There are many days when I firmly believe that we of the West are dwelling in the comfortable twilight of a rotting civilization.
And then, like lightning, my faith in the power and majesty of American ingenuity and can-do spirit are restored.
Let us say that you are building your Basement Bar, a man cave of the first order. Much beer will be consumed here. You know what must be done with said beer, once it has been drunk. But the stairs are long, and you have no place or budget for a bathroom in the basement. However, you do have a dead super-soldier lying about….

I know it’s a Miller keg (rather than Bud Light), but I still want to offer up this song to the man among men who came up with this device:

Real Men of Genius

Real men of genius….

Today we salute you, Mr. Make a Urinal Out of a Beer Keg in Your Basment Bar Guy.

Mr. Make a Urinal Out of a Beer Keg in Your Basment Bar Guy!

When you drink beer in your basement… lots of beer… you can’t be bothered to go upstairs to hit the can.

Those stairs are long!

So you cut a hole in a full sized keg and mount it on the wall.

Say good-bye to your deposit.

A few bucks for a valve and PVC pipe, and you have a working flush system.

Don’t talk about where the drain leads!

Throw in a urinal cake you borrowed from work to keep the smell down, and don’t forget a bottle of hand sanitizer.

Employees must wash hands!

So here’s to you, Mr. Make a Urinal Out of a Beer Keg in Your Basment Bar Guy. When used beer needs getting rid of, you are our favorite guy.

Mr. Make a Urinal Out of a Beer Keg in Your Basment Bar Guy….

Thanks for the picture to a friend of mine who shall remain nameless, to protect his access to said urinal.

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Here’s a list of the other articles in this series that have been posted so far:

• Basement Bar Accessories #10: The NewAir Portable Ice Maker
• Basement Bar Accessories #6: DIY Kegerator
• Basement Bar Accessories: Herbal Assault Part 1
• Basement Bar Design #0: Introduction
• Basement Bar Design #1: Where, What, and Why.
• Basement Bar Design #2: Refrigerators
• Basement Bar Design #3: Ice Supply
• Basement Bar Design #4(a): Essential Glassware
• Basement Bar Design #4(b): Supplemental Glassware
• Basement Bar Design #4(c): Buying Glassware
• Basement Bar Design #5: Water and Washing Up
• Basement Bar Design #6: My Own Basement Bar
• Basement Bar Design #7: Bar Top and Countertop Surfaces
• Basement Bar Design #8(a): Artists
• Basement Bar Design #8(b) More Artists
• Basement Bar Design #8: Artwork
• Basement Bar Design #9: Tiki Bars
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #1: Lit Backbar Walls
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #2: Holiday Glassware Giveaways
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #3: Beer Dispensing from Heineken and Elsewhere
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #4: Branded Beer Taps
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #5: Pure American Ingenuity
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #7: The Man Wall
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #8: The Arkeg
• Basement Bar Design Accessories #9: Global Domination
• Basement Bar Design Accessories: Hidden Lairs
• Basement Bar Design Elsewhere in the Cocktailosphere
• Basement Bar Design Elsewhere in the Cocktailosphere #2
• Basement Bar Design Factoid #1: Sheds
• Basement Bar Design Factoid #2: Dangerous Party Invitees
• Basement Bar Design Factoid #3: Irish Pub in a (really big) Box
• Basement Bar Design Factoid #4: Mr. Blendtec, activate the defenses!
• Basement Bar Design Factoid #5: 1800 Tequila’s Mancave Contest
• Basement Bar Design News: The Wall Street Journal Notices That Home Bars Are “In”
• Basement Bar Design, Things to Consider #1: The Bargain
• Basement Bar Design: A Tour of the Parade of Homes
• Basement Bar Design: Star Trek Doors
• Basement Bar Overhaul: Dressing for Tiki Month
• Bulletin, Bulletin, Bulletin!
• Christmas Idea: Martini Shaker
• Fun With Time-Lapse
• I Saved at Least $10,000 Because of Cocktail Blogging…
• Jacob Grier Invites Us to Up Our Bartending Game.
• New Basement Bar Contest From Grant’s Whisky
• New Blog Function
• SideBlog: A Really Clever, Easy IKEA Home Bar
• SideBlog: Basement Bars Are Helm’s Deep For Men
• SideBlog: Blender Drink Aficionados Booking For Europe With Spare Luggage Space
• SideBlog: Making Tiki Stuff: Royal Tiki
• SideBlog: New York Post Notices February is a Good Time For Tiki Month
• SideBlog: Selling Tiki Stuff: Cheeky Tiki
• SideBlog: The Manliest Bottle Opener Ever
• SideBlog: Ultra Modern Tiki Torches
• The Bar Accessory The EVERY Cocktail Geek Must Obtain
• The Sixth Day of Christmas
• This Year’s Final Exam: A Full-Bore Tiki Party
• Tiki Timeout: Bar Building and BlogBarCrawl Update
• Trader Tiki’s Basement Bar in the News
• Unique Tiki Mugs
• Wow, They Even Have Black Friday Sales In the Cocktail World….