September 02, 2008

Jurassic Porter?

You remember Jurassic Park, right?  Of course you do, Jurassic Park was inescapable when the movie came out!  You remember how they took DNA samples of the various dinosaurs by drawing tiny blood samples from mosquitoes trapped in amber, and used them to revive the various species? 

Yeah, some biologist actually did that, except he did it with a type of prehistoric yeast, among other microbes, and extracted DNA from a type of ancient weevil.  He wanted to try and use the revived microbes for medical applications, but they offered no advance in medical science, so he went on to do other research. 

But he kept his samples, and at some point, an idea hit, and he did what anyone with any sense does with yeast...he made beerHe's started a brewery to make his beer.  Yes, you can drink beer made with a (I'm assuming long extinct) strain of yeast that was preserved in amber for tens of millions of years and revived in a modern laboratory. 

Apparently, the yeast gives the beer a unique, spicy, almost clove-like taste.  I have to try some.  If you're in California, you might be able to track down a bar that is going to serve it, you lucky bastard.  This will be one of those very rare times I envy you people living in the Soviet of California.

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I was looking for a picture of Barney drunk, but good enough...

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