Some people love to take liquor shots while out tailgating. The purpose of liquor shots is usually not because you enjoy the taste. If that were the case you would wander around the parking lot with a scotch on the rocks. Most tailgaters taking shots are doing it for the end result of catching a buzz. Willy Wonka said it best when he said, “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker“.
In order to combat the age old problem of grimacing after taking a tequila shot and scrambling for a chaser, the inventors of Shot Straws apparently have a solution. You take the shot out of an over-sized straw with a valve at the bottom in order to drink your shot and chaser one right after the other. Take a look at their demo video:
As you saw in the video, the Shot Straw is designed to make taking shots easy without having to endure the bad taste associated with liquor shots. We were sent samples of Shot Straws and tried them out for ourselves.
Upon receiving them, one red and one blue, we thought they looked a lot like a test tube but with a valve trigger system on it. We checked out their website and viewed their video before receiving the samples so we knew what they were intended to accomplish.
Of course we had to try them out as soon as we got them. Our liquor of choice was tequila. This choice was based on the fact that tequila has quite a strong taste and would be easier to recognize how much of it we would taste before the chaser followed it. We did the tequila shot followed by a chaser of lemonade. On our first try with no practice we tasted a slight hint of the tequila but it was soon washed away by the lemonade chaser.
I will admit, the width of the Shot Straw took some getting used to it. It is much wider than drinking out of a regular drinking straw and most people are not used to sucking liquid up and out of a container that big. If filled to the top, the Shot Straw can hold 1.3 oz. That is just about the size of your standard sized shot depending on what area of the country you reside. Just prepare yourself that even though you have been drinking out of a thinner straw all your life, you will be able to adjust to the new size Shot Straw.
For those tailgaters who don’t mind the taste of liquor shots, the Shot Straw is probably not for you. If you like the effect liquor shots give you without the bad taste associated with hard liquor, Shot Straws are definitely something you should investigate further. Even if you like the taste of shots you may want to invest in some Shot Straws and stash them away in your tailgating kit. You never know when some cute girls could join your tailgate that hate the taste of liquor. Break out the Shot Straws and now you just took away their excuse.
Shot Straws come in clear FDA approved plastic injection molding acrylic – the same material that plastic shot glasses are made out of. The logo is etched onto the device using a laser, so you won’t have to worry about inks or glue leaking into your beverage. The o-ring is also made out of a special type of rubber that is FDA approved to be in direct contact with alcohol.
The Shot Straw is 7 inches tall with a one-inch diameter tube that holds 1.3 oz of liquid; slightly less than the size of a standard shot. The device is designed to fit into a standard 16 oz red party cup, but can also fit into almost any drinking glass.
The color options available are red and blue and those colors are only the color of the valve trigger. Priced at $19.99 a piece they might be a bit more expensive than you would have expected. But we will leave that decision up to you.
After thoroughly testing the Shot Straw at home and while out tailgating, we are going to deem Shot Straws “Tailgate Approved”. They are small enough to fit in your pocket and are extremely lightweight, the Shot Straw would be welcome at any tailgate party.
To learn more about Shot Straws or to buy some for yourself, visit: www.shotstraws.com