Rogue Ales to create beer using yeast from brewmaster’s beard follicles

[calgon]

Press Release:

(Newport, OR) – Columbus may have discovered America but Brewmaster, John Maier, has discovered a new wild yeast that was developed from his old growth beard.

In cooperation with White Labs, samples were collected from Rogue Ales‘ hopyard and sent to White Labs for culture and testing. Sadly, all three samples proved incapable of producing a yeast suitable for brewing.

As a joke, nine beard follicles were carefully cut from the beard of Rogue brewmaster, John Maier. The follicles were placed in a petri dish and sent in for testing

full story here http://tinyurl.com/7cxaet6

I guess nothing is off limits. Also the brewer seems to be very proud of his beard. More power to him lol

 

[ironchefscott]

that is just gross....nobody I know buys rogue beer in oregon anyways...

 

[NickThePyro]

Horrible idea! Make it for a personal test batch, the general public will not be interested in beard brew.

 

[danthebugman]

Can't be any worse than Dogfish Head making Chicha :dunno:. It's just yeast. Yeast make alcohol. Alcohol purifies the beer. The real test will be if they can make a distinctive beer with it. As of now it's just a weird back story and slightly gimmicky.

Dan

 

[smokinghole]

Yeast is yeast. Some woman made beer using vaginal yeast. Not the kind that causes a yeast infection in women which is candida. This was a saccharomyces strain, I would look it up but I'm on a iPad and don't feel like dicking with it.

 

[orangedog]

blech....

 

[cvm4]

Just the thought makes my stomach turn.

 

[Hot_Sauce]

:barf: