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Digging at the site of an old Victorian brewery in the city of Leeds in the northern English county of Yorkshire, archaeologists discovered 19th-century bottles of beer neatly stacked under a staircase leading to a cellar. A spokesperson for Tetley Brewery told The Drinks Business that the bottles were found beneath the remains of what used to be the Scarborough Castle Inn. But nobody will be sampling the ale because this is poisonous beer which contains “dangerous concentrations of lead.” The Tetley name, according to the company's website, represents one of Leeds' oldest brewing dynasties, which for nearly 200 years has greatly added to the social, industrial, and historic significance of Leeds. Tetley’s beer brewery in Leeds was founded by