Sabering bottles

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  1. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    So I was watching an Alton Brown clip on YouTube where he's talking about sabering open champagne bottles. I was wondering if the same techniques would apply to a cork-and-cage beer bottle.
    I'm thinking it would more work better for a more highly carbonated style like Saison or Tripel.
    Has anyone tried it? (with suitable protection, care and such taken, and prior to any consumption of alcohol.)
     
    #1 JrGtr, Sep 12, 2019
  2. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    My theory is that the art of saberage depends to a great degree upon the prior consumption of alcohol.
     
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  3. readyski

    readyski Pooh-Bah (1,557) Jun 4, 2005 California
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    Yeah likelihood of attempt is directly proportional to amount of alcohol consumed prior (as are odds of something going wrong). You might want to practice in a controlled environment before whipping that saber out in public :grin:
     
    #3 readyski, Sep 12, 2019
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  4. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    That is what every teenage boy, ever, has done.
     
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  5. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    I would say no, the pressure on champagne is way higher than beer, thus the type of bottle they use. Also with the bottle design, I am not sure if there is a chance of glass getting in the beer. Honestly I would say no. For reading https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/PeterHui.shtml. If you want to do this next time you are in Houston there is a Champagne bar/rest that will let you saber your bottle.
     
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  6. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I also don't think it would with a corked bottle of beer. Often the cork and cage are there for show because I frequently get no hiss from an imperial stout when wrestling that cork out.

    But if you want to try it, this seems like the perfect time to use that often-heard phrase "I can do that. Here hold my beer."
     
    #6 PapaGoose03, Sep 12, 2019
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  7. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    Having to resort to sabering a beer in order to impress people indicates you probably aren't spending enough on the beer itself...
     
    #7 HouseofWortship, Sep 12, 2019
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  8. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,701) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
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    I save my saber for only the best bottles, sober on not.
     
    #8 rgordon, Sep 12, 2019
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  9. oldbean

    oldbean Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2005 Massachusetts

    None of the videos I found were particularly worth posting but a quick YouTube search shows that it is indeed possible.
     
    #9 oldbean, Sep 12, 2019
  10. AZBeerDude72

    AZBeerDude72 Initiate (0) Jun 10, 2016 Arizona

    Sabering and drunk craft people = Trip to ER. :grimacing:
     
    #10 AZBeerDude72, Sep 12, 2019
  11. Vitacca

    Vitacca Pooh-Bah (2,250) Sep 15, 2010 Montana
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    I have a saber. Will post a video tonight.
     
    #11 Vitacca, Sep 12, 2019
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  12. Ranbot

    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    A super sober saber, I hope; for I fear to watch a sobering sabering. :dizzy_face:
     
    #12 Ranbot, Sep 12, 2019
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  13. Vitacca

    Vitacca Pooh-Bah (2,250) Sep 15, 2010 Montana
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    Why I gots to be sober? It's a blunt edge after all.
     
    #13 Vitacca, Sep 12, 2019
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  14. Ranbot

    Ranbot Pooh-Bah (2,463) Nov 27, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Because alliteration during intoxication can have complications.
     
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  15. Vitacca

    Vitacca Pooh-Bah (2,250) Sep 15, 2010 Montana
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    Danger is my middle name...
     
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  16. MistaRyte

    MistaRyte Pooh-Bah (2,681) Jan 14, 2008 Virginia
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    4x16 oz cans has killed sabering :slight_smile:
     
    #16 MistaRyte, Sep 12, 2019
  17. Joe13

    Joe13 Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2018 New Jersey

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  18. HouseofWortship

    HouseofWortship Pooh-Bah (2,735) May 3, 2016 Illinois
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    I would be more impressed if someone could swing the saber and cleanly knock out the cork rather than taking off the whole top of the bottle...
     
    #18 HouseofWortship, Sep 12, 2019
  19. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,284) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Not at all, if you’re really good you can get the whole pack in one swift swipe of the blade! :grin:
     
    #19 JamFuel, Sep 12, 2019
  20. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    I prefer to use a .44 magnum.:sunglasses:
     
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