Awesome Drinks

American beer store Hopsy licensed Krups’ Keurig-like draft beer dispenser for a convenient delivery service. The HomeTap lets you enjoy a variety of beer from micro breweries with its proprietary 2L bottle, which can be stored in a fridge when not in use.

Cocktail Chemistry Lab walks us through the rather involved process of making this unique whiskey drink, whose centerpiece is an ice orb filled with smoke, which is cracked open at serving time. Ice ball instructions here.

Bartender Philip Traber could barely reach the top of his stack of glasses to fill them with the Jägermeister, but in the end, he managed to carefully fill all 17 of his shot glasses, and dunk them into the Red Bull with flair – besting his previous world’s record.

Collected Coffee searches the globe for the world’s most notable whole bean coffees. Each month, subscribers receive a bag of specialty coffee with a detailed description both the beans and its roaster, along with a suggested preparation method for optimal flavor.

A look behind the scenes at Louisville, Kentucky’s Kelvin Cooperage. The family-owned plant handmakes new oak barrels for aging bourbon and wines. The barrels may only be used once for bourbons, but will live on for many years providing a home for other spirits.

Golchi has three compartments, two of which are insulated, so it can hold two different drinks at once plus a small amount of food, powder, etc. You can also use the insulated compartments as a single container or on their own, with or without the third compartment.

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about cocktails, wine, and even making beer with this series of online courses from The Awesomer Shop. There’s over 80 lessons in all to teach you mixology, home brewing, and oenology. A $1500+ value.

While searching at Dickel’s Tennessee distillery for barrels of 9-year-old whisky, distiller Allisa Henley stumbled across a cache of barrels filled with this nectar of the gods. It’s rich, sweet, with tons of vanilla and oak. For now, you’ll need to visit Cascade Hollow if you want one.

Laphroaig’s latest wonder is a rich mix of some of our favorite flavors. Smoke, fire, chocolate, burnt citrus, vanilla. What’s not to like? While its core is definitely is peaty, its complexity makes it inviting to Islay Scotch neophytes and fanatics alike.

Artist Alyson Thomas’ cheeky drinking glasses each feature illustrated diagrams of classic cocktail recipes, like scotch & sodas, margaritas, mimosas, martinis, hot toddys, bloody marys, and more.

Florida-based Saltwater Brewery came up with an edible, compostable and biodegradable alternative to plastic drink can rings which can harm animals. Made from byproducts of the company’s brewing process, the edible rings are just as strong as their plastic counterparts.

You’re gonna need a bigger rocks glass. Brooklyn artisans Fess Wavy turn cocktails into deadly shark-infested waters their awesome laser-cut cocktail picks, made from tortoise-shell Lucite. Who knew sharks liked cherries and olives? (Lead image via The Gear Hound)

How to Make Everything’s latest project is tequila. While they’re finishing their DIY process, they made this video showing how liquor companies make tequila. It’s made from the blue agave plant, but legally, only those made in Jalisco, Mexico can be called “tequila.”

Piñatas for adults. These colorful paper animals come stuffed with not just candy, but those tiny bottles of booze you find on airplanes and in minibars. The Stay Classy Burrito comes with 10 nips of liquor, assorted candies, fun fortunes, a blindfold, hanging twine, and a smashing stick.

Did you know that tea is second only to water as the world’s most favorite drink? How about the fact that some British tanks have provisions for brewing tea? Or that tea sommeliers exist? All that and more in Mental Floss’ video.

The Tea-Ceré was engineered to produce the perfect cup of matcha green tea. Its automated mortar produces an extraordinarily fine powder, and its heated whisking chamber eliminates the laborious process usually associated with making this delicious and healthy drink.

Mighty Mug brings the discreet suction cup from its insulated tumbler into plastic barware. Like the original Mighty Mug, these pint, whiskey and wine glasses are very stable on smooth flat surfaces but can be lifted straight up easily.

Love the taste of tea, but want the kick of coffee? Award-winning Zest Tea has 3x more caffeine than regular teas, making it as strong as a good cup of joe. Available in Earl Grey, Blue Lady, Apple Cinnamon, and Pomegranate Mojito Green Tea flavors.

You can install a beer tap in your house if you have a kegerator. Chelyabinsk resident Andrey Yeremeev had something better: a brewery right below his flat. A half-joking request turned his house into a beer lover’s paradise. In Soviet Russia, brewery goes to you.

Like the Rambler Tumbler and Cup, the new Rambler Bottles have wide mouths that make them easy to pour, drink and clean. They’re also made of stainless steel and have double-walled insulation and an airtight cap with a large handle. Available in 18oz, 36oz and 64oz.

DOERS.coffee will let you pick your coffee beans, how they’re roasted and most importantly, how they’re packaged. You can receive your order as whole beans, ground beans or in Nespresso cups. The company is also working on Keurig 2.0-compatible cups.

Bulleit’s limited release whiskey offers a wonderful depth of character while remaining buttery smooth and impeccably drinkable. Layers of fruit, vanilla, and just a hint of smoke on the finish make this one a staple in The Awesomer liquor cabinet.

Why is a rocks glass a rocks glass? And why do foo-foo drinks go in a V-shaped martini glass? Mike Rugnetta of PBS Idea Channel stops by Brooklyn cocktail bar Leyenda to get the skinny on the reasoning behind glassware selection from award winning bartender Ivy Mix.

Think Dr. Pepper with a buzz. Best Damn’s latest hard soda has a zesty cherry cola flavor, with just a hint of the underlying ale that carries 5.5% ABV. Tasty on the rocks, or try it with some scotch, simple syrup, lemon, egg white, and a dash of black pepper.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the Year of the Monkey with a very special limited-edition of its premium Blue Label scotch whisky packaged in an artful blue and gold bottle, symbolic of the Chinese Zodiac.

While serving fancy ice spheres and cubes in cocktails is a pretty popular trend these days, this is the first time we’ve seen a cocktail served from inside an ice sphere. Cocktail Chemistry shows us how to prepare this very special drink.