Shipwreck Divers Discovered a 162-Year-Old Bottle of Guinness Brewed During the Reign of Queen Victoria—and They Want to Take a Swig
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“Divers found a sealed 162-year-old bottle of Guinness in a shipwreck, which experts believe may still be safe to drink. Researchers hope to sequence the yeast DNA to recreate the 19th-century stout.”
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