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Is This the World’s First Space Beer? (discoverynews.com)

http://news.discovery.com/space/the-first-real-space-beer-not-so-fast-111130.html

The first bona fide space beer — as in, a beer that is brewed for the purpose of being enjoyed in space — will most likely be a strong, reduced-carbon dioxide stout. Nice!

Earlier this year, the Australian 4 Pines Brewing Company, working with Astronauts4Hire, actually put some research into the space beer conundrum and, after a series of zero-G flights, developed “Vostok.”

Vostok is a full-flavored, low-carbon dioxide beer that not only addresses the loss of taste during long-duration spaceflight, it also reduces the risk of the “wet burp.”