Selecting the right bottle opener
Bottle openers come in two main varieties, those intended to remove bottle caps from soda, beer, or water bottles, and those made to remove corks from wine. Both are referred to as bottle openers, but they differ drastically.
A standard bottle opener is simply a lever to wedge beneath the edge of a bottle cap and pry it off the bottle. Most restaurants and bars have a version of this standard bottle opener attached to a wall, so that a bottle can be inserted beneath the opener and pried to remove the cap. Handheld bottle openers are functionally the same as these wall-mounted varieties, but are held in the hand and levered while the bottle is held stationary.
For beer and beverages:
Simple bottle opener is made out of metal with a round opening on one end and a handle for the fingers on the other. The metal tip serves as tooth or lip to catch the underside of the cap. When upward force is applied to the handle, this enables the user to pull off the cap. This kind of bottle opener is typically small and can often be found as a key chain.
Wall-mounted bottle opener is a variant of the simple bottle opener that is usually seen in restaurants and pubs attached to the wall to facilitate opening beer bottles with ease. Unlike the simple bottle opener, these only require the use of one hand. Consider using this when you are starting a business in the food and beverage industry where you will be serving a number of people on a regular basis.
Bar blades have gained widespread use among professional bartenders over the previous years since it can be used in front of customers with ease and usually has the business name engraved on it. It is a typically a 4 cm wide and 16 cm long flat steel with holes on both ends used to take off the caps from beers and sodas. However, this beer opener cannot be used to remove corks.
For wines:
Corkscrew makes use of a single screw inserted to the cork stopper for full rotation until the bottom of the cork is pierced and is ready to be pulled from the wine bottle. This device also comprised of flat housing similar to a Swiss knife and is often concealed in plastic.
Cork master, on the other hand, is for businesses that necessitate removal of cork stoppers in large volumes while at the same time causing very little damage to the bottle. To remove the cork, the bottle's neck is situated securely at the tube's lower part until the cork is loosened.
Twin prong cork puller resembles a large key with an oval-shaped handle and two descending thin metal strips coming out of it. The wine bottle is being placed between these metal strips and, once placed firmly, will be pulled and turned until the cork is finally released from the wine bottle.