I like the pull tab on waxed bottles, but I have a system that includes a steak knife that makes waxed bottles without a pull tab still pretty easy to negotiate. But I’m a trained professional.
No wax for me . Most of the time I’ve had a few and spil. Chips of wax all over ( yells from the wife ) or a use a steak knife screwdriver or box cutter ( never a good idea) to try to gaet a piece of the cap showing so i can pry it off .
I have “first hand” experience (excuse the bad pun). Was drunk, wanted more beer. Brewer didn’t include a pull tab in the wax. So went with a knife. I didn’t employ safe cutting….and ended up with 7 stitches. Many things I could’ve or would’ve done different, but you guys know how that goes. But the moral of the story is wuck fax
That is exactly what I am talking about/fearing. I understand the point of the wax, HOWEVER just add the tab.
Do away with wax?! Nonsense! These are extra special beers that deserve the 'romanticism' and celebratory effect, and the full enjoyment of the beer from the opening process through that last drop as it rolls across your tongue. If the beer isn't good enough to deserve the wax you should know that before you buy it, otherwise you've been sucked in by the brewery's false advertising and spent big bucks needlessly.
Unless the brewery is dropping their price for no wax, I want some fancy-ass hand-dipped wax on my $32 500 ml bottle of tasty liquid that I’ll be urinating out within 24 hours. Entertain me with fake luxury and cap-sealing.
I’m reading a bunch of references to knives. That’s a problem. You need a rough serrated edge. A steak knife edge is insufficient. Wine bottle opener’s foil cutter works well, or get a nasty bad ass bottle opener with a serrated section that looks like a shark’s mouth.
I use the method described above - gouge a chunk of the wax from under the cap's edge so that I can get the opener to lock onto the cap. I usually score the wax in a ring also just under the edge but I don't know if it's absolutely necessary. Legal disclaimer: If you're drunk you're not going to enjoy this beer anyway, so don't even think about picking up that sharp knife to try this. It's just crazy to do that!
Naw, ya just gotta tell your equally drunk friends to stay well away from you well doing it. 'Help' causes more problems than it cures.
I spilt more than a little blood, especially on some of those cray/cray wax jobs Deschutes used to do. I have a foil cutter now, but probably should buy a better one. Also how are you supposed to do that on the lowdown on Public Transportation in the greater LA area???
