Bottoms up! Video shows 'upside down pump' pouring glasses of beer in REVERSE
- Video shows bar staff 'pouring' beers from the bottom of the glass up
- The system works by filling the container through a hole in the bottom
- Magnets in the container seal the hole when it is lifted off the dispenser
- Firm behind it, Bottoms Up, said it speeds up service and boosts profits
Many of us might have felt a little topsy turvy after a night out, but most drinkers would double take at the sight of this 'upside down' beer pump.
Footage has emerged of a bar in the US where glasses are placed on a pump fitted to the bar before slowly filling up with liquid from the bottom.
Taken at the Fat Irish Bar and Grill in Oregon, the system uses holes and magnets to create pints quickly, more efficiently and without an oversized head.
Footage has emerged of a bar in the US where glasses are placed on a pump fitted to the bar before slowly filling up with liquid from the bottom. Taken at the Fat Irish Bar and Grill in Oregon, the system (pictured) uses holes and magnets to create pints quickly, more efficiently and without an oversized head
The video was posted online by Viral Hog and shows bar staff pushing glasses onto a dispenser and walking off while the beer pours automatically, returning to pick up the freshly poured pints.
According to the system's makers, Bottoms Up, the secret to an upside down beer is a hole in the specially designed container.
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And to stop the beer leaking out, the firm's glasses use magnets to seal the hole once it is removed from the bar.
To fill the glass, the bar staff simply place the glass on the dispenser, which breaks the magnetic seal, opens the hole and fills the glass with beer from the bottom.
According to the system's makers, Bottoms Up, the secret to an upside down beer is a hole in the specially designed container (pictured being placed on the dispenser)
As the beer fills the glass (pictured on the dispenser), staff can serve other customers. It also means bartenders can 'pour' four drinks at once, saving time
When the cup is lifted from the dispenser, the magnets seal the container again.
According to Bottoms Up, the dispenser has taken bars, arenas, stadiums and restaurants boosts profits by 'turning the beer industry on its head.'
Apparently any keg of beer can be plumbed into the dispenser.
However, it is unclear what it would do for a stout, for example.
The firm has called it 'the world's fastest dispensing system', promising to speed up queues.
Bottoms up has reported an explosion in beer sales at universities that have used the system.
And it claims the system has no wastage typically caused by over-pouring or over foaming.
When the glass is placed on the dispenser it breaks the magnetic seal, opening the hole in the bottom. This is resealed when the glass is lifted off the dispenser. The system's maker, Bottoms Up, claims there is no wastage due to over-pouring or over foaming
BEWARE THE BEER PERCENTAGE
We might assume that the difference between a four per cent and a five per cent beer is minimal. But we would be mistaken. Stock image
You might assume the difference between a four per cent and a five per cent beer is minimal. But you would be mistaken.
Research has shown that over the course of a three-hour drinking session, the amount of alcohol in your system when drinking the five per cent beer is double the amount left over during the same period drinking the lower strength version.
Equally, some spirit drinkers can have numerous measures before feeling the effects, while the same person can feel tipsy after just one pint of beer.
This is despite the fact the spirit is typically around 40 per cent strength, compared to a beer's relatively meagre 5 per cent.
According to beer expert Joe Stange from Draft magazine, the reason can be explained using simple maths.
In the UK, a unit is the measure of the amount of alcohol in a drink.
One UK unit is 10mL (8g) of pure alcohol and a typical pint of ale contains one or two units, while a glass of wine can contain anything from around one and a half to three units, depending on the size of the glass and its strength.
Many drinks now show the strength, measured as 'alcohol by volume' or ABV, on the label alongside the number of units.
Alternatively, people can calculate the number of units in their drink by multiplying the amount in millilitres (ml) by the strength (ABV) and dividing the result by 1,000, or by using a unit calculator.
But as a rough guide, one unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of 4 per cent lager or beer, 25mL of a 40 per cent spirit, a standard 50ml pub measure of 20 per cent of sherry or port.
A small glass (125ml) of 12 per cent wine contains typically one and a half units.
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