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mmm, we love a nice cold beer here at hackaday. Actually, we've done several beer hacks. From brewing beer yourself to super cooling a beer as fast as possible, we just love seeing beer hacks. Beer brewing technology can span from a single pot and a bucket to a massive computer controlled automated brewing rig and we love them all.
Just making beer isn't enough for us either. Sometimes we like to cut loose with games that involve drinking, or interesting ways of getting the beer to our mouths. Have you ever seen a beer delivering robot? We have. Ever wanted to build a kegerator? You can find that here as well. Be responsible though. Even those of us who are quite experienced with it can have a few too many. In those cases it might be fun to use your DIY breathalizer.
For those of you who might have forgotten, let’s go over the rules of Centurion. The object of the game is for every minute, for 100 minutes, drink a shot of beer. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but after completing the challenge you’ll have had 3 liters of beer (or about eight and a half 12 oz cans) in … Read the rest
Let’s face it, most kegerator builds go something like this: acquire old refrigerator, drill hole for tap, profit. But [GiveMeMyNickelback] recently had the opportunity to do better and he delivered. Above you can see the stylish chest freezer mod that serves up six beers on tap.
Chest freezers are perfect for these builds as their top door design helps … Read the rest
When brewing your own beer, temperature control is important. If the temperature isn’t regulated correctly, the yeast will be killed when it’s added to the wort. It’s best to cool the wort from boiling down to about 25 C quickly before adding yeast.
To do this, [Kalle] came up with a wireless temperature controller for his home brewing setup. The … Read the rest
Back in 2002, [Dave] came across a discarded PUMA robotic arm and quickly set his sights on turning it into a bartender to serve drinks at his parties. Unfortunately, the arm was far from operational and being an engineer at his day job meant that working on this project was the last thing he wanted to do when he came … Read the rest
This thing is really remarkable. It’s a beer draft system that automatically fills and distributes to your party guests. The approach is something of an industrial revolution for parties. A hopper feeds cups to the tap; once filled they are whisked off to thirsty guests using a conveyor belt system.
Many of the parts come from a washing machine that … Read the rest
Having been faced with an empty beer fridge one too many times the team at Metalworks came up with an approval system for dispensing malted beverages. The trick was to remove the physical controls on a can dispenser. The only way you can get a cold one is to ask the machine via its twitter account. If there’s beer … Read the rest
[Kerber] got his hands on a classic 1950′s General Electric fridge, and converted it into this classy vintage kegerator.
As his build log shows, it took an intensive restoration process to get this fridge back in shape. He completely stripped it down, scraping off the sixty year old insulation, fibreglass, and glue. Then the chassis was sanded down to … Read the rest
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