This Beer Is from 500 BC, and Now Scientists Are Trying to Brew It

Popular Mechanics ^ | August 15, 2018 | Sarah Rense

[EagleUSA]

Vintage beer??? WOW.

[CodeToad]

If it tastes like Bud...

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Couldn’t they just go to a bodega or a convenience store? I’m sure they could find some with dates close to that.

[Poison Pill]

trying to replicate the recipe for us to enjoy

I would get my hopes up in the "enjoy" department.

[V_TWIN]

The beer name options boggle the mind:

1. Rock of ages ale

2. Ancient brew

3. Medieval malt liquor

[rktman]

That's just crazy and impossible due to climate change. The climate is not what it was in 500 B.C. 👹🍻🤘🏻

[butlerweave]

or the Tigris–Euphrates

[Reily]

or “hops up” !

[V_TWIN]

4. Stone age pale ale

[Poison Pill]

Ha!

You win the internet today

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[laplata]

“And now the archaeologists who discovered the traces are trying to replicate the recipe for us to enjoy in the modern era. Eons pass and civilizations fall, but beer is always good”.

Stupid statements.

[Reily]

Advertising slogan: “Buy a 6 pack - Start a Civilization or a Party!”

[COBOL2Java]

[dware]

I want to know what was used for fermentation? Did they purposely use yeast, or was it wild fermented?

[guido911]

I love science

[Covenantor]

It was imported from Greece, called Hop-Lite.

[gathersnomoss]

It will have the distinctive taste of Natty Boh.”Oh boy, what a beer!”

[V_TWIN]

Nice. :)