Booze Sent to Space to Explore 'Mellow' Mechanism

yahoo.com ^ | Elizabeth Howell

[cva66snipe]

Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin did that over 50 years ago. LOL

[cva66snipe]

Marines on the USS Frederick “found a way” back in the day. Just saying....

The happiest shipmate I ever saw was one who opened up a package and in it was a six pack of Milwaukee BUD. LOL

[BlueDragon]

How utterly stupid.

Probably.

Curiosity killed the led the Jap to spend large sums of money (on whiskey experiments).

Meanwhile, there are things which were well proven, centuries ago.

Linje Aquavit is named after the tradition of sending oak barrels of aquavit with ships from Norway to Australia and back again, thereby passing the equator ("linje") twice before being bottled. The constant movement, high humidity and fluctuating temperature cause the spirit to extract more flavour and contributes to accelerated maturation.

[OldNewYork]

I’m glad to hear someone is still doing real science.

[BenLurkin]

Interesting!

[BlueDragon]

The method is not recommended for red wines, I take it.

Years ago (like 15 or so, I've been here since '97 but changed handles) there was a FR thread that provided links to results from electron microscope images of various wines, along with such things as caffeine molecules.

It was interesting how the shapes would correspond to sensations of flavor, or else effect.

Young wines would have fractal-like floral shaping. Older reds would lose the fractal-like edginess, becoming more rounded, and softer in appearance.

White wines would perform similarly, but after some fading, retain less 'shape' as it were, flattening more entirely.

Caffeine molecules were spiky to the max. Long spikes, pointing outwards, densely packed all around.

[SunkenCiv]

[singing[ in heaven there is no beer...

[BenLurkin]

Wnen we are gone from here, all out friends will be drinking all the beer.

[blackd77]

I was on the quarterdeck of the USS Cleveland 30 years ago, in Hong Kong, with a bottle of whiskey in my bag. The duty NCO had me open the bag, clearly saw the contraband, and waved me through.

Our supply guys made “bilge wine” in the hold of the Frederick. I guess it wasn’t too good, but good enough.

[aomagrat]

The Russians already did this back in the’60’s. I saw it on an episode of “Gilligan’s Island.”

[cva66snipe]

The small miniatures sold in liquor stores in some states was also easy to hide. I suppose ifin a man got desperate enough for a drink he could jump over the side and get some Brandy when they pulled him out. LOL.

[Charles Martel]

I thought this sounded sort of familiar...

Ardbeg Galileo celebrates ISS whisky maturation experiment - 2012