Posted on 09/11/2015 11:47:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
This past week, four tasters at the Ardbeg Distillery in Islay, Scotland drank samples of whiskey that had aged for nearly three years aboard the International Space Station. They compared the samples to whiskey that had matured in a similar way here on Earth. The team said the space samples were completely unlike anything they had ever tasted before; something about the space environment had a distinct effect on the alcoholic beverage. "It was the most unusual tasting we’d ever done," Dr. Bill Lumsden, head of distilling and whiskey creation at the Glenmorangie Company, told The Verge. "I was amazed at how different the samples were."
Lumsden hopes the test will help him learn more about the whiskey maturation process, but overall he prefers his whiskey aged on Earth. The space whiskey had a much smokier quality, with flavors akin to cherries, prunes, raisins, and cinnamon, he said. He also noted that the whiskey's aftertaste was "pungent, intense, and long, with hints of wood, antiseptic lozenges, and rubbery smoke." This was in contrast to the Earth-aged whiskey, which had richer flavors more characteristic of whiskey drinks. The space whiskey still had strong flavor, but they were strange, Lumsden said — and not particularly good. He still has yet to figure out why. "That I haven’t been able to work out yet," he said.
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I’ll stick with white oak barrels, thanks.
How about, “liquid cigarettes”?
The goes the trip to Mars.
They should name it for my ex then.
Ping.
Obviously these guys are not connoisseurs of Mad Dog.
Does it still get you hammered?
Probably the lack of temperature variation and steady climate controlled humidity.
Cosmic rays.
Expect the tasters to spontaneously combust, turn invisible, have their body turn to rubber or metamorphise into a giant rock creature in short order.
The astronauts drank the good stuff and replaced it with their own bathtub gin with a shot of pee. Just sayin’
So much for our careers as astronauts.
High energy radiation nucleation and damage IMO.
But at least ISS is being put to good use.
Did they ferment the mash and distill it in space, or did they only do part of the process on ISS?
Nothing like blowing pupil foam on a Saturday night.
The Muslim outreach program isn’t going to like this.
Electronic manufacturing chemicals taste in return for the Angels Share.
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