Hi-tech keg: Zillow engineers build tablet-controlled, web-enabled Kegerator for office

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Every few months, the engineers over at Zillow put on a Hack Week where teams spend seven days working on all kinds of cool projects that improve internal efficiency. While this one might not necessarily help the Seattle online real estate company’s bottom line, the Zillow Kegerator is pretty damn cool.   With the help of the open-source KegBot… Read More…

Home delivery of liquor is now legal in Washington: Will Amazon jump on board?

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Washington liquor lovers rejoice: Beginning this weekend, you can now have that bottle of Jack or some high-quality Patron delivered right to your door. It’s now legal for liquor retailers to deliver spirits in the state of Washington, granted that the customer is over 21 years of age. Only beer and wine were previously deliverable, but state… Read More…

Beer-loving serial entrepreneur Raghav Kher touts LetsPour

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Raghav Kher has started companies around online marketplaces (Imandi.com); IT automation (Rendition Networks); and movie rentals (India’s Seventymm). Now, the Seattle area entrepreneur, inspired by a trip to Oregon’s wine and beer country a few years ago, is going after his true passion: Beer. Kher has partnered with former Rendition Networks engineer Rick Lamareaux to… Read More…

Taplister helps beer-lovers find what’s on tap

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In the Pacific Northwest, breweries are about as common as the rain. Yet for some dubious reason, GQ left out both Portland and Seattle in its list of the five best beer cities in the country. Perhaps the GQers had a bit too much to drink while ranking the cities. Yelp lists 43 breweries near downtown… Read More…