Aussie Brewery Creates Space Beer 118
astroengine writes "An Australian brewing company has created the world's first beer that can be consumed in space. 4-Pines Brewing Company teamed up with Saber Astronautics Australia, tirelessly testing different brews on zero-G flights last year. They have now finalized the winning formula, calling the beer 'Vostok' — after the spacecraft flown by Yuri Gagarin in 1961. The beverage is a strong-tasting stout with reduced carbonation to avoid the dreaded microgravity 'wet burp.'"
Aussies and Beer (Score:5, Funny)
Makes me proud to be an Australian. Now there are no reasons why we can't colonize space - we can take our slabs of VB with us, all we need is a barbie (that's the device for cooking hunks of dead animals over flames, not the de-sexed doll) that is safe to use in zero gravity.
Crack a tinny, mate.
Limited market (Score:4, Funny)
A beer to be drunk in space: now that is what I call limiting your market ;-)
Cart, meet horse. (Score:4, Funny)
Oh sure, invent space beer AFTER the last shuttle has launched. Way to fuck up the order of operations on that one guys!
(tongue firmly in cheek)