{"id":47091,"date":"2016-11-15T04:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T08:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/?p=47091"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:44:57","slug":"scientists-recreate-beer-found-on-a-shipwreck-in-1797","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/scientists-recreate-beer-found-on-a-shipwreck-in-1797\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Recreate Beer Found on a Shipwreck in 1797"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"thebe-1983702192\" class=\"thebe-fuente-preferida-2 thebe-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thebeertimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"A\u00f1adir como fuente preferida en google\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Anadir-como-fuente-preferida-en-google-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Anadir-como-fuente-preferida-en-google-1.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Anadir-como-fuente-preferida-en-google-1-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" width=\"175\" height=\"127\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><p>The discovery of <strong>a 220-year-old beer bottle<\/strong> recovered from the Sydney Cove, sunk in Australian waters near Tasmania, has inspired the creativity of a team of researchers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18963\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18963 size-full\" title=\"Beer found on a shipwreck in 1797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cerveza-encontrada-en-un-barco-hundido-en-1797.jpg\" alt=\"Beer found on a shipwreck in 1797\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cerveza-encontrada-en-un-barco-hundido-en-1797.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cerveza-encontrada-en-un-barco-hundido-en-1797-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cerveza-encontrada-en-un-barco-hundido-en-1797-114x60.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beer on a shipwreck in 1797<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scientists used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/beneficios-consumir-levadura-de-cerveza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beer yeast<\/a> found inside the bottle <strong>to recreate this historic beverage<\/strong> and plan to invest the proceeds from its sale in conservation work for a local museum and key archaeological sites.<\/p><div id=\"thebe-36371448\" class=\"thebe-maridaje-sin-rodes thebe-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 40px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><div style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 12px; padding: 16px; max-width: 320px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: center; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71vKJFxJDRL._SL1500_-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71vKJFxJDRL._SL1500_-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71vKJFxJDRL._SL1500_.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000ff; font-weight: bold; margin: 8px 0; line-height: 1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GF4CFJBL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Maridaje de cerveza y marihuana. La ciencia sensorial para el sommelier moderno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-cart\" style=\"background-color: #ffd100; color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GF4CFJBL\">Comprar en Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"thebe-2581184692\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9395258998211551\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><insclass=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9395258998211551\" data-ad-slot=\"8775458773\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Rescuing Centuries-Old Yeast<\/h2>\n<p>According to Live Science, <strong>the scientists who recreated this ancient beer<\/strong> come from Australia, France, Germany and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>They used the yeast <strong>found inside an old unopened beer bottle<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/como-disenar-una-receta-de-cerveza-artesanal-paso-a-paso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a traditional recipe of the era<\/a> to produce a &#8220;mild-tasting beer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Working together, the scientists <strong>managed to revive five distinct species<\/strong> of yeast microbes from the ancient beer bottle.<\/p>\n<h2>Triply Hybrid Genetics<\/h2>\n<p>Project director David Thurrowgood, <strong>curator and chemist at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery<\/strong> (QVMAG) in Launceston, Tasmania, told the Daily Mail:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is an uncommon triply hybrid yeast, related to bread, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/el-triangulo-amoroso-de-la-fermentacion-cerveza-vino-e-hidromiel\/\">beer and wine<\/a> yeasts. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/the-use-of-saccharomyces-yeasts-in-cancer-research\/\">genetically different from hundreds of yeast species<\/a> we have compared it to, from Australia and around the world. Traditionally, beer was brewed in open barrels and this yeast fits with the brewing practices of the era.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The scientists also managed to find <strong>several species of bacteria<\/strong> <strong>inside the bottle<\/strong> that will provide valuable information about microorganisms in the human diet from a time before the Industrial Revolution in Europe, Thurrowgood explained.<\/p><div id=\"thebe-3907868588\" class=\"thebe-libros-amazon thebe-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><div style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 12px; padding: 16px; max-width: 320px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: center; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43340 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Catar-cerveza-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gu\u00eda Pr\u00e1ctica Catar Cerveza Amazon\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Catar-cerveza-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Catar-cerveza-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Catar-cerveza-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Catar-cerveza.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000ff; font-weight: bold; margin: 8px 0; line-height: 1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LddZmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Gu\u00eda pr\u00e1ctica para catar cerveza: C\u00f3mo apreciar correctamente todas las cervezas del mundo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-cart\" style=\"background-color: #ffd100; color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LddZmQ\">Comprar en Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>People talk about autoimmune diseases and other disorders related to the fact that we eat a fairly sterile diet these days, whereas in the past our diet was full of microbes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Research Opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>This is one of the few opportunities <strong>we have to actually investigate<\/strong> those microbes, and find out what they really were.<\/p>\n<p>The wreck of the Sydney Cove <strong>was explored by marine archaeologists<\/strong> in the 1990s. They found various bottles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/barriles-de-cerveza-historia-tipos-y-usos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beer barrels<\/a>, as well as bottles of wine, brandy and gin, among other discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Although it has not yet been commercialized, <strong>the researchers believe<\/strong> <strong>there is potential<\/strong> for this beer to succeed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/what-is-cider-history-production-varieties-characteristics\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"207\">quite a sweet flavor \u2014 some have described it as almost a cider-like<\/a> or refreshing taste \u2014 which comes from the yeast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many of the objects recovered from the sunken vessel <strong>are on display at the QVMAG<\/strong>, and the museum&#8217;s website states that the Sydney Cove was the first merchant vessel to be wrecked in Australian waters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"thebe-1155812383\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9395258998211551\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><insclass=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9395258998211551\" data-ad-slot=\"1179889612\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Funds for Conservation<\/h2>\n<p>The researchers hope that the beer will allow them to raise funds that could help in the future <strong>to preserve the collection of artifacts from the Sydney Cove<\/strong> held by the museum, as well as the survivor camps from the wreck that are still preserved on Preservation Island.<\/p>\n<p>Thurrowgood <strong>also commented<\/strong> on some of the possibilities for the future:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We could set up a small brewery in the museum&#8217;s historic buildings in Launceston, or create a craft beer based on the ancient yeast strain from the late eighteenth century.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"thebe-2887220582\" class=\"thebe-maridaje-cerveza-marihuana thebe-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><div style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 12px; padding: 16px; max-width: 320px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: center; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Maridaje-de-Cerveza-y-queso-profesional-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Maridaje-de-Cerveza-y-queso-profesional-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Maridaje-de-Cerveza-y-queso-profesional-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Maridaje-de-Cerveza-y-queso-profesional-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Maridaje-de-Cerveza-y-queso-profesional.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000ff; font-weight: bold; margin: 8px 0; line-height: 1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4qHemVH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Maridaje de cerveza y queso profesional. 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