In Japan, cooked Space beer

One Japanese company has released “Space Beer”. Malt varieties Sapporo Space Barley prepared from barley, within five months stored on the ISS.

Experiment on the content of the grains of barley in space held company in 2006 in conjunction with the Academy of Sciences and the University of Okayama. Its main purpose was to study the possibility of the space station its own sources of food, said «Lenta.ru».

Unusual beer produced limited edition – 250 packs of six bottles each. “Space Beer” can be purchased only through the Internet. The cost of each package is 10 thousand yen (about 3,3 thousand). Buyers of the drink will be chosen by a producer in the lottery, which will involve the application filed.