Best Yeast for Ancient Beer

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  1. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    I thought the long straw was to counter the head pressure of the storage vessel and prevent foaming?
     
    #21 SFACRKnight, Sep 5, 2020
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  2. dmtaylor

    dmtaylor Savant (1,149) Dec 30, 2003 Wisconsin

    I thought the straw was because they didn't filter at all, basically fermented the entire mash AND drank straight out of the fermented mash.
     
    #22 dmtaylor, Sep 6, 2020
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  3. midastouch

    midastouch Initiate (74) Sep 4, 2020 Massachusetts

    That is correct and the most cited reason I have come across. Of course if you are a queen you’re straw can be gold as well:

    https://popular-archaeology.com/article/straws-that-bind/

    I am not that rich though I have someone making a larger fermentation vessel closer to the specifications they have used in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Also I am looking into distilling some of the ingredients because Tepe Gawra in Iraq was both known for Beer and Aromatic Perfumes. I believe they probably used the hydrosols of certain plants in these brews and have some papers backing this up. I am also talking to a couple of archeo-botanists that may be able to confirm this for me.
     
    #23 midastouch, Nov 6, 2020
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