Best way to remove a bottle cap?

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?

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eldoom@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 3y

My favorite trick is using another bottle to open a bottle.

IMALlama@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

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.

DaCrazyJamez@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

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.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Lighter. I smoke, so I always have one handy.

Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Hmm. I'd have the concern that the lighter could break spewing butane everywhere.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Only buy Bic. The cheap ones would make me nervous as well.

ElBarto@lzrprt.sbs · 7 pts · 3y

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.

binchicken@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 3y

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.

BitSound@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Angle just the cap onto the edge of a table and pound it with your fist. Results not guaranteed

jet@hackertalks.com · 9 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I've done this before and left very angry scratches

BitSound@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

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.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

I keep a corkscrew in my purse. It’s just nice to have

Case@unilem.org · 4 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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.

jet@hackertalks.com · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Sounds painful

Case@unilem.org · 4 pts · 3y

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.

Today@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y

Car door latch. Fence bracket.