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Upside-down draft system dispenses beer from the bottom up

Upside-down draft system dispenses beer from the bottom up

The BottomsUP system uses magnets to fill plastic cups really, really fast. It’s obviously meant for ballparks and other venues more interested in fast pours than good beer but a home system is supposed to be available in 2013. I wonder if there will be real glasses available. If not, it will never be popular [...]

Make your own jockey box

Over at Lifehacker, a tutorial from Make shows how to make your own jockey box for chilling beer. For those unfamiliar with the term, jockey boxes are basically ice chests which sit between the keg and the tap. The beer flows through tubing, which is in ice or ice water, chilling the beer to a [...]

2 wheels + 2 kegs = Awesome bike!

2 wheels + 2 kegs = Awesome bike!

From Wired.com: The Hopworksfiets party bike was built in, where else, bike- and beer-mad Portland, Oregon, by the bike builders Metrofiets. All you really need to know in order to fall in love with this bike is that it carries not one, but two beer kegs along with a pair of taps to serve the [...]

Wired shows you how to make a kegerator

Over on the Wired How-to Wiki, they have a nice step-by-step write up on making your own kegerator. Even a low-end commercial kegerator will run you $400 or more, and a nice one will be more than $600. If you’ve got a spare fridge, you can build a kegerator for around $200. It’s easy to [...]

Beer stein! A Great gift for the beer lover near you!

Beer stein is English for the German term “Steinkrug“, a traditional beer mug or tankard. Steins are made of many different materials, examples are ceramic, pewter etc. and usually have hinged lids or a thumb-lever. The hinged lids historically was introduced during the late 1400s in central Europe to protect against insects and other debris [...]

Chalkboard Beer Taps

Saw this on boing boing here . They look cool, if you homebrew and have different taps, I just wish I brewed enough to have a reason to get a few.

How to pour a beer with an iPhone robot

Beer pouring robots seem to be all the rage and while this one doesn’t ask for a tip, it is activated by the accelerometer in an iPhone which automatically makes it cool. It is very similar to the Pownce-triggered bot but the iPhone will likely be around longer than Pownce was. The creator also shows [...]

The beer lover’s holiday gift guide

We have suggested a few gifts for beer lovers in the past but DrinkCraftBeer.com has taken the time and trouble to put together a very comprehensive 2008 Holiday Gift Guide for the Beer Lover in Your Life that is worth checking out. Have a beer lover in your life, or are you one yourself? We [...]

v-POD combines beer tap with TV

v-POD combines beer tap with TV

For the home barkeep who has everything of the bar owner who wants to add some flash to the tap, the MICRO MATIC v-POD has an LCD TV built into a multi-tap draft beer tower. Draft Beer Tower Product Highlights: Video excitement at the Point of Dispense! The new v-POD is a blank canvas – [...]

Beer styles on your iPhone

Beer styles on your iPhone

If you have an iPhone you may be interested in the Beer Judge Certification Program Style Guidelines for the iPhone. Finally, a useful beer-related application for the iPhone. BJCP Styles is an application that brings the full Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) Style Guidelines to the iPhone. The contents are fully searchable. You can search [...]

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