Canada: 130 year old bottle of beer found in the sea.

Au Canada, une bouteille de bière vieille de 130 ans retrouvée en mer !

En direct du monde par Alexis Morel lundi 18 janvier 2016

photo prétexte © Maxppp

Elle est presque aussi vieille que le pays ! A en croire le chercheur qui l’a ouverte, l’alcool à l’intérieur était encore buvable…

It is almost as old as the country. Exclaimed the finder when he opened the bottle containing drinkable alcohol.

Avec Pascale Guéricolas, correspondante de France Info au Canada. 

La bouteille a été retrouvée dans la baie d’Halifax (Nouvelle-Ecosse), à moitié remplie. Les spécialistes en fermentation ont donc eu la surprise de découvrir de la bière! De la bière de marque Alexander Keith, brassée à Halifax, la capitale de cette province canadienne depuis 1820. Selon les experts, cet échantillon aurait été produit entre 1872 et 1880, selon le type d’encre retrouvé sur le verre, et la graphie des sigles. Elle date donc d’une époque ou le Canada, tel qu’on le connaît venait tout juste de se former.

The bottle was retrieved from the bay in Halifax (Nova Scotia), half full. The fermentation experts were surprised to discover it was beer. Alexandra Keith, based in Halifax, brewed beer in the Canadian province since 1820. According to experts, this sample would have been produced between 1872 and 1880, judging by the ink found on the glass and the graphic acronym.  it is dated from an era  in Canada that is known to have come just after it was formed.

Un goût de souffre, de menthe et d’eau de mer

Andrew Mc Intosh, professeur spécialisé en fermentation et en levure de l’Université d’Halifax a eu l’honneur d’ouvrir la bouteille et de gouter cette bière. Buvable, mais pas terrible apparemment: elle sentait le souffre, la menthe et un peu l’eau de mer. Autres caractéristiques, une odeur de brûlé, et des effluves de bois de tonneaux. Est-ce que cela correspond au goût initial de la bière ou à son vieillissement? Difficile de le savoir pour l’instant. La bouteille devrait sans doute livrer davantage livrer ses secrets d’ici quelques temps car elle va repartir en voyage. Un laboratoire spécialisé en Écosse l’attend avec impatience pour comparer les secrets du liquide aux notes des brasseurs du 19è siècle. L’analyse des données permettra donc de mieux comprendre comment on fabriquait la bière au Canada il y a plus de 130 ans. C’est au fond un retour aux sources pour cette bouteille produite dans le Nouveau monde. Initialement, c’est un Écossais Alexander Keith qui a ouvert une brasserie au Canada en 1820. Depuis, cette brasserie a été rachetée par le géant canadien Molson.

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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