Emergency!!! No Bottle Opener!!

A friend of mine who is in the military came home for a few days, so I decided to get us some beer. I made a 6 pack of assorted micros and got him a six of rolling rock.

Anyway, we went to our buddy's garage to spent the evening drinking a little bit and catching up (it had been 3 months since we last saw eachother)

but then we realized that there were no bottle openers on the premises.....

It was a real pain not having one. We were in a garage, so we found a pair of pliers that worked, but they were a pain to use.... especially after a few beers had been consumed.

So I learned my lesson. I now have a bottle opener on my key chain

just use your teeth, wuss.

Look at Youtube...having watched that...If I were naked in the desert I could figure out how to open a bottle....and I'll never have a bottle opener on my key ring again.

BigKahuna said:

I'll never have a bottle opener on my key ring again.

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Why, what's the problem?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/opening-non-twist-off-bottles-85361/


when you say military you must mean Navy :hide:

Gosassin said:

Why, what's the problem?

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Not Necessary!...and a lump in my pocket

Not Necessary!...and a lump in my pocket

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Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure, that's your excuse.

Um, just use another bottle. It's what I do.

Berserker_Brew said:

just use your teeth, wuss.

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That is funny.

a Bic lighter can open beers.

also I've seen someone fold a piece of paper up, and pry open a cap.

bic lighter FTW!

i rarely use the bottle opener that's on my keychain when my lighter is handy.

malkore said:

a Bic lighter can open beers.

also I've seen someone fold a piece of paper up, and pry open a cap.

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paper

The paper trick is easy. I did it on the first try.

No one besides me uses the edge of a table/counter/etc and just hits the bottle top.

The knobs on dressers in hotel rooms are perfect for prying off bottle caps.

pldoolittle said:

No one besides me uses the edge of a table/counter/etc and just hits the bottle top.

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I doubt you do this to your own tables at home.

Thanks to a suggestion in another thread, I now have my Beck VIP opener in my wallet.

BigKahuna said:

If I were naked in the desert I could figure out how to open a bottle....

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This could be taken as wrong on so many levels....

Saccharomyces said:

The knobs on dressers in hotel rooms are perfect for prying off bottle caps.

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So are the swinging latches that secure the hotel door.

wildwest450 said:

So are the swinging latches that secure the hotel door.

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+1 - used those many times. A cigarette lighter can also me used. many things can be used. be creative.

Just knock the top of the neck off on something hard. The internal pressure will forace any bits of glass to fly away from the bottle and you could probably, or maybe, drink it without worrying about swallowing glass.

Homercidal said:

Just knock the top of the neck off on something hard. The internal pressure will forace any bits of glass to fly away from the bottle and you could probably, or maybe, drink it without worrying about swallowing glass.

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Great idea, and the jagged edges would be like a foamer, kind of like putting it on nitro. Rock on.

Being without a proper bottle opener brings out the creativity in people.

Bic lighters are good and if you open them quick enough they pop like a champagne bottle. Completely safe unless you push into the bottle with the lighter while opening like I have seen some people do and take a chunk of skin out of their knuckle from the cap. Lol..

I have a opener made out of some bike chain and a piece of bike cog for home, a key chain for while I am out, and an opener mounted on my mountainbike for refreshment after a long ride. Reef makes sandals that have a bottle opener on the bottom of the sole which I thought was cool but I already have enough bottle openers and enough sandals.



If somehow I am without an opener, I'll eventually figure it out and I don't complain. I have fun with it.