160-Year-Old Bottle of Guinness Recovered From Shipwreck

Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters A glass bottle of Guinness dating back to the Mindoro shipwreck of 1864 has been found off the coast of Dover, South-East United Kingdom. Diver Stefan Panis discovered the bottle while accompanied by friend Eddie Huzzey, and didn’t immediately recognize the object while underwater. “We lifted t

This diver got a surprise when he discovered original Guinness in a shipwreck (Picture: Splitpics UK/Stefan Panis) Scientists are hopeful that a rare 1864 bottle of Guinness could help them recreate the original recipe. Approximately 20 bottles of the 162-year-old stout were discovered in a shipwreck, five kilometres o

A diver who found a 162-year-old bottle of Guinness in a shipwreck contacted scientists who might be able to recreate the 1864 version of the stout.