Early Egyptian texts refer to a variety of different brews, including "iron beer," ''friend's beer," and "beer of the protector." But the Israeli scientists say this is the first time fermented drinks have been made from revived ancient yeasts. Aren Maeir, a Bar Ilan University archaeologist, excavates at Tel es-Safi, the biblical city of Gath, where ancient Philistine beer pots yielded yeasts used to brew a beer offered to journalists. Naky described the beer as "spicy, and somewhat fruity, and it's very complex in flavor," all attributes produced by the ancient yeast. The researchers said their next aim is to pair the resurrected yeasts with ancient beer recipes to better reproduce drinks from antiquity.

Source: Ethiopian News May 22, 2019 14:36 UTC