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Talk about a cold swig of history.

Beer made from a yeast 45 million years old will soon be hitting taps in California.

Northern California microbrewer Stumptown Brewery is already selling two brews made with the yeast, extracted from a prehistoric piece of amber found in Burma. But as early as next month, Fossil Fuels Brewing Co. plans to distribute two others made with the yeast on a larger scale.

Don't expect to be drinking mead when you down one of the company's wheat or "Ancient Ales."

"In the world of microbiology, 45 million years doesn't cause a lot of changes," Chip Lambert, the president of Fossil Fuels Brewing Co., of Oakland, Calif., told Slashfood on Wednesday. "We call this the mother of all modern yeasts, but it's just a 45-million-year-old mom."

Find out where to find the prehistoric brew after the jump.