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I ordered a beer at Boomer's on the Hill a couple weeks ago and the bartender held the glass upside down over this hole below the taps.
She flipped a switch or pressed a button and a plume of ice cold water shot up inside of the glass, chilling it in seconds.
What's this thing called? How many bars around town have it? I've never seen it before.
(AP photo)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.
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Comments
that my good sir, is pure magic. and i want it.
Posted by: Allan | July 23, 2008 12:15 PM
I don't know if there's a special name for the rinser, but it's one of the steps that supposedly "must" be done for a properly poured Belgian beer, along with using a properly branded glass, scraping off the top of the head, etc.
Posted by: dave | July 23, 2008 12:36 PM
I call it the best damn invention since penecillin.
Posted by: bryanintimonium | July 23, 2008 1:27 PM
I was trying to hang a picture in the bathroom once and fell and hit my head. When I woke up, I drew a picture of something similar.
Posted by: JTK | July 23, 2008 1:35 PM
Never heard of it, nor seen one...but I suggest ity be called "Beerdet" or if you prefer a more European flavour, "Beirdet" (pronounced, "Beer Day")
Posted by: The Beav | July 23, 2008 2:08 PM
Don't know if it's the same company who makes theirs, but it's called Frost Worx:
http://frostworx.com/
Posted by: Trouble | July 23, 2008 2:31 PM
checked it out tonight, very nice!!! what a wonderful bar, clean put together well, hopefully it does well.
Posted by: jason | July 25, 2008 1:49 AM
Where is this joint?
Posted by: eCommerce Consultant | July 27, 2008 10:58 AM
it's right in your backyard buddy, If you ever decide to stop hanging out at No Idea all the time and expand your horizons you might have stumbled upon it. It is at the end of Belt Street which is one block before Jackson off of Fort Avenue.
Posted by: jason | July 28, 2008 1:09 AM