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Man discovers batch of 162-year-old Guinness — immediately employs team to start drinking it

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An underwater videographer may have a new job as a pirate after he discovered a sunken treasure off the coast of England. While exploring a shipwreck near Dover, England, a Belgian named Stefan Panis found what appeared to be a piece of cargo that has been overlooked for more than 160 years. 'There might be more cases.' Beer goggles In the depths of the wreck of an English ship called the Mindora, Panis found a treasure that is likely to please historians and beer drinkers alike: bottles of Guinness from 1864. The Irish Times reported that Panis found up to 20 bottles of the stout in 2025, but only recently connected the bottles to the ship wreckage via a cargo report. Panis told the BBC that the beer is now with scientists who are studying to see if it is still drinkable, with the photographer citing that the same team previously tested a bottle of champagne that is just as old and was still OK to consume. It depends on whether or not "sea water has come into the bottle through the co

First report: Murky brew: Guinness found on 162-year-old shipwreck inspires divers with ‘Project Jurassic Beer’ — irishtimes.com, 6d