Oldest Beer Brewed from Shipwreck's 220-Year-Old Yeast Microbes

Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 07:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Yeast microbes from the world's oldest bottle of beer — a 220-year-old bottle found in one of Australia's earliest shipwrecks — are being used to create a new, modern beer with the characteristic taste of the 18th-century brew.

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