Awesome Beverages

After living years with coffee jitters, MUD/WTR’s organic coffee alternatives are a new daily ritual. They’re made with USA-grown mushroom superfoods like Lion’s Mane, Chaga, and Reishi plus a fungus that grows on caterpillars (I kid you not) and healthy herbs for the original Cacao/Masala Chai, Matcha, Rooibos and Turmeric varieties.

Hockey players are notorious for some of the most spectacular scrums in professional sports. Let’s memorialize it with Buffalo BottleCraft’s bottle opener. Each is made from an authentic standard size hockey puck, and has a magnet to catch your bottle caps.

Stressed out? Grumpy? Depressed for no apparent reason? If life is starting to kick you in the ass, why not try a steamy cup of Cheer the F*ck Up Christmas Tea. This limited edition blend, infused with cinnamon, clove and festive candy bits will soothe the most savage beast.

Sweet, smoky and effortlessly drinkable, Tres Papalote Mezcal is distilled from the wild cupreata agave plant found in a remote Mexican mountainside using a family recipe. Also, if it’s good enough for brand ambassador Cheech Marin, then it’s good enough for us.

Adult coloring books are totally dope, so curl up with some pencils and any kind of mule and bring life to the pages of the Coloring Book of Booze. There are 26 cocktails to color, with recipes included. A great gift for a dinner or housewarming party. (Thanks Mike P!)

Beloved readers, if you want a shot with a citrusy kick and a hint of warmth at the finish, go get yourself the newest libation in the coolest bottle from Captain Morgan – which they’ve just released with an explosive launch (literally).

Who here among us knew that Nashville is the home of the first iced coffee microbrewery? Switters uses locally roasted beans in their specially (not cold brew) brewed, small batch offerings, and bottle in house. We’ll drink to that.

If you like cinnamon flavored whiskey but feel weird swallowing mouthwash, Jim Beam’s Kentucky Fire is your go-to beverage. It’s a smooth ride that’s built from the bourbon up, so it’s as much fun to sip as it is to enjoy as a shot.

Flaviar offers spirit gift packs, each containing 45ml samples of five drinks. You can buy packs separately or subscribe to receive a gift pack every month. Some gift packs are available only to subscribers.

Invented by Derek Hoy, the Cooler Cannon gently tosses canned drinks up to a distance of 8ft. It comes with a remote control and can carry up to 18 cans at once. We’d tell you its benefits, but bottom line, it makes getting a drink fun.

A layer of neoprene and aluminum PET composite weighing just 2 lbs. means that the Case Coolie will keep a 30 pack of your favorite beverage perfectly chilled for up to 10 hours without the extra weight or mess of ice.

There’s a great debate at the TA offices as to whether one would rather drink Girl Scout cookies everyday with this new Coffeemate product or simply eat them. We place this deliberation in your hands, beloved readers.

80’s themes, energy drinks, zombies and MJ dance moves. Now that we’ve viewed this video by itinerant party planners Matinee, it’s still unclear what we’re watching, but it may be the greatest thing ever produced. (Thanks Mike!)

Tote the world’s tiniest keg around with you and enjoy your root craft beer with the Kegzie beverage cooler. It only looks like metal – it’s really made of insulating foam to keep it cool.

Will someone buy Espresso Veloce’s insanely large coffee machine made of titanium and magnesium, in a limited edition of 500, with oil filter-shaped coffee filters, exhaust brew drip tubes and matching cups? We think so.

Wear Zane Lamprey’s Drinkmaster Hoodie over to your buddy’s house before hitting the bar; features include a beer koozie pocket, bottle opener zipper, built-in non-slip drinking gloves and flask pocket.

Know anyone who likes beer and colors? The 200 shades of the Beertone Reference Guide will begin with bright beers and end with dark ones, and each will have its own picture and description.

Etsy artist Robert Locke handcrafts these clever liquor platters from chestnut beams salvaged from dismantled Appalachian barns and homes; includes cutting board, salt bowls, paring knife and spoon.

The Masters of Malt have combined our love of tiny paper doors and booze with their Whisky Advent Calendar. It offers 24 3cl samples of deliciousness, including a 50 year old Scotch. (Thanks Ryan!)

What happens when you cross the talents of singer Logan Afyouni with a random drunk dude who insisted she bust her guitar out streetside after her gig? The best drunk singing ever. (Thanks Dan!)

Let’s go ahead and raise our next margarita glass to toast the fine gusanos who gave their lives to produce the sal de gusano (aka Worm Tequila Salt) on the rim. Made only of worms, rock salt and chili.

The folks that brought us the libation Adult Chocolate Milk are rolling out a complement to it – Adult Strawberry Milk. Just like its cousin, the new beverage is a ready to drink 40 proof liqueur.

Thumbs up to the discreet, aerospace aluminum Keyshark bottle opener; the tiny, highly engineered tool is lightweight and can open all sorts of microbrews thanks to its shape. (Thanks Bob!)