Most people dread those brutally hot summer days.  However, if you’re one of the lucky few that owns, or at least has access to a pool then you’re more than pleased than punch itself.  But those dips in the pool can now be much more social, and intoxicated, which we can hardly endorse since it could possibly lead to massive head trauma, but as always just proceed with some caution.

The Aqua Bar includes an array of cup holders for a bunch of friends and a built-in ice chest to keep the brews and wine coolers at a frosty temperature.  For $50 they’re even tossing in 4 floaty seats so your beer guzzling couldn’t get any more effortless and did we mention comfortable.

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We’ve seen portage kegs, miniature kegs, but never a mobile beer bar, which is why we’re impressed with Alpina Grills & Catering System’s Mobile Bongos Beer Bar. Not only does it provide ice-cold beer on tap, but it also features a very modern and sleek design and is completely transportable, making it easy to push from your man cave, to your backyard for a BBQ or just about any room you’d like!

Ideally made for caterers, the Mobile Bongos Beer Bar fits into any social setting really. As long as you enjoy beer, this beer bar is for you.

Thanks to its sturdy wheels, this mobile beer machine can handle any surface you throw at it (okay, maybe not every thing, but you get our point), gliding over smooth surfaces and tacking grass or dirt like no one’s business for outdoor parties and use. Its specially designed refrigeration system allows the beer to stay at its ideal temperature for hours at a time without the need of an electrical current, so you don’t have to carry around an extension cord or have to be on the look out for power outlets toting this baby around! It’s great for partying where electricity can’t go like tailgate parties, celebrations at the park and what not. No matter where you go, the party will always follow thanks to this mobile beer bar.

And for those who like to cook, you can opt for fitting the beer machine with a cooking top! Yup, you read that right. You can use it as a beer tap AND grille. Man, these guys are geniuses, right?!

So, now the Bongos Beer Bar becomes a mobile tap and grille. You now have the opportunity to drink and cook delicious food at once and from the same place, making this option great for those who love to throw outdoor parties since it goes anywhere you do. Oh, and did we mention it even comes with a glass washer! And thanks to its professional looking presentation, all your friends will totally be impressed.

But since all great things seem to have a very high price tag, don’t expect this baby to come cheap. Instead, get ready to dish out about $11,300 for the luxury of having the mobile beer bar.

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No self-respecting individual would add ice cubes to their glass of beer, wine and if we had it our way, whiskey.  While the latter of the three clearly makes sense, the former two don’t.  However, we’re all human and patience, or lack there of can get the best of us when we’re waiting for our beer to chill to an appropriate drinking temperature.  That’s why every hardcore beer chugging frat bro needs the On-Ice Beer Dispenser.  The center of the dispenser contains an ice chamber that cools the 80oz of surrounding beer without watering it down.  Yes, you could add any liquor, or liquid for that matter, so don’t over look this $45 contraption simply because you don’t consume what we commonly refer to as “liquid courage”.

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Why buy a plain old fridge when you can buy one that dispenses beer?  That’s the first question we pondered once we laid eyes on Northstar’s retro inspired fridges.

They come preinstalled with a Brew Master draft system, including through-the-door tap dispenser, coupler, connections, CO2 cylinder and drip tray.  Just add a keg of your favorite beer, tap and you’ll be able to dispense that foamy, velvety beverage like a true gentleman.  While a peek inside the fridge is no where to be found, at least online, it sounds like there is enough room to store a head of lettuce, or whatever vegetable your body requires to stave off scurvy.

Choose from three models (1950, 1951 and 1952) all starting at $800.

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While we can’t recommend that you hit the slopes with a 6 pack in tow, it’s probably still a good idea that you take a looksee at Burton’s Beeracuda Cooler, especially seeing as summer is upon us and keeping your brewskies cool is paramount.

The insulated liquid lunchbox holds up to 5 beers, while the shoulder strap can hold a sixth thanks to the built-in koozie.

Burton has 3 colors available (Samirai Sword, Wisest Wizard, Tubesteak), each available for $19.95.

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It’s one things to be stupid and it’s something else to be naive.  However, Fox News and its anchors tend to exude both of those qualities and what we have here is a clip to prove it.

Raoul Martinez, a San Diego Fox news anchor tricked his co-host, Shally Zomorodi, into licking her iPad by stating that Shock Top, a popular beer company, had produced technology that works with the iPad and iPhone to illicit taste and smell from their application.

Now most of you would cry poppycock at the first sign of something like this, but just like the running on water video we saw last year, if you want to believe it exists, it will.  Sadly, Shally ended up licking the iPad and walked off set, all be it with humility. But something tells us should we have been none the wiser if it weren’t for the app displaying a message of “happy April Fool’s day”.

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Beer pong has long been relegated to frat brothers and drunk high school students.  Usually it involves repurposing (or destroying) a used and tired ping pong table.  Or worse, you could toss a few planks of wood on top of a table and call it a party.  So what’s a 30 something to do?  

Answer: invest in this custom designed beer pong table.  The exterior is crafted from Poplar wood, the legs from cast iron and there are a set of red plexiglass cut outs on either end that are lit underneath by a set of LED lights.  The design is said to be so seamless that it’s free of any visible screws or nails.  Sure beats a ping pong table.

Price?  $749, though they’ve only made 20 of them.

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Question: are you lazy if you build a technically advanced fridge that takes hours of development that later facilitates more long term laziness?  That’s the question we ask when we see this mini fridge beer canon.

It’s complete with an iPhone app and webcam that allows you rotate the beer firing ice box according to where your seated on the couch.  Once your target is in the cross hairs, you just choose the beer of your liking and fire.  Just make sure to drop that iPhone so you can catch the cold brew, as demonstrated in the below video by its inventor.  Glass bottles aren’t recommended.

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How many beers have you wasted in your lifetime?  The Beer Savers are reusable silicone beer bottle caps.  They fit most beer bottles and thanks to the multi colored pack they could help you safely identify your beer at bars, parties and clubs.  You can toss them into the dishwasher for a quick cleaning and the silicone is food safe.

A set of 6 costs $11.95.

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Offensive?  Maybe.  But a ton of drunken fun?  You bet your Natty drinking ass it is.  The Boob Tube Beer Bong was probably conjured up by some drunken fraternity brother while hazing the incoming freshmen pledges.  Any guesses on what the male inspired version would be called?

Chug it for about $25.

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This isn’t the first Homer Simpson clock that we’ve seen, but this TIME around he has to choose between a beer or a donut, two of his most favorite snacks (when did beer become a snack?).  To indicate the passing seconds, his arms and eyes move from left to right as he debates his gluttony.

The clock measures 11 1/4-inches tall x 8-inches wide x 3-inches deep and can be yours for $40.

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For when you’re holding two or more beers already, fasten this raw, rough, and rugged leather holster to your upper thigh and you’re literally ready to tie, or strap one on.  It snaps into any standard belt and uses a nylon strap for adjusting around your junk.

$35 seems a bit pricey for this guy, but the look and feel of quality is definitely present.  Custom branding would have been a cool feature to help distinguish yours from your next door grilling drunk buddy down the street (or this one or this one), but you could always get the OutLaw Beer Holster instead.

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70-inch flat screen still not impressing your friends?  Try out the Magentic Floating Revolving 18-LED Beer Display.  Using the magic of magnets this device will actually suspend your beer of choice, or any metal capped beverage that doesn’t weigh more than 580g, in mid air.  And if that isn’t enough it will rotate the beer 360 degrees over 18-LED lights to show off your precious beer in all its bubbly glory.

You can snag one for $95 from our friend’s at Dealextreme, who I can only hope are chugging down an endless amount of Mountain Dew in the hopes of maintaining their extremeness.

[via Nerdapproved]

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You best be prepared at next Sunday’s tailgate party and that means sporting the Beer Belt, a quick fire 6 beer holster.  And I know what you’re thinking, “where’s the insulation”.  But don’t you see?  The purpose of this military equipped beer drinking device is to guzzle your can (or bottle) of bubbly goodness so fast it doesn’t even have time to lose its chill.  Plus, chances are you’re in some cold location, so what…errr…why am I making a big deal about this…to myself.  Combine it with the Beer Artillery Sling and the Beer Blaster and you’ll be the most well equipped tailgater.

The Beer Can belt is available in Camo (a must have) Red, Blue or Pink for $10.

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Jamming warm beers into a freezer will hardly result in a cold beverage minutes later.  Submerging them in ice water on the other hand, that’ll result in a cold beer before you’re done firing up the charcoal grill.

And hence this portable sized beer chiller.  Sure, it has gimmick written all over it, but then again rotating the beer in the ice water is the key to quick coldness, something this device can do for you (it has a handle for rotating) without you freezing your hand off and in 90 seconds, at least according to the product picture.

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Anybody looking for weird and obscure USB gadgets this holiday season may want to check this out.   It’s a mini-USB humidifier that’s shaped like some weird Japanese beer can.  When those long stints at your computer leave you exceptionally dry, this may be the perfect solution.

Using this mini-humidifier is a moist breeze as you just add water and plug it in and you are ready to go.  Available now for pre-order, this gadget will ship at the end of the month for about $65.

[via Akihabaranews]

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The Arkeg combines a beer kegerator with a classic arcade gaming machine, which should lead to endless ours of nostalgic, drunken game play.  Inside is a chilled 5-gallon keg (beer of your choice), a 24-inch screen and a console stuffed full of 104 classic video games.  As you can see the beer tap is located on the left side of the Arkeg and what is hidden from view is a slide out keyboard and two USB ports.  Inside the fridge is a digital temperature control that can be adjusted at the push of a button and for those of you that have a tendency to spill they’ve included a liquid and scratch resistant LCD screen.  Retro gaming has never looked cooler (pun intended).  You can grab one for $4,000.

[via Neatorama]

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We’ve seen GoGurt as well as other squeezable edibles in the past, but these new beer packets just look weird to me.  Using what is called “organoleptic film structure”, the CarboPouch by the Beverage Pouch Group boasts that the taste of the beer will be unchanged, and that it will retain all the properties it needs to remain fresh.  Designed primarily for “artisan” (love that word) beer makers, it would allow them to quickly sell beer to go.  Living in one of the MicroBrew capitals of the US, I wonder when I’ll see these pop up in Portland.  The shape alone could provide for some entertaining scenarios.  Have them up your sleeve or dangling outta your pants, it would be easy to sneak these into venues and such.  Get your gulp on!

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