Some things will never get old, like the taste of gulping down a lemonade right from a glass bottle. But what if you don’t have your bottle opener (this habit too doesn’t get old)? Well, worry not, you won’t have to compromise on your taste buds because you’ll soon be a pro at how to open a bottle without a bottle opener.
Come to think of this, you’re finally on that long-awaited outing that your friends were canceling every time. Taking in the splendid picturesque views with your eyes filled with joy; you finally pick a glass bottle of the soft drink feeling the effect of condensation on your hands as the water droplets pace down, but just realize that the ‘bottle opener’ totally skipped off your mind. Your mind goes- “Oh snap! All I had to do was pack eatables and stuff!”
In this situation, you can either be ready to get taunts for the rest of your trip or try one of the methods of how to open a bottle without a bottle opener listed below and be your own savior.
So let’s proceed.
How To Open A Bottle Without A Bottle Opener?
The tricks you’re about to discover will come in handy when you are at home and serve you when you’re outdoors without your bottle opener.
Here are a few alternatives that you can use in the absence of a bottle opener:
1. Lighter
If you happen to have a lighter with you, then there is no need to panic even in the absence of a bottle opener.
- Hold the bottle from its neck.
- Take the lighter in your free hand and flip it so that the broader side can be placed on the bottle mouth.
- Try to exert a little upwards pressure with the lighter to hear the ‘kut’ sound which will come as soon as the bottle cap gets detached.
2. Scissors
A pair of scissors can come to your rescue if you don’t know how to open a bottle without a bottle opener.
- Put the bottle down on a soft pillow or cushion.
- Now sit with a pair of scissors in your one hand positioned in a manner that the bottle cap is between its two blades.
- Maintain a little distance from the scissors and hold the bottle with another hand.
- Now you need to push the bottle cap up. Alternatively, you can try to loosen the ends of the bottle cap by rotating the scissor across it.
Make sure you maintain a safe distance from scissors so that you won’t get hurt in case the cap or scissors flip backward.
3. Claw Hammer
You can find a claw hammer in your toolbox when you’re home or outside, right? No no, we’re not going to smash the bottle, so relax!
- Hold the bottle with one hand from its neck and a hammer in the other.
- Now place the back of a claw hammer on the bottle mouth slightly pushing the cap up.
- Remember that too much force will result in breaking the bottles right in your hands. Also, don’t hold the bottle very tight.
- Once the cap gets wherever it would land once open, you make sure to enjoy the beverage. After all, you’ve done so much hard work, you deserve it.
4. Key
This is your companion that can lift away all your worries of how to open a bottle without a bottle opener.
- Hold the bottle from the nape of its neck.
- Now place the metal edge of the key on the bottle mouth and you know the rest, push the bottle cap upwards to get the cap off.
- Make sure you’re not sitting near a hard surface while doing so. Otherwise, it might hurt you with the bottle slipping out of your hands.
5. A Countertop
Yes, your kitchen countertop can also save you in this scenario, but when outdoors, try to look for a place with rigid leveled rock, that would do for you..
- Hold the bottle in one hand and place its mouth next to the edge of the kitchen countertop.
- Now using the palm of your free hand hit the bottle cap from either of the sideways.
- After a few trials, you’ll get to enjoy your drink.
6. Belt Buckles
Certain belt buckles are designed in such a way that they can turn into a bottle opener. So what do we call them? Belt-turned-bottle-openers!
- All you need to do is place the bottle cap between the belt buckle while holding the bottle’s neck with one of your hands.
- Pull the bottle cap up while exerting slight pressure with the belt buckle.
7. Screwdriver
Another handy thing that probably is available when in dire need and can do the job of a bottle opener is a screwdriver.
- Hold the bottle right from its neck with one of your hands.
- Just put the driver tip on the bottle’s mouth
- Now apply a little force in the upward direction and be ready to hear the pop.
8. Metal Spoon/Fork
In any such situation, the most easily accessible tool is a metal spoon or fork.
- Using one hand, hold the bottle by its neck. Do not exert too much pressure on the bottle.
- Then hold the metal spoon/fork in the other hand and bring the pointed edge of the spoon/fork near the bottle mouth.
- Now push the bottle cap upwards with the spoon/fork.
- Once you get the bottle cap loosening, rotate the bottle to apply the force on the opposite side. Again push the bottle mouth upwards until the cap is finally released.
And you’re good to go!
Before You Go!
There are certain times when we lose the bottle opener or can’t find it the very moment we need it, in such a case learning how to open a bottle without a bottle opener will save you from going thirsty. Although it is surely a biting a bullet kind of task but with the 8 tricks listed above, you can surely do that.
NOTE: Make sure to maintain your safety while trying to pop-open the bottle. You can use a thick fabric cloth or hand towel to wrap the bottle’s neck and then hold it.
If this was helpful, you can also check our article on how to open a can without a can opener.
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