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Ninkasi Brewing used outer space yeast for latest beer

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Robert LeCompte

For a few years now, says KGW.com, the folks at Eugene's Ninkasi Brewing Company have had this burning desire: to brew a beer made with ingredients from outer space. And now they have. The Oregon brewery is about to release a brew made with yeast that they actually launched into space on their own homemade rocket. Ground Control, a stout, will be available in select stores April 13, just in time for this summer's big sci-fi blockbusters.

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By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f