Beer brewed with a 45 million year old yeast strain

[zook]

I haven't tried this yet but I'm keeping an eye out...

www.fossilfuelsbrewingco.com

mmmmm, Eocene

[Jack Sawyer]

its 45 million years old

now some good for nothing slacker will drink it and piss it in a day like "OMG YEAH!".

45 million years it took to end up like that, LOL, what a waste

[Warpe]

The history of the yeast literally dates back before the dawn of man, to a time when the earth was warm, tropical and teeming with life. Modern mammals that we see today were beginning to appear in what is known as the Eocene epoch (from the Greek word eos meaning “dawn”). During this time, a snapshot of biological life was trapped by tropical tree sap. Over the course of millions of years, the sap hardened into amber, which preserved and protected its contents. That is, until Dr. Cano, using amber obtained from locations around the world (including Burma, Central and North America), isolated and revived a bacterium, which had lain dormant in the gut of an encased bee for approximately 40 million years (Science 268, pp. 1060-1064, 1995). During his research, Dr. Cano, periodically working with Mr. Lambert, isolated a few yeast strains that resembled modern Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In other words, they are similar to the yeast we use every day for brewing and baking, except the newly discovered yeasts were much further back in the evolutionary chain. Essentially, Dr. Cano isolated the long lost ancestors of modern brewing yeast.

Through chance and circumstance, a small group of people teamed up to form Fossil Fuels Brewing Co., which is utilizing the unique yeast strains to brew exceptional beer. Although not widely publicized, last summer a select few northern Californians had the opportunity to try some of the pilot brews and they raved about new (old?) pale ale. Jay R. Brooks, the tasting director of the exalted Celebrator Beer News Magazine commented when comparing the Fossil Fuels brew to an identical pale ale differing only in the strain of yeast (Celebrator, October/November 2006, pp:27-29):

“[Fossil Fuels] is smoother, with softer fruity flavor characteristics and just a touch of lemony sweetness that isn’t tart...It has a more complex and well-developed taste profile, and its smoothness makes it great. The fact it is made with such old yeast is fascinating, and given how good the beer is, no mere novelty.”

SCIENCE, FUCK YEAH!

[zook]

45 million years it took to end up like that, LOL, what a waste

no no no, the yeasts we normally use to brew took 45 million years+ to end up like that, this yeast has been trapped in a bee that was trapped in amber for 45 million years. It's like unevolved, dinosaur yeast.

[Jack Sawyer]

LOL that's even worse


I mean, did they like clone the yeast > ?

how do they guarantee supply? since I imagine, shit trapped in bees trapped in ambers trapped for 45 milion years are not plentiful



fucking Jurassic Park, and now some good for nothing slacker will STILL put it in a beer cap and STILL drink it during the next football game and STILL piss it in a day like "OMG YEAH!".

no respect, yet all in the name of consumerism LOL what a waste





on a sidenote, I hear its almost as old as Warpe? Warpe can vouch for its authenticity.

BOOOOOM!

[zook]

all in the name of consumerism LOL what a waste

get out of this thread

[gabe]

that is cool. i want to try it.

[BankItDrew]

on a sidenote, I hear its almost as old as Warpe? Warpe can vouch for its authenticity.

BOOOOOM!

At least he's not black...



BOOMHEADSHOT

[Jack Sawyer]

on a sidenote, I hear its almost as old as Warpe? Warpe can vouch for its authenticity.

BOOOOOM!

At least he's not a bot...



BOOMHEADSHOT

FYP! BOOMSHAKALAKA, HE'S ON FIRE!

[swiggidy]

It's like unevolved, dinosaur yeast.

I loled a lot IRL.

[Jack Sawyer]

in all seriousness though, how are they gonna guarantee supply?

i mean it has to be somehow cloned. does that not raise like a myriad of health and ethical concerns? Like in the EU for instance, they recently banned all cloned foods and derivatives.

Also on the main article it is stated that the mad doctor "succesfully isolated and revived select bacteria". According to google I have found a page containing info on this, but it won't load (at least not for me).


Sorry that maybe i'm overthinking this one but for whatever reason I'm highly skeptical of this one, sounds a bit too much like an episode of Fringe to me.
I guess I'll be sticking to lovely Belgian brews in the future.

[zook]

Give yeast food (sugar) and they grow and divide. There will be an endless supply.

Give me one bottle of Sierra Nevada, which is bottle-conditioned so it has a little bit of dormant yeast at the bottom, and I can brew an infinite amount of beer.

[a500lbgorilla]

Give yeast food (sugar) and they grow and divide. There will be an endless supply.

Give me one bottle of Sierra Nevada, which is bottle-conditioned so it has a little bit of dormant yeast at the bottom, and I can brew an infinite amount of beer.

teach me

[gabe]

Give yeast food (sugar) and they grow and divide. There will be an endless supply.

Give me one bottle of Sierra Nevada, which is bottle-conditioned so it has a little bit of dormant yeast at the bottom, and I can brew an infinite amount of beer.

dude infinite beer !!! get to it!!!

[a500lbgorilla]

I bet I could chug infinite beer quicker than you

[givememyleg]

but i thought earth was only like 10,000 years old?

[ProZachNation]

cloned food is safe yo.

people are paranoid as fuck for no reason.

cloned food is the future. (actually algae is the future... yummy algae burger)

[kingnat]

weaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk.... i fucking found some 5 billion y.o. yeast.... YEAH!!! that's right...

Pre-big BANGGGGGGGGGGGGG fucking yeast.. beat that shit you fucks!

[kingnat]

actually i'm j/k.... this thread is obv BS.... the bible makes it clear that world is ~10k y.o. Yahweh FTW!!!!!!!

[bigred]

weaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk.... i fucking found some 5 billion y.o. yeast.... YEAH!!! that's right...

Pre-big BANGGGGGGGGGGGGG fucking yeast.. beat that shit you fucks!

I found one 5 billion and 1 day old, bitch

[flomo]

i only care how it tastes and how much booze it has

it could be yesterdays yeast for all i care

[kingnat]

weaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk.... i fucking found some 5 billion y.o. yeast.... YEAH!!! that's right...

Pre-big BANGGGGGGGGGGGGG fucking yeast.. beat that shit you fucks!

I found one 5 billion and 1 day old, bitch

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.. ................


*kingnat weeps uncontrollably... and drowns his sorrows in beer brewed from 5 billion y.o. yeast... that he actually extracted from bigred's mother's no-no place.

[swiggidy]

This thread started at 4, Jack dropped it to a 2, now it's somewhere around 10

[zook]

This thread started at 4, Jack dropped it to a 2, now it's somewhere around 10

well why don't you rate it then ADAM?

[Warpe]

in all seriousness though, how are they gonna guarantee supply?

they'll give your mom a yeast infection

[Jack Sawyer]

in all seriousness though, how are they gonna guarantee supply?

they'll give your mom a yeast infection

I U 2

[givememyleg]

how many spade s d o you dare rate athread that is epic and shit i mean how man times its like ever for ever and stuff how oucld you not 6 stars oky?