#190: Here for the Beer
The experimental archaeologist Dr. Patrick McGovern, known casually as the \u201cIndiana Jones of Ancient Ales, Wines, and Extreme Beverages,\u201d and Sam Calagione, master brewer and founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, have spent years resurrecting the beverages of the past. In 2017, we sat down with them before an event at the Smithsonian to discuss what it takes to turn millennia-old booze samples at the bottom of a jug into mead fit for a king\u2014or jiahu for an emperor\u2014or tahenket for a pharaoh.
Go beyond the episode:
- Try not to spill any beer on your copy of Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-Created
- Explore Dr. Pat\u2019s work on the intoxicating science of alcohol at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
- Watch Patrick McGovern and Sam Calagione work on a recipe for a new ancient ale
- And if you\u2019re in the area \u2026 pop over to Dogfish Head Brewery to check out what\u2019s on tap
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