Brewing Beer in Space (Japan)

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  1. shigg85

    shigg85 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,338) Jan 31, 2012 Japan
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    Japanese brewer Isekado has announced an unprecedented challenge: brewing beer in space. In collaboration with Takazago Electric, a Nagoya-based company specializing in advanced aerospace fluid technology, the project seeks to conduct Japan’s first-ever beer fermentation experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The initiative, titled the Space Brewing Project, will utilize Japan’s experimental module “Kibo” (which aptly translates to “hope”), marking a new chapter in both brewing and space science.

    Story here:

    https://www.tokyoweekender.com/food...tm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
     
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  2. brewme

    brewme Grand Pooh-Bah (4,014) Mar 1, 2014 Massachusetts
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    One small step for man....
     
  3. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    ISO Space Cultured Yeast Beer
     
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  4. MadMadMike

    MadMadMike Grand Pooh-Bah (3,555) Dec 11, 2020 France
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    Anybody remember, or had (I did.,.) Ninkasi Brewing Co.’s ‘Ground Control’ Imperial Stout?
     
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  5. hosehead83

    hosehead83 Pooh-Bah (1,719) Nov 19, 2008 Ohio
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    Does it have Galaxy hops?
     
  6. hosehead83

    hosehead83 Pooh-Bah (1,719) Nov 19, 2008 Ohio
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    Bring back Three Floyds Space Station Middle Finger!
     
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  7. moodenba

    moodenba Pooh-Bah (2,502) Feb 2, 2015 New York
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    The yeast won't settle so they will need to bring a centrifuge if they want clarified beer up there. In the early 70s, a homebrewer biochem major I knew used his lab centrifuge to clarify his homebrew (probably not an approved use of the facility). It was too efficient. There was no yeast remaining for the bottle ferment. He was left with flat, slightly sweet beer.
     
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