A hearty toast to our excellent host

Excalibur Electronics, Miami, Fla., has made knowing everything about your favorite beverages as easy as pressing a button. The company has developed three user-friendly devices that can assist anyone in making a mixed drink and that tell you everything you need to know about beer and wines.

The Brew Master is a handheld electronic device, packed with all you could ever want to know about beer. Ratings and reviews on more than 1,500 brews are available with just the touch of a button. Shaped like a beer stein, Brew Master also will teach you how to judge a beer by its label. Other information includes visitors' tips to the best breweries and microbreweries. Moreover, Brew Master is replete with the best beer and food pairings, toasts from around the world, plus bar games and jokes. And get this, it even includes phone numbers for taxis in major cities around the world. Happy hoisting!

With the Bar Master Deluxe, meanwhile, you'll mix the perfect drink every time. The Bar Master contains the recipe for nearly every drink imaginable. Its easy-to-read screen displays the shape of the glass to use and the exact amount of each of the ingredients necessary to guarantee gratified guests. The Bar Master lets individuals search for drinks alphabetically by name, category, ingredients, glass, or type of alcohol. Bar Master also expounds on bar tips, jokes, terminology, and toasts. It even will help you calculate a drinkers blood alcohol rate based on his or her size and what drinks were consumed. It's everything you need to know about a bar and drinks--and it fits in the palm of you hand.

Wine Master, too, brings out the great connoisseur hiding in you. Packed with information on more than 10,000 wines and partnered with the leading wine connoisseur magazine, The Wine Enthusiast, this handheld device will teach you about which wines to pair with which meals, and so much more. The Wine Master will show you how to store wine, how to taste it, and how to read and understand labels. Search for the best wine based on your meal, locale, producer, grape, or even price. The Wine Master includes a glossary of wine terms and a rating of each vintage.

All three "Masters" are available for $29.95 apiece. For more information, call 800-592-4377 or visit www.excaliburelectronics.com.

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