opening bottles? or just buy screwcap.

[Ken Gargett]

love the chainsaw but nothing beats air!

http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2014/08/top-10-weird-ways-to-open-a-bottle/

[Habana Mike]

Not sure what you were going for Sir Gargett but:

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[Habana Mike]

Some pretty awesome techniques to be sure!

[tmac77]

used to do the saber technique often enough back in my military days when they let me carry a sword around legally. Nowadays I just use an impressive looking meat cleaver

[Fuzz AI]

Link works now

[Habana Mike]

Hmmm, it does now....how's your swordsmanship Ken? Aromantic?

I like the hot tong method, careful not to brand a guest.....

In most cases, better bring a sieve...

[Ken Gargett]

Hmmm, it does now....how's your swordsmanship Ken? Aromantic?

I like the hot tong method, careful not to brand a guest.....

In most cases, better bring a sieve...

done the sabre, knife etc many times. back of a saw. if you know the trick, that one is easy. the bloke that taught me in champagne could do it with the base of a wine glass.

[Fuzz AI]

Hmmm, it does now....how's your swordsmanship Ken? Aromantic?

I like the hot tong method, careful not to brand a guest.....

In most cases, better bring a sieve...

I fixed the link, though it should've have worked before.

done the sabre, knife etc many times. back of a saw. if you know the trick, that one is easy. the bloke that taught me in champagne could do it with the base of a wine glass.

Screw the sabre technique, I'm using a spoon from now on!

[Trimming]

The need or just boredom make minds wonder.

[Duxnutz]

How many people have ended up injured whilst sabering a bottle I wonder?

[Ken Gargett]

How many people have ended up injured whilst sabering a bottle I wonder?

i do have a small scar on one hand but that was from trying to do it on a very cheap bottle for a crowd in vietnam. if you know what you are doing with proper bottles, much less chance.

[ogus]

Fliptops of beer- open with your eyesocket, teeth, slamming on corner of table, pop off against steering wheel

I like using a house key when no opener is available

[Homebrew]

I use the base of a bic lighter, on most pry off beer bottles.

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

[Maplepie]

Screwcaps mean American beers...

*shiver*

Sent by the Enigma on BlackBerry.

[Ken Gargett]

Screwcaps mean American beers...

*shiver*

Sent by the Enigma on BlackBerry.

fear not, it won't be long before americans also understand the glories of not risking your wine to bits of dead trees and the wine tastes as the winemaker wished it to.

call them screwcaps or stelvins or whatever. inevitable.

[dangolf18]

I got quite a few funny stories about opening wine bottles when I lived in France. "Le Sabre" was my favorite and honesty worked like a charm everytime.

[TheKid]

My university friends invented a whole drinking game for this, aptly named the bottle opener drinking game with the only two rules are no bottle openers and a new method for each beer opened.

I have personally opened beers on trees, decks, utes, engine bays, a length of chain and a washing line. Its quite the fun game.

Also if you break the neck of the beer you have to down it.

[Philprop]

I just always have a bottle opener on each set of keys, plus the various multi tools I carry around all have either a bottle opener or a cork screw, or both. I generally always have a Swiss Army knife on me, whether at work or camping or just going out around. Has come in handy more often than you would think. So I'm usually covered in case I run into a drinking session. Hahaha

[DWC]

Don't try this at home kids!

Definitely a unique way to open bottles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBSBJNzD3U&feature=player_embedded

[Colt45]

fear not, it won't be long before americans also understand the glories of not risking your wine to bits of dead trees and the wine tastes as the winemaker wished it to.

KG, I'd be willing to bet that wine drinkers in the U.S. are much more open to, and at ease with, non traditional closures than, let's say, Euros or green bottle piss drinkers from elsewhere (meant in the nicest possible way). If you're ever in my neck of the woods, I'd be happy to have a little taste-around....

[egoo33]

www.areaware.com/products/bottle-opener

I bought this guy worth every penny I want to set up a beer cap mosaic table down the line but love the aesthetics of these

[cigcars]

I love kosher dill pickles in the jar. But since you have to be Hercules, Samson, AND Ulysses to open it I was told by my sister to just get an old fashioned bottle opener and flip up the sides of the jar lid. Works GREAT!

[mncz]

Bleh! Double post.

[mncz]

love the chainsaw but nothing beats air!

http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2014/08/top-10-weird-ways-to-open-a-bottle/

Ever heard of the Coravin? It made its way into an advertisement today while I was reading an article online.

I can imagine some obvious problems arising from the use of this, such as the metal egress imparting a flavor on the wine. Perhaps some others, as well, although I'm certainly not an expert such that I could identify the nuanced disadvantages. My current wine consumption (and perhaps any wine consumption that I should ever take on) would likely never necessitate such a strange contraption. Even if I were to acquire a bottle with a sensitive cork (such as Ken's Isla del Tesoro which [and I love this phrasing] "crumbled at the sight of a corkscrew") I would venture to assume that this would fall far short of sufficing to get the job done safely and satisfactorily.

[Ken Gargett]

coravin been getting some mixed reviews in the wine press. some swear by it. others not so. not cheap. but if it works on the old corks, probably worth it. not used one myself.

if anyone has, please let us know what you think.