By David Ponce

It’s a well known fact that cereals are better for you in liquid form: cold and carbonated. The traditional way of consuming this breakfast of champions has inevitably started with a reluctant trip to the local Seven11 for a six-pack of whatever’s cheaper. Right? Well, no more. Drop a cool $1,900 and you’ll be able to make your own swill fine malt liquor in the comfort of your home. Sure, this system from Synergy Brewing Systems looks like three simple stainless steel cooking pots, welded to a metal cart with dials and tubes sticking out. But there’s a lot more going on.

The basic Brewing Stands house two 155,000 BTU propane burners, with separate needle valve controls, plumbed into one 20 PSI high pressure regulator for quick heat and great fuel efficiency. All Kettles, pipe nipples, ball valves, false bottoms, strainers, hose barbs and thermometers are type 316 or 304 Stainless Steel. All brewing stands and kettles are completely, professionally TIG welded and refinished to perfection. We do not use, or condone the act of using weldless fittings. The 15 and 26 Gallon brewing stands are made with 1″ square Type 304 brush polished Stainless Steel tubing. The 40 gallon stand is constructed of 1.5″ square Type 304 brush polished Stainless Steel tubing…

40 gallons? Yeah, one of the options. And there are TONS of options. As it turns out that $1,900 tag is for the very basic kit and as you can imagine, it goes way, way up from there. Still, if you’re serious about brewing your own beer, this looks like a great place to start.

[ Synergy Complete Brew System ] VIA [ Geekologie ]

By Chris Scott Barr

Do you love beer? I mean do you REALLY love it? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions, then you might want to consider switching your soaps. No, I haven’t dug up any study that shows the negative effects of booze on your epidermis. What I have found is soap that’s made from beer.

Sure, some of you out there might be saying “but soap isn’t a gadget, why are you telling me about this?” The simple truth is that according to a recent survey of visitors* more than half of you are liquored-up while reading the site, so I found this to be very appropriate. Each bar of soap is made with one of many different beers including Sam Adams, Foster’s and Guinness. Don’t worry, it’s got lots of other ingredients to make sure you’re left clean, and not just smelling like beer. At a price of $20 for 5 bars, it’s a perfect stocking stuffer for the kids, or for your Uncle Larry that just celebrated 20 years of sobriety.

*A complete lie. There was no survey.

[ Etsy ] VIA [ GearFuse ]

By Jonathan Kimak

We’ve seen beer gadgets before. But beer cannons that can shoot a beer into your hand from across the room will look like the stuff of amateurs when compared to this. A beer pouring machine made of Lego blocks. And what’s more is that the device is controlled by an iPhone. A message is sent to the iPhone and the machine pours you a brew.

There are already robot bartenders that can do the job faster and pour a nicer beer, but this device appeals to the geek-heart within me. And if we’re lucky maybe a DIY set of instructions will come out so that others can have a geek-brew.

See the video of the LEGO beer pouring gadget after the jump.

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