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So, i wonder how it would work brewing in space?
I mean being weightless, how would an airlock work? Would cold crashing actually drop the yeast out of suspension? Bottling or kegging would be a pain, i guess we would have to put everything into caprisun type pouches.
How would the yeasties like it? Where would the Krausen form?
These are questions that i want answers to!

I'm glad you asked. You would not need a bottle or chamber if you are already living in a cool and sterile environment. The wort would form a ball floating in mid air and you would pitch the yeast slurry using a syringe and inject the yeast directly into the ball of wort. Kruasen would form and CO2 would bubble out like sunspots. in fact it would look like a little sun floating about in front of you. When fermentation is complete rather than cold crash you could carefully stick your spoon into the ball of beer and careful start it rotating just enough that it holds integrity, but the centrifugal force will clear from the inside out. You would rack by sticking the racking cane into the center and pump into your keg and the ball of beer would slowly shrink. the remaining ball of trub would be vacuumed into waste containment.

I hope this helps.


Edit: I would not recommend a Belgian style yeast for obvious reasons...
 
1. it would need significant adjustments to the process
2. liquid based airlocks would not work, other airlocks would have to be used
3. cold crashing would not drop yeast out of suspension, filtering might be the best way
4. putting beer into kegs and bottles might be ok, but getting it out is the hard part. something collapseable like pouches would be the best bet.
5. yeast would be fine
6. krausen would be mixed in with the beer, as would co2, it would be a big foamy blob of everything.

Better questions:
how did you get the ingredients in space?
how can you justify that water usage?
how do you manage the the boil?
after too much to drink, you don't fall over, you don't stumble, what DO you do?
Are earth chicks really the easy ones?



I'm glad you asked. You would not need a bottle or chamber if you are already living in a cool and sterile environment. The wort would form a ball floating in mid air and you would pitch the yeast slurry using a syringe and inject the yeast directly into the ball of wort. Kruasen would form and CO2 would bubble out like sunspots. in fact it would look like a little sun floating about in front of you. When fermentation is complete rather than cold crash you could carefully stick your spoon into the ball of beer and careful start it rotating just enough that it holds integrity, but the centrifugal force will clear from the inside out. You would rack by sticking the racking cane into the center and pump into your keg and the ball of beer would slowly shrink. the remaining ball of trub would be vacuumed into waste containment.

I hope this helps.


Edit: I would not recommend a Belgian style yeast for obvious reasons...


Both clever responses, and both get mobile-likes. TallDan slightly more credible, as he knows things mortals don't, being of the afterlife.

Is this the right thread?
 
1. it would need significant adjustments to the process
2. liquid based airlocks would not work, other airlocks would have to be used
3. cold crashing would not drop yeast out of suspension, filtering might be the best way
4. putting beer into kegs and bottles might be ok, but getting it out is the hard part. something collapseable like pouches would be the best bet.
5. yeast would be fine
6. krausen would be mixed in with the beer, as would co2, it would be a big foamy blob of everything.

Better questions:
how did you get the ingredients in space?
how can you justify that water usage?
how do you manage the the boil?
after too much to drink, you don't fall over, you don't stumble, what DO you do?
Are earth chicks really the easy ones?

Better questions: Answers
how did you get the ingredients in space? On a rocket of course (I don't trust 'Beaming them up' Star Trek style)
how can you justify that water usage? It's to make beer, what other justification is needed?
how do you manage the boil? Very very carefully.
after too much to drink, you don't fall over, you don't stumble, what DO you do? Very awkward summersaults.
Are earth chicks really the easy ones? So far, I have to say YES :D
 
Somehow Space Goats aren't quite as iconic as Piiiigs Iiiin Spaaace! Just at random, with subtitles (are those Finnish or ???) [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHsr7Chmff8[/ame]
 
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Been playing goat simulator recently. Not as good as being a real goat, but better than nothing.
 
I was doing a little end of year cleaning of the subscriptions and saw there has not been any activity on this infamous thread...

I don't have a picture of a goat, but I do have a link to a new brewery in NC that is called:
http://www.faintinggoatbeer.com/
So the back story is the owner has a medical condition (can't remember the name of it) were if he laughs to hard he faints, so he of course acquired the nick name "fainting goat" and thusly http://www.faintinggoatbeer.com/.
 
I agree - too little action on this otherwise excellent thread

So merry goat-mas ya' all

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Felt like sharing some vacation pictures. Couldn't believe some of the ridiculous goat decorations and merch I found. I figured they had to be kidding me.

And now Please delete will forever show up when I go to check My Replies... :goat:
 
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