Comments on: Japanese Special Brew: Space Beer

By: Rafael Paiva

Rafael Paiva — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:20:50 +0000

relax,the world is wonderful.Be a homebrew

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:59:07 +0000

Thanks Fergie. I'm actually having a great day What's a minor typo when I'm having so much fun writing about space beer?

Will get the tense right now, cheers, Ian

By: Fergie

Fergie — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:39:50 +0000

Ian, you're having a bad day;"For now, space beer, drank in space" 'Drank' is past tense, should be 'drunk'.

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:31:06 +0000

Well, it wasn't all that misleading… it is "Space Beer" after all. But I think it's wise for us to be enjoying it on the ground

You want to see the mess down here in Bristol on a Saturday night – you'd think everyone was suffering the effects of zero-G drinking…

By: alphonso richardson

alphonso richardson — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:44:47 +0000

Tut, tut, Ian
How misleading…once again making us read the 'small' print.
Are you sure you didn't miss your calling as an advertising exec?

Wet burps…urrgh!
Mind you, that's nothing to what I see in Central Birmingham on a weekend in the UK.
If they get the hang of brewing IN space, would they put kebabs on the menu on the ISS?
Richard Branson could ship tourists up,leading to guys trying to use the toilet (esp if it's broken down like now), with someone trying to start a fight with on of the pilots – there will of course be some one telling the to 'Leave it, they're not worth it'
Ahhhh, happy times…………….

By: D-wreck

D-wreck — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:20:31 +0000

Beer and space. My two favorite things are finally united…

By: watchful stone guardian

watchful stone guardian — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:35:05 +0000

I've had the opportunity to see two cultivars of wheat that were developed for growing in space, USU Apogee and USU Perigee. If memory serves me correct Apogee was about 35 cm tall and Perigee was about 20 cm tall fully mature. Both had grains that were 1/2 to 1/3 the size of typical Canadian Hard Red Spring Wheat. Apparently NASA has funded a number of plant breeders to develop miniature space crops including peas, soy beans, tomatoes, and peppers. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on some of these. Rather than partnering up with Disney maybe they should be partnering up with Home Depot's garden centre and selling "space" plants to be grown in window boxes on balconies!

By: Quantum_Flux

Quantum_Flux — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:42:02 +0000

Ian O-Niel said "But then that would be flat colaâ€¦ eew! I suppose there could be a way of removing the gas from beer, but that just wouldn't be right"

QF: Well, they enjoy eating Space Ice Cream Sandwhiches and Tang, I don't think that flat beer would be considered too casual for them.

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:12:13 +0000

Too funny. I'd hate to wake up on a Sunday morning after a night of orbital merriment knowing the flush was out of order… ouch.

By: David

David — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:57:08 +0000

Wait a minute. They need to make sure they have a toilet that works before chugging beer. What's beer without a toilet? A problem, that's what.

By: Ian O'Neill

Ian O'Neill — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:47:14 +0000

But then that would be flat cola… eew! I suppose there could be a way of removing the gas from beer, but that just wouldn't be right

By: Quantum_Flux

Quantum_Flux — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:55:42 +0000

I wonder if they could vacuum pump the cola through some kind of gas trapping filter paper before they drink it.

By: Quantum_Flux

Quantum_Flux — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:47:52 +0000

That is good news!