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technologyreview.com — Students in Texas are trying to create a brew that includes red wine's antiaging compound. They're trying to engineer a yeast that produces the antiaging chemical found in red wine--resveratrol--and use it to brew "BioBeer" with a health boost.

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 5, 2008

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  • bcollis, on 11/05/2008, -1/+27All beer is good for you.
  • kevlar21, on 11/05/2008, -0/+21Beer is already good for you. Dark beer at least, which is full of antioxidants.
  • TheRedCoat, on 11/05/2008, -0/+19Where do I sign up for the free beta?
  • serif69, on 11/05/2008, -1/+16Sweet! We can all be hammered FOREVER!
  • themvf, on 11/04/2008, -1/+14Send me a 6 pack!
  • inactive, on 11/04/2008, -2/+15What a great idea... if successful they deserve an award - ***** it, the Nobel Peace Prize. I want this beer.
  • captainbethany, on 11/05/2008, -0/+9I can see it now: New Beer Superfood! Amazing Celebrity Beer Diet! Oprah Endorses Beer Cleansing!
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -1/+10so guinness is good for me?
    high five!!!
  • TheFuturist, on 11/05/2008, -0/+8I'd rather have a nice tall Samuel Jackson.

    IT'LL GET YA DRUNK!
  • mikeoncampus, on 11/05/2008, -1/+9YES! Now I can throw away my college career WHILE being healthy.
  • jerrycan, on 11/05/2008, -0/+8I always knew I was a health nut.
  • H0ns, on 11/05/2008, -0/+7My beer already has an antiaging effect. The more I drink the younger the girls look.
  • strictnein, on 11/05/2008, -0/+7http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3266819.stm
    "The old advertising slogan "Guinness is Good for You" may be true after all, according to researchers."
  • valmira, on 11/05/2008, -0/+6now if they could only counter act the beer goggle effect.
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -0/+5Awesome! Now I'll drink twice as much!
  • latexsolarbeef, on 11/05/2008, -0/+5/pedobear approved
  • lead2thehead, on 11/05/2008, -0/+5The only beers that aren't good for you are the cheap American beers because they're made with rice instead of barley. In Europe, it's actually illegal to make them that way.
  • derekmas10, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4Already there, man... already there.
  • ustna, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4Beer will make you smarter too!

    After all... It made my friend Bud wiser!
  • diggdong, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4It doesn't work unless you put mayonnaise on your french fries.
  • modifiedbears, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4As soon as you remember where you stashed it.
  • Displace, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4God, don't name it BioBeer. Might as well do some other cliché ***** like iBeer.
  • o0joshua0o, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4Wine gives me a headache. Liquor gives me a stomachache. But beer always sits well with me, and gets me drunk at a slow pace so it's easy to control my consumption.

    BTW - I'm a huge fan of Guinness and Shiner Bock Dark.

  • derekmas10, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4Or even better:
    "TO ALCOHOL! THE CAUSE OF AND SOLUTION TO ALL OF LIFE'S PROBLEMS!"
  • drewfusb, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4no, its not even a real red beer, its a caramel food coloring that gives it its color.
  • elitebmo, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4and corn
  • Oline61, on 11/05/2008, -0/+4You'll be ***** fat chicks in no time.
  • erichw1504, on 11/05/2008, -1/+4Send me a 12 pack!
  • houndeyex, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3I lol'd at "Beer Cleansing"
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3If I may quote the wise sage Homer (Simpson):

    Don't think of beer...Don't think of beer...Don't think of beer...
    D'OH!!



  • MattB123, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3I don't think it even counts as beer!
  • shauncorleone, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3This beer has to already exist, otherwise how does Duff Man stay so jacked?
  • sdipaola, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3to be scientifically correct both beer and wine and yes red wine - KILL BRAIN CELLS - while there is some good from red wine for your heart
    ALL alcoholic in the aggregate is bad for you - they slowly kill you brain - that is the science

    sorry
  • cluckinchicken, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3As far as I'm concerned, ALL beer is good for you.
  • cjohara, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3your MOM is stretching it a bit...FACE!
  • TheUngod, on 11/05/2008, -0/+3You'll look young on the outside while having the liver of a 100 year old.
  • EvoIII8, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2MMMMMMMMM. Beeeer.
  • mugupo, on 11/05/2008, -1/+3No matter it still gonna gave your the Beer Belly !
  • nofate2029, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2I'll be a guinea pig for whatever beer they want to test out!
  • Harbinger67, on 11/05/2008, -1/+3Holy crap, there's a blast from 2000 early flash animation past. Kudos.
  • amnesiac096, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2guinea pigs lol
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2HOW'S IT TASTE, MOTHER *****!? HUH!?!?
  • ramsinks.com, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2"2 Below" seasonal ale from New Belgium is pretty good for me...
  • impliedparadox, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2WTF...FAIL?
  • RudeTurnip, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2Alcohol often leads to violence.
  • inactive, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2FTW.
  • ajg199, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2now i can drink beer for breakfast!
  • dartmanx, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2Modifying beer this way is abnormal! It's something like this that will trigger the zombie apocalypse upon us all!
  • tfaulk26, on 11/05/2008, -0/+2It's so sad that R & D money is wasted on such things. Beer brewing technology has been developed centuries ago - it is what it is, and is intended for pleasure when in moderate consumption, not to prevent one from aging.. Any concerns with aging should be addressed differently.
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