Wax Removal

Lots of ideas here (and a few other places).

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/waxed-bottle-openers.542697/#post-5697392

 

These are your friend:

 

Never could get it down, but I don't buy them any more. Not worth the hassle.

 

Great suggestions here

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/sabering-a-beer.68171/

 

I tried softening the wax with a lighter last time and it worked OK... I still had to cut the wax off the very top of the cap to get a good angle with the opener, but it was easier/safer than removing all the wax from the sides.

I hate waxed bottles and wish all breweries would stop doing it. Wax does nothing more for the beer than a good cap or cork, apart from some aesthetics,.

 

I run the wax part of the bottle under hot water in the sink for 20 seconds (maybe 10-15 seconds more for extra thick wax), cap pretty much pops off with my bottle opener (make sure you have a good strong one).

 

I just take my butane torch and melt that shit off and make a huge mess. Probably unnecessary but it looks bad ass.

 

#boycottwaxedbottles

 

I've never had a problem using the lighter method. I just hold my zippo on one side of the cap for 20-30 seconds then pop of the cap using my normal bottle opener. Easy peasy, no mess...

 

I take my bottle opener and dig it in to the top of the wax near the edge. Once you get it under the wax you just keep pushing and turning the bottle opener around the edge. Once I get the top portion off I can usually dig the opener under and edge of the cap and pop the bottle open. Sometimes it hurts the hand slightly. But usually I can get a bottle open in about 20 seconds. I do have a opener that has a large thick handle which helps. Probably would be more difficult with a thin bottle opener.

 

I own multiple YOpeners for a reason. They can plow through any waxed bottle easily. https://www.etsy.com/shop/YOpeners

 

I second the Yopener. Yopener in my downstairs bar, yopener in the tailgate kit, yopeners......everywhere.

 

I use a "whale shark" and just go right in there with the serrated metal piece and pop the top off. Wax sucks and trying to remove it with a knife is dangerous, frustrating, and messy.

 

I don't buy them.

 

I have never noticed a problem with opening it as I would any capped bottle. Just make sure you grip the opener into the wax and it will rip the wax right off with the cap. Why remove it prior to opening?

 

Woa, woa, woa. Don't you guys know you aren't supposed to drink beer with waxed tops? You are supposed to cellar those until far enough in the future by which time they will have devised a better way of opening them.

 

Take a good corkscrew straight through the top. Works perfectly. That is if it's corked!!