The man with the plan

Ben Jarvis, is a man obsessed with rockets since a young age. He has built over 300 of the things and made over 2000 launches in the last 25 years including being asked to launch rocket-powered toilets for TV shows and 40ft tall replica missiles for live PR events.

The Plan
All of the greatest British inventions and schemes throughout history have been hatched in a pub or at least over a good beer. Rockets are no exception…

The plan is to raise enough funding to build and then launch a new record-breaking rocket later this year, one capable of flying over 30km high, leaving almost all of the Earth’s atmosphere behind and doing so with a small payload of beer on board.

This crowd-funding campaign is being run simultaneously with the brewing of a limited edition beer called ‘Hop Rocket IPA’ by the awesome team at Redwell Brewery in Norwich… the first beer brewed using hops which have been launched on a rocket!

The Beer
This whole project is being conducted with the help of Redwell Brewery who’s rocket-themed branding on their craft beers caught my eye in a local shop and who offered to help promote the campaign. To kick off the project and provide a tangible reward to be enjoyed by those who help with the project, Redwell asked Ben to help them create a unique one-off beer.

Why Help?

Launching rockets isn’t cheap. It’s cheaper than you might think, but it still costs money. Ben and Redwelll have turned to crowd-funding to raise the money for this project because they believe this is a genuinely cool project that not only brings a high-tech community science project to Norfolk and the glory of a record back to the UK but also inspires people to get involved in space science in a way that perhaps they never realised they could.

How to help?

Simple. Go this page and check out the donation options. Live long and brew beer!