So, we’ve found the smoothest, most effective ways to open a beer bottle without an opener—and without losing your cool (hopefully).

5 easy ways to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew, including how to remove a cork with a screw and hammer, using a shoe, a key, or even a bike pump.

How to Open a Wine Bottle With a Shoe Remove the wine bottle’s capsule (the foil), so that the cork is exposed and won’t have an additional obstacle to contend with.

If you ever find yourself in the predicament of having a nice bottle of wine to open, but no corkscrew bottle opener, this one common item will help you out.

On average, bottle-drinking Brits estimate they have to open one without a traditional opener 25 per cent of the time.

This is exactly how air pressure wine bottle openers work: They pump air into the bottle that forces the cork out, as seen in the video below.

It’s OK. There are actually several ways to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew—and some of them are pretty fun.