This is how to open a beer with just a piece of paper

There are several techniques to overcome a lack of a bottle opener... but some are more or less dangerous. Here is a rather simple solution, which only requires a sheet of paper!

This is how to open a beer with just a piece of paper
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This is how to open a beer with just a piece of paper

Most of us enjoy a bottle of beer or a glass of wine every now and then but when you don't have the necessary items to open them, the situation can be quite annoying. You definitely don't want to find yourself in this type of situation if you are hosting a dinner party or having a special someone over for a romantic date.

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But luckily, there's a pretty nifty way of opening a beer bottle if suddenly your bottle opener happens to have disappeared!

There are many ways of opening a bottle!

Who among us has ever found themselves with a bottle of beer or wine but nothing to open it with? Bottle openers and corkscrews are essential items, but people rarely take them out with them. Many techniques exist to overcome their absence, and we are not talking about using your teeth! But luckily, there's a pretty nifty way of opening a beer bottle if suddenly your bottle opener happens to have disappeared!

A simple sheet of A4 paper

Here's a simple, but devilishly effective, little tip, that will allow you to open a beer bottleso you can enjoy the sweet nectar inside. You just have to take a sheet of A4 paper and fold it on itself consecutively as you can see in the video.

And it really works! That should be enough to impress your friends and become the MacGyver of the aperitif!

Check out the video above to find out how this trick works!

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