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Suntory sending whiskey to space

Whiskey in space

It’s one large gulp for mankind this week as Japanese spirits giant Suntory has announced it’s sending its whiskey into space.

The company will send six samples of whiskey to the International Space Station later this month in order to test the effects of zero gravity on the aging process. It hopes to gain insight into why and exactly how aging spirits mellows flavor. There will be two groups of samples; one will age for 13 months and the next for at least two years. The company will also keep control samples on earth.

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Surprisingly, this won’t be the first whiskey in space. Scottish whiskey company Ardbeg, owned by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, sent samples to the Space Station in 2011.

Suntory owns brands like Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Pinnacle Vodka and more. It also owns Yamazaki whiskey whose Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 was voted best whiskey in the world last year.

The whiskey will launch from the Tanegashima Space Center on August 16th. Unfortunately there are no plans to sell the space-aged product.

Space Oddity and Brandy

Speaking of space, Copper & Kings’ distillery in Louisville Kentucky has been playing the tunes of Space Oddity singer David Bowie to their aging brandy. They’ve also been playing Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.

Apparently the vibrations from the music cause the brandy to circulate in its barrel and the more brandy moves, the more flavor it absorbs. The brandy will need to age for two years before it goes to market so it will be some time before we discover just how finely tuned the drink is.