We definitely want to taste some whisky from space

Oh my. A vial of whisky which has spent three years maturing on the International Space Station is ready to come home to one hell of a homecoming.

The Ardbeg whisky was blasted into space as part of an (awesome) experiment looking at the impact of gravity on how it matures.

And now it’s coming back to Earth. Ardbeg’s director of distilling and whisky creation Dr Bill Lumsden in a fun space suit (Sadahisa Yokouchi/Ardbeg/PA)