Richard Bowman 🏳️‍🌈 Profile picture
Navy vet. Aircraft firefighter turned scientist, currently working on my PHD. Gastroegyptologist they/them
Sep 18, 2019 14 tweets 6 min read
Ancient Egyptian Beer update.

A large number of people requested us to brew beer with the yeast @SeamusBlackley extracted from the loaf of bread @drserenalove got us access to. A few weeks ago (or more, I lose track of time easily) I obtained a tube of sourdough culture from @SeamusBlackley to isolate the yeast. At the same time I was fighting bacteria to extract the from the sample obtained from a beer fermentation vessel at @mfaboston.