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Part 1: The Story of a Beer That's Also a Vaccine

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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0:00.0

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Welcome and happy New Year. It's another edition of Cool Stuff Daily. My name's Marcus Paff and coming up on today's episode, Vaccines. Yes, there are a number of different ways we could go with that subject, but one particular scientist is combining what's most often thought of as an injection with

1:11.8

one of humanity's favorite beverages.

1:14.1

Beer, details on the way in what is a fascinating story starting right now.

1:20.0

This story comes to us courtesy of Science News and author Tina Hesman Say.

1:25.9

Chris Buck stands barefoot in his kitchen, holding a glass bottle of

1:29.8

unfiltered Lithuanian farmhouse ale. He swirls the bottle gently to stir up a finger-breadth

1:36.0

blanket of yeast and pours the turbulent beer into a glass mug. Buck raises the mug and sips, quote,

1:43.1

cloudy beer, delightful, end quote. He has just consumed what may be

1:47.8

the world's first vaccine delivered in a beer. It could be the first small sip toward making vaccines

1:54.8

more palatable and accessible to people around the world. Or it could fuel concerns about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

2:03.6

Or the idea may go nowhere.

2:05.6

No matter the outcome, the story of Buck's unconventional approach illustrates the legal, ethical, moral,

2:11.6

scientific, and social challenges involved in developing potentially life-saving vaccines.

2:18.3

Buck isn't just a home brewer dabbling and drug making.

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