If you read this site often, you probably remember Nate's post about the sweet belts that we both have that have built in bottle-openers on the back side of them. Pretty sweet. But what if you are out and about and have nothing (seemingly!) that can open your beer? Are you just out of luck?
Men, being the improvising geniuses that we are, of course have invented thousands of ways to open a beer bottle in the absence of a specific tool. It seems that in every part of the globe, people have their own 'secret' way to open a brew. I remember when I was just a young lad touring the Bosnian countryside, I was amazed at how all of the local men used their lighters to open their 'klipatchas' of Sarajevsko Pivo. I thought they were the coolest dudes ever. Since then I have learned the secret zen art of 'leverage', and I know that basically any flat surface (paper!) can be used to open a beer.
Being a Kentucky Boy, I can open a bottle using my teeth, but try to only do it on special occasions since I like my teeth and it is not the most practical of ways, especially if you have to open multiple bottles. I also don't reccomend using the
edge of a table (Kentucky people see tailgate, rock, or concrete block) since I almost lost two fingers doing that at a campout. The latch on the inside ledge of most car and truck doors is perfect for opening beers, but doesn't have that cool factor that I am looking for. So......My question to you is: What is the coolest way to open a bottle of brew?*
7 comments:
When I was hanging out down in San Felipe, Baja, a local used the seatbelt buckle in his car to open a 40 of Tecate for me. nice guy.
There is a problem with the picture of the hammer opening the beer. It is an Anchor Steam and that is the lone twist off in the Anchor line-up. Rather than use a hammer and some sort of dental device, you could simply use your hand.
I could never get the hang of the lighter trick, but I've become a pro at identifying hard, flat edges I can lean the bottlecap against and pop it off with a slap of the old hand. Haven't had to do that in a while though, as I have a bottle opener on my keychain.
Nate, the picture of the beer is a moot point. Who would buy such a useless thing? How many times have you been near a hammer, when another tool with a bottle opener wasn't available? About as useless as the beer holster...
Also John, be careful with a slap of the old hand-that's how broke off the top of the bottle and about sliced my fingers off. Then again, when I did that it was dark, we were in the woods, and I was about 10 deep. Just be careful!
Paper if I'm going for geek-cool; a simple leatherman or pocket tool if I'm going for quickness
surely the answer is 'as soon as humanly possible'?
touche!
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