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  • Brew like an Egyptian....

    From Baloonon@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 6 02:06:21 2019
    Twitter thread on extracting ancient yeast from the pores of beer and bread making containers used in ancient Egypt:

    https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1158264819503419392

    A yeast strain obtained in the process was used to bake bread, but
    presumably this could yield ancient brewing yeast strains too.

    It sounds like the process is still being refined and needs further testing
    to be sure the strains are actually ancient and not the result of later contamination. Still, it would be interesting if someone like Wyeast or Fermentis brought one to market some day.

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  • From Joerg@21:1/5 to Baloonon on Wed Aug 14 12:40:45 2019
    On 2019-08-05 19:06, Baloonon wrote:
    Twitter thread on extracting ancient yeast from the pores of beer and bread making containers used in ancient Egypt:

    https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1158264819503419392

    A yeast strain obtained in the process was used to bake bread, but
    presumably this could yield ancient brewing yeast strains too.

    It sounds like the process is still being refined and needs further testing to be sure the strains are actually ancient and not the result of later contamination. Still, it would be interesting if someone like Wyeast or Fermentis brought one to market some day.


    Back to the future :-)

    As long as there isn't anything like "Pharaoh's revenge" in there.

    --
    Regards, Joerg

    http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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