45 Million Year Old Yeast

[Dazza_devil]

It's probably old news but I just stumbled across this article,

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/m...currentPage=all

I found it very interesting, hope someone else does.

I know the Tasmanian Aboriginals made an annual brew from fermented tree sap and wondered where the yeast came from. I'm not sure if they used a yeast known to them or perhaps a yeast from the specific Cider Gum Tree or elsewhere done the trick unknown to the indiginous brewers.

Cheers

 

[komodo]

This has been posted before - but regardless its interesting and goes to show that yeast ISNT as fragile as we sometimes think.