A 140-year-old bottle of beer brewed for an arctic expedition is to be auctioned in Shropshire after being found in a box in a garage.
Source: Bottle of 140-year-old Arctic Ale beer auctioned – BBC News
Regular HBS nutter Phil asks: “I wonder if there were any 140 year old scratchings?”
HBS says: They take them nowadays look here
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