45 Million Year Old Beer

A tiny colony of yeast trapped inside a Lebanese weevil covered in ancient Burmese amber for up to 45 million years, has been brought back to life in barrels of beer.

Emeritus Professor Raul Cano of the California Polytechnic State University, originally extracted the yeast a decade ago and has used the reactivated yeast to brew barrels of pale ale and German wheat beer.

According to beer reviewers, the beer has "a weird spiciness at the finish" which is due to the ancient yeast's unique metabolism. Link