Next time you crack open a beer, take a look at the cap; the 21 serrations aren't random. It was over a century of engineering and practical testing that made 21 the "magic number" for sealing, safety ...

If you don't have a bottle opener on hand, fear not. There are dozens of items lying around your house that you can use to pop that crown cap off your bottle. Taylor Martin has covered technology ...

Brewing beer doesn’t have to be hard. All you need is a good kit to get you started—one that has a funnel, stopper, airlock, tubing and thermometer. One tool that’s often lacking from these kits, ...

Sometimes a bottle opener just isn't there when you need it. Never fear: with a firm grip and a basic understanding of physics, there is no bottle you can't open. This college party trick is more ...

An ambitious project: Mark Studer used more than 2,400 bottle caps for this bartop. His tables usually require a few hundred caps on smaller tables. (Mark Studer) CLEVELAND, Ohio - Mark Studer has ...

If you're like me and you grew up in the Midwest, you're probably pretty familiar with the phrase "waste not, want not." I certainly live by this mantra in my every day life, to the point that some ...

A beer drinker in 1950 needed a toolbox. Twist-off beer bottle caps hadn't yet been invented, and beer cans were sealed up as tight as a tin of Dinty Moore beef stew. Even the old-school ...

ALBANY – Put down the bottle, and put up your hands – that cold beer you’re clutching could be illegal. Aluminum beer bottles – an increasingly popular item at New York‘s bars and ballparks – are ...