American Chemical Society AMA: We’re Kevin Wepasnick, scientist and
project manager at Anderson Materials Evaluation, and Craig
Bettenhausen, associate editor at C&EN. We made helium beer. Ask us
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Abstract
Hi Reddit! Kevin is a surface scientist with a Ph.D. in chemistry from
Johns Hopkins and an expert beer homebrewer. Craig is a science writer
and editor for Chemical & Engineering News with a background in
inorganic chemistry who brews kombucha and hard cider. After seeing some
fake helium beer videos online, Kevin and Craig got into a discussion
about whether it would be possible to do it for real. Their calculations
suggested it was feasible, so they gave it a shot. You can read about
the results, and get the recipe, at http://cenm.ag/heliumbeer We’ll be
back at 12pm ET to answer your questions! Edit - We are here to answer
your questions! KW & CB Edit - We are wrapping up. Thanks for all the
good questions. We might be back on later to answer more. -KW & CB