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Divers Retrieve 1864 Guinness Bottles; Scientists Sequence Yeast

8/8/2026

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Divers in the United Kingdom recovered 20 bottles of 1864 Guinness from a shipwreck, stored at about 4 °C, and launched Project Jurassic Beer.
Leuven University researchers are sequencing the yeast and DNA to map 19th-century brewing microbes and consulting the Guinness archive for historic ingredients.
They report the liquid is degraded and not drinkable, and note that Guinness has not confirmed plans to commercialise a replica of the 1864 stout.

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Divers in the United Kingdom recovered 20 bottles of 1864 Guinness from a shipwreck, stored at about 4 °C, and launched Project Jurassic Beer.
Leuven University researchers are sequencing the yeast and DNA to map 19th-century brewing microbes and consulting the Guinness archive for historic ingredients.
They report the liquid is degraded and not drinkable, and note that Guinness has not confirmed plans to commercialise a replica of the 1864 stout.