Space Beer Lands in Japan

From the look of this picture, it appears that barley, the moon, and the Japanese are making a venture together, or at least a press conference. In some ways this is true. The Japanese recently have grown where no one has grown before; in space. 

With the help of the Russian Academy of Science and Japanese powerhouse beer company, Sapporo, the Japanese brewed their trademarked "Space Barley" over the course of five months. The brew was cultivated in the International Space Station in 2006, and now is reaching eager testers at Sapporo Breweries Ltd. 

Could space beer be better than Earth made brew? That is what researchers intend to find out through a series of projects that are looking into the biological studies of the adaption of plants to new environments. So far, there have been no differences found between space made and earth made beer, but no doubt consumers would love to get a taste of the far foreign brew.

 

To read more on this story, see the original article at:

http://www.mlive.com/kalamabrew/index.ssf/2008/05/from_outerspace_to_your_pint_g.html

You can see a video on the story at:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=94810&videoChannel=4