Originally Posted by RunForTheHills

As you may know beers manufactured in the US do not require a specialized tool to remove the bottle cap. The cap can be unscrewed by hand. However, the rest of the world has not adopted this American innovation and a bottle opener is required to remove the cap. Although it is possible to remove it with a flat headed screwdriver, that is more time consuming than using a specialized tool. In order to test the tool, I picked up this British made ale at my LBS (local beverage store).