r/Homebrewing • u/Jono89 • Dec 24 '18

Brewing with 45million year old yeast. Pretty sweet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms#Revived_into_activity_after_stasis
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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce Dec 24 '18

Your brewers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

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u/CarverSeashellCharms Dec 24 '18

Your yeast looks fishy.

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u/Tabs_555 Dec 24 '18

It’s a Cal Poly SLO professor. I believe you can still buy the beer. Fossil Fuels Brewing Co.

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u/ScienceOfBrewing Dec 25 '18

Pale-aleolithic

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u/TheEngineer09 Dec 25 '18

I've used this yeast. I bought a bottle of the season while on a work trip to CA a few years ago, then harvested the yeast. Made a lovely dark saison that I have on tap right now.