Recreating A 3,000 Year Old Egyptian Beer in Utah

BeoirFest: Let's Talk Beer

Beer was a fundamental part of life in Ancient Egypt. But what did it taste like? That's the sort of question most of would briefly ponder and then move on. Not Dylan McDonnell. He set about plans to recreate an ancient beer as accurately as possible. It turned out to be a 3 year project of deciphering ancient documents, finding ingredients that were as authentic as possible - and even finding a yeast that was scraped from 3,000 year old pottery. Dylan is joining me to chat about how he had the idea, what it involved, and most importantly how the beer tasted.