How many times have you been out at the bar with your friends, waiting what seems like an eternity to get the bartender’s attention so you can grab a beer, only to have them put a less than full glass in front of you? I mean, does that seem fair? You haul your ass all the way down there, pay outrageous prices, and they stiff you. Yeah, I know, that’s what happens at bars all the time. You ask for a top shelf gin and tonic, and you get the gin from the liter sized plastic handle (aka the cheapest liquor known to man). You want a vodka and red bull? You’ll receive a glass barely containing watered-down vodka and a whole lot of sickeningly sweet energy drink. These kinds of injustices have been going on since the dawn of time (ok, maybe not that long, but awhile), but draft beer has always been sacred ground. Now these jokers out there think they can get away with an underfilled glass? This repression has to stop!
If you start packing the Beer Gauge (KegWorks, $2.95), then bartenders will have to stop skimping on your drafts. This handy credit card sized piece of plastic easily and accurately measures the amount of beer in your glass. Sure, maybe you think that’s a little crazy – I mean, how much beer can you really be missing? As it turns out, a lot. Because beer glasses start small and become wider as you reach the top, the majority of the beer volume is contained at the top of the glass. So let’s say that you get your beer and it’s got a 1/2 inch of space at the top of the glass. No big deal, right? It turns out, you’re actually missing 13% of your beer’s volume. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s a lot when you’re paying about $5 for a pint. All you have to do is rest the gauge on the rim of your glass and you can instantly measure how much beer you aren’t getting for your money.
Just think about all the beer you’ve been missing throughout the years! You should probably just head on down to the bar right now and start making up for it.
4 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Dimensions: 3 5/16″ x 2 1/8″
-Same size as a standard credit card
-Fits in most wallets
-Made of rigid waterproof plastic
-Easy to use
-Useful conversion factors
