Oldest beer may surrender its recipe

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Phoenix
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Oldest beer may surrender its recipe

#1 Post by Phoenix » Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:14 pm

HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Samples of the world's oldest beer have been examined in Finland to determine its recipe, with plans to brew the historic beverage again, researchers say.

A Baltic Sea shipwreck from between 1800 and 1830 was discovered in July 2010 and yielded many bottles of champagne and five bottles of what proved to be the oldest drinkable beer yet found.

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Re: Oldest beer may surrender its recipe

#2 Post by klickcue » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:11 pm

Hum, I have some acidic beer beer that maybe needs to go to the bottom of the ocean for future time :D

Looks like they need a viable test stain :shock:

I read about the find months ago, not moving very fast are they.
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On a different note

#3 Post by klickcue » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:19 pm

Angry Lithuanian monks stop "insulting" beer ad:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... G220110209
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