
You’ll turn your bartenders into bouncers just with its attention-grabbing design. As well as being a very functional opener, you can use it to instill just the right amount of fear needed to get that unruly patron to leave the bar without an incident. As a bartender working alone, you like to know that if something happens, you have something to tip the scales – this brass knuckle-like bottle opener. But that doesn’t mean that trouble can’t happen. Sometimes when you’re bartending, you may not have the luxury of having bouncers or security on staff. Made with the same light stainless steel metal as the other ripper bottle openers, this one not only looks cool but is useful as well. This is a menacing looking bottle opener. If you’re looking for speed, a good fit with your hand and a cool design, this is your opener. Since they are smaller, they fit easier into your pocket or can be attached to a retractable reel. They have full-color graphics of your choice on both sides and come with a curved side which has indentations to ensure that it fits snuggly in your hand. These knuckle popper openers are a little smaller than the original speed openers. In addition to being a cool, one-handed bottle opener, it’s hygienic as well as neither the bartender’s hand nor the opener itself touches the mouth of the beer bottle.

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If you’ve been bartending for any time at all, you’ll know how important it is to have an extra free hand. Not only that, but the bartender can use only one hand to not only open the beer bottle, but they can pour the beer, collect the cap in the opener and put the empty bottle down without ever having to use their other hand. This is really a unique bottle opener insomuch as, unlike other openers, you don’t have to use two hands to open a beer bottle. Isn’t it about time you add some speed to your bartending skills? Carry it in your back pocket and it can be twirled out and put to action quickly and efficiently. What’s the point in opening one bottle fast when you can open two bottles just as fast. This is an awesome bottle opener as it allows you to open two beer bottles at once! It has a quality Vinylworks coating for increased grip, which is softer on your bartenders’ pockets. This beveled bottle opener has a steel mirror finish and fits nicely into your hand. However, if you’re just looking for something for your home bar, this would be ideal. Although it’s functional and been around for ages, there are many different styles that allow for more speed and better handling. This is one of the standard bottle openers you’ll find at a lot of bars. Just slip this little puppy under the spout and give it a pull. You know at the end of the night when you have to clean all the liquor pour spouts but some are so stuck that even a rag doesn’t help pulling it out. Designed like the speed opener above, but with one big difference – one end is designed to help bartenders pop off pour spouts from liquor bottles. This speed opener, called the Bone Opener, is an answer to bartenders’ prayers everywhere. This opener is made with thick gauge, quality stainless steel an is popular in fast-paced pubs and clubs where bartenders have to open multiple beers quickly. The design of the whole that was used to place the key on a keyring looks like it can almost open a bottle but not quite. It’s easy to see why the first openers were called Churchkey openers. We are not sure why but it took until 1894 for Painter to finally invent the Churchkey / Church key bottle opener. While this seems like a great invention, it was a hard sell as there was no safe way to get the bottle cap off the bottle.įor the next couple of years, it was easy to identify regular beer drinkers by the scars they bore on their knuckles and fingers. Back in the early days of beer, most bottles were corked making it difficult and sometimes downright dangerous to sit back and enjoy a nice cold beer.įinally, in1892 William Painter invented the ‘Crown Cork Cap’ which is very similar to what we still use today.

Pretty much any bottle opener will easily open a bottle of beer that however was not always the case. Today, most of us give very little thought to opening a bottle, that is until we have a bottle and no way to open it. And, if you haven’t been to a bar supplies store or looked online recently, you’re probably not aware of the vast array of different bottle openers on the market.īefore we get into all the different types of beer openers on the market, let’s take a look first at The History of the Bottle Opener The Beer Bottle Opener – If there is one bartending tool that is an absolute must-have for bartenders, its the beer opener.

Cool and Unique Beer Bottle Openers and their History
