Beam me up a beer, Scotty

The ashes of Montgomery Scott, better known as “Scotty” the engineer on the classic sci-fi television series Star Trek, flew alongside another special payload on a brief space flight.

The companion package held the ingredients of the “first true space beer.” Linda Strine, spokeswoman for Microgravity Enterprises (MEI) which plans to produce the drink, says the secret ingredients have been delivered to a ‘production facility’ that will generate an otherworldly brew called Comet Tail Ale.

The company said it flew enough ingredients to support almost a year’s worth of beer production.

Along with marketing the beer and two other space-laced products (an energy drink called Antimatter and a water dubbed Space2O) MEI is in the business of seeking out extra space on a variety of booster rockets to give itself and other entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop space-themed products......

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By Sally Toms

Section : Beer Matters

Page number : 44