| Jul. 1, 2009 | Posted by: MSLK |
The Beer Necessities: Go Plates
These days, it seems people have gotten really creative with their beer drinking. The Go Plate, much like The Ashhole, (which MSLK designed the packaging for) can transform your empty beer bottle, can or cup into an instant commodity.
While The Ashhole fits on top of empty bottles and converts them into an ashtray, The Go Plate fits around your beverage receptacle of choice and as a result, allows you to carry your food and drink in one hand. It’s pretty clever and pretty practical; however, I don’t suppose it will help get rid of any beer bellies any time soon.
-Mariana G.
As Reactions continues to evolve, we are pleased to announce the addition of guest bloggers to our blog. This post features Mariana Gorn, our trend-spotting, beer-swilling, intern.
Hilarious. I want to buy 20 of The Asshole and bring them to the beer garden where they will be used eponymously (wd?). [Why must smokers use every opportunity for outdoor, fresh air enjoyment to pollute the rest of us? Grr.]
Nice idea, but how does one drink the beer without spilling/dumping the food all over oneself? I guess you take the plate on/off the bottle every time, which is kind of a pain, but I suppose still better than having to have plate in one hand, beer in the other, and no hand to hold flatware.
Ahem, it’s Ash-hole, Jennifer, not… well, you know what I’m saying. Anyway, the Ashhole was most certainly ahead of its time. And Joni, it seems as if both the Ashhole and the (poorly named) GoPlate require removing the add-on prior to drinking the beverage. Or drinking at all, for that matter.
I saw very similar and clever designs recently in Aspen at the Food & Wine Classic. brilliant really – at an event where people roam and taste all day long, it would be impossible if both hands were full.