One of the most depressing things in the world: having a beer without a bottle opener. The carbonated deliciousness is looking at you through the glass, teasing you, popping your tastebuds. But of course, you don't need a bottle opener to open a beer. With the right amount of leverage, anything can open a bottle of beer. Just watch this video. Read More >>

Got a lot of friends visiting? Man, it's going to be boring to open each and every bottle of beer separately — so what you need is an opener like this, that can ready 24 beers for drinking in a glorious, single movement. Read More >>

We've seen tacocopters and burrito bombers, and though those will probably be real someday, neither is going to be really delivering anything any time soon. These beer drones, on the other hand, might actually be delivering real beer to real people. In South Africa anyway. Read More >>

In between bareback kangaroo-riding and crocodile-wrestling, the Australians have had time for some science: making beer that will last for donkey's years, without tasting like Foster's total and utter crap. Read More >>

Imagine if an app could learn your taste in beer the way Netflix learns your taste in movies. It's coming. Drink it all in. Read More >>

In the grand scheme of things, social media is pretty great by most accounts. It's changed the face of the Internet. Drinking is also pretty great. It formed the shape of the world. So how about Facebook-connected beer receptacles? Two great tastes that taste great together, or "nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"? Read More >>

The reason you love beer has finally been explained. Apparently the mere taste of the golden nectar is enough to trigger a dopamine surge, tickling your neurochemical pleasure centres. Basically, beer makes you happy, but we didn't really need science to tell us that, did we? Read More >>

What is there to even say? Joerg Sprave dreamed up a slingshot that shoots glass ashtrays and has a broken beer bottle attached as a bayonet. It's all pretty legit. Read More >>

In Japan, just like on the continent, they love their beer with a healthy head of foam. Which explains why gadgets like the self-frothing beer mug, and now this ultrasonic frother even exist. Read More >>

If you have the fun kind of drinking problem where the world spins happy songs when you're buzzing, enjoy this 24-pack of beer facts. Did you know that you probably suffer from cenosillicaphobia? Or that the need for beer brought in awesome inventions? Or that drinking beer is like vitamins? These are all facts you can use on your friends when you find yourself tipsier than typical on a random Tuesday. Like today. Read More >>

Crack open a bottle of suds and prepare to be amazed as Professor Charlie Bamforth leads a tour of the UC Davis Brewery, revealing the astonishingly complex chemical process—and artisanal origins—behind making beer. [PopSci] Read More >>

Poop has been around for as long as there have been animals to produce it. It's a constant, brown, smelly presence in all of our lives. But over the long stretch of history, humanity has come up with some brilliant and clever uses for it. Advance apologies for spoiling your lunch. Read More >>

Look, the majesty of nature is great and all, but camping would be a lot better if you had cold, carbonated beer at the end of a trek. And DrinkTanks has a growler on the way to help. Read More >>

Shocking revelation: humans like beer! But if all you're doing is drinking it, you're missing out on some of life's greatest beery pleasures. Don't let wine have all the fun; try these delectable beer-based recipes that will bring your love affair with booze to mouth-watering new heights. Read More >>

Controversial plans to continue hiking the taxes we pay on beer are likely to stay in place, with the government set to continue the inflation plus two per cent annual duty rise suffered by beer drinkers in this week's budget. Expect to see men "filling their tanks" at pubs across the country on Wednesday night. Read More >>