Divers have found a 162-year-old bottle of Guinness in a shipwreck off the English coast, prompting scientific interest in what the historic stout may reveal about brewing from the period.
Samples taken from the bottle have been sent for analysis. Researchers hope the work will help establish more about the flavour and character of the stout after more than a century and a half beneath the sea.
The discovery was made in a shipwreck, although further details about the vessel, the precise location of the find and the circumstances of the dive have not been provided in the supplied material.
The significance of the find lies in the potential for the bottle’s contents to offer direct evidence of how Guinness stout from that era may have tasted. Rather than relying solely on written records or later comparisons, researchers are seeking information from the material preserved inside the bottle itself.
The latest known development is that the samples have been dispatched for examination. The results of that analysis are expected to determine what more can be learned from the 162-year-old drink.
