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"  You&amp;#039;ve got to assume that there&amp;#039;s a natural high that comes from visiting outer space. But for those galactic travelers who need an added pick-me-up (or a little liquid courage) comes a new brew engineered to be consumed in space. ABC Melbourne reports that Australia&amp;#039;s 4 Pines Brewing Company has been working with space engineers to design a beer for space tourist flights beginning next year. A trial batch of Vostok, &amp;quot;the world&amp;#039;s first space beer,&amp;quot; will have its inaugural mission this Saturday in Florida, Jaron Mitchell, one of 4 Pines brewers told ABC. According to the company&amp;#039;s Facebook page, a test run was initially scheduled for last December, but inclement weather prevented that maiden malt voyage. More From Delish: 10 Food Inventions Though Sapporo previously experimented with brewing beer with barley grown at the International Space Station, Vostok, which is named for the Russian spacecraft, is the first brewed specially for space consumption. To create a beer that would taste great in space, the brewers and scientists had several obstacles to work around. &amp;quot;In space your whole entire face, including your tongue, swells,&amp;quot; Mitchell told ABC. &amp;quot;It becomes a lot harder to taste things in space.&amp;quot; More From Delish: Brews with Attitude: 5 Mixed Drinks Made With Beer The second barrier comes from discomfort caused by carbonation. &amp;quot;On earth when you burp, due to the gravity that&amp;#039;s acting on your stomach, the gas and the liquid separate,&amp;quot; Mitchell explained. &amp;quot;However in space... the gas and the liquid can both come up during a burp.&amp;quot; And so in designing Vostok, the brewers began with their award-winning 4Pines Stout, a type of beer that is naturally high in flavor and low in carbonation. 4Pines has partnered with Astronauts4Hire, a independent group of professional &amp;quot;flight researchers&amp;quot; to test the beer&amp;#039;s effects and taste on a 0-gravity parabolic flight. Vostok is also available for terrestrial tasting at various pubs around Australia. We&amp;#039;ll wait on the verdict from the astronauts, but hopefully it will be one sip for a man, one giant chug for mankind. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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