More than 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was strolling through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy when he was killed by an arrow in the back.
Just naturally it’s very variable. Which is why before they really started cultivating strains, fairly recently, there was a big emphasis on the region and year of the wines, because they relied on wild yeasts. Sometimes from their feet that they used to crush the grapes.
But the egyptians were pretty advanced in a lot of things. They made both bread and beer. I bet they had their own strains and the practice was just lost in the dark ages.
Not beer?
Many yeasts do not make alcohol well. It can be quite variable, but bread yeast is especially bad, as it has been selected to produce a lot of co2.
Of course our society looks down on alcohol officially at least now, so maybe the strain of yeast had nothing to do with it.
Mummy in question is 5300 years old, so not sure how specialized yeast was back then
Just naturally it’s very variable. Which is why before they really started cultivating strains, fairly recently, there was a big emphasis on the region and year of the wines, because they relied on wild yeasts. Sometimes from their feet that they used to crush the grapes.
But the egyptians were pretty advanced in a lot of things. They made both bread and beer. I bet they had their own strains and the practice was just lost in the dark ages.