Workers spread steamed rice on a stand and prepare to spray “tane koji” (seed koji) to make Dassai Blue sake in the new brewery in Hyde Park, New York state, on March 28. (Takao Shinkai) ...

It's the largest on the East Coast, where the art of premium sake is brought overseas from the fields of Dassai, Japan.

That bottle will be sold as “Dassai — Moon Space Brew” for a price of 100 million yen, or around $650,000.

A Japanese sake maker is going where no other has gone: brewing sake in space. Asahi Shuzo-the company famous for its esteemed Dassai brand-will be sending ingredients to the International Space ...