The Bioengineer from Ecuador recreated beer of the XVI century

Karvakhal Javier investigated the small chip taken from a barrel from ancient brewery under a microscope, and found on it a tiny sample of yeast. After long cultivation the man could recover this culture. The scientist from Ecuador Karvakhal Javier found a barrel from ancient brewery of a monastery of Saint Francis to San Francisco de Quito in 2008. And quite recently it could return taste of barmy culture of the XVI century. The age of yeast on the basis of which beer is made — 400 years, writes Phys.org. The smallest sample of beer yeast managed to be found with help a microscope on one of chips of an ancient barrel...