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[i]Ardbeg collaborated with NASA and a space research company called NanoWorks. [They] distilled a recipe specifically for this process, then separated it into vials suitable for space travel, sending half into space and keeping the other half in the Ardbeg warehouse as a control sample. (Technically, the spirit isn't allowed to be labeled "whiskey": By aging with wood chips, it does not meet the specific legal requirement of being aged in a barrel for at least three years. But for all intents and purposes, it is.) Those 20 vials spent three years orbiting Earth on the International Space Station, and in September the rocket that carried them away from there back to Earth touched down. Nineteen of those vials are back at Ardbeg headquarters. The other one is on tour, part of a display attraction stopping at three different locations. After appearing at Reserve 101 this weekend — making it the only bar in America to host the display — it currently resides at Spec's Downtown, 2410 Smith Street, (713-526-8787), where it will remain through the end of the month.[/i]
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