Bev by Black + Decker – A couple of month ago I reported on the Hamilton Beach automatic Bartender. Now there’s a new and different auto drink maker from Black + Decker called Bev. Bev lets you use your own bottles of liquor (750 ml bottles) by inserting a straw from the machine into each liquor bottle. Then you need one more thing, a Bartesian capsule. The capsule (like a kind of K-cup) adds juices, bitters and and whatever else your mixed drink requires, expect of course, the alcohol. Before you make your drink you pick the cocktail strength, from mocktail to strong. And there are the LED lights! They uplight your bottles as it removes liquor from them, or in ‘Party Mode’ where the bottles light up in sequence. No mirrored ball needed. Bartesian makes the pods and the company has dozens of varieties. They average about $3 when bought in packs. Black + Decker Bev is expected out in early June. MSRP: $299.
Company website: https://www.blackanddecker.com/products/product-stories/bev
This will be less expensive than the Bartesian Premium Cocktail and Margarita Machine which on 3/19/22 was just about $370.00 on Amazon. They both use Bartesian Capsules. The Bartesian is available now. The Bev should be out in June 2022.
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Gone from the auto bartender scene is Drinkworks from Keurig. They announced they were ceasing support of the machine mid-December 2021. They said they would refund money to people who bought the Drinkworks machine. That offer ran from mid-December to the end of February 2022.
