Abstract: A method of dispensing draught beverage comprises delivering draught beverage (which may be alcoholic, for example lager) from a nozzle 2 into a drinking glass 5 which is being rotated by a rotatably driven platform 8. The nozzle 2 and platform can be part of a font or beverage dispensing apparatus at a drinks bar. In the vicinity of the rotating glass is a rotating visual display which is provided by a cylinder 9 which rotates with the platform and bears a succession of cinematographic representations or pictures 10 which move within an enclosure 6 having a viewing window 4 through which the moving representations are viewed as an animated display.

Abstract: A method of serving a drink at a counter 6 of a drinks bar comprises providing a digital camera 2 connected to a printer 3 adjacent a nozzle 5 for delivering draught beverage into a glass 4. The camera takes a picture of the ambient surroundings and/or of a person in or adjacent to the bar, and then the printer prints the picture at 7 on the glass at the time or shortly before the drink is served in the glass.

Abstract: A self cooling beverage container or can. In one embodiment water (26) is maintained at low pressure such that the boiling point is reduced. The water (26) is caused to boil and the vapour to be absorbed by a desiccant. The boiling of the water (26) causes heat to be absorbed from the beverage. The desiccant may be carbon (28). The water (26) or carbon (28) (or other chemicals) in one embodiment are maintained within a blind bore (30) within the container. The water and carbon are separated by a burstable membrane (42).

Abstract: A self cooling beverage container or can. Different embodiments of a self cooling can are shown including the use of an endothermic reaction perhaps between ammonium nitrate and water. In another embodiment a volatile liquid is evaporated. In another embodiment water is maintained in a low pressure environment and allowed to boil. The vapour which is produced from the boiling water is absorbed by a desiccant maintaining the boiling process. The cooling process may be initiated by the pressure release of a carbonated beverage can during opening of the can.