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