Sapporo's disappointingly normal astro-beer
Sapporo's brewing a private-edition "space beer" made from barley descended from seeds that circled the globe on the ISS. The beer is disappointingly normal and has not been reported to cause gigantism, telekinesis, or any of the other typical space-seed effects.
The barley used in the new beer is a third-generation offshoot of the original plant stored for five months in a Russian laboratory in the station. The company has made only 100 liters of the new brew, named Sapporo Space Barley, which is not for sale. Sapporo says the beer is safe because it has tested microbes in it and did tests with lab animals and Sapporo employees, too. It also says that the space beer tastes just like regular beer.Sapporo to offer tasting of space beer (Thanks, Marilyn!)
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no space gruit?
But whyyy?!?
tastes like regular beer... of course it does! Its innocuousness guarantees the alien spores will get into us!
i was bathed in cosmic rays and all i got was melanoma.
-T
Title should read, "disappointingly."
I want a beer that tastes like Nuka-Cola Quantum.
microgravityenterprises.com has been making space-beer for at least a couple of years. I found out about them while doing some project in school back in '06. They have space-beer and water additives that they ship in cargo rockets up into space and have a "been-in-space" guarantee of some sorts.
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Given that it's made from space seeds, I'm guessing that you have to be an ubermensch to taste the difference.
The testers just gave up too soon. I kept at it and developed the amazing power to change women's expressions to disgust with a single belch.
Thanks, Xenu!
But wasn't it all worth it just to get Space Drunk?
If you drink gamma irradiated space beer this is what happens...
http://ny.channel101.com/view.php?epid=141
What's really disappointing is that there have been no references to "307 Ale" (Tom Smith) so far.
http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/307_ale.htm
Disclaimer: My only relation ship to Mr. Smith is that of a devoted fan.
vhfer, that 307 link is hilarious, nice one!
Nearly all Tom Smith's work is funny, much of it spray-beer-out-your-nose funny.
Some of it is funny in an incredibly sad sort of way; try out "A Boy and His Frog" for example. Ok, he was just a nerd who made a moderate splash in children's television, so what? But he makes his point in such a telling and poignant way that only a Vulcan (or an 888) would be left completely untouched.
I would suspect that if you sent a chicken to outer space and then made McNuggets out of it the results would be just as disappointing...
Maybe they should let the Kiuchi Brewery have a shot at the next batch.
@5 Annon -
That link is an absurd amount of crap.
Wow improved flavour and taste!
I'm sure glad they've improved water by adding sugar and salt that at some point has been out of orbit.
There is a stand of redwoods in Palo Alto, CA that are "space redwoods" having spent time in space. They seem to be growing just fine. Hurrah for space-going plants and animals and astronauts!