Awesome Beverages

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!)

You probably won’t be able to pry a door open with it, but you’ll easily pop some bottles with this Mini Halligan Bottle opener, a smaller version of the versatile tool used by firemen. (Thanks Andrew!)

Izola’s stainless steel flasks would make a fun gift; they’re offered in three or five ounce size, and are engraved with a variety of amusing little drinking expressions to suit their keepers.

Add some much needed badassery to your morning with the OPMOD Battle Mug, a 24 oz. cup with three Mil-Spec 1913 scope rails that can hold your favorite scope, sight or other tactical gear.

Get your liquor and sugar fix all rolled into one thanks to Hard Luck Candy Flavored Vodka; they offer four favorite old fashioned sweets in a drinkable adult form. (Thanks Thomas!)

If you need some percolating and don’t care for coffee, ThinkGeek’s Caffeinated Chocolate Milk Straws have about 2.5 energy drinks worth of caffeine per straw; add milk and feel the power.

Southern Comfort’s Fiery Pepper, which blends the ubiquitous liquor with Tabasco chilies and other natural pepper flavors, should aid in keeping your consumption hot without blowing your head off.

Lee Seo-jin’s Earth-friendly Cuptea design is a lovely marriage of disposable cup and teabag. The flat kit converts into a beautiful hexagon for flower tea and an octagonal shape for leaf tea.

Stillhouse’s Original Moonshine 80 proof corn whiskey is charcoal-filtered and distilled 4 times in a Prohibition-era copper pot still, the same process they used in the good old days. Tastes great, too.

Online spirits retailer Master of Malt is offering Drinks by the Dram samples in simple, stylish packaging; customers can purchase 3cl samples of whisky at the fraction of the price of a whole bottle.