Still Waters Posted April 10, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 10, 2012 An island distillery has taken to space in a bid to discover the taste of the future.Experiments using malt from the Ardbeg distillery on Islay are being carried out on the International Space Station to see how it matures without gravity. Compounds of unmatured malt were sent to the station in an unmanned cargo spacecraft in October last year, along with particles of charred oak. Scientists want to understand how they interact at close to zero gravity. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted April 10, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Im trying to imagine a bunch of drunk astronauts on a space station .....wait ,that was Red Dwarf . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancelikestate Posted April 11, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 11, 2012 space whiskey? sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.J. Posted April 12, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 12, 2012 1 part space space whiskey,1 part cosmic cola,and a 2 comet ice cubes. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarifa Posted April 12, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I was wondering how the 1% was going to provide for the need for alcohol once they bug out to the Goldilocks Zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Llayne Posted April 12, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I rate the Russians will love this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted April 12, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It's research. The extensive testing of the distilled spirits will be all , uh, docunemted and .. everthinng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted April 12, 2012 #8 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'm glad to see that some positive benefits for mankind are still coming out of the space program, feeble as it may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arawyn Posted April 17, 2012 #9 Share Posted April 17, 2012 hmmm... whisky...rum...pirates... SPACE PIRATES! Jack Sparrow in space! I can see it now... *imagines Jack Sparrow floating around in space station, trying to snag a bottle of Rum floating by him* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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