Cool project, but that is a terrible pour.

Posted at 12:26 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by Jamie

Was there any beer in all that foam?

Posted at 12:55 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by BigD145

I think V2 needs to tip the glass while pouring.

Posted at 1:00 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by crizo

I think something just a bit more smooth would of done, its very sudden which doesnt help much for pouring and means there’s very little control over the pouring itself.

Still a good project tho :)

Posted at 1:30 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by redruminc

Shipyard IPA is the way to go. I live near where it’s brewed and have toured the brewery.

Posted at 2:25 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by Dean

i’d call it “the head machine”. that was a terrible pour. clever idea though. i propose a beer pouring machine that monitors the head being produced during the pour with a webcam and adjusts both the bottle and glass angle accordingly.

Posted at 2:31 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by amk

Ugh that was terrible.

+ For the idea.
- For using iPhone (openmoko fr ftw)
- For bad pour (looked like it just fell over)
- For blaring audio

Posted at 2:43 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by xteraco

well, i can tell that you guys are no beer experts, the glass is not supposed to be tilted, you shuld hold the glass uppright and pour in turns to make the beer airated…

but you americans are probably used to budweizer :P

Posted at 4:21 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by alpha

i am american when i drink beer its not “bud”. 90% of the time i drink wine. fuck you alpha

Posted at 5:19 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by xteraco

No, I am an American and I was about to educate the poster and commenters as well. No tilting of the cup, you want a rugged pour to release the flavors and aroma of the beer. The pour could probably be a little less, but as long as no beer is lost there is nothing really wrong with that pour. You allow it to settle a bit before drinking.

Posted at 5:22 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by Scott

i was having a good new years evening till i read that shit. i’m not a nascar fan, i dont give a shit about football or baseball or basketball or any of that. i drink wine, and nice beers. not all americans are the same alpha. its ignorant shits like you who keep racism alive

Posted at 5:23 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by xteraco

and prejudice

Posted at 5:23 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by xteraco

alpha: oxygen (aeration) is the last thing you want a beer to be before drinking. the only time aeration is good is right before pitching the yeast, so that there is adequate oxygen for the yeast to consume.

pouring smoothly against a tilted glass is ideal. the flavours are released just the same. swirl the glass to get them out a little more, if necessary.

“real Americans” drink lagers out of cans, not IPAs out of proper beer glasses, anyway.

Posted at 5:33 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by nick

Is this about beer or technology? I see the sarcasm. It’s not hard to pour a beer, but the fun is turning an iPhone and a real beer pours. The iBeer app was huge on YouTube.

Posted at 6:13 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by ClashErr

ehh you guys are wankers,
i brew my owen beer, not cos its cheeper but cos its fun.
and as for poureing the beer with a servo, via the web with a iphone THAT IS REALY COOL!

Posted at 7:25 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by luke

Neat and all but he should have made a app to read the real accelerometer and not just the width of the page.

I’ve been thinking about making a little interface for my rc controller so I can fly my rc with my iPod Touch. Only problem is I suck at objective-c and I would have no idea where to start with the electronics to do PWM.

Posted at 8:25 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by t0ny

Come on this is a site about new tech, instead of ragging him about he pour how about constructive ideas on improvements. Like adding a tilt mechanism for the glass as well that moves according to the liguid level or weight, also mabey a slow turn to the glass as it drops back to level. Also mabey slow up the tilt of the bottle a little, with a bit of tweaking tis will be really cool.

Posted at 8:55 pm on Jan 1st, 2009 by mykeyfinn

BELGIUM HAS THE BEST BEER!

Discussion finished.

Posted at 12:55 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Sharky

That was funny !! he he he..

Posted at 3:36 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Blastar

After suffering through months of owning an iPhone and dealing with all its quirks, I am happy that someone found a use for it. Very cool project and I give you kudos. If you had contacted me, I would have given you mine before I smashed it into a hundred pieces.

Posted at 5:25 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Jim

I wish we could have iphones out here in the boonies in nebraska, life sucks

Posted at 6:31 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by mike

That’s called a belgian dip.

Posted at 9:10 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Drevil

Holy Shit!

Constructs! Man those were awesome, I havn’t seen them forever.

Posted at 9:55 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by me

Very funny to watch but i don’t think this hack is really useful

Posted at 10:21 am on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Jules

“BELGIUM HAS THE BEST BEER!”

+1 FTW :-)

Posted at 1:24 pm on Jan 2nd, 2009 by benhoe

+1 for use of Construx. God that stuff was fun!

Posted at 6:58 pm on Jan 2nd, 2009 by CapitalC

Now only if you could think about pouring the beer, but turning your iPhone to pour is pretty close to little effort. Nice job.

Posted at 11:15 pm on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Hardy

Thanks for all the comments and recommendations. Yes, that is a ton of head in the beer, and yes my pouring standards are higher. I was itching to use my construx for something (glad others had them when you were kids), get the accelerometers integrated, and save all of that “hard work”.

Posted at 8:32 am on Jan 4th, 2009 by polymythic

That has to be the laziest beer pouring I have ever witnessed LOL

Good job! :)

Posted at 8:02 pm on Jan 14th, 2009 by Eoin H

Love it! The desired amount of foam depends on the beer, really.

Posted at 12:15 pm on Jan 19th, 2009 by Wheat Beer Glasses