Beat this accessory
10-30-09 | 12:51 AM
#26
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Ah, come on! The post was about a bottle opener. Some discussion about the proper type of bottles is necessary (or more accurately, what those bottles contain)....followed of course by whether bottles (and hence the bottle opener) and even required (in this case, are there options available that would provide satisfactory performance that don't require such a device.)
My vote: not a necessity, but useful for maintaining optimum compatibility with locally sourced materials.
My vote: not a necessity, but useful for maintaining optimum compatibility with locally sourced materials.
10-30-09 | 05:33 AM
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WAY TOO much extra weight!! And no portability. Sometimes a Real Beer Swilling Cyclist™ needs to open a bottle away from the bike.
Nothing but genuine, all natural, plastic opener and quick release holder for me.
Nothing but genuine, all natural, plastic opener and quick release holder for me.
10-30-09 | 05:46 AM
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Anyone who went to college doesn't need a proper opener to open a beer. Hell, I don't even drink, and I've had friends searching around for an opener, and said "Gimme that" and opened with whatever was at hand. Edge of a countertop, spoon, pocketknife, lighter, ballpoint pen, whatever.
If I had a whole bike at hand, there are a lot of edges that would be fine for opening a bottle with.
If I had a whole bike at hand, there are a lot of edges that would be fine for opening a bottle with.
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10-30-09 | 03:02 PM
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Oh geez! You don't drink it from the can, just store it and ship it, much like a very very small keg (which is just a big ass can.) Drinking from bottles is just as bad as drinking from cans. Cans do a much better job of protecting the wonderful malty nectar than bottles do, as they completely block out light, which is the major cause of skunky beer.
1) it tasted like crap to begin with (I'm lookin' at you, Heineken)
2) it didn't have enough hops, as hops is a natural anti-oxidxant (which is why the original IPAs had so much hops, to survive passage from England to India).
3) it was too old
If you're storing your beer in a place where it's exposed to sunlight, you already failed. See, your beer needs to be in a fridge or a cellar, not in your flowerbed.
Freaking savages.
10-30-09 | 03:30 PM
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and as noted more the OB line, but especially: Ten Fidy and Gordon
10-30-09 | 03:33 PM
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Draft beer is definitely best, but I'd weigh 350lbs. if I had my own tap at home.
Manny's Pale Ale, and a big a$$ bacon burger. MMmmmmmm mmmmm.
Manny's Pale Ale, and a big a$$ bacon burger. MMmmmmmm mmmmm.
10-30-09 | 04:41 PM
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valid point........
Does Great Falls have a Brew Pub? The last Great Falls beer that I remember was "Great Falls best" or similar name ..... I think that brewery closed down in the late 60's or very earlier 70's......
I had to survive on Olympia.....Montana where you drink beer bare handed at 20 below.
Grew up in Chinook.....140 miles NE of Gt Falls.
Does Great Falls have a Brew Pub? The last Great Falls beer that I remember was "Great Falls best" or similar name ..... I think that brewery closed down in the late 60's or very earlier 70's......
I had to survive on Olympia.....Montana where you drink beer bare handed at 20 below.
Grew up in Chinook.....140 miles NE of Gt Falls.
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10-30-09 | 05:02 PM
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10-30-09 | 05:06 PM
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10-30-09 | 05:09 PM
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10-30-09 | 08:34 PM
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10-31-09 | 08:55 PM
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10-31-09 | 09:05 PM
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The ultimate beach accessory!
The bottles they used were non-returnables, why?I thought we were talking about beer?
Okay, throw this into the mix. From an environmental perspective, we should be drinking from steel cans.
"Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.
"Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.
10-31-09 | 11:06 PM
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Any other dumb ass people out there with bright ideas?
11-01-09 | 07:31 AM
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It's not bad. A decent choice for some flavor without the heaviness and strength, like with lunch. The best part about it is it is so readily available and is often the only drinkable choice among buds, millers, etc. Especially in airports.
11-01-09 | 03:21 PM
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I bought a pair of these! I slipped them on, spied the cooler full of beer across the lawn, and began my stroll over to snag a cold one. I was a bit too focused on my upcoming frosty, cold libation, however. For within just a few feet of the object of my desire, I felt the dreaded squish under my most awesome new sandle that could only mean one thing.... yes.... a fresh steamy pile deposited by man's best friend. I never did get to try out those nifty sandles-bottle openers.
11-01-09 | 04:11 PM
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From an environmental perspective, we should have a standard size of glass beer and plastic soft drinks bottle than can be used 80 times before being recycled, as exists in Germany and Denmark iirc. Of course, that "standard size" would probably get described as "socialist size" here...
