5000-Year Old Yeast Used to Recreate Beer from Ancient Times

By extracting six strains of the yeast from old pottery discovered in the Holy Land, researchers from the Antiquities Authority and three Israeli universities have been able to recreate beer “believed to be similar to beverages enjoyed by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt.”

The team said it hoped to make the drink available in shops one day.
"I remember that when we first brought out the beer we sat around the table and drank... and I said either we'll be good or we'll all be dead in five minutes," said Aren Maeir, an archaeologist with Bar-Ilan University. "We lived to tell the story".

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