A brewery in New Zealand has invented a vending machine that dispenses free beer to good guitarists

Panhead Custom Ales have created a device that allows guitarists to shred in exchange for beer – but it only dispenses the alcohol if they’re good enough

A brewery in New Zealand have invented a machine that dispenses free beer to guitarists – but only if it thinks they’re good enough.

Panhead Custom Ales, a company based in NZ’s capital city of Wellington, have created the device – called ‘Slay to Pay’ – which uses AI fingerprinting to rate guitarists’ shedding ability in real time. And if it deems a musician’s skill level to be appropriate, it’ll dispense the booze. 

“It’s essentially a souped-up Guitar Hero for adults,” says Panhead Custom Ale’s Head of Brand and Creative Rebecca Sinclair. “As far as we know, this is a first-of-its-kind machine with some pretty cool new tech and the best kind of reward for those willing to give it a go.