NitroBrew is built to turn any drink into silky-smooth nitro beverages (pictures)

The NitroBrew kit takes up much less room than a traditional nitrogen tap-and-keg system but is still complicated.

Powering the NitroBrew's nitrogenation process is an off-the-shelf Central Pneumatic air compressor.

You'd better know how to handle and calibrate a pneumatic pump or learn on the job.

Essentially a metal box with a pneumatic switch valve, the NitroBrew's Charging Station funnels compressed air into the brewing kettle.

The NitroBrew's stainless-steel kettle is a cross between a tiny pressure cooker and metal cocktail shaker.

The NitroBrew's kettle lid houses a pen-shaped pressure valve that serves to both pressurize and decant its contents.

The kettle holds a maximum of 12 fluid ounces of liquid.

To kick the nitrogenation process off you first flip the air compressor's switch to the on position.

In order to pressurize the NitroBrew's kettle you must push its pen valve thumb button halfway then mate it with the switch valve on the charging station. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.

For proper nitrobrewing you need to shake the kettle with extreme vigor.

Decanting the kettle's contents calls for you to flip it over and press the release valve with it upside down.

Though most of the time the NitroBrew dulled flavor, Lefthand Milk Stout had more sweetness and vanilla taste.

Even if it blunted some of the flavor of my cold brewed coffee, the NitroBrew also gave it a pleasing nitro stout-like texture.