9,000 year old beer recreated

[Viggen]

A 9,000 year old beer made of rice, honey and hawthorn may give a whole new meaning to cracking open a cold one. The beer, called Chateau Jiahu, will come July be on sale in British Columbia and depending on sales perhaps sometimes soon in the rest of Canada. Chateau Jiahu has its roots in a village in Hunan province in northern China. A molecular archeologist Patrick McGovern from the University of Pennsylvania found chemical traces of a 9,000 year old beer on some pottery in a dig in the Neolithic village of Jiahu. The beer was made of a blend of rice, honey and hawthorn berries...

 

...read the full article at The Star

[Aurelia]

Not the first time they try to market ancient beer/cocktail recipes. Last year, I posted something similar about an old concoction found in Mesopotamia (see link). Interestingly, the same professor is mentioned in both articles and... lo and behold, the same brewery!

 

http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9577&hl=

 

 

Hmm, Midas Touch or Chateau Jiahu? Tough call.

[Ursus]

I guess Canada is behind the States. Dogfish Head has had this beer for a while, though I can't seem to find any in my area:

 

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-b...ateau-jiahu.htm

[Maty]

I guess Canada is behind the States. Dogfish Head has had this beer for a while, though I can't seem to find any in my area:

 

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-b...ateau-jiahu.htm

 

It has not reached my corner of British Columbia yet. I'll look for it in the bottle stores, and report if I find any.

 

Meanwhile its Naramata nut brown and Black Widow ...