Do you eschew digital notes? Prefer old fashioned pen and paper?
Field Notes has teamed with Solemn Oath Brewing on a beer and a notebook. SoCal will not see the beer but you can get the memo book.
You can buy one HERE.
Field Notes
Put It On the Counter
Here we go again. There is yet another autopilot home brew system that you can buy. The iGulu may take a bit because it just passed its Kickstarter goal so production is probably off a ways. It has the usual settings of let the machine do it or you customize. The same old, same old slim-ish countertop design so you can put it next to the air fryer you hardly use.
From where I sit, part of the allure of home brewing is the process. And these devices are all attempting to remove that. Home brewing is a hobby that people want to do, not a chore to be AI’d.
Needed or Not – iCooler
Full disclosure, I am calling this an iCooler. It is not a new product. Below is an image and the description of the Claw Cooler from fading into obscurity hard seltzer brand White Claw.
“The CLAW Cooler is a first-ever cooler designed for an endless stock of cold White Claw – without ice! The “magic” inside it involves a specialized sensor that detects when the stock is running low and prompts the user’s smartphone whether they need to refill. The cooler is also temperature controlled via a rechargeable battery, has an LCD interface for emptiness levels and alerts, and has waterproof Bluetooth speakers. “
Needed or Not? – no one needs a web enabled cooler or refrigerator or coffee maker, or name the appliance. Who wants more texts? Or more emails. And I will bet that the battery will either run low in the middle of the day or you will forget to recharge it the night before.
Needed or Not? – The Chill Pill
Setting aside that the Chill Pill is also the same name as a sleep aid, why would you buy something that requires you to add ice? Would that not mean that you have refrigeration handy? Gadgets that do not do bulk work, do not work in my world. Just get a regular cooler, there are plenty out there.
Not Needed!
She Wore a Citra Beret
I did not see a single Hop hats on the Met Gala red carpet and that is just wrong. But if you want to show your love to the Hop Alliance of Michigan and get a jaunty chapeau then head HERE. They are hand knitted in Michigan.
Well Told and Designed
I am the last person who should suggest getting more glassware seeing as how I have more than I can ever use myself but I did like the design and the concept of these glasses from Well Told.
You get a Gatsby look and a little fun facts about the beer style. Maybe a good gift idea or if you can make room in your pint glass collections.
Cap Swag
Longtime readers of the blog know that baseball is a sleeping pill for me but, that said, I think the Green Cheek Brewing baseball cap is a banger and reminiscent of the Anaheim Angels without being a direct rip-off.
So, a tip of the hat to Green Cheek.
Needed or Not? – Stanley beer tumbler
Unless you have been under a large rock, you will have run across the Stanley Tumbler trend. A (somewhat) affordable must have item that people wanted to be seen with so coolness can be associated with and then some started obsessively collecting and fighting for.
But Stanley also has beer items as well. Like this….
A few problems, not clear so you can’t see your beer. Also not something you would use for Kolsch service or a barrel-aged beers and lastly, that is a price tag.
Needed? – No, a simple collection of a few specific beer glasses would be a much better choice.
Spirit Day – Chilled
I generally don’t cool whiskey. Sometimes a splash of water but that is about it. But since the Nesh Whiskey Chiller can take a liquid from room temperature to 36 degrees in 15 seconds, It just might solve the issue of recently purchased beer that has warmed up on the way home from purchasing.
The science is that “the area around the coils is frozen solid – exposing your whiskey to 3 feet of ice as it pours through while remaining isolated in a stainless steel tube. This significantly reduces the temperature of the spirit without directly exposing it to ice or water.”
Might be interesting to experiment with.
Lager Wear
Who among us has not bought themselves a late Christmas gift after looking at our haul from Santa and found it a bit wanting?
An Enegren Lager sweatshirt, would be perfect for that small window of kinda but not really cold SoCal January when you want to sip your lager outside and enjoy the slightly crisp weather.
