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A recent quirky project is challenging the taste buds of modern beer drinkers. Can a beer be made from yeast that’s nearly 3,000 years old, in combination with a 3,500-year-old Egyptian papyrus? The man behind this historic brew is Dylan McDonnell, a homebrewer and nonprofit operations manager. He holds a Master’s in Middle Eastern studies. During the pandemic, McDonnell heard about a man who was using a 4,500-year-old yeast strain to bake sourdough bread. Ebers Papyrus Medicinal Recipes Cured Egyptian Ailments While McDonnell had some time to kill, he wondered: Would a similar strategy work for crafting beer? His answer was yes, though it took McDonnell three years to reach that conclusion. McDonnell began this research by reading a papyrus