Ardbeg
Look at that black shit up there. That look like something tasty to you? No? Here, maybe a little description of the flavor will whet your appetite.
“The [taste] is intense and long, with hints of … antiseptic lozenges and rubbery smoke.”
When I crave something good, I reach for a Hall’s menthol cough drop that’s been held over a tire fire for a few hours.
That there are the findings of Ardbeg’s Scotch in Space adventure. Four years ago, they sent a vial of whisky up to the International Space Station to age in zero gravity. Now, after hearing its description, I can say the experiment was a major failure.
By contrast, the control Earth whisky had “woody, balsamic flavors … a distant fruitiness … with flavors of gentle smoke … and creamy fudge.”
So space scotch is not good. But worse, the people who drank it didn’t even develop super powers. Like, really, what the shit is the point? I wanted them all to turn into Scotch Space Monsters. Is that too much to ask?
You can watch a video of the Ardbeg Space Scotch team discussing their findings here.
[Via Raw Story]