Questions from the clubhouse

Shot Caddie is a family of golf-inspired drink systems for home entertaining: the Original, a manual two-station mixing system with quarter-ounce pumps and engraved menus; the 2.0, an automated shot and drink maker with sixteen smart bottles; Shot Caddie Trivia, a game-night machine where a wrong answer costs a shot; and matching barware engraved and printed in our own shop.

It's a golf pun — and we mean both meanings. In golf, a caddie is the player's personal attendant, the one at your side for every shot of the round. Our machines do the same job at the 19th hole, where a "shot" is the kind you sip. The caddie serves the golfer's shots on the course; the Shot Caddie serves yours at the bar.

The Original is manual: you follow pump-count recipes from the engraved menu (each press pours ¼ oz) and mix in the center shaker. The 2.0 is automated: pick a drink on the touchscreen or your phone and the machine measures, mixes, and pours it for you — no shaker needed.

The Original holds sixteen 500 mL glass bottles across two stations — eight liquors around the center shaker and eight mixers in two rows of four. The 2.0 holds sixteen 8–16 oz bottles in any combination, and the Mini 2.0 holds six or eight.

Not at all. Both machines are built for shots and full mixed drinks. The Original's menu covers both (just scale the pump counts), and the 2.0's library holds thousands of drinks and cocktails, plus any recipes you save yourself.

On the Original, every pump press dispenses ¼ oz, so a recipe pours the same way every time (pump volume is approximate and can vary slightly with the liquid and technique). On the 2.0, the system uses automated measured pours with per-ingredient calibration, so spirits and juices each pour true.

Yes. On the Original, choose our standard liquor-and-mixer lineup or send your own — we laser-engrave your bottle labels and a custom wood menu board to match. On the 2.0, you label the bottle slots yourself and can save unlimited recipes of your own. Barware can be personalized with custom text and artwork for gifts, events, and business.

Yes. The 2.0 can be fully controlled from your phone — choose drinks, configure the system, and even queue pours to claim at the machine with a QR code. Shot Caddie Trivia lets players join and answer from their phones instead of the touchscreen.

It's an optional convenience feature: look at the camera and the 2.0 pulls up your favorite drinks and releases anything you've queued from your phone. Prefer not to use it? The feature is optional and can be left off — QR codes work too.

The Original's 500 mL glass bottles are dishwasher safe. The pumps should be hand washed.

All three machines are in development, and everything launches first on Kickstarter, followed by direct sales here at shotcaddie.net. Join the launch list to be first when ordering opens.

Adults of legal drinking age who like to entertain — home bars, parties, game rooms, tailgates, and golf outings. Please drink responsibly: Shot Caddie products are designed for adult beverage dispensing and are not medical or safety devices.