Ninkasi Brew's In Space?

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  1. Seanhand_atl

    Seanhand_atl Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2014 Georgia

    I just found a video saying Ninkasi Brewery is starting the first test of their attempt to brew a beer in space.
    The link: http://beerstreetjournal.com/ninkasi-wants-brew-beer-space-video/

    Not sure if this has been posted or not already, I did a search and did not see anything.

    Just curious as to everyone's thoughts on this weird unique experiment.
     
    #1 Seanhand_atl, Jul 8, 2014
  2. LakerLeith

    LakerLeith Initiate (0) Aug 11, 2013 California

    that's pretty cool! very unique thats for sure
     
    #2 LakerLeith, Jul 8, 2014
  3. Iamjeff6

    Iamjeff6 Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2013 Virginia

    I wonder what the originial and final gravity was...Im guessing Zero (sorry, terrible space joke)
     
    #3 Iamjeff6, Jul 8, 2014
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  4. Hop-Droppen-Roll

    Hop-Droppen-Roll Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Minnesota

    haha, suuuuuuper low gravity beer. Quite sessionable.
     
    #4 Hop-Droppen-Roll, Jul 8, 2014
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  5. TheNightwatchman

    TheNightwatchman Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Sending yeast into space, and then making beer with it? Are we sure this isn't Dogfish Head and not Ninkasi? :wink:


    Sending yeast into space and actually brewing in space are quite far apart, but I guess it's a place to start. I'll be interested to hear how this experiment goes.
     
    #5 TheNightwatchman, Jul 8, 2014
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  6. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,652) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    I thought if you sent living food stuff into space it automatically turns into the worst possible alien nightmare one can conjure? Isn't that why they have that astronaut ice cream that's all dry? Hmmmm, maybe I wasn't paying attention in 5th grade science. Hey, speaking of astronaut ice cream, someone should brew with that stuff. I love that shit. Dehydrated ice cream beer needs to happen.
     
    #6 Providence, Jul 8, 2014
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  7. nate-henry

    nate-henry Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2014 Michigan

    pretty cool just as long as they don't brew it on uranus
     
    #7 nate-henry, Jul 8, 2014
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  8. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    Yes it does! Brilliant! I vote for strawberry
     
    #8 Immortale25, Jul 8, 2014
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  9. Hop-Droppen-Roll

    Hop-Droppen-Roll Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Minnesota

    Someone call DFH!
     
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  10. AdmiralOzone

    AdmiralOzone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,352) Jun 26, 2014 Minnesota
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    You thought $120 a bottle for truffle beer was high. I can only imagine what the overhead on this will make the final product cost.
     
    #10 AdmiralOzone, Jul 8, 2014
  11. TheNightwatchman

    TheNightwatchman Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Well, the cost to send something on the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 is $1,864 per pound. Obviously the cost varies from rocket to rocket.
     
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  12. ThreeLloyds

    ThreeLloyds Initiate (0) May 8, 2014 Iowa

    I heard 3Floyds was already doing this, the beer is called Zombie Star Dust - super hard to get.
     
    #12 ThreeLloyds, Jul 8, 2014
  13. byronic

    byronic Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2013 Canada (ON)

    I guess that brew would be "out of this world" :grinning:
     
    #13 byronic, Jul 8, 2014
  14. Seanhand_atl

    Seanhand_atl Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2014 Georgia

    Well small batch extremely expensive beer. If it's made right you could almost call it the next white whale.
     
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  15. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    IIRC, on one of the space shuttle flights, an astronaut took along a bag of hops, that a brewery then used. I couldn't find it with a quick google search. maybe I'll look harder later.
     
    #15 BBThunderbolt, Jul 8, 2014
  16. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Yawn, Sapporo already did this.
     
    #16 UCLABrewN84, Jul 9, 2014
  17. Seanhand_atl

    Seanhand_atl Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2014 Georgia

    Did sapporo make a good beer out of it though, because I never heard of it.

    Edit: With a quick search, sapporo only used barley grown in space. Ninkasi is doing experiments with yeast viability in space. There is a big difference.
     
    #17 Seanhand_atl, Jul 9, 2014
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  18. riverlen

    riverlen Pundit (852) Sep 16, 2009 Illinois

    Spacemen need beer too.
     
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  19. FoamInnovation

    FoamInnovation Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2013 Washington

    If they brew it with stardust and triple hop it and have an abv of 11%....this will be amazing.:wink:

    Seriously, needs to be called Major Tom's Last Tipple.
     
    #19 FoamInnovation, Jul 9, 2014
  20. joelwlcx

    joelwlcx Initiate (0) Apr 23, 2007 Minnesota

    Fuck that

    I'll stick to Saga.
     
    #20 joelwlcx, Jul 9, 2014
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