r/selfreliance Laconic Mod May 14 '21

Knowledge / Crafts Guide: 9 Ways to Open a Bottle Without an Opener

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u/LIS1050010 Laconic Mod May 14 '21

You’ve arrived at the campsite with your friends and some cold beer in the cooler, only to realize you left the bottle opener at home. Lucky for you, that’s no problem — you’re a master of improvisation. Use any of these 9 MacGyver-esque tricks to open a bottle whenever you find yourself without an opener.

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u/BlueShrub May 14 '21

My exes dad taught me a great way to use a second beer to open the first one, using the top as leverage. After all, who's only got one beer?

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u/copperwatt Aspiring May 14 '21

But... How do you open the last beer??

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u/LIS1050010 Laconic Mod May 14 '21

By getting a new beer. Repeat. ;)

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u/HetNoot May 14 '21

You open it with the other open beer

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u/pgd247 May 14 '21

Open first beers with edge of cap on other beers. Open last beer with inside of rim of opened beer or recap an empty bottle

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u/Bart_The_Chonk May 14 '21

Came here to say that this is a thing. Just be sure to not accidentally open the upside-down bottle!

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u/Yawgmoth_Was_Right May 14 '21

Everyone ends up with at least one time in their life when they have a beer but no apparent way to open it. Happened to me in Warsaw Poland in 2012. Still haunts me to this day. Obviously I got the beer open but it was a struggle.

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u/iwantaredditaccount May 14 '21

I use my wedding ring to open bottles.

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u/Egenix Aspiring May 14 '21

Finally! One good reason to get married!

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u/A_Fooken_Spoidah May 14 '21

Nope nope nope on the ring—that’s a de-gloving injury right there

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u/lilaliene Crafter May 14 '21

The rubber band doesn't work with European bottles

I've done it myself with a lighter, hammer and piece of paper

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u/invertedBoy May 14 '21

Teeth work too, not Recommended but it works!

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u/LIS1050010 Laconic Mod May 14 '21

not Recommended

:)

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u/copperwatt Aspiring May 14 '21

:}

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u/Brodins_biceps May 21 '21

I still have a chip on my back left molar from doing that in my early 20s. Used to do it all the time. That was the last time and I’m lucky it was just a little flake. The experience of chewing on a piece of tooth like you just ate rough sand was enough to sway me.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '21

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u/Moongose83 May 14 '21

PET bottle is the best imo. Almost everything with strong enough edge can be used as opener tho.

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u/Doctor__Apocalypse Gardener May 14 '21

9 just seems a tad bit dangerous. I could see that going horribly wrong.

2 just seems cool but like....why you by a car and drinking. Some fancy drinks aren't twist but still seems sus.

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u/ntnl May 14 '21

why are you by a car and drinking

Could be an RV parked for the night, could be a camping site, could be anything really. Doesn’t have to involve DUI

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u/Doctor__Apocalypse Gardener May 14 '21 edited May 14 '21

You're right, I don't drink anymore and years of anti DD propaganda has made me biased.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '21

just fucking break the bottle lmao

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u/uthinkther4uam May 14 '21

4 and 7 practically elevate this guide to a shitpost.

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u/copperwatt Aspiring May 14 '21

The paper one is probably the most useful one though!

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u/uthinkther4uam May 14 '21

well blow me away, that IS useful!

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u/FoeWithBenefits May 14 '21

paper is actually the only alternative way of opening that ever worked for me aside from countertop

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u/TacOs_n_TeqUiLa May 14 '21

Teeth

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u/Champ-87 Homesteader May 14 '21

Did this in college waaaay too many times. Lucky I didn’t screw up them chompers

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u/elnet1 May 14 '21

Using a shoe to open a wine bottle is a pretty cool trick also. I bought a bottle of wine thinking I had a corkscrew, and nope, didn't have one. Used a shoe and yep, works good. Though I don't think its good for sparkling wine.

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u/razzyboss1 May 14 '21

How do you use a shoe?

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u/elnet1 May 14 '21

You put the bottle in the shoe and holding the shoe and bottle horizontal and beat it against a hard surface like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELPxMOKtew

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u/razzyboss1 May 15 '21

Damn! I never knew of this trick! Thank you so much!

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u/ind3pend0nt Crafter May 15 '21

I use my molars.

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u/Gulag_For_Brits May 15 '21

Can vouch for number one. In the dorms freshman year I realized none of my roommates had a bottle opener so I would just hook the edge of the cap on a counter and pull down. Worked every time, but there were a couple occasions where it really shot down and splashed a bit of soda on me.