(UPI) Brooks Hays - When researchers in Israel examined fragments of clay jars used to house beer and mead several thousand years ago, they discovered colonies of yeast hiding in the shards' nano-sized pores. In total, six strains of viable yeast were isolated from pottery pieces and used to brew a handful of beer varieties. "The greatest wonder here is that the yeast colonies survived within the vessel for thousands of years," said Hebrew University researcher Ronen Hazan. Researchers in Israel claim this is the first time ancient yeast has been used to brew ancient beers
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