Guess what the #2 best-selling beer is in Irela

[KiloByte]

Budweiser

Yeah, Budweiser from Budweis (sometimes called Budvar), not watered horse piss from Anheuser-Busch.