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Space Yeast Makes Ninkasi Ground Control

This past summer, Ninkasi Brewing unveiled the Ninkasi Space Program (NSP). The goal? Send yeast to space and back, and use it in a new beer.

The first mission of NSP took flight with a rocket that was launched by the Civilian Space Continue Reading →

This is Ninkasi’s Beer Rocket [Now with Launch]

This week, Ninkasi Brewing is sending yeast to space to check viability in cold/weightless environments. The big idea, is to not only brew a terrestrial beer using the space yeast, but perhaps one day brew a full beer in space.

This Continue Reading →

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