You can now be the star of your own party by doubling as a host and bar tender!
Keurig and Anheuser-Busch have released Drinkworks Home Bar by Keurig, a machine that makes cocktails instead of coffee. You pop in a pod, push a button, and the machine pops out a drink. Drinkworks, a joint venture of Keurig and Anheuser-Busch, is selling the machine by mail order and at a few select retailers, exclusively in St. Louis. Expansion to other markets is planned for 2019.
The appliance doesn’t work with Alexa or Google Assistant like other smart kitchen gadgets such as the Smarter Coffee 2. However, it does have an iOS app, which can be used to remotely track what the machine is doing, order refills, and troubleshoot.
The machines cost $299 while the pods cost $3.99 each, or $15.99 for four. Users will need to add in water and install a CO² cartridge that can make an average of 12 drinks.
Currently, the Drinkworks Home Bar can make 15 different cocktails, ranging from a G&T to a Long Island Iced Tea to Sangria to a White Russian or Mai Tai, or three different kinds of Margarita. It can also churn out a couple of brands of beer and even a hard cider.
By: Maytinee Kramer
