Drinks

Say goodbye to warm beer with these freezable aluminum rods you can actually drink through. Just keep ‘em in the freezer, take a sip to make room, then pop one into a bottle of brew to keep it nice and frosty cold.

The Portland Press is a french press that fits over a 24 oz. mason jar. All of its parts are backed with a lifetime warranty. The mason jar isn’t covered by the warranty, but obviously you can easily replace that part.

Sure, you could go with one of the 1,000 bottle openers on Kickstarter, or you could get creative with the way you open your brew. Clip Nation compiled some of the better ways to pop open a cold one. Also, screw-off bottle caps.

Crafted from hand-picked apples, this is no ordinary cider. Stella Artois new beverage offers a clean and tangy flavor, and can be sipped like white wine, but we found it much more refreshing. As a bonus, it’s gluten free.

Dominique over at Foodbeast dreads the idea of graduating college – not because of the job market, but because of the snoozefest ceremony. Her solution? Get a buzz on with her combo flask/mortarboard. A+ work, Dominique.

To help promote the slimming benefits of their sugar-free soft drink, Diet Coke created the world’s slimmest vending machine. Sure, it only dispenses one type of drink – in small aluminum bottles – but it’s still pretty damned cool.

Chill, carbonate and dispense different flavors and kinds of beverages in one small device. The Sprizzi uses 2oz. flavor packs, good for 16oz. of drinks. It can also be used to make non-carbonated drinks.

Ready to upgrade your Jameson’s? This exceptionally smooth pot-stilled 12-y.o. Irish whiskey offers a spicy, honeyed flavor, and is perfect for slow sipping. Even more special is the single pot-still Powers John’s Lane Release.

Naturally-flavored powdered fruit drink mixes designed to be taken on the go. The packets can be clipped onto the carabiner, which is included even in the minimum Kickstarter reward.

For the lazy bartender. HomeWetBar’s Sasquatch shaker  lets you make mixed drinks in large batches, up to 110 oz. or about 3.3 L. You can also have your shaker engraved if you’re willing to spend a little extra.

The beer lovers’ fridge. Elvira Stoveworks’ Northstar refrigerators not only have a cool 1950s design, they can also be equipped with a draft system, including a beer tap, a CO2 cylinder and a keg. Beer sold separately.

The Barman is a simplified weighing scale. Use a mobile app to send the recipe of the drink you want to make to Barman and it will tell you how much of each ingredient to add using an idiot proof interface.

Make your own custom fruit-infused vodkas with this special bottle. Simply place fruits in the base, and add your vodka to blend flavor into your favorite neutral booze. The double-walled stainless container keeps things nice and chill.

Professor Cornelius Ampleforth’s Rumbullion! is a high-proof Carribbean rum that’s been infused with vanilla and orange, along with notes of cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Comes wax sealed in a brown paper and twine wrapper.

“Add some bling to your drizzank” with Gamago’s Hip Hopsicles. It’s made of flexible rubber and makes up to 8 pieces of ice in 4 different shapes: boombox, microphone, turntable and dollar sign.

MuzzleShots are shot glasses made to look like the M16 rifle’s A2 flash hider. They’re made from aluminum and anodized to a grey coat finish. The 2- and 4-packs come in a Pelican carrying case.

Party Robotics’ Bartendro is a modular and open-source robot that dispenses perfectly mixed cocktail drinks and takes your order via a mobile app. It comes in 1, 3, 7 and 15 pump variants.

Inertia Labs’ cheeky entry into this year’s BarBot competition can pour and shake any three-ingredient cocktail you’d like. Drink up – assuming you can get past its unusual dispensing mechanism.

The world’s most outrageous flask, designed by Oakley for whiskey maker The Macallan. The flask is made of steel, aluminum and carbon fiber. It also comes with a machined aluminum funnel.