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To celebrate the fall equinox, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery brewed a beer that is out of this world — literally. Named Celest-jewel-ale, the beer is made with lunar meteorites that have been crushed into dust then steeped like tea in an Oktoberfest-style beer. The certified moon rocks, obtained by ILC Dover, are made up primarily of minerals and salts, which aid in the yeast-induced fermentation process and lend a subtle but complex earthiness (or in this case, mooniness) to the traditional German-style beer, the company says. The beer was available exclusively on draught at Dogfish Head’s Rehoboth Beach brewpub in Delaware.