An interesting thing happened while diving

[GuntherHess]

The quick fall in pressure as you brought it up probably caused a lot of CO2 to quickly form that the old closure couldn't hold.
Its amazing how well persevered stuff can stay in the relatively static conditions below the water surface.
Supposedly drinkable champagne has survived for hundreds of years on deep wrecks.
Find another whole one and you can have a 100 year old beer bash. Just bring it up slow.

 

[cowseatmaize]

It's sounding like it got the bends in a way,.. better it than you.

 

[blobbottlebob]

I opened it. it fizzed, and smelled like skunked beer....

Thanks for posting that Digger Dun. I've found full beer bottles before as well, but they were always horribly spoiled. I once had one that was absolutely rancid. But that came out of five feet of water.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Thanks for the posts Caz, Julie, Rick, Gunth, and Cows. As Gunth noted, the air trapped in the bottle may have expanded as I surfaced and increased the inside pressure - leading to the blast. The rusty stopper pieces were not going to hold off against that pressure.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Here it is. Obermann Bottling and Brewing co. A really nice example of a relatively rare Weiss beer.

 

[madman]

nice find and story!

 

[goodman1966]

Any more stories like that and I will swimming in the red river in shreveport!! Yeeehaaaaa!!!

 

[blobbottlebob]

BTW Digger Dun. The squats are awesome in your picture. We don't have those here. But the beer bottle in the middle is cool too. I love the huge wide blob on it.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Thanks for your replies Madman and goodman. Good - you need to get out there and do it!

 

[druggistnut]

Hey Bob,

I'm glad the "explosion" and release of that metal bail didn't damage your BC.

I'll remember this in case I find a full one. Crack it open, BEFORE you surface.

Bill