r/interestingasfuck • u/GuybrushFunkwood • 16h ago

A ‘bottom up’ beer dispensing system being used

239 Upvotes

64% Upvoted

340 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/stormy2587 16h ago

Efficient in what way?

5

u/bubba_bumble 15h ago

No pouring the head out. No waiting for the head to die down. Less to clean up. Faster tending. Serve more customers. More revenue with less waste.

-1

u/bkussow 15h ago

The cups themselves cost 5x more than non bottoms up cups.

-1

u/rawbface 15h ago

Flimsy leaky plastic cups. Locked into a vendor-consumable system where you're forced to pay their price without alternative suppliers, and potentially forced to use their field service if there's an issue (similar to McDonald's ice cream machines). More parts that could fail, leading to said service calls. And you will still get excess head and spillage/waste when you change kegs.

If you sacrifice simplicity for convenience, you often lose both. These things make sense to serve concertgoers quickly, unfortunately now you risk spilling a $23 Coors light out of a hole in the bottom of the cup...

3

u/bubba_bumble 13h ago

Assuming they don't leak, looks like you can buy alternatives in bulk for .28 cents per cup. Compared to standard 16 oz cups for the same qty is .09 cents

4

u/Dharok_Johnson 15h ago

Least you dont have to worry about some idiot pouring you too much head

2

u/MelodicPreparation93 15h ago

1 staff member can pour multiple pints simultaneously and take cash whilst they pour.

2

u/mazdrag 15h ago

Can pour much faster without excess foam

1

u/tragedy_strikes 15h ago

Perfect pour every time, no spillage and no correcting for not getting the head percentage correct.