I figured out how to open a bottle cap using my cell phone case, I was proud of myself. What is the best way, portable, or creative, you have found to open bottles?
My favorite trick is using another bottle to open a bottle.
Rings. I’m married and have a tungsten ring, so it’s basically always on my hand. Some bottles don’t give you much room to get under the cap, but I can get most anything open pretty quickly.
During my fraternity days, I would often say, “the world is my bottle opener” just before using some random object to open a beer.
All that really matters is if its sturdy and small enough to catch over your knuckle and under the rim. Literally any object like that will work.
Best/portable: Bottle opener keychain, most alcohol shops will give you one, there’s usually a beer doing a promo with them, just ask them because they probably have a box they keep forgetting to give out.
Creative: probably lawnmower.
Lighter. I smoke, so I always have one handy.
Hmm. I’d have the concern that the lighter could break spewing butane everywhere.
Only buy Bic. The cheap ones would make me nervous as well.
Cap against edge of concrete ledge. My friends and I bought a bottle of cider at a 7/11 and realized we didn’t have a bottle opener. Cue that moment of brilliance from my mate.
Angle just the cap onto the edge of a table and pound it with your fist. Results not guaranteed
I’ve done this before and left very angry scratches
The trick is to do it on a table you don’t care about, like your crappy roommates’ table that’s definitely not an antique, Greg.
I keep a corkscrew in my purse. It’s just nice to have
Learn from my mistake.
Don’t use a knife as the lever.
Doubly so if you’re already intoxicated.
Just because its theoretically possible does not make it a good idea.
Sounds painful
Not so much at the time. Just messy in a biohazardous way.
Now the next day, sans booze… Yeah. Basically butterflied my finger a bit.
I’m not sure I could identify every type of pain, but that was certainly one of them.
Car door latch. Fence bracket.
