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The idea of a mobile beer truck percolates up every once in awhile. Beer brought to your party on tap alleviating the need for coolers and ice and re-stocking and running out of the most popular beer.
Los Angeles has a new entrant in this market with LA Tap Truck. The truck does look cool but the question on everyones mind is what beer is available to pick from?
If you have been to a Whole Foods recently, you have probably seen the scanners that allow you to pay with your palm because setting up an account with Amazon and giving them your information is just waaay easier than pulling out a wallet out of your pocket.
Well that palm scanning technology, aka Amazon One, (maybe because Prime or Plus was taken) is coming, albeit slowly, to a bar near you. Not only does it pay the barkeep but it also is an age gate.
But Amazon isn’t doing this for you, they are doing it for the data and you will probably not be surprised to find out that Amazon One’s palm scanner also keeps a record of your scans, and that record will be available to that barkeep you just paid. Now, that is good in that you may be prevented from having too many drinks but but do you want that data out there?
Amazon One plans will give it a test drive in Denver at the Sandlot Brewery and Silver Bullet Bar, at Coors Field where the MLB’s Colorado Rockies play baseball slightly better than the Nuggets play baseball.
If you broke your Magic 8 Ball or it refuses to give a good answer then maybe you need the Samuel Adams ‘I CAN’t’ Can. When you need an excuse to drink, the can shall provide.
Right upfront, I usually do not buy beer in the mail. There are a couple places that I check out but your Tavours of the world just aren’t my cup of tea. Mostly because I am super picky and prefer to choose the beers that I want in the quantity that I want and I just enjoy the experience of in person shopping and looking through the coolers.
But….City Brew Tour has an interesting hook to it. It is the ubiquitous subscription model and yes stickers and koozies seem to be a big part but what I like is that each month focuses on a different city and not just big cities or easily known beer cities.
For example, Bend, Oregon has been a stop but not Portland. New York hasn’t been hit nor Asheville or Denver. Yet. Instead you get Mikwaukee, Grand Rapids and Lexington as stops. And they already have Cincinnati lined up for June.
I admit to my wife and the world that I have way too many t-shirts. But…
…I really like this one from Cerebral Brewing…
…I strongly suggest that all craft beer fans get one. Go HERE to do it.
Welcome to Red Flag City, our first guest will help you shotgun your beer faster. Wildman Drinking presents Krakin.
Big tip off #1 is Wildman Drinking. Do I want to be Wildman Drinking? I think I am drinking fine. Next is Krakin, spelled wrong to avoid NHL lawsuits from Seattle.
If you are in shotgun land, stay there and please do not come out. So, not needed.
If this is a belated April Fool’s, then count me as got…
Here is what the design firm says, “The first tab – labelled “1” – opens the lid only slightly but creates a concentrated level of pressure inside the can, which activates the bubbles in the beer.
This allows the user to pour their desired amount of foam into a glass, before opening the second tab, labelled “2”.
This tab opens the can’s lid to its fullest and creates a smooth and foamless flow of beer, according to Nendo.”
When I am at my beer geekiest, I might do this but on a Friday after work, heck no.
Due to legalities Flora Brewing is now, The Brewery Formerly Known As Flora Brewing. And if life hands you a legal lemon then make a t-shirt.
By the time they land on a new name, these shirts could become collectors items.
Back in the day when bottles were the craft rage, I bought reusable bottlecaps made out of a soft plastic-y material. After many years of cans, maybe I need to buy full can bottletops. Just not from Amazon.
I will state upfront and for the record that I have too much glassware. But, this glass is really kinda cool…
…the website is Benshot and they have a few different beer glass and spirit glass designs to choose from if Legos are too sore a subject from stepping on one.