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The inventor of this iPhone-controlled beer robot deserves the next Nobel Prize. Not only does it let him check beer temp, he can choose a beer and fire a cold one across the room to himself.

There’s more than one way to brew beer, as is evidenced by this insanely complicated Rube Goldberg contraption from Trumer Pils which goes to great lengths to produce a cold pint.

A running joke among beer buddies, now an actual product! Fill it up with any drink you like and hang it by your favorite spot, for “when the pains of your life, wife or strife, get too much.”

It doesn’t get simpler than this. Actually, it could get simpler – the bottle opener has a magnet right where the bottle crown fits so it won’t drop after it’s popped off. Clever.

Cockeyed kills two birds with one impractical but funny stone – a tray that holds and cools beer. It’s hard to carry, it melts after a while, and it takes too long to make, but it’s still cool.

After numerous self-scalding attempts to create fried pillows filled with beer, thanks to the miracle of science, Mark Zable has produced a single bite of pretzel dough packed with golden brew.

Assuming you like Heineken, this desktop kegerator could be your new best friend. It keeps your beer perfectly chilled, and dispenses easily from Heine’s pressurized 5-liter mini kegs.

We can barely get a six-pack of brewskis open in 80 seconds, but this guy managed to pop open 200 individual bottles in that time. No bottles were broken, but he did spill just a little bit.

Dutch brewer Koelschip has rolled out this new brew with an unreal 60% alcohol content, aka 120 proof. Start the Future sells for $45 for a 1/3rd liter, and is meant to be sipped like a fine spirit.

We’re digging the clever packaging 22Squared designed for Atlanta’s Red Brick Beer, which includes some laugh-out-loud humor and tongue-in-cheek Southern storytelling. (Thanks, Josh!)

This 2 minute Sapporo commercial from Toronto’s Crush Inc. is one part layered and suspended reality, one part peek into rich cultural history and all parts beautiful animation. (Thanks, Adam!)

Those of us who enjoy smelling like a brewery at all times might like the handmade soaps and shampoo bars made with aromatic essential oils and the fine ales from Delaware’s Dogfish Head.

Get your drink on with these retro Atari arcade pint glasses. Each set comes with Missile Command, Asteroids, Centipede and Tempest glasses. Of course, they’re perfect for playing quarters.

Those tenacious brewmasters at Coors found a tasty pre-Prohibition secret recipe buried in the basement and decided to go for it. The result is Batch 19 – a lager with a bold, hoppy flavor.

Australian designer Tom Hussey has created Kegless, a bag-in-box packaging concept for carbonated beverages that provides a sustainable alternative to conventional single serve packages.

If you’re sad because Lost is in its final season, you can cry into your beer with these fun pint glasses from Ian Leino. Wait – did they ever explain why that bear was on the island anyway???

Don’t let its simple looks (or beer cutout) deceive you: the Brewzer is a 5-in-1 multi-tool that not only opens brewskies but can serve as a pryer, scraper, screwdriver, or package opener.

Created by a former South Pole cryogenics tech, Funrainium’s ChemKeg Dominator is precision drinking at its finest: with a volume of 4.3L, it’s actually a dewar–a scientific grade Thermos.

Some aspire to climb Mt. Everest or make a million bucks, but the 960-page 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die is an aspiration that’s practical, rewarding, and frothy.

Stay under par and under the influence at the same time with the Covert Golf Bag Cooler; it’ll fit into your golf bag shoe compartment while keeping nine 12 oz cans on ice.

It’s always a good time to drink with the Happy Hour Watch: this combination digital and analog timepiece has a buckle on its strap that also conveniently doubles as a bottle opener. Thanks, Mike!

If there’s one thing that the forces of Order and Chaos can agree on, it’s beer: these Warhammer Beer Steins are made out of fine-grain stoneware and are available 4/30/10.

Its name is nearly as “twisted” as its function: the Big Screw Bottle Opener is a hybrid beer and wine bottle opener made with solid aluminum that attaches to your keychain.

99 bottles of beer on the wall ceiling: Tejas’ Beer Bottle Lights are made with empty bottles and 10 to 12 gauge steel; choices range from basic fixtures to a giant 40″ 2-tier pool chandelier.