No Bottle Opener For Beer? Just Grab Another Brew For The Fix
There are life skills, and then there are essential life skills. Knowing how to open a bottle of beer without a bottle opener is an essential life skill that will come in handy well past that college frat party. While you can cautiously use your countertops to accomplish this task, this method doesn't come without a costly risk to your surfaces, but there's good news. As long as you have more than one unopened bottle of whatever brew is right for you, you're in business.
If you like physics, then you will recognize you are creating a fulcrum and a lever. Hold one bottle of beer, the fulcrum, steady on a table while inverting the second bottle, the lever, so the edges of the bottle caps touch and hook. You want to use your dominant hand with the second bottle, meaning if you are right-handed, you should use your right hand to get the greatest leverage. Use a little pressure and press your inverted bottle cap down. This will loosen the seal of the bottle cap on your bottle of IPA or stout, and it should pop right off.
Other ways to pop off a beer top
If you feel a little inept and are worried that you might accidentally open the inverted bottle of beer instead of the one serving as the fulcrum, that's a legit concern. But the good news is, there are some ridiculous ways to open a bottle of beer. If you have your house key handy, it can serve as a lever. Just place the tip of the key under a groove of the crimped cap and push upwards. You may have to try the trick twice, depending on your skills. You can also use a spoon, knife, or the prong of a fork if your bottle opener disappears.
Similar to the key, you are simply going to place the tip of each utensil under a groove and press upward and out, and the top should come right off. The fact is, you can use practically anything to open a beer bottle. However, there is one hack you should forgo: your teeth. While Hailey Bieber demonstrated for Jimmy Fallon that she can use her teeth to pop off a cap when there is no bottle opener to be found, you should skip this one unless you have your dentist on speed dial.