http://deadspin.com/371798/also-its-...y-harass-a-tap

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What a great idea! I guess the group decides on a type of beer and the tap is set to it or do they seat you at a tap based on beer preference?

I'm pretty sure there's something like this at UK's Yo!Sushi.

There's the Asahi Beer robot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXmGYk_A_c

And I was delighted to get a cider pourer on rollers at La Sidrería Escondida http://www.lasidreriaescondida.com/h..._alicante.html

You buy a litre bottle of cider (the alcoholic stuff) which gets turned upside down into the wooden frame. Press a button and the cider gets shot up a metal pipe and squirted into a glass below - approximating this: http://www.fenichel.com/sidrapour.jpg or http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/im...Josu_Sidra.jpg

The cider is initially flat (good Asturian ciders are), but the pressure from the pouring process makes it fizzy.
There's a selection of Table Top Cider Taps here: http://www.sidreria.com/portal/tienda/index.asp
(the one I used was much nicer, the closest approximation is the one third from the bottom - of course, it's best not to confuse your escanciadores as this chap did )
Here's a real one in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvI_lwUJfoY&NR=1

This is slightly different as it does not run out (you pay for what you drink, not what you order).

We have something similar to the video you posted but eventually that runs out, the video I linked to shows a system that is hooked up to the internal tap system of the bar, not the whim of the waiter/waitress.

That's it, this will get me to go to ATL. Even on DL metal.

I've seen quite a few in rural NZ. ~$100 US for the full keg in a restaurant ^^^

Just like in the launch photo at yo! sushi, huh?

http://www.yosushi.com/ which shows the beer taps.

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1 litre of cider is enough for me (I'm drunk by then). You can buy several bottles in one go if you suspect the waiters won't be fast enough for you. The reason I'm delighted with the automated escanciadores is that I like to squirt out only a little amount of pressurised cider at a time so I can enjoy it with the optimum amount of 'fizz' (this disappears quite quickly). If I had to ask an expert 'bar tender' to pour me out each and every dribble this would get very boring, and embarrassing, very quickly.
As a result, I get to enjoy this wonderful drink at it's very best in my own time. No need to wolf it down before it goes flat.
This means it's much more useful to me than the limitless beer taps, even with the 1 litre at a time limitation.

Bet you never knew about, much less used, an escanciador though

What an ingenious idea! I will definitely have to try it the next time I am in ATL.

Let me know how it goes, and we may have to pay a visit.