Top 21 Innovations in Beer - From Beer Milk to Beer for Dogs (GALLERY)

Fake beer bellies, beer for the blind, beer spas and beer for the kids?  The world is crazy about beer and this list features the top innovations. 

The truth is that it’s time for my Sunday afternoon patio beer, but Toronto are rained out, so… I’ve made a list.

Innovative Beer

Beer + Milk = Bilk

A brewery in Hokkaido, Japan recently released a low-malt beer using milk. The idea came from the son of a liquor store who is in the dairy farm industry. After having a problem of discarding milk, he proposed the local brewery to produce the milk beer. As one-third of beer is milk, it is the good w… [More]

Champagne Beer - Adding Glitz & Glam To Your Beer

Recently showcased among the many beers at the Beertopia World Beer Festival in New York was this unique new product – Champagne Lager (Or Champagne Beer as it is known in the US). This innovative new beverage sets out to tempt and tease your taste buds with its combination of beer and Champagne. … [More]

Foster’s Eco-Friendly Beer - Aussie Brew Goes Green (VIDEO)

Last July, Trend Hunter reported that Anheuser-Busch was entering the organic beer market.  Now, Aussie beer brand, Foster’s is looking to hop on the green living wagon. Manufacturers of the Australian brew have been experimenting with scientists at University of Queensland to concoct an eco-frien… [More]

Vitamin Enhanced Beer

A brewer in Dallas has created a beer that promises to be better for you because it is filled with vitamins, according to a Local 6 News report. Stampede beer is enhanced with B vitamin, folic acid and other essential vitamins, according to creator Lawrence Schwartz.  “Stampede is the first Vitamin… [More]

Packaging Innovations

Scratch & Strip Label - Sexy Beer Banned from Shelves

Never mind scratch & sniff, how about scratch and drink? Bottles of Rubbel Sexy Lager has been banned from sale in the UK.  Why? Well they featured a picture of a woman with a removable swimsuit on the label. Drinkers could scratch her clothes off to leave her naked.  The Portman Group - which reg… [More]

Personalized Beer Labels

Tuborg, a Danish beer brewering company has come up with a very interesting (and in my opinion very trendy) idea. Personalized beer labels. They allow consumers to personalize (or tune) their beer bottles with whatever image you want to use.  This suggests me ideas for birthdays, the almost here Va… [More]

Temperature Activated Beer Label: Blue Mountains = Cold Beer

Coors has decided that beer drinkers can’t really tell when their beer is cold enough to drink.  So look for Coors Ambassadors at your favorite beer cave to explain the Cold Activated Bottle.
Coors has developed a label that turns the mountains blue when the beer is the correct temperature to chug.
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Beer for the Blind

Leave it to the Germans to find the only unexploited niche in the beer market: the blind!  Dusseldorf’s Uerige beer, one of the world’s finest, is now releasing new bottles with a braille label.  Thus, Uerige has created the first beer for the blind.  Blind activist (and beer drinker) Joana Zimmer r… [More]

Beer for the Family

Fake Beer For Kids - Japan’s Sangaria Helps Get Your Kids Addicted (VIDEO)

Sangaria is a Japanese company that markets juice to children by encouraging them to think it’s beer. Everything about the drink convinces kids they are drinking beer, right from the packaging design which is in 6-pack format, the bottle is designed to look like a real beer bottle and when poured th… [More]

Doggie Beer - Kwispelbier for Your Dog and Maybe You

For beer lovers and thirsty dogs, there is now an option for hanging out together and sharing a brew. Let the party begin. According to newsbbc, “A small brewery in the Netherlands has launched a new beer designed to bring cool relief to thirsty dogs. Kwispelbier, marketed as “a beer for your best f… [More]

Innovative Ways to Drink Your Beer

Pimped Out Toilet Has Video Games, DVD, Beer Tap

Many people get their best ideas when they are on the toilet.  Well, here’s a great idea for a toilet.  This particular john combines a toilet with a dvd player and video games. [More]

Cruzin Cooler - Ride Your Beer to the Next Party (VIDEO)

This cooler hits top speed at 15 mph runs on gas (33cc 2-cycle / 39cc 4-stroke) or Electric (300 and 500 Watt) power motors. Going for $349 to $499, you can attach an extra trailer for a passenger or some more beer! So cruz down to your local liquor store on a hot day and pick up a 24 pack, cause yo… [More]

Beer Spas in Europe

During the last decade, beer spas have opened in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. They claim to promote health, wellness and the chance to bathe in your favorite drink. The spas not only offer a tub of their brew to soak in, but facials as well. The treatments start from $55. Maybe now boy… [More]

Robots, Contraptions and Beer

Beer Launching Fridge - All Lazy Men Rejoice (VIDEO)

This incredible beer launching fridge is a must for lazy beer drinkers.  You could remotely catapult up to 10 cans of beer while slouching on the sofa, channel surfing and eating pizza. [More]

Beer Opening LEGO Robot (VIDEO)

We’ve posted a number of Robot Bartenders- HERE, HERE, and HERE.  Now there’s a robot, named Fishertechnik, made of LEGO that can actually open a beer.  The Robot was built by Ryokale. If you like this, you’ll love the LEGO Flame Thrower posted in October. [More]

Robotic Bartenders - Robomoji, Asahi and RoboBar (VIDEO)

Robomoji is the latest robot bartender that is making waves in the net by making drinks.  In January, we saw the Asahi robot bartender, which pours Japan’s favourite drink.  Then in July, we covered the RoboBar a polished Robot Bar available for purchase.  Now, there’s Robomoji. [More]

High Speed Beer Canon (VIDEO)

Potato guns are out and high speed beer canons are in.  The enclosed video speaks for itself, and also proves why YouTube is so wonderful. [More]

Ways to Hide Beer

Fake Beer Belly For… Beer!

Don’t want to pay $20 for beer at the baseball game?  Just put it in your belly instead.  For just $50, the beer belly lets you bring your beer with you!  The website includes tips and tricks and markets using slogans like ‘Get the Look’.  Look, long ago we realized that guys with beer bellies have … [More]

Reef Leather Fanning Sandal

The sun is burning,your on the beach...You have cold bottle of beer near by,all you need is a bottle opener!And hear is an idea:A built-in bottle opener sandals.WOW COOL! Reef makes the Leather Fanning Sandals and they just lets you crack a bottle on the beach while everyone else’s beer warms up. … [More]

Innovative Beer Brands

Duff Beer - Homer Simpson’s Beer comes true!

Remember Duff Beer?  The official sponsor of Homer Simpson drinking sessions is now available thanks to a mexican guy, Rodrigo Contreras Díaz. Produced in Jalisco and distributed only via internet, this limited edition lager beer has been a success, selling over 200 boxes (12 bottles) in 2 weeks.
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Hackable Beer / Free Beer

A Danish beer company has released its recipe hoping drinkers will hack and customize the beer.  This idea is inspired by open sourced software.  The first patch of 2850 large bottles sold out immediately. FREE BEER is a beer which is free in the sense of freedom, not in t… [More]