It's not the beer you drink — it's the vessel you drink it from

I’ll leave this one up to you to judge, but a new drinking device is claimed to use the human body and power to make any beer taste better.

Believe it or not, the ‘electric’ human body, comprising atoms, electrons, protons and neutrons, is a driving force behind 21st century innovation in sensors, smartphones, wearables and consumer products, to name a few.

Global Ionics has recently introduced Beverage Power — a drinking vessel that is powered by the human body — along with a patented voltage booster circuit and one AAA battery to generate a small, safe electric current within any beverage. The results and benefits are astounding, since tastes are altered and enhanced. For example, salty drinks taste saltier, sugary drinks taste sweeter and champagnes taste bubblier. Beer tastes fresher and fizzier, with the drinking device apparently able to bring a flat beer to life.

Ken Davidov, CEO of Global Ionics, says this groundbreaking beverage device can go in so many directions. “With our new innovation, beverage companies can lower sodium and sugar in their products and still achieve great taste, while providing a healthier drink. Our objective is to provide beverage devices and innovations that will speed up recovery due to dehydration, boost energy, flush out toxins, act as an antioxidant and enhance the body’s immune system.”

The Beverage Power device can attach to any cup, glass or water bottle. Fill with your favourite beverage. While drinking, your hand touches the metal ‘acti-strip’ on the side of the cup. Once the beverage touches the lip or mouth, the electric circuit is complete, and millions of negative ions enter the body. The Beverage Power drinking device also allows users to ‘see the light’, since the ion polarisation process is powered by the human body’s energy. Once the light is glowing, the ions are flowing. There are no on/off switches.

Image caption: See the light through your beer in the Beverage Power glass from Global Ionics.