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An Other-Worldly Brew on Tap

Japanese brewery to craft beer whose barley comes from space-traveling seeds

By Lev Weinstein,  Newser Staff

Posted May 31, 2008 11:40 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Want to try a heavenly lager? Come November, you might get a chance. Japan's Sapporo Breweries is harvesting barley this weekend from seeds that spent 5 months aboard the International Space Station, the AP reports. It then plans to brew 100 bottles of space beer, though it hasn't figured out yet who will actually get to drink it.

This picture shows Japanese canned beers produced by Asahi Breweries (L) and its rival Sapporo Holdings (R), 16 February 2007, in Tokyo.
This picture shows Japanese canned beers produced by Asahi Breweries (L) and its rival Sapporo Holdings (R), 16 February 2007, in Tokyo.   (Getty Images)
2008 Sapporo Beer image girl Hinata Eto displays the comapny's new health-care soft drink, 'Arelsmooth' during its press preview in Tokyo, 18 December 2007. Up next for the co? Space beer.
2008 Sapporo Beer image girl Hinata Eto displays the comapny's new health-care soft drink, 'Arelsmooth' during its press preview in Tokyo, 18 December 2007. Up next for the co? Space beer.   (Getty Images)
A Japanese brewer will make 100 bottles of beer from a sort-of space barley.
A Japanese brewer will make 100 bottles of beer from a sort-of space barley.   (Flickr)
Russian laboratory student from Japan's Okayama University displays a bunch of 'space barley', the first generation of barley which was grown in a Russian space laboratory in 2006.
Russian laboratory student from Japan's Okayama University displays a bunch of 'space barley', the first generation of barley which was grown in a Russian space laboratory in 2006.   (Getty Images)
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