The Bartender’s Tool Roll
is exactly what it sounds like. The brainchild of
Seattle bartender Mike McSorley and designer Malia Peoples, this tool roll has
already seen small-scale success on Etsy, and now, Mike and Malia are ready to take
their American-made canvas tool roll to the next level. With just a
few days to go, they’re nearly to their $9,000 goal. Click here for more info.
Billing itself as a "craft
brew incubator", the Crooked Bottle would be an extension of Portland’s
already-existing Homebrew Exchange. Aside from producing some delicious
small-batch beers, the Crooked Bottle aims to be a community gathering space for
locals, with a family-friendly patio and a small food cart. At $12,000,
they are nearly halfway to their goal with just over a week to go. Want to
donate? Click here for more info.
What happens when a product
designer becomes passionate about craft cocktails? He dreams up a way to
streamline the mixing process. After realizing that many
classic cocktail recipes are formulaic, Marcus Wang set out to create a
three-in-one measuring tool and, when combined with a pint glass, it becomes a cocktail
shaker. Many months of testing to find just the right size for each of the
three compartments so as to ensure that the widest range of cocktails could be
made resulted in the prototype shown now on Kickstarter. With two weeks
to go, the ReJigger still has a lot of fundraising to do. Click here for more
info.
File this innovative
project under ‘unbelievably cool’. Two graduate students in Portland, Ore. watch
Prohibition, the Ken Burns documentary, and are inspired to dive deeper into
the world of rum-running in the Pacific Northwest. Their mutual fascination has
manifested itself in the form of a fully sketched out, five-part comic book series
that “infuses elements of folktale and urban noir.” Watch their terrific video
to get a feel for the series, and donate just $8 to get a free PDF download of
the completed first issue. Click here for more info.
This small, family-run
kombucha operation in Iowa is ready to scale up, and they need your help! Their
organic, living kombucha is already available on tap throughout Iowa, and
they’re looking to give their organic, barely sweetened root beer the same
treatment. They’d also like to expand their already-popular kombucha line by
introducing a wider variety of seasonal flavors. Click here for more info.