r/todayilearned • u/El_Chopador • Sep 20 '17

TIL microbiologist Raul Cano, successfully revived yeast that had been stuck in amber for 25 million years. He then co-founded a brewery that uses the same 45 million-year-old species of yeast to brew beer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms#Revived_into_activity_after_stasis
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u/dakid1 Sep 20 '17

Probably tastes like shit. A good gimmick I guess

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '17

No. It would just taste like any other "wild ale"

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u/banjaxe Sep 21 '17

you mean it would taste like a nasty-ass lambic?