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Earthlings, Space Beer Has Splashed Down

Posted December 03, 2008 1:30 PM

From msnbc.com: Space:

Space beer, the result of a five-month mission to boldly grow, where almost no one has grown barley before, has landed in Japan. The beverage, brewed from barley cultivated in the International Space Station in 2006, has splashed down courtesy of the Russian Academy of Science, a Japanese university and beer giant Sapporo. But the 100 liters of the 5.5 percent alcoholic brew are not for sale, although tastings are being offered to some earthlings as Sapporo tries to push its brand into a new orbit.

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Re: Earthlings, Space Beer Has Splashed Down

12/03/2008 10:58 PM

Those grains did nott actually grow on the Space Station.

They just had a short visit there, while dormant.

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Re: Earthlings, Space Beer Has Splashed Down

12/04/2008 7:50 AM

"There's really no beer like it because it uses 100 percent barley."

Really.... 100% barley, no one ever thought of that before.

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12/04/2008 8:44 AM

Real space beer is made from space barley grown with re-cycled space piss... I think I'll pass.

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12/04/2008 1:14 PM

There's only 3 things that should go in beer: water, barley, and Hops. I get really ticked off when anyone puts in other shite and calls it beer. The German's agree:

http://www.beerchurch.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1887

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