Awesome Bottle Opener

I usually check in on the blog Neatorama.com fairly frequently. They’ve got all kinds of interesting articles about all kinds of nifty things of interest. One of my favorite things about the site is that beyond articles they have a lot of very cool products for sale.

I just wanted to tell you briefly about two of them. The first is a unique bottle opener. I’m too young to remember them, but aluminum cans used to have pull tabs that came completely off when you opened a can of soda/beer. The Neatorama shop has just started selling a an oversized pull tab that is a working bottle opener.

I’ve got a giant collection of beer koozies and I’m just starting to collect interesting bottle openers. I feel like this would be an ideal addition to a fledgling collection. The only problem is that it is 2-3/4” by 1-3/4” in size. I’m pretty sure that I would manage to lose this thing before too long. It would be excellent until I lost it though!

The second thing that I’m kind of digging is the “Hopside Down Beer Glass.” It is a pint glass shape but the interior is cut out to resemble the top of a beer bottle. When filled it looks like you’ve got an upside down bottle in your pint glass.

Just a couple gift ideas for your favorite beer blogger. I keep saying that, but no one is taking me up on it yet. Work on that everyone!

Beer Style Poster

I haven’t posted too many links as of yet, but this one is worth it. It comes to us via the website PopChartLab.com. The site must be pretty darn new because as of yet there are only two items available. It looks like they’re going to be offering T-shirts in the future, but just the two posters for now.

The first is a “grand taxonomy of rap names.” Although it has absolutely nothing to do with beer, it is still mildly interesting. I imagine that if I listened to rap it would be significantly more alluring to me.

The other item they have up for sale is a poster under the title of “The Very Many Varieties of Beer.” The poster is a foot and a half by two feet tall and features a beer glass prominently in the middle. The meat of the poster is the cloud chart of different styles of beer.

The first division is obviously between ales and lagers. Then it breaks further into sub-categories such as going from AlePale AleIndia Pale AleDouble IPA. Then when it gets to the terminating style it gives a couple examples of each. In the earlier example the beers they chose were Dogfish Head’s 120 Minute IPA, Flying Dog’s Double Dog Double Pale Ale, and a beer I’ve mentioned a few times, Brew Dog’s extremely high-proof beer, Sink the Bismarck.

It could be a handy poster for anyone who is just getting acquainted with the world of beer, or just something neat for anyone who appreciates beer. The price of $25 isn’t too bad for a big poster, but I’m a pretty cheap guy, so I’m usually not a good judge of stuff like that. Regardless of that though, I want one. Feel free to buy one for me!