I’ve noticed a certain stigma associated with college grads who still have bottle openers on their keychains. Yet, post-college is when you can actually afford to drink imports and need an opener. Somehow, having a circular bottle opener with a college logo on it became the mid-twenties equivalent of wearing a high school letterman’s jacket as a college freshman. Sneaky drinkers avoided becoming outcasts by keeping a credit card shaped opener in their wallet. But now there is a more practical solution that doesn’t draw attention to itself. The Brewzkey is a key shaped bottle opener and one hell of an idea. I’ve had several people use this opener and everyone opened their beer with ease. I’ve been using this discrete opener for the last few weeks and I couldn’t be happier with it. You for just $3.79 and I highly recommend it. Below you will find a quick video clip of the Brewzkey in action.
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I’m going to go out on a limb and say that belt buckles with bottle openers and college logos are a cool idea in theory only. There are lots of college football fans who wear belt buckles. A large percentage of those belt buckled fans also drink beer. But the chances that those people will have to quote Adam Sandler at some point in the day are around 80%.
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Many college campuses leave you with the somewhat daunting task of tailgating a good distance away from your car. I’ve seen hand trucks and pull carts make the feat much easier. But, I was recently wondering if they made a cooler with four wheels that you could tow behind the back of a bike. You know, since some schools have valet parking for bikes at games and all. Before I really had time to contemplate hacking a cooler/bike setup I stumbled across the Dolores Chiller (Mulva?). This is designed like your standard bike messenger bag but features a waterproof liner and insulation to keep your beers cold. They even worked a bottle opener onto one of the straps. The other benefit of this cooler is that once you’ve polished off your beers you can fold it up to be stored during the game of for your walk/ride back to your car. At $110 it’s a bit pricey to use just 8 weekends a year, but if you were to also use it as a regular messenger bag throughout the year it’s not a bad option.
(HT: Bike Hacks)
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Over the last few years bottle openers have been popping up everywhere. On the bottom of flip flops seems like a good idea until you step in dog crap that first time. The bike rack for my car is outfitted with them as well. But it’s easy to keep a bottle opener in a car anyway. But a koozie with a bottle opener built in is ingenious. A beer, a koozie, and a bottle opener. You’re set. Check out Cap-a-Cooz and either get a smooth looking koozie featuring their own logo or you can also create your own (the 36 unit minimum at $4.49 is reasonable). They appear to fit both bottles and cans well.
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There was a time in my life that I caved every time a rep for a cigarette company approached me in a bar. Attractive girls and shiny objects always confuse me. I’d hand over my address and get a flashlight or something in return. I’d end up leaving the gift at the bar and then receiving junk in the mail. Except for the one occasion when Marlboro actually sent me something useful. A metal bottle opener that’s about the size of a credit card. I was now free to abandon the stigma of the bottle opener keychain. Just slip this discreet card into your wallet and use it only when necessary.
If you can’t find one for free, you can get 5 for $5.49 from The Bar Stop. I’m personally setting my sights higher and hoping to one day grab customized set of 500 openers with the Drunken Tailgate logo on them.
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