For the dog owners out there who were never able to teach their dogs to fetch a beer for them, here’s the next best thing. Although the Bark4Beer Collar won’t get you an actual beer, you’ll definitely know where a bottle opener is when you need one because it will be attached to the dog’s collar. Basically, the Bark4Beer Collar is a retractable bottle opener built within. While this may be impractical in some situations, it’s neat to have and it might actually come in handy.
5.5 Designers brings you the Hennessy Eternal Ice Drop. Simply put, they want you to be able to enjoy your Hennessy on the rocks without watering down your cognac. As an on the rocks drinker ourselves, we can appreciate something like this. Although another solution to this would be to slam the drink so the ice cubes don’t water your drink down but thats another story. The Hennessy Eternal Ice Drop is a clear glass chiller filled with water that’ll stay ice cold when you take it out of your freezer. As the drink cools over time, the action of the cold tends to break some aromas of cognac. Pretty simple, but practical? Not so much. This will be available in in stores in April 2010.
If you’re looking for a clever way to serve up some drinks, then check out the Gin and Titonic($8) ice cube molds by Fred and Friends. Just watching those little ships floating around next to icebergs reminds me of Leonardo DiCaprio and Celine Dion. OK maybe not. A cool idea none the less.
Sapporo Breweries Ltd. in collaboration with Okayama University, and the Russian Academy of Science is launching sales of the world’s first and super limited brew whose barley was cultivated during a five month space mission. So yes, this beer is produced using malt made 100% from “space barely”. This limited offer is exclusive to Japan and proceeds will go to a charitable science program for Japanese children. Just 250 precious six-packs will be sold through a lottery for 10,000 yen ($110) each. This would be awesome if maybe they shared this with say…the rest of us who aren’t from Japan. Official Site Here (in Japanese)
There are two types of beer drinkers, bottle and glass. Fred and Friends decided to blend the two by designing the Hopside Down Glass($22). The glass may not hold a lot, but at least you’ll be the center of attention in your beer drinking circle. The glass is pretty heavily isolated so it’s good to keep your brew of choice nice and chilly.
There’s not much explanation needed here. This is the Beer of the Month Club. These cats search over 1,000 US and International microbreweries and pubs and select different beers to be shipped directly to your home. Each month you will receive twelve 12-oz bottles of today’s best, hand crafted micro-brewed beer without traveling nationwide to find it. There are various types of memberships that range from 2-12 month terms. We’ll be adding this to our xmas list if anyone would like to get this for us. It’ll be like xmas every month.
Imported from France, this is the authentic absinthe fountain set. The fountain is handmade from mouth-blown glass and plated brass, and the set includes four 12-oz. absinthe glasses and four stainless steel spoons with machine-tooled perforations. The set is the same one used in La Louche, an ubiquitous ritual performed at French absinthe cafés in the 19th-century. Ice water is slowly released from the fountain over a sugar cube that is held by the slotted spoon as it rests atop the absinthe-filled glass. As the water drips from the spigot, it dissolves the sugar into the absinthe, creating the milky, iridescent cocktail favored by Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso. The absinthe fountain has four metal spigots that open independently, the glass bowl holds nine cups of ice water, and the four mouth-blown glasses have doser marks for measuring the correct amount of absinthe. And in case you guys didn’t know, the U.S. does have producers of real absinthe: Lucid, Kubler(exact same recipe as the European version), La Fee(same exact formula as European version) La Clandestine(same as European formula) and countless others comming or are already here. Mmhhh yummy.
There’s nothing better than a nice glass of wine. With that being said, here is a wine opener that has been put through vigorous testing against all models of its kind and has come out on top. As the name implies, The Best Corkscrew earned the highest rating in terms of quickness and ease of use. Little effort? Yeah we like that, especially when it comes to alcohol. After a few bottles of wine, being able to open them easily is crucial.
When looking for that one bottle of alcohol to put in your bar that no one else has, check out Asian Snake Wine($69). This wine has been known to be a natural medicine good for treating rheumatism, lumbago, sweat of limbs, and even pain. The miracles of this guy don’t stop here. Snake wine is also known as a powerful aphrodisiac. What else would turn on your lady friend more than drinking out a bottle with a dead snake in it? The site sells two different types of bottles, one with a cobra/green tree snake and another with a cobra/scorpion. Even if you don’t ever drink it, this will absolutely be the center of attention in your bar.
