When it comes to shower beers, I was totally a late bloomer. In fact, it was just a couple of years ago that I first experienced the delightful combination of cold carbonation and hot steam. I know. I can’t believe I never did this in college, either.
(In fairness to me, I lived in a dorm for all four years of college and shared a communal bathroom with fifty other girls. When shower time came around, I was more concerned with keeping my flip-flopped feet away from whatever grossness lurked on the shower floor than I was with getting my booze on.)
Anyway, I guess you could say I’m making up for lost time, because these days shower beers are a regular event in my bathroom. (Like, at least a couple of times a week. I love them.)
Where to rest your shower beer between sips is always a challenge. It’s gotta be away from the spray and safe from flying suds, yet easy to access. That ledge on the edge of the tub, between the shower curtain and liner? Seems ideal, but it’s kind of a danger zone, actually. One too-strong swipe at those curtains and your beer is going down the drain – or all over your floor. (Shower Foul!)
Until recently, I’d just plop my shower beers alongside the shampoo bottles, which worked okay. Then I discovered the ShaKoozie.
For real. It’s a shower-mounted koozie. I love America.
Because, really, who hasn’t thought to themselves, at some point: Why don’t showers come with cup holders? I am so glad that someone decided to make a product to address this oversight.
The ShaKoozie is a two-part device. The sticky “launch pad,” with its heavy-duty velcro patch on the front, mounts to your shower wall:
Congratulations, your shower now has a nipple.
The second piece is a koozie outfitted with a drain hole and a complementary velcro patch:
Simple, but brilliant. Once that thing is stuck on the launch pad, it doesn’t move, and I was surprised to find that the velcro doesn’t seem to be affected by water.
And as a bonus, the ShaKoozie is equally at home on your bathroom counter, keeping your beverage cold while you blow-dry your hair.
What I liked:
- Easy installation
- Portability of the koozie unit
- Novelty (It would be an awesome conversation starter if you happen to be sharing your shower with a special friend!)
What I didn’t like:
- Lack of portability of the launch pad unit (once you stick it, you’re stuck with that spot)
- Apparently the damn thing doesn’t refill itself! (Ba-dum-bum)
Overall, I’m very happy with my ShaKoozie experience and would recommend it to anyone looking to take their shower drinking to the next level. It would make a great stocking stuffer for a beer lover, and I’ll bet this bad boy would be a hot commodity in any of those white elephant steal-the-gift type games.
Want to try one? I have TWO ShaKoozies to give away! Here’s how to enter:
Mandatory entry:
1 entry: Check out ShaKoozie on Facebook, like them, and leave me a comment saying that you did
Bonus entries (leave a separate comment for each entry, please):
+1: Tell me what kind of beer (or other beverage) you’d put in your ShaKoozie +1: Tweet about this giveaway – “Step up your #showerbeer game. Enter to win a @ShaKoozie from @shelbyvanpelt http://wp.me/p1LeS6-1hz” +1: Blog about this giveawayI’ll pick two winners at random on Monday, December 5 at midnight.
So go get it done. If you don’t at least enter, you’ll regret it next time you lose a beer because your cat knocked it off of the toilet tank.
For more ShaKoozie info, check out their online store (and hilarious FAQs).
*Thanks to Phil at ShaKoozie for giving me a ShaKoozie to review and two to share! Aside from that, I have not been compensated for this post in any way, and all opinions are my own. There are no affiliate links in this post.
bahahahah. this is amazing. I’d put a SA Chocolate Bock in mine. I wait all year for those suckers to show up. Yum.
i liked shakoozie!
oh, and i’d put a Pyramid Apricot Ale in it…
I liked Shakoozie on Facebook! I’d put a Pyramid Golden Monkey in mine. Mmmmm Belgian tripels.
I can’t like Shakoozie on Facebook – my teetotaling mother-in-law would kill me- but I admit it’s a clever idea.
Haha, fair enough! Points for intent
No one deserves this more than me. I’m going full on bonus entries for this one.
I liked Shakoozie – everyone needs to know about this awesomeness.
That’s amazing!!
I liked Shakoozie on FB. I would put a mixed vodka drink into my Shakoozie. Go big or go home.
Post-run I would put a refreshing DuClaws 13 Degrees in there (local microbrew). For any old time I would go with a Chamay Red. Or really anything made by the Trappes; they know what they’re doing. Great, now I’m ready for a drink at 10 am.
This is by far the best blog giveaway of all time. I facebooked and liked them and will probably be gifting this to all of my loved ones. Thank you for completing my Christmas shopping.
Normally I’d rather drink a Mich Ultra than enter a stranger’s blog giveaway from some random free crap, but this really wasn’t something I could pass up. I liked those Shakoozies on the ‘Book
I would definitely need a few months to experiment with my shakoozie to find the best shower beer out there. I’d start off with something trashy, yet complex, with perhaps an Old Style? But craft beers definitely have their place in the shower. So many options..
amazing. i like this. in life, and on facebook.
I have never heard of having a shower beer before I read this post. Sounds like a brilliant idea though. If you ship to Canada, I would put an Innis & Gunn in there: beer fermented in scotch casks.
I tweeted.
I definitely liked them on FB! My husband will be wtf’ing at that in no time at all.
As for what beer to put in there, you’ve got it almost right in the picture with the Chocolate Moo Thunder. I’d be all about Pork Slap Ale or maybe even some of Dale’s Old Chub.
hmmm. i’d go for a sweeeet pumpkin ale. would contrast the heat of the shower. or something.
And I’d put a Smuttynose S’Muttonator in there (will that fit? That’s what he said?). And then I wouldn’t shave my legs in the shower, because it’s 8.5% ABV and drunkenness and razors do not mix.
This is genius LOL! I liked them of FB
And I tweeted. Regrettably not from my work Twitter, though that would have been fun.
I tweeted about your giveaway too!
I tweeted.
I love this. It just kept getting better as I read on…velcro for easy transport? Genius! I will put a Bell’s Oberon (or some other delightful spring beer) in my ShaKoozie when my probation is over
I liked the Shakoozie on FB, though it should have a page on Google +. I would put an old fashioned Bud Light in it, just like in the college days!
This is the best give away in the whole blogosphere. I would put a Magic Hat Circus Boy in there, assuming I could find it in D.C.
Tweeted @welcometoboston
This is amazing and hysterical. I am definitely getting this for someone for Christmas. This is seriously perfect for post-race. Seriously, because I always take really long, hot showers post-race but always want my celebratory beer at the same time. (liked ‘em on FB and I would put a PBR in it.)
Hey guys – ShaKoozie founder here – just dropping in to say THANK YOU for the awesome response, and let’s juice up someone’s shower beer experience!
Cheers,
Phil Novara
PS: You runners drink some crazy brew-ha’s:)
PSS: I never knew the shower beer was such a post-run staple!
Oh man! How fantastic. If I was feeling fancy, I’d put a bottle of Two Brother’s Ebel’s Weiss in there.
I tweeted it. I also Facebooked it just because it’s awesome.
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I want a shakoozie!! I just liked them on FB and tweeted about the give-away. I would fill it with PBR, obvs.
I think a more appropriate question would be: what kind of beer WOULDN’T you put in this thing??? And I’ll tell you- an empty one.
Freaking genius.
also I just tweeted. (That kind of sounds dirty, right?)
‘Liked’ on Facebook.
I would love to put an Oskar Blues Ten Fidy in here while I get ready to go!
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I just blogged about ye old giveaway. http://bit.ly/tv9V1S
Liked on Facebook. The real challenge is, if I win, would I keep it for myself or give it to the friend who turned me onto shower beers in the first place?
And this time of year, I’d fill that puppy up with an Anchor Christmas.
Oh, what a great idea! I liked them on facebook.
Bonus entry: I am loving Rahr Blonde right now, but I think it only comes in bottles. So it’d probably be a Shiner.
Aaaaand tweeted.
this is brilliant & I am going to “win” at stocking stuffers this year thanks to this. If I win one, its all for me though
Around here, for MCDs (Multiple Cold Domestics)we tend to go Coors Original, which makes for a nice refreshing mid-shower treat. For an extra luxurious post-long-run shower, I might go Young’s double chocolate stout.
I liked them on FB! What a brilliant idea. And people think the snuggie is genius… THIS is genius!!
I am sure most days it will be filled with Budlight. We like to keep it classy over here.
I tweeted your giveaway.
Venturing out of lurkdom to say that I liked Shakoozie on fb, and I tweeted a link to your blog. This rocks!
I’d put a can of Good People Brewery’s Nut Brown Ale in that sucker.
I liked them on FB and if I win I’m sending it to Marie because she really really wants it.
I would put some Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ale in there and drink it because nothing says Christmas like drinking a beer in the shower.
I also tweeted about this giveaway. I used your example because I’m lazy. But I did add that I’ll give it to Marie. Because really, she wants and deserves it. She has an alien growing inside her.
You totally turned me onto the awesomeness of shower beers. Miller Lite for me.
oh ma gawd , i need this for my Husband. He can die a happy man once he has a sha-koozie! He’s not a beer connossiuer, but he’ll throw down some miller lite. heh I will be tweeting, blogging & facebooking this awesomeness !! Even if I don’t win, i’m buying him one. or two.
Oh my gahh. Want. I’d put an Allagash White in there!
Genius! I liked them on Facebook.
And I’d put one of the new Blue Moon cans in mine.
I liked the facebook page….I hope the ripple effect is far and wide.
This does not look very bottle friendly, but I would have to fill ‘er up with a nice cold Shiner Bock.
I liked them on facebook!
I’d like to say I’d put some sort of fancy beer in my ShaKoozie, but I suspect I’d take it’s virginity with cheap-ass Bud Light.
Because I’m classy.
I twatted!
I would LOVE to win this. I’ve got some long training runs coming up that will require a shower beer to follow. I’ve liked them on Facebook and will be tweeting this ASAP.
Oh. My. God. BRILLIANT.
I would totally fill it with Sapporo. There’s something about Sapporo that just screams “post-run shower beer” to me.
And I tweeted.
And facebook liked.
Ah, nothing like enabling the slow descent into alcoholism. Liked on facebook and, since I have so few chances to enjoy their awesome nitrogen cans, I’d fill the Shakoozie with a Boddingtons. Yum. I guarantee this post is responsible for way too many midday beers being drunk.
Awesomeness. Many a stockings will be stuffed with these bad boys. I’m ordering one for myself as well – because if I win, it’s going to Marie. Pyramid Apricot Ale for me – I don’t care if it’s in a bottle, I’m willing to risk it.
FB liked!
I liked Shakoozie! And while I’d like to tell you that I’d put beer in there, it would probably end up being some <$10 Chardonnay
I’m entering via the only way that allows me to not leave this webpage (does this count? Do I have to check out fb to get the bonus entry). I would put….a can of coconut water in their after a long run! Isn’t that a good runner answer!?
Most beers I drink don’t come in cans.
Hey: expo sometime between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. for me. Any chance you had a similar plan?
I liked them on FB!
Oh, and I would probably use the ShaKoozie for a nice cold Heineken!
I’m a ShaKoozie fan!
I would totally use it for my morning Diet Coke in addition to showerbeers.
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