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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australian-researchers-brew-beer-yeast-220-year-old-shipwreck-180960748/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

The Sydney Cove sank off the coast of Tasmania in 1797. Some bottles of beer were discovered in the wreckage. The beer contained Brettanomyces and Saccharomyces yeast, and they were still viable. The beer brewed from that yeast is described as “light and fresh”.
 

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