Earthlings, space beer has splashed down

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Dec 2, 2008 11:17 AM EST

Article Source: msnbc.com

Space beer, the result of a five-month mission to boldly grow, where almost no one has grown barley before, has landed in Japan.

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John Whittet

... awesome.

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#1 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 11:17 AM EST

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SEN. OBAMA IN ISRAEL

Is this good use of tax payers money, growing barley in space? Well, it is Japansese money and not American money, let the Japanese enjoy their space beer.

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#2 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 6:43 PM EST

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david-475776

As long as the water to make the beer did not come from the "space toilet".

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#4 - Tue Dec 2, 2008 7:54 PM EST

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RK-692012

Really...the only beer that is 100% barley? I guess they haven't heard of the German purity law in Japan. Most real beers (besides hefeweizens and some Belgian beers that contain Belgian candi sugar) are made from 100% malted barley with hops and yeast. Nothing more! Only in Japan and America (and Canada) would we add cheap corn or rice to our beer to bump up the alcohol contact and not effect the taste (or lack thereof). This sounds like something the Japs should keep for themselves.

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#5 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 3:02 AM EST

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Steve Graves

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.

Hmmmm.......

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#6 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 5:47 AM EST

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Perry O

Clipped to Brewers Guild.

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#7 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 10:32 AM EST

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John Whittet

Thanks Perry. Didn't know about that group.

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#7.1 - Wed Dec 3, 2008 11:45 AM EST

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