Ninkasi Ground Control Stout Using Space Program Yeast Coming 4/13 (Video)

From Ninkasi:

Rockets, the world’s most adventurous yeast, and, most importantly, delicious craft beer.

Ground Control: an Imperial Stout with some WELL-traveled yeast

GROUND CONTROL

Seven years after we started brewing in Oregon, we decided the sky was not the limit. One year, two rockets and countless lab hours later, we successfully launched a payload of brewer’s yeast into outer space with the help of rocket scientists. After a much awaited return to Earth, the mission of creating space beer is now complete.

Ground Control boldly combines local and out-of-this-world ingredients. This rich, complex Imperial Stout is brewed with Oregon hazelnuts, star anise and cocoa nibs, and fermented with an Ale yeast that survived a trip to space and back. Mankind will enjoy the sweet finesse of this beer that only fares better with time.

LAUNCH STATS

• Rocket Name: SL 9
• Launch Date: Oct. 23, 2014
• Launch Time: 7:33 am
• Launch Location: Spaceport America, New Mexico
• Maximum Altitude: 408,035 ft, 77.3 Miles
• Maximum Speed: Mach 5.5
• Payload Recovery Site: White Sands Missile Range

• IBU

  80

  Bitterness Units
  

  ABV

  10

  Alcohol % By Volume
  

  OG

  1100

  Original Gravity
  

  BORN

  2015

  Enjoyed Since
  
  

  Available

  April 13, 2015

  Malts

  2-Row Pale, Black, Chocolate, Munich, Crystal, Honey, Special Roast, Peated

  Hops

  Apollo, Bravo, Comet

  Packages

  22oz. Bottles
  On Draft
  

Update 19 Mar 2015…here’s the actual approved label…

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