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August 12, 2026 at 05:28 PM
Shipwreck Divers Discovered a 162-Year-Old Bottle of Guinness Brewed During the Reign of Queen Victoria—and They Want to Take a Swig
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Divers discovered a 162-year-old bottle of Guinness from a shipwreck. They plan to sample the preserved beer and sequence its yeast DNA to recreate the 19th-century stout.
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