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LG HomeBrew Is a Keurig for Beer

LG is a name best known for their TVs, smartphones, and other consumer electronics, but now the company has a machine that will make beer in your home. It’s like a Keurig, but for beer. Now we have your attention.

Earlier this month, LG announced a capsule-based craft beer system called HomeBrew. It’s a countertop system that aims to make brewing beer at home as simple as dropping single-use capsules into the machine and hitting the start button.

The machine has an optimized fermentation algorithm that “intelligently controls the fermenting process with precise temperature and pressure control”. This makes sure that it brews perfectly every single time. There’s also no mess thanks to a self-cleaning feature automatically sanitizes key components with hot water to make sure that everything is hygienic.

It’s almost as easy as making coffee, though the fermentation process means it won’t be nearly as fast. It will take about two weeks or so depending on the beer type. Five beers will be offered initially, including a hoppy American IPA, a golden American Pale Ale, a full-bodied English Stout, a zesty Belgian-style Witbier and a dry Czech Pilsner.

LG will be showing off the HomeBrew during CES 2019. Pricing and a release date have yet to be announced.

[viz Mike Shouts]

Disneyland Star Wars Cantina Will Serve Booze, Not Droids

Disney is a family-friendly company. At least they try to be. They don’t tolerate people in Donald Duck costumes cursing at theme park visitors or trying to feel them up. Just like they don’t tolerate their movie directors making nasty “jokes” online. But the company isn’t afraid to get you good and drunk so that you part with your money more easily. That seems to be the plan for Disney’s upcoming Star Wars Cantina.

The Oga Cantina in their Star Wars: Edge of the Galaxy park expansion will serve alcoholic cocktails. It opens in 2019 in Disneyland and Disney World. Apparently, they’re going to serve non-alcoholic drinks for kids too. So feel free to take your child to a bar I guess. This is going to be way more overpriced than the movie cantina, but on the upside, it should a hive of scum and villainy with all of that booze flowing.

Disney World has been serving alcoholic drinks inside the park since 2012, so this is nothing new. They also had their failed Pleasure Island project which was getting adults drunk all the way back in 1989.

I hope they have that fat guy behind the bar, and nobody gets their arms chopped off by an old hermit with a lightsaber. Just don’t bring your droid. They don’t serve their kind.

[via Mashable]

Star Trek: The Next Generation Vodka: Party in Ten-Forward!

Ten-Forward is the place where the crew of the USS Enterprise-D on Star Trek: The Next Generation would go to have a drink and unwind. So if you are going to release a Next Generation vodka, it naturally has to share the name. The official vodka of The Next Generation is Ten-Forward.

Or as Chekov would say, “Wodka.” The drink was announced at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and is the second Star Trek drink from Silver Screen Bottling Company. Previously they announced James T. Kirk Bourbon.

Celebrating the bold spirit of exploration embodied by the Enterprise and its crew, Ten-Forward Vodka is made from choice American Grain, carefully distilled 6 times, and delivered via terrestrial and interstellar transport for the enjoyment of discerning adventurers on planet Earth, aboard the Starship Enterprise-D, and across the galaxy.

The bottle is designed to match the overall aesthetic of TNG’s LCARS displays and it looks pretty sharp. Honestly, you won’t even care after a few drinks. Your hailing frequencies will be wide open if you know what I mean. Drink enough and you too can be an explorer, going where no man has gone before. That’s the Star Trek Spirit. Get it? Spirit?

10 Cool Tea Infusers For Tea Lovers

Tea is such a wonderful drink. It’s healthy, it’s tasty, and has more benefits than many other tasty drinks. You really can’t go wrong when it comes to tea, whether it’s green, black, or any color under the sun! Of course, sometimes tea can taste like hot water, so in order to avoid that and drink flavorful, delicious tea, you might need a tea infuser! I’ve put together a list of cool and cute tea infusers so you can get on your way to drinking yummy tea.

Yellow Submarine Tea Infuser


This cute tea infuser is great for fans of The Beatles. Remember that song, “Yellow Submarine?” “We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine…” It’s also great for fans of submarines in general. That’s a thing people are into right?

Piggy Tea Infuser


We’ve all had a piggy bank at some point, so why not have a piggy tea infuser? It’s just as adorable and just as useful. I love this little thing.

Penguin Tea Infuser


So there’s going to be a lot of animal shaped infusers on this list. Sorry, not sorry. I’m in love with this adorable penguin tea infuser. I just hope it doesn’t make my tea as cold as the Antarctic…

Owl Tea Infuser


Aww, look at these darling things. They’re so colorful, I want them all!

Fruit Tea Infuser


Hey, look, it’s not an animal. It’s a precious fruit! It’s making me hungry for some fruit and thirsty for some tea!

Elephant Tea Infuser


Elephants are my favorite animal, so of course, they had to be included on this list! Definitely my favorite tea infusers on the list.

Rubber Ducky Tea Infuser


Who doesn’t love rubber duckies? They’re a part of every childhood and they’re just so dang cute. This rubber ducky tea infuser is the cutest.

Dinosaur Tea Infuser


Dinosaurs are my second favorite animal…even if I’ve never seen a real one and never will. I’d love to have this tea infuser.

Kitten Tea Infuser


Did I say dinosaurs were my second favorite animal? Just kidding, cats are. Or maybe cats are my number one…It’s really hard to decide. I just love animals! Anyway, these kitten tea infusers are a dream to look at.

Babushka Tea Infuser

Russian Nesting Dolls, or Babushka dolls are so adorable! I love the look of this tea infuser doll.

Did you see any tea infusers you liked? I hope you did! Make your way to drinking yummy tea with a cool tea infuser today!

Postmates’ speedy booze delivery begins drop-offs in NYC and Texas

Postmates' on-demand alcohol service is now available well beyond California's borders. On top of an expansion to Miami in May, the internet delivery mainstay is now making its Drinks feature available in New York City (in Brooklyn and Manhattan) as...