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Summermodo: Three Ways To Chill Your Beer Fast

9:15AM February 5, 2012 | Brent Rose

It’s Saturday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week and it’s time for Happy Hour, Gizmodo’s weekly booze column. A cocktail shaker full of innovation, science, and alcohol. More »


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LG’s Blast Chiller Cools Cans In Under 5 Minutes

3:26AM January 10, 2012 | Sam Biddle

There’s a lot of talk about OLED and 3D and Google and bezels and, and, and — enough! Let’s get down to what matters. Beer takes too long to cool. Unless you buy one of LG’s forthcoming refrigerators. SmartBeer. More »


Gadgets

Photoblocking Beer Cooler Helps Preserve Your Nightclub Anonymity

6:39AM December 7, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

So far it’s only been field tested in bars in northern Argentina, but I know plenty of remorseful partyers who would love this beer-cooling Photoblocker which promises to stop photos of your evening’s antics from showing up on Facebook. More »


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A Sound System Made Of 5000 Beer Cans

4:20AM November 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

If my hangover existed in real life, it would be in the form of this 5000 beer can speaker system. Yup. All the beer I drank over the past few years booming different noises right inside my ear as I groggily make sense of what happened to my life. More »


Science

Cyborg Yeast Could Idiot-Proof Your Homebrew

6:00AM November 8, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Ever found yourself cooking up some of your home-brew, only to realise that your yeast isn’t playing ball? Panic no more, because cyborg yeast can switch itself on. More »


Software

Untapped For iPhone And Android: Foursquare For Beers

9:00AM October 4, 2011 | Casey Chan

You really don’t need another social network. You also don’t need another reason to make drinking beer fun. But there’s something cool about tracking the beers you’ve drank, if only to see how many more beers you have to try. Untappd does just that. More »


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I Want To Drink Google’s Beer

10:00AM October 1, 2011 | Mat Honan

Beer nerds! Our time has come! Dogfish Head brews some of the most interesting beers in the world (some people who are wrong say too interesting). Google makes search engines and browsers and stuff. Now they’re the same! Meet Urkontinent. More »


Entertainment

Grand Finals 2011 Party: Can You Do It Online?

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2:00PM September 29, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Grand Final Weekend is almost upon us. Have you stocked up the fridge, freezer and pantry with enough comestibles to feed the incoming sports-crazed army? If not . . . is it possible to organise it all online? More »


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The White House Brews Its Own Beer

7:00AM September 19, 2011 | Jack Loftus

US President Obama oversaw the elimination of Osama bin Laden… and he asked the White House kitchen to begin brewing its own beer for parties? Remind me, how is it he’s not a shoe-in for reelection? Don’t answer that. Let’s focus on the beer. More »


Gadgets

This Bottle Opener Also Keeps Your Beer Fresh

7:15AM September 18, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This is brilliant. The Hermetus Bottle Opener and Resealer belongs in your pocket right now because it both opens your favourite beer and hermetically reseals it for future enjoyment. Perfect for any beer aficionado. More »