
Wasps (Yes, Wasps) Are Helping Scientists Create a New Kind of Beer
Researchers in North Carolina mashed up a wasp, found a weird yeast, and turned it into award-winning booze. They say it tastes amazing. Would you try it? Wasp butt beer! OK, technically, they used the whole wasp but I like to think that most of the yeast came from its butt. I had so much fun writing about the microbiology behind this emerging field of wild yeast fermented drinks. Not long ago, people thought good beer could only be made from a few species of yeast. But as i