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Keurig Kold lives. The tech is being adapted for alcohol at home and may be relaunched as a new machine.

AB InBev to Work With Keurig on a Home System for Boozy Drinks - Bloomberg
https://apple.news/AVXjjM_niT1SwZJxC4gVk2A

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, adapting to a shift by consumers to drinking more at home, is working with Keurig Green Mountain Inc. to create an alcoholic-drink maker.

The two companies have entered a joint venture to develop the device, according to a statement Friday. The system will be based on technology from Keurig’s cold-beverage system, which was discontinued in June after slow sales.

Keurig, which was acquired for about $13.9 billion by JAB Holding Co. last year, has been seeking ways to diversify away from its signature product: coffee brewers. Though the Keurig Kold was a flop, it was focused on making sodas, iced teas and other nonalcoholic beverages. Revamping it for booze could increase the appeal of the device, which took six years to develop.

Working with AB InBev would let company combine “our capabilities and technologies to deliver innovation,” Keurig Chief Executive Officer Bob Gamgort said in the statement.

in b4 "it will taste like shit and cost more"

This thing from Shark Tank called Fizzics is apparently amazing at improving the taste of beer tho

 

[mreddie]

COMING IN 2017:
Keurig Krunk

 

[BronsonLee]

Keurig AlKohol?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

in b4 "it will taste like shit and cost more"

It WILL taste like shit and cost more.

This is solving a non-existent problem.

 

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Keurig Skoll
Keurig Glass
Keurig Tap
Keurig Draft

 

[statham]

I'll buy it and pour more syrup into it. and Hit the carb button 8 times.

 

[Sanjuro]

The freshest Budweiser on earth.

 

[Volimar]

inb4 kids just start shotgunning the K cups.

 

[Damaniel]

I expect watered down drinks that cost more than buying them in a bar.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Yeah but can I cut the middle man and shove it straight into my butt.

 

[ultratruman]

.

 

[dickroach]

something like this was on Shark Tank (maybe the Canadian Shark Tank, Dragons Den) a few months ago, and I was shocked it hadn't been done before. great idea. will sell like alcoholic hot cakes

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

This sounds like it might be cool. But, if it's either:

• Wastefull/Doesn't utilize reusable packets
• Expensive
• Slow/Loud
• Tastes bad or is weak

Then I'm out.

 

[dickroach]

of course it uses single-use packets.
where you'd put the water in a keurig machine, that's where you're putting your booze; and the packs are flavor mixes for margaritas, daquaris, mojitos, etc

 

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something like this was on Shark Tank (maybe the Canadian Shark Tank, Dragons Den) a few months ago, and I was shocked it hadn't been done before. great idea. will sell like alcoholic hot cakes

It's called Fizzics but it's a sonic oscillator that changes the foam and apparently dramatically improves the taste of an existing bottle of beer

The Keurig machine is like more about easier storage and variety of flavors

 

[Rocketz]

This will be a hard "no" from me.

 

[dickroach]

It's called Fizzics but it's a sonic oscillator that changes the foam and apparently dramatically improves the taste of an existing bottle of beer

The Keurig machine is like more about easier storage and variety of flavors

no. there was a keurig for cocktails. it must've been on Dragon's Den

edit: http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/bartesian
(gotta use a Canadian proxy to watch)

 

[CrocMother]

This kind of takes the fun out of drinking. You enjoy a drink more if you make it or at least a bartender does.

 

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no. there was a keurig for cocktails. it must've been on Dragon's Den

edit: http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/bartesian
(gotta use a Canadian proxy to watch)

Ok yeah on Shark Tank there's only been Fizzics in that category. What's the one in that vid called? Can't see it

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

I'd buy a Keurig Kold if it hadn't been so over priced, I just want soda that taste like the fountain kind.

 

[Hazmat]

Finally, I can pay bar prices for a mixed drink at home!

 

[dickroach]

Ok yeah on Shark Tank there's only been Fizzics in that category. What's the one in that vid called? Can't see it

Bartesian

IIRC the dragons said the drinks were actually good