TurboCool Canned Beer Chiller

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on June 14th, 2013

Warm beer. Do you think there is someone out there that really likes it? One sick individual with tastebuds long dead that enjoys a non-cold one? For the rest of us, a properly chilled beer is part of what is so enjoyable about a nice brew. We’ve all had times when we have a beer that isn’t ideally cooled. You can make sure your brew is always nice and cold with the TurboCool.

The TurboCool quickly chills your beer cans down to just the right temp without batteries or electricity. Simply put your can of brew in the TurboCool along with some ice and water and pump it for about a minute to cool it down to the perfect drinking temp. The TurboCool is great for in the woods or tailgating as it requires no power but that provided by your arms pumping it. No need for a huge cooler to pack a weekend worth of craft beer cans and keep them cool. The cans aren’t shaken while inside so your beverage is ready to drink as soon as you’re down chilling it. It’s perfect for on the boat where space is at a premium as a bit of cold water from the lake and a small handful of ice will return a cold brew.

Warm beer is something no one wants to mess with. Make sure you can cool your cans anytime and anywhere with the TurboCool. The company is currently funding the production of this beer gadget and hopes to start shipping soon. Get over to their Kickstarter project and get yourself a TurboCool while helping to make this happen. Checkout their Kickstarter page here.

ATOM : A Multipurpose Bottle Opener

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on June 12th, 2013

For the beer drinker, a good bottle opener is a must. How else can we get into that precious bottle of brew for quick and easy access. Your standard bottle opener is nice but some want more utility out of a bottle opener. The ATOM is a multipurpose tool that combines a beer bottle opener along with 15 other tools for a handy gadget that fits right on your keychain.

The ATOM comes packed with all kinds of utility. Two different sizes of flathead screwdriver along with two sizes of Philips head. Three sizes of hex wrench. Rulers in both metric and standard. Two files along with a pry bar. A hex bit driver, protractor, and ripping tool plus of course the ever important bottle opener. Unlike the typical multi-tool which requires a good chunk of space in the pocket, with the ATOM, all of that functionality fits right on your keychain. It’s made of high grade stainless steel and then heat treated to stand up to the abuse of popping all those bottles long with all the other applications it has.

Everyone needs a quality tool for when jobs arise. Right not the ATOM is in the final days of its Kickstarter fund raising. If you want one for yourself (available in silver and tactical black finishes) and would like to help fund their project, hurry and do so now. Checkout the ATOM multi-tool on their Kickstarter page here.

Good Clean Beer Soap

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on June 7th, 2013

Love beer? We all do. It’s great for relaxing after a long day, as a social lubricant, as a refreshing beverage on a hot day, and for so many other great reasons. There are a million reasons to drink beer but drinking isn’t the only use for beer. I’m sure most of us have had a beer so good we wished we could bathe in it. With Good Clean Beer Soap, your dream of bathing in beer has come true.

Good Clean Beer Soap is a great natural soap made with your favorite beverage, beer. Like your favorite craft brew, this beer soap is made by hand in small batches using natural ingredients. Each beer soap is made with malted barley, essential oils, and craft beer which gives it a great aroma. The malted barley is nutrient rich and helps to exfoliate the skin. Hops are loaded with skin loving amino acids.

Good Clean Soap was nice enough to send me over a sample of Summer Cotton which is infused with Boulevard 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer. Malted barley, hops, and the fresh scent of linens hanging on the clothesline make for a great aroma. The beer soap leaves your skin and hair feeling clean and smooth with a nice light scent. Good Clean Beer Soap is offered in a number of other great aromas made with great craft beer:

• Black Licorice made with Anchor Porter
• Black Raspberry made with Abita Purple Haze
• Clove & Cinnamon made with Redhook Nutbrown Ale
• Southern Cotton made with Boulevard 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat Beer
• Vanilla Bean made with Leinie’s Snowdrift Vanilla Porter

With great ingredients and great beer, Good Clean Beer Soap is the perfect thing to clean up with before a day of drinking your favorite brew or after a long night of drinking. Clean, fresh aromas and our favorite drink with the power to clean things up. Checkout the Good Clean Soap website here for all of their great beer soap offerings.

Léaf Opener: The Minimalist Tool

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on June 5th, 2013

Poppin bottle. It’s something all beer lovers love to do. Some like a traditional bottle opener like a church key while others like something more unique like the Bottle Tap bottle opener. Looking for something simple and elegant? Checkout the Léaf Opener, a minimalist tool for opening beer bottles and boxes.

The Léaf Opener is a Kickstarter project looking to make a great looking and functional bottle opener.  The Leaf Opener can be carried in your wallet and is available in a number of different materials including stainless steel or brass and in polished or brushed finishes.  Each Leaf Opener is laser cut here in the USA from solid stainless steel or solid brass making them much stronger than die cast pieces.  The center hole will hold a 1/4″ hex bit should you need to do a little screwing too.  This bottle opener is thin enough to fit in the credit card slots in your wallet so you can have it along at all times, always ready to pop beer bottles at a moments notice.  Holes in the edges make it a great keychain too.  Much better than those cheap 99¢ liquor store keychain bottle openers that break after a month or two of use.  Although the edge of this opener isn’t sharpened, it works great for slicing through the packaging tape of your beer trades to get your hands on the goodies inside with a quickness.

Before you can enjoy that tasty brew, you have to get the bottle open first. A fine bottle opener that will last through countless bottles (and memories those beers create) is a must for any true craft beer fan.  Find yourself a nice one you can be proud of and one that gets the job done well.  Checkout the Leaf Opener’s Kickstarter project with just a couple days left to get on board here.

Beermometer for iPhone

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on May 3rd, 2013

Who doesn’t like a cold beer?  While there is nothing finer, no one wants a warm brew (we’re not talking cellar temperature here).  You get home from the liquor store and put a couple of your newly acquired craftbeers in the freezer for a quick chill.  The problem is you never seem to know exactly how long it’ll take to get them to the point you want.  Often times, you pop one of the newly chilled bottles just to find that the contents inside aren’t as cool as the outside of the bottled had seemed.  Beermometer for iPhone solves all your beer cooling woes using science (that awesome thing you’ve heard so much about).

Simply set a couple options and the Beermometer takes care of the rest.  Enter what you’re drinking (bottle, can, etc), how it is right now (outside temperature, room temp, etc) and where it’s going (outside, in the freezer, etc) and you’re set.  The app will then notify you when your beer is just how you want it.  It can email you, send a text message, post a Twitter message, or send a push message to your phone when your brew is ready.  The app knows the outside temperature based on your location and can automatically calculate how long it will take your frosty beer sitting outside to get to just the right drinking temp.  Beermometer used temperature decay to calculate just how long your beer will need to be where to hit what temp.  Looking to enjoy that imperial stout at the perfect cellar temperature after it’s been in the refrigerator for a couple days?  This app can do help.

For craft beer drinkers, most of us strive to make sure we’re using the proper style of glassware, making sure it’s beer clean, pouring the beer correctly, and making sure that it’s served at the right temp for the style.  With Beermometer, we have another tool that can help in the enjoyment of our favorite beverage.  The easy setup and simple design makes use a snap even when you’ve had a couple.  The only problem now is the wait time for that brew to be ready.  Grab the Beermometer for iPhone here directly from the App Store.

Brew Clip Bottle Opener Money Clip

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on April 26th, 2013

There are some things you just don’t leave the house without.  Your wallet is one of them.  For many craft beer drinkers, a bottle opener is another one.  Now what if you could combine those two essential items into a single item saving room on your person and making sure you have both with you at all times?  The Brew Clip bottle opener money clip holds your cash and insures you’re always ready to pop bottles of brew when it’s time for a drink.

It’s a money clip designed to hold your loot and when you need to pop a bottle of beer, simply slide out the stylish bottle opener and open away.  The Brew Clip is designed to be durable and stand up to years of use while also being light weight so it doesn’t add extra weight or bulk to your pocket.  Big beer baller?  This money clip has plenty of room for all your bills, credit cards, and receipts (gotta have those to write off your deductions from the beer bar right?).  Now with their Kickstarter projects funding climbing, the Brew Clip is being offered in natural wood grain just for Kickstarter backers in addition to the high-quality plastic nylon standard Brew Clip which is also offered in several colors.

The Brew Clip helps minimize the number of items you need to carry with you while also being sure you always have the right tool for opening your favorite craft beer when needed.  Hold that cash for buying your beer and then pop those bottles once the purchase is made, all with the same handy tool.  There isn’t much time left to help fund the Brew Clip project and get yours for the great intro pricing offered.  Checkout the Brew Clip Kickstarter project today and help fund a sweet gadget for any beer fan.

Critter Cutter Bottle Opener

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on April 25th, 2013

Bottle openers are the best.  They get us into our favorite brews and that is a noble job they serve.  But when they serve other tasks too they become even better tools to carry with us.  The Critter Cutter Bottle Opener offers more than just a handy bottle opener.  In addition to prying bottle tops off and offering a twist-off bottle opener, it also has a box cutter that can also be used for prying.

Isn’t it cute?  This bottle opener looks great hanging from your keychain or backpack and will look even better opening your favorite beer.  The jimping across the back of the Critter Cutter looks great and also helps improve grip when prying and twisting at a bottle of brew.  We’ve all had those cheap liquor store checkout and promotional bottle openers in the past and anyone that has put them to good use (like most craft beer fans) knows they don’t hold up well with their cheap aluminum that seems to fail after just a few 12-packs of beer has been popped.  The Critter Cutter on the other hang has been designed and engineered to be heavy-duty so it will stand up to years and years of use and countless craft beer bottles.  Stainless steel construction offers great durability while still being light weight enough to have on your keychain or attach elsewhere and carried along on the go.  Stainless steel won’t wear over time like aluminum so the Critter Cutter is sure to last.

Cheap bottle openers are everywhere but often fail us when we need them most.  Spend the couple extra dollars and get a beer bottle opener that looks great and will last you a lifetime.  Checkout the Critter Cutter Bottle Opener’s Kickstarter page today and help fund this great gadget.

BeerTubes Tabletop Beer Tower

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on March 15th, 2013

We love beer.  With most beers, more is better.  Why order a 12oz glass when you can get a 16oz?  Why bother with 16oz when 20oz imperial pints are available?  And why bother with all of that little stuff when you can have 100oz of your favorite brew right on your table, ready to pour from a tap to your glass?  BeerTubes tabletop beer towers are the perfect solution to allow you to pour table-side and keep plenty of beer on hand.

BeerTubes are great for when you’re out at the bars and restaurants with friends or at home having a party.  They bring attention to the beer and offer you up to 100oz of brewtiful liquid ready to pour at your discretion.  Definitely a fun way to display your homebrew at parties.  For bars and restaurants, it’s something that other tables will see and want to order one themselves too.  With lots of different BeerTube bases to pick from, you can customize this tower of beer to your own personal tastes.

I spent a night pouring pints from my BeerTube and it really makes drinking even more fun.  Filled with 100oz of local craft beer I had cold beer on tap all night long.  At first one might want to watch how far they open the tap as things can come out a bit quick with all that pressure in the tube but after the first pint things are fine and you’ll be pouring perfectly headed pints.  When the beer does come to an end for the night, it’s plenty easy to clean up and get ready for the next use.

The Chill Stick (seen below) is a stainless steel tube filled with a non-toxic gel that you freeze and then place in the Beer Tube to keep it cold for extended periods of time.  While not necessary if you’ve got a few friends to help finish a tube off in a short period of time, the Chill Stick is a great investment for those looking to serve their beer outside in the summer or when going at one with just you and a friend (or by yourself like I did).  It keeps the beer at a nice temp for hour and is well worth the price to keep your brew cool.

BrewTubes offer a great way to display and drink our favorite beverage and make drinking even more fun.  They’re well made, easy to use, and easy to clean up when you’re done.  They offer a unique way to drink beer and people love to be able to pour their own pint right from the tap.  Checkout the BeerTubes website here and get your very own tower of beer.

OneKlip Bottle Opener

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on March 13th, 2013

You know we love bottle openers here.  Unique bottle-cap prying devices that allow us to get at our favorite sudsy beverages.  While single function bottle openers get the job done, it’s nice too when a bottle opener makes it easy to take along with your or serve another function too.  The OneKlip bottle opener does double duty not just popping bottles but it also functions as a money flip or hooks easily on your pants for easy carrying.

The OneKlip bottle opener is made from a single piece of metal and has a magnet to catch the bottle caps (although they claim they haven’t had any issues with it de-magnatizing credit cards, they do offer a magnet-free version too).  The magnet also allows you to stick the OneKlip to a refrigerator or kegerator so it’s always accessible when you need it.  This bottle opener can be used as a money clip to hold credit cards and cash or a chip-clip.  Having a bottle opener when you need it is always something we should all be prepared for and the clip on this opener makes it easy to hook it on your pants too or anywhere you need to have a bottle opener waiting when brew may arise.

The multi-functional nature of the OneKlip makes it more than just a simple bottle opener to pop a beer top.  It serves other utility functions too making it an even more useful tool and one worth carrying with you.  It can hold your beer money and later help you get at all that tasty brew you spent all of your money on.  It’s an item that can be carried with you at all times (don’t leave your money filled clip and bottle opener at home) so you’re never without an opener.  Get your own OneKlip bottle opener by helping to fund their Kickstarter project here.

Skull Of Doom Beer Stein

Posted by Beer Blogger | Beer Gadgets | Posted on February 27th, 2013

To some, glassware is almost as important as the beverage that goes in it.  Well maybe not quite that important but glassware is a big deal.  It can enhance the look, aroma, and flavor of your favorite craft beer.  It can remind you of a special place or maybe it’s just badass and unique.  The Skull Of Doom Beer Stein is that badass glass you’ve been looking for.

Everyone has that glass they love.  Something special or unique.  You don’t get much more unique than the Skull Of Doom Beer Stein.  It holds a full 16oz pint of your favorite brew and is sure to stand out amongst the ubiquitous tumbler pint glasses you see everywhere else.

Fill up this head with a frothy foam head and start drinking.  Get your own Skull of Doom Beer Stein right here.