Rare bottle of Arctic beer to be opened after 150 years to revive brew

Dougal Gunn Sharp bought the beer at auction. Picture: Elaine Livingstone/PA

A Scottish brewer is set to open one of the rarest beers in the world — a 150-year-old bottle once brewed for an Arctic expedition — to create a modern version of the historic ale.

Dougal Gunn Sharp, founder and master brewer of Edinburgh-based Innis & Gunn, will pour a bottle of Allsopp’s Arctic Ale into a new brew.