Space Beer

This ia a fitting post a day after Repeal Day which we spent toasting in the Robin Room of the historic Willard Hotel. Unfortunately, I decided to try a cocktail called "Blood and Sand" which sounded good on the drink menu but turned out to be the most vile concoction I've ever tasted. Oh well, on to the post.

First there was green beer, then extremely old beer, next up...space beer.

From The Telegraph (UK)...

The world's first "space beer" cultivated from barley grown in a laboratory orbiting the earth has been unveiled.

The extra-terrestrial beverage was the result of a five-month mission during which barley was grown for the first time in a Russian laboratory on board the International Space Station (ISS). Sapporo Breweries, one of Japan's major breweries, went on to use the crop of barley grown in space to create 100 litres of a 5.5 per cent proof beer ­ aptly named Space Barley.

Sappor is selling "Space Barley" as six packs to 250 beer-drinkers, who will be selected through a lottery. A six pack of Space Barley is selling for around $115, or about $19 per bottle. All proceeds from the space beer will benefit charity.

P.S. For some reason the video won't play in Firefox browsers but will play in other browsers. C'est la vie.