The Washington Post this week published an article on Fossil Fuels Brewing’s “Jurassic yeast. We’re talking about wild, unusual wheat beer brewed  by Kelley Bros. Brewing, Manteca, for Fossil Fuel scientists Raul Cano and Chip Lambert with yeast they isolated from DNA trapped in a bit of amber 25-45 million years ago…I loved this beer, [...]

How time flies away…back on Aug. 8 I posted my report on a visit to Kelley Brothers Brewing in Manteca to taste a wheat beer made with 40-million-year-old yeast, which was revived by scientist Raul Cano, who has created Fossil Fuels Brewing with another scientist, Chip Lambert. The beer was great and I promised then [...]

Made it out to Kelley Brewing in Manteca (that’s out on the edge of the Central Valley, about 80 miles east of San Francisco last Saturday to sample the second beer made commercially with a 45-million-year-old yeast.
If you’ve been reading my blog, you know what I mean: Quick version: microbiologist Raul Cano, founder of the [...]

Oddbits… the craft beer world is churning today, as somebody once said, “there are a thousand stories in the naked city…”. Anyway at the top of the heap… Fossil Fuels Wheat Beer, a beer brewed with 45-million-year-old yeast is about ready to hit pubs in the Bay Area and beyond.
Sounds like science fiction, doesn’t it? [...]