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Oldest beer may surrender its recipe

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:14 pm
by Phoenix
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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http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/02 ... 297213017/

Re: Oldest beer may surrender its recipe

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:11 pm
by klickcue
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.

On a different note

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:19 pm
by klickcue
Angry Lithuanian monks stop "insulting" beer ad:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/ ... G220110209