Not happy with the old ice tray? Ice melts too quickly and dilutes your drink?

Never fear, the Taisan Ice Mold makes 30 - 40 Spherical ice balls each hour.

Why a sphere? A sphere minimizes surface area and therefore minimizes the amount of melting going on.

This equals cold booze that isn’t watered down. A must have for any upscale cocktail lounge.

$1300 Ice Mold - Asylum.com
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Style and Grace.

As with all Rosle products their Boston Shaker combines function with elegant style in a simple package. Made of 18/10 stainless steel and crafted to fit perfectly this shaker makes a perfect cocktail every time.

The Rosle Shaker features is molded for a good grip and has a specially molded rim for drip free pouring.

Rosle Boston Shaker
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Just for St. Patrick’s Day, Crunchgear reviewed this Key Chain Breathalizer that can be had for under $5 bucks. It even comes with a flashlight and stopwatch! Doug tested it and it works, even beat the penny trick. Still, he felt it is more of a toy, but for $5 who cares.

Read the whole review at Crunchgear
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From BoingBoing Gadgets, Joel Johnson gives us the run down on this home draft beer dispenser from Heineken.

From the pictures it looks great and serves bar quality drafts. Still at $300, bottles may work just as well for your next party.

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Heineken BeerTender - Boing Boing Gadgets
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Being a part of Federated Media puts us in good company and involved in some pretty cool stuff. One of these is the Holiday Gadget Guide, now in it’s second year and expanding beyond Tech gadgets, adding Toys, Clothing, Books and Home Gadgets. Just as last year the editors of tops sites such as Boing Boing, Make, OhGizmo and CrunchGear have picked their favorite gadgets from the world of tech, design and plain old coolness.

Asked to represent the cocktail set, I had to recommend this swanky Electric Martini Maker by Waring.

Read my entry here

FM Holiday Gadget Guide

Waring Pro WM007 Professional Electric Martini Maker

Guinness Brewmaster Fergal Murray launched the latest technology from Guinness – The Surger Unit. An event took place at ESPN Zone in Times Square. Fergal was joined by former Dallas Cowboy Daryl “Moose” Johnson to serve pints with proceeds going to RADD, the entertainment industry’s voice for road safety. The Guinness Surger Unit enables you to get a perfect pint every time, everywhere.

At the touch of a button, the new Surger unit uses small sound vibrations to release the nitrogen gas in the beer and cause a cascading effect, also referred to as “the surge and settle.” While the technology behind the Guinness Surger unit seems advanced, it’s quite easy for bartenders to operate. A Guinness Surger can, which contains the same Guinness beer found in kegs and brewed at St. James’s Gate in Ireland, is poured into a glass and placed on a small plate. Similar to the draught tap system, the Surger unit releases the gas in the beer, creating the surge and settle that forms the signature creamy head.

“We recognize the importance of quality and tradition to our loyal Guinness drinkers. Now this innovative new technology allows all bars and restaurants to serve a great quality Irish favorite in the same way that it is most traditionally enjoyed,” said Randy Carlson, Director of Innovation for Guinness.

Guinness Draught Surger unit is appearing in bars and restaurants across the US beginning this week.

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Technology is amazing, this automatic cocktail maker cranks out an amazing 200 drinks per hour. The company says that the auto bartender will increase quality and consistency, reduce costs and loss and increase over all efficiency.

Of course, this may all be true, but will it innovate? While I am sure that this is great for vanilla chain restaurant, hotel and airport bars, it will never replace the neighborhood barkeep. Nor will it create amazing, innovative cocktails that the worlds best mixologists have been developing for decades.

Automatic Bartender