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They are suggesting here that the lager yeast came from Patagonia.
"When the team brought the yeast to a lab at the University of Colorado and analyzed its genome, they discovered that it was 99.5% identical to the non-ale portion of the S. pastorianus genome, suggesting it was indeed lager yeast's long-lost ancestor"
"What makes this fascinating for one of the worlds more boring beers is that somehow, the yeast from Patagonia has made its way from the Americas to Germany in the early 1400s. There is a possibility that the bacteria existed in an as yet undiscovered location in Europe, but the first European to make that passage was Christopher Columbus in 1492. The small unknown in history suddenly makes lager look a little more interesting."
SBS world's most boring beer
I find this a little hard to swallow. I think the 'yet undiscovered location in Europe' seems more likely. But interesting article.
"When the team brought the yeast to a lab at the University of Colorado and analyzed its genome, they discovered that it was 99.5% identical to the non-ale portion of the S. pastorianus genome, suggesting it was indeed lager yeast's long-lost ancestor"
"What makes this fascinating for one of the worlds more boring beers is that somehow, the yeast from Patagonia has made its way from the Americas to Germany in the early 1400s. There is a possibility that the bacteria existed in an as yet undiscovered location in Europe, but the first European to make that passage was Christopher Columbus in 1492. The small unknown in history suddenly makes lager look a little more interesting."
SBS world's most boring beer
I find this a little hard to swallow. I think the 'yet undiscovered location in Europe' seems more likely. But interesting article.
