Cooler Keg dispenses draft beer or any other drink on the go

It’s hard to beat a draft beer, but we usually have to make do with bottles and cans when away from the bar. Enter the Cooler Keg, a new design for a draft beer dispensing system built right into a cooler.Continue ReadingCategory: LifestyleTags: Beer, … Continue reading Cooler Keg dispenses draft beer or any other drink on the go

Researchers Build a Bartending Robot That Can Engage In Personalized Interactions With Humans

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A widely discussed application of social robots that has so far been rarely tested in real-world settings is their use as bartenders in cafes, cocktail bars and restaurants. While many roboticists h… Continue reading Researchers Build a Bartending Robot That Can Engage In Personalized Interactions With Humans

Engineered yeast could improve the flavor of non-alcoholic beer

While non-alcoholic beer has some obvious advantages over its traditional counterpart, many people say that it just doesn’t taste as good. Danish scientists now claim to have overcome that problem, using genetically engineered baker’s yeast.Continue Re… Continue reading Engineered yeast could improve the flavor of non-alcoholic beer

Oldest surviving straws hint at ancient culture of communal beer drinking

A set of lengthy silver and gold tubes dug up from a famous grave in the the Caucuses have been found to represent the oldest surviving drinking straws, with the scientists behind the discovery believing they were used for communal beer consumption. Th… Continue reading Oldest surviving straws hint at ancient culture of communal beer drinking

GSI’s iceless cooler tube totes and serves two cans of beer in the wild

Nothing tops off a day’s adventure like an ice-cold beer, but if that adventure happens to end at a separate point in the wilderness from where it started, it can be difficult to keep that beer cold and fresh. GSI Outdoors addresses the issue with a do… Continue reading GSI’s iceless cooler tube totes and serves two cans of beer in the wild