Showing posts with label cool gadgets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cool gadgets. Show all posts

Saturday, 23 January 2016

Hopside Down Beer Glass

Hopside Down Beer Glass

There's a rise in the instance of beer snobbery lately. We're not sure how we feel about it. On the one hand, we're getting some mighty tasty microbrews out of it. People are inspired to brew the next best thing, and sometimes, they succeed in doing it. But on the other hand, you have to deal with dirty looks when you want to drink a cheap and easy beer from a longneck bottle.

The Hopside Down Beer Glass lets you feel classy while sticking your tongue out at beer snobs. Yes, you're using a glass. Yes, you've tossed the bottle with the "offensive" brand's label. But you're drinking from a fun glass that is an homage to a time when beer wasn't so complicated. When beer was beer and men were men. Or something. Hopside Down is hand-blown, precisely crafted, dishwasher safe, and totally awesome.

Product Specifications •Hand-blown longneck beer bottle trapped in a glass •Drink the beer your friend hates without them knowing •An homage to the longneck beer bottle •Holds 12 ounces of your favorite brew •Dishwasher safe (top rack)


Friday, 22 January 2016

Battlestar Galactica Top Gun Beer Stein

Battlestar Galactica Top Gun Beer Stein

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is possibly the best Viper jock out there. Using her old Mk. II Viper, she can fly circles around any Mk. VII. Frak, if you give her a Mk. II Viper and four bullets, she'd shoot down eight raiders and still have two bullets left. See, it's not the Viper that makes a pilot great - it's nerve.

It takes nerve to play cat-n-mouse with a Raider that's already taken down several vipers in an ore-rich asteroid field only to give the kill to a rival. It takes nerve to crash-land two interlocked vipers into Galactica's landing bay that's closing microns before the she jumps. It takes nerve and balls the size of Picon to dive headfirst into a vortex with no expectation of survival.

If you think you could give Starbuck a run for her money, maybe it's time to claim the Top Gun Beer Stein for yourself. This hefty trophy is reserved only for Galactica's top gun Viper pilot and bears the names of those who held the honor before you, including Starbuck and Kat. The 1:1 scale replica stands 9 inches tall and 4.75" wide at the base. Fill it with beer, coffee, or delicious Ambrosia and toast your fellow Viper jocks.

Product Specifications •High quality, kiln-baked ceramic beer stein for fans of Battlestar Galactica •1:1 scale replica of the Top Gun stein from the show •Includes the phoenix emblem on the underside of the cast-metal lid •Hefty and substantial, and holds a ton of brew •Lists the pilots who achieved Top Gun status •Holds 24 ounces of liquid (about two beers' worth!) •Tested for food safety and passed with flying colors •Dimensions: 9" tall x 4.75" wide at the base •Love your stein: Hand wash to protect the hand-painted details


Thursday, 21 January 2016

Periodic Beer Glass

Periodic Beer Glass

Better brewing through chemistry

We're going to bet that you are currently not drinking beer because you're at work, and unlike ThinkGeek World Domination HQ (which has a Beer Fairy), casual imbibing is frowned upon in your office. There, there. It's going to be okay. You know, we have job openings. Just sayin'.

You know what makes us feel better? Learnin' stuff. So let's get to it. •Despite what this glass suggests, your beer should not contain either beryllium or erbium. If it does, you need to seriously consider switching to another brewer. •Carlsberg Brewery was the location of Søren Sorensen's work on the pH scale. •"Skunked" beer is more properly termed "light-struck." When UV light hits beer, it kicks off a chemical reaction, breaking down the isohumulones and creating 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol. It's an organosulfur compound, the same thing a skunk sprays. Good for scaring off predators. Bad for beer.

Beryllium and Erbium printed with their atomic properties in a 16 oz. pint glass. .