Space Beer Is Made from Barley Grown in Space

By John Farrier in Food & Drink on Dec 4, 2009 at 10:10 pm

A Japanese firm is producing a limited run of beer made from barley which spent time on the International Space Station. From The Japan Times:

The brewer will receive orders for the Sapporo Space Barley beer via the Internet until Dec. 24, making 250 six-packs, holding 330-ml bottles, available at a price of ¥10,000 each, Sapporo said Thursday, adding the product will be delivered to customers in late January. Proceeds will be used for the promotion of science education.

The original barley seeds were stored for five months in the Russian module of the International Space Station.

Link via Nerdcore | Photo: Sapporo Breweries

Tags: Beer, International Space Station, Sapporo Space Barley, Space

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Gauldar
Dec 4th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Well if you’re going to fund the space program, you may aswell get some beer out of the deal.
dartef
Dec 4th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Sure, Why not temp fate?

It’s not like it’ll start a plague of Zombies, right Doctor?

Doctor????!!!
Robolasse
Dec 5th, 2009 at 3:44 am
2000 years of civilization and this is the result.
Sig Orn
Dec 5th, 2009 at 4:43 am
I once was doing some school project for a U.S. based company and remember that you yanks have your own line of space drinks. They had beer, as well as energy drinks (oh, and I don’t work there) just remembered their “unparalleled by other ales available on earth”. So I guess it is paralleled now.

link to the company’s website and space-Ale:
http://www.microgravityenterprises.com/index.php?option=com_content&vi ew=article&id=63&Itemid=99
ted
Dec 5th, 2009 at 9:10 am
But the barley wasn’t grown in space, was it? It says the seeds were stored there.
Sig Orn
Dec 5th, 2009 at 9:31 am
no, I don’t think so. I think they send some of the ingredients up into space to “subject it to microgravity”. Can’t remember how or what though. One of their taglines is that they develop space-based products and make them available to the general public at affordable prices. They also have some seal of authenticity, the space product stamp. Donðt know alot about that either. The concept was pretty interesting, but it’s hard to compete now with proper space beer I guess:)
Itsashirt T shirts
Jan 13th, 2010 at 7:04 am
I’m a fan of beers, but I don’t expect this brand to taste very good Belgian beers still rule…
unda cova brotha
Feb 21st, 2010 at 4:58 am
more like 10 thousand years of civilization robolasse….

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