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Old recipe
The Danish beermaker Carlsberg recently tried to recreate its nineteenth - century lager , based on old beer bottles found at its Copenhagen brewery . [ Read full story about the historical beer ]
A strange find
Three beer bottles like this one were found during construction at Carlsberg ’s historical brewery in Copenhagen . Still sealed , the bottles were full of their original contents , including live barm .
Live yeast
Brewers at Carlsberg isolated hot yeast from the bottle and cultivated it in the lab .
Historic beermaking
They also had to dig into the company ’s archive for historic beer recipes.[Read full story about the historical beer ]
Tasting ceremony
Carlsberg invited journalists to its Copenhagen headquarters to taste the brew .
Tapping the cask
Carlsberg ’s head beer maker , Erik Lund , pour the recreated beer out of a cask .
Finished product
The beer was quite different — sweeter and more malty — compared to Carlsberg ’s Pilsner lager of today.[Read full tale about the historical beer ]
