I'm back.

Ugh. Finally. Had to do the business trip thing for 2 weeks. Limited time for keeping you all up to date on halfway decent TV viewing or introducing readers to the wonders of forgotton history.

First order of business is a beer update. From the good folks at Discovery Channel (and my wife for seeing the article) comes the tale of 45 million year old yeast.

Seems Raul Cano extracted the yeast sample from a piece of ancient amber. Now this was 10 years ago, so between then and now he has perfected brewing using the yeast originally taken from the sample of Burmese amber.

His beer, which he brews is sizable quantities , has caught the eye of aficionados and critics. Apparently it did good at the Russian Beer Festival, a yardstick by which better beers are measured, and garnered reviews like this one from Oakland Tribune beer critic (now there's a job) "weird spiciness".

It's safe to say that his ingredients are not off the shelf.