For when one night of crying in a cold shower isn't enough, the Jägermeister 6-Bottle Shot Cooler puts six bottles of the licorice from hell on ice, making them accessible through a spigot that looks suitably impossible to properly sterilize. At $120, the price must look a bit steep to most college freshman. But this is your future we're talking about, people. Spare no expense. This college certainly isn't going to drop itself out. [Jägermeister via Uncrate via uberreview]

The Arkteg features a 24-inch 1080i LCD that's powererd by a Dell GX260 SFF—a bargain bin PC that can handle any MAMEing you have in mind. With the PC core, you score extras like Wi-Fi, DVD playback and karaoke, along with support for multiple brands of romz. (69 licensed games including Mortal Kombat II and Centipede come preloaded.)

The keyboard stows away while HAPP buttons and joysticks along with a Betson-Imperial 3-inch ball sit framed by a laser-cut aluminum panel.

On the beer side, the Arkeg stores 5 gallons of brew along with a 5lb CO2 bottle. Everything's kept cool with near-silent Solid-state Thermoelectric Cooling System.

Is it worth $4000? Probably not. But Dream Arcades drinking-and-driving-friendly Octane will run you almost double. [Arkeg]

At present, the device is set to analyze the following brands: Johnny Walker, JB, DYC, Pampero, Brugal and Havana club, although in future version we expect that Rotgutonix will be able to analyze the chemical composition of over 20 well-known brands, mainly rum, whisky, gin, and vodka.

The site also says the device is currently "a prototype still in the marketing phase", but we'll look out for it.

A fun side note: it's designed by the guy who gave the world the Condometric (a condom with a ruler stenciled on it) and the ball and chain student study aid (with built-in unlocking timer). Right then! [Curiosite via Technabob]

Think about it. You could be sitting around a table with a bunch of people in suits who you've never met (and quite frankly, don't believe exist for any purpose on this earth other than making awkward dinner conversation), OR, you could be taking tequila shots off the bride along with a Party Pump chaser.

Constructed of "party-safe plastic," the transparent look will blend perfectly with the inlaws' insistence on crystal. Plus, at just $25 a pop, it makes for a cheaper table centerpiece that dumb flowers.

At least, that's what I've convinced Jason. [Taylor Gifts via Nerd Approved]

Apparently, air pressure and water pressure insure that a consistent amount of fluid from the tank runs into the glass as the user drinks. I can see how that might work, but it doesn't take a genius to realize that a glass vessel like this one would probably snap at the stem like a twig when tilted only slightly (a serious challenge for the tipsy drunk). My suggestion is to drink straight out of the bottle or, if you are a more civilized alcoholic, buy one of those giant glasses that can hold an entire bottle of wine. Not surprisingly, the Glass Tank is only a concept. [Kyouei via Trends Now via DVICE]

Because the Micro Matic v-POD is both your TV and your beer dispenser. Constructed of stainless steel and loaded with six faucets that can dispense anything from beer to beer, the v-POD already sounds like a must-buy for its $3,050 asking price. But the v-POD also features a 10-inch LCD with stereo speakers that can play back MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4 and MP3 files off of your flash storage of choice.

Sure, we wish that display were a bit bigger. But when you're curled up in the fetal position crying about your failings as a human being, even a 50-inch Kuro isn't going to stop the pain. Lessen, maybe. Stop, no way. [v-Pod via Engadget]

Bar2 is radio controlled and runs about 8 hours on a single charge. And as you can see in our gallery, he's great with the ladies.

The robot is a fully stocked bar on wheels with compartments for ice, beer and mixed drinks. Grab a beer from Bar2 and its carousel system automatically rotates to present you with the next bottle (15 max capacity). The top carousel holds up to six bottles of hard alcohol and mixers that is programmable to mix the perfect drink.

And Bar2D2 sounds like his fictional counterpart, stocked with the soundboard of an R2-D2 toy. See the full process of building Bar2 over at Jamie Price's flickr page. [flickr via Gizmowatch]

[Bars, Cigars and Brew via bornrich]

The inventor, Kent Hodgson, describes the science behind the device thusly:

"You have plastic cooling cells which are pressed down into the dock which houses the liquid carbon dioxide. The liquid CO2 expands and is pressurized into dry ice in the base of the cooling cells ... in a moment."

Storing 16 different chilled liquids, the MyFountain can simply dispense a brew, or mix perfectly portioned drinks at the touch of a few buttons. Through an LCD touchscreen, users can select their ingredients and measurements of choice, or allow the MyFountain to make suggestions based upon the (vile, evil, horrid) liquids on hand.

For those of us with little restraint, limits can be placed on output, with passwords managing different levels of access to the machine. Through a phone line (its only flaw), the MyFountain can even automate beverage orders. And when the stock needs replenishment, lines are automatically cleaned by the system.

Sure, it's intended for commercial use. But for $2,500 when released next year, it would put your neighbor's kegerator to shame. [product via technabob]

Producing up to four cases of wine at a time (woohoo!), the personal winery has a massive steel tank for fermentation. The system controls Brix (sugar levels) by regulating temperature to control yeast at all times, and transmits the data to a PC via WiFi. The software graphs statistics, offers tips to control the flavor and sends notices when tasting is necessary or the skins need pressing.

After 6 months to a year in the tank, wine can be removed and further aged in the packaged oak barrel. And while the entire package will run you a steep $5,999, we'd absolutely love to have a tiny winery of our own...even if we had very little to do with the final product's quality. [product via uberreview]

I sort of hope this works while simultaneously fearing that it will. I like that every bottle of wine represents a chunk of history, even if that history only dates back to 2002. And this video is very much worth your time, just to hear the absolute worst voice work you could possibly imagine. Ok, maybe it's not quite THAT bad, but it's still pretty awful. – Mark Wilson

Greatest. Promo. Vid. Ever. [defensetech]