Thanks for the information! As much as I was hoping the contents might have been Guinness, I must concede they may by in fact pale ale after looking at the link you sent me. Much appreciated.
My son who is a commercial diver recently dove a shipwreck on British Columbia's West Coast. The steamship SS Ohio went down in 1909 with four lives lost. He located this sealed bottle which he then gave to me for Xmas. The cork is in the name of Read Brothers London, England.
My limited...