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You need yeast to make beer. Scientists discovered that wasps have yeast in their bellies, so why no make beer out of it! Brassneck brewery did just that so I went along to try some of their beer and find out why. Get the maps! https://www.dosmaps.com Here's my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dcwalliman Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScienceMaps I was not sponsored by Brassneck or anyone to do this video, I made it because I find it very interesting! Links to papers and more info: Brewer's yeast in the gut of wasps and their survival through insect diapause: http://www.pnas.org/content/109/33/13398.full Yeasts hybridizing in the gut of wasps: http://www.pnas.org/content/113/8/2247.abstract Genetic basis for the production of insect attractants by yeasts: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714007773 Domestication of brewer's yeast (not discussed in our video): http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30984-8 http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31071-6 SFU's craft beer and brewing essentials program website: www.sfu.ca/beer Image credits: Yeast image By Masur - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1069017 Historical brewery By Jost Amman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Brewer_designed_and_engraved_in_the_Sixteenth._Century_by_J_Amman.png, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=864425 Hellenistic Mosaics By Georgeg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dyonisos_Paphos_mosaic.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31332927 Persian Wine Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=905164 Egyptian winemaking By Ägyptischer Maler um 1500 v. Chr. - The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146258 Opening wasps, yeast plate, yeast under microscope Sebastian Ibarra ------------------------------------------------------- I sporadically post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dcwalliman