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Bâlea Lac / Transfăgărășan bottle opener with wooden handle

## Bâlea Lac

Transfăgărășan

Side A with the Bâlea Lac inscription

Side B with the Transfăgărășan inscription

Bottle opener with wooden handle with **Bâlea Lac** (EN: *Bâlea Lake*) inscription and an image of a bear and some mountains on one side and **Transfăgărășan** inscription and an image of a cable car and more mountains on the other side.

## Trivia

The **Transfăgărășan** (*trans* [over, across] + *Făgăraș*) or **DN7C** is a paved mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It has national-road ranking and is the second-highest paved road in the country after the *Transalpina*. It starts near the village of Bascov, near Pitești, and stretches 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the crossroad between the DN1 and Sibiu, between the highest peaks in the country, Moldoveanu and Negoiu. The road, built in the early 1970s as a strategic military route, connects the historic regions of *Transylvania* and *Wallachia*. The road also provides access to Bâlea Lake and Bâlea Waterfall.

**Bâlea Lake** (Romanian: *Lacul Bâlea*) is a glacier lake situated at 2,034 m of altitude in the Făgăraș Mountains. There are two chalets opened all the year round, a meteorological station and a mountain rescue station. It is accessible by car on the Transfăgărășan road during the summer, and the rest of the year by a cable car from the "Bâlea Cascadă" chalet. In 2006, the first ice hotel in Eastern Europe was built in the vicinity of the lake

## See also

* Transfăgărășan (Wikipedia)
* Bâlea Lake (Wikipedia)
* Transfăgărășan souvenir bottle opener with picture of the Bâlea Lake (triangle)
* Other souvenir bottle openers in our collection
Augusta-Brauerei G.m.b.H. Augsburg church key opener

## Augusta-Brauerei G.m.b.H.

**Augusta-Brauerei G.m.b.H. Augsburg** thin church key opener.

## Trivia

The *Augusta Brauerei* (Augusta Brewery) was a brewery based in Augsburg, Germany. It originated from a small brewery with a beer tavern, which was first mentioned in 1488. Over the centuries, the small brewery developed into a modern brewery that produced around 23,000 hl of beer at the end of the 1990s.

In 2010 the company shut down its own production facilities in Jakobervorstadt for economy reasons and transferred the beer production to the Schlossbrauerei Unterbaar. Since then, around 15,000 hectoliters of beer have been produced there each year and distributed by the Augusta Brewery.

## See also

* Church key openers
* Augusta Brauerei (Wikipedia) (German)
Brass opener with head of Greek figure / chariot with four horses and two men

## Head of Greek figure / chariot

The front with the head

The back with the chariot

Brass bottle opener with **head of a Greek figure** on one side and a **chariot with two men pulled by four horses**. Some ornamental lines also appear on the head of the opener.

## Trivia

The symbols that appear on the opener are typical to the Balcanic Region (more specifically *ancient* *Greek*and *Roman culture*):

* the **human head**depicted on the opener follows the ancient Greek/Roman style with simple lines (an original piece of ancient Greek artwork can be seen below);
* **chariot racing** was one of the most popular ancient Greek sports. Chariot racing was dangerous to both drivers and horses as they often suffered serious injury and even death, but these dangers added to the excitement and interest for spectators.

## See also

* Brass souvenir opener with head of Greek figure / angel and Made in Greece inscription
* Brass opener with owl/human head (ancient Greek style)
* Other brass openers in our collection
* Other souvenir bottle openers in our collection
Blank church key opener (ckC) (without hole)

## Further information

### Type

ckC

**Blank** church key opener without hole at the end of its handle.

## See also

* Church key openers
* Blank church key opener (ckC) (with hole)
* Blank church key opener (ckCB)
* Blank church key opener (ckCL)
* Blank church key opener (ckCW)
* Blank enormous aluminium church key opener
* Blank church key opener with V-shaped end
Coca Cola Light bottle opener with white plastic handle (Ernst)

## Coca Cola Light

**Coca Cola Light** bottle opener with red inscription on a white plastic handle. The French words "**marque déposée**" (EN: registered trademark) appear underneath the logo, which leads us to believe that the opener originates from France.

The logo of the company that produced the opener, the kitchenware and household items producer **Ernst** also appears on the neck of the opener.

This opener was part of an order from *G.C.*

## Trivia

**Coca-Cola**, or **Coke**, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by *John Stith Pemberton* and was bought out by businessman *Asa Griggs Candler*, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

## See also

* Coca Cola (Wikipedia)
* The Coca Cola website
* Other bottle openers produced by Ernst in our collection
Aurora Brașov bottle cap shaped yellow plastic bottle opener

## Aurora Brașov

The front with the logo

The back with part of the inscription visible

**Aurora Brașov** bottle cap shaped yellow plastic bottle opener.

Aurora was a Romanian beer brewed in Brașov. The company has been controlled by **Ursus Breweries** since 2004.

Some details about the company that produced the opener can be found inside the opener. The full text reads:

**WIND 94 S.R.L.**

**FAX 4202236**

## Trivia

" *In 1892 the **Friedrich Czell & Sons** corporation acquired the distilling plant in Dârste and built a new brewery there, laying down the foundations of a business in Brașov that developed strongly and consolidated over time to become a well-recognized brand. The business was so prosperous that Alexandru Petit writes in the Brasov's Monograph from 1922 about an increased manpower of 130 employees.*

*Upon the nationalization in 1948 the Dârste brewery and alcohol plant changed its name into "**Aurora**". Ever since the brewery has been constantly upgraded and extended towards improved production capacities, mechanization and automation of technological processes.*

***SABMiller**, the predecessor to **Ursus Breweries**, bought the Aurora Brewery in 2004.* "

- history of the Dârste (Aurora) Brewery from the Ursus Breweries website
Apollinaris church key opener (ckC)

## Apollinaris (ckCB)

Apollinaris

**Apollinaris** church key opener (ckC). The text on the opener appears in the same font as the one used in the logo of the company.

Apollinaris is a German naturally sparkling mineral water, owned by Coca-Cola.

This opener was part of an order from *G.C.*

## Trivia

### Apollinaris

The spring was discovered by chance in 1852 in *Georg Kreuzberg*’s vineyard, in Bad Neuenahr, Germany. He named it after *St Apollinaris of Ravenna*, a patron saint of wine.

The red triangle symbol and the slogan "*The Queen of Table Waters*" were adopted as trademarks in 1895. By 1913 the company was producing 40 million bottles a year, 90% of which were exported worldwide.

Coca Cola acquired Apollinaris from the multinational Cadbury-Schweppes in 2006.

### Coca Cola

**Coca-Cola**, or **Coke**, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by *John Stith Pemberton* and was bought out by businessman *Asa Griggs Candler*, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves, and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

## See also

* Church key openers
* Apollinaris (Wikipedia)
* Coca Cola website
* Apollinaris church key opener (ckCB)
* Apollinaris Selection transparent plastic bottle opener
Cardinal beer bottle shaped plastic bottle opener

## Cardinal

**Beer bottle** shaped plastic bottle opener with **Cardinal** logo. The texts "**BIERE**" and "**BIER**" (both meaning "*beer*" in French and German, respectively) and "**original Draft**" appear on the neck of the bottle. The word "**DRAFT**" appears on the body of the bottle twice as well.

## Trivia

" *In 1788,* François Piller*, owner of the “*Zum Lachs*” (meaning "*to the salmons*") inn, located near the Porte de Berne in Friborg, decides to build a brewery for his son, a recently graduated Bavarian master brewer. Beginning with 1802 the small company in Friborg changed owners several times until 1877, before being taken over by* Paul-Alcide Blancpain*, a descendant of the Jura watchmaking family.*

*The successful commercial development of the brewery required its relocation from the old town of Friborg. The brewery invests in a site near the station, without ever interrupting its production. In the meantime, Cardinal beer had become a real institution, an element of the Friborg identity.*

*The Brasserie du Cardinal, in cooperation with other regional breweries, decides to found the **Sibra Holding** in 1970. Cardinal is thus transformed into a national brand, which is also exported to the USA. Due to the general decline in beer consumption, the crisis of the 1960s and the breakthrough of foreign beers, Sibra Holding is moving towards an export and diversification strategy. In 1996 **Feldschlösschen-Hürlimann-Holding** takes over SIBRA Holding, which also includes the Cardinal Brewery.* "

 - from the *History* page of the Cardinal website (French and German)

**Feldschlösschen Brewery**, situated in Rheinfelden, is the biggest brewery in Switzerland and was founded in 1876. It was bought by Carlsberg in 2000. The brewery is in the shape of a castle with Feldschlösschen meaning "*small castle in the fields*" in German.

**Carlsberg A/S** is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by *J. C. Jacobsen*, the company's headquarters is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. The company's flagship brand is Carlsberg (named after Jacobsen's son Carl). Other brands include Tuborg, Kronenbourg, Somersby cider, Neptun, Russia's best-selling beer Baltika, Belgian Grimbergen, and more than 500 local beers. The company employs around 41,000 people, primarily located in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia.

## See also

* Cardinal Brewery (Wikipedia)
* Cardinal website (French and German)
* Feldschlössen Brewery website
* Carlsberg website
* Cardinal yellow plastic bottle opener (wide handle, green paint) (Ernst)
* Cardinal yellow plastic bottle opener (wide handle, blue paint) (Ernst)
* Cardinal yellow plastic bottle opener (thin handle, blue paint) (Ernst)
* Other beer bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
Cannon-shaped metal bottle opener with hidden corkscrew

## Cannon

View from the top

View from the bottom

**Cannon**-shaped metal bottle opener with a hidden **corkscrew** inside the barrel. The bottle opener can be found on the front of the underside of the black metal stand. To access the corkscrew, the front half of the barrel has to be removed.

The original price of the opener is marked in Russian on the underside of the stand: **ц 2 ₽** (abbreviation of *цена 2 рубль*) meaning "**price 2 rubles**".

This opener was a gift from *S.K.*

## See also

* Metal stand of cannon-shaped bottle opener (missing barrel) (*coming soon!*)
* Other bottle openers in the shape of weapons in our collection
Coca Cola red plastic lighter with built-in bottle opener

## Coca Cola (lighter)

Red plastic **lighter with built in bottle opener** and with **Coca Cola** logo. The bottle opener part is the small metal clip on the side of the lighter.

We ordered this bottle opener from *OLX.ro* for 10 RON (~$2).

## Trivia

**Coca-Cola**, or **Coke**, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by *John Stith Pemberton* and was bought out by businessman *Asa Griggs Candler*, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

## See also

* Multifunctional openers
* Coca Cola (Wikipedia)
* The Coca Cola website
* Winchester white plastic lighter with built-in bottle opener
* Other bottle openers with built in lighters in our collection
Bottle opener with rectangle-shaped head and black plastic handle

**Black plastic bottle opener with rectangle-shaped head**. The plastic part surrounds its head on both sides. There is also a hole at the end of the handle.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Other plastic bottle openers in our collection
1990 Falcon Gammelbrygd small flat metal bottle opener

## 1990 Falcon Gammelbrygd

Small metal bottle opener with **1990 Falcon Gammelbrygd** (EN: "*1990 Falcon Old Brew*") inscription. There are also two tiny holes at the top and the bottom.

This opener was given along with a bottle of Falcon Gammelbrygd (EN: "*Falcon Old Brew*") from 1990, being attached to its neck by a string in the hole at the top. We know about the existence of bottle openers attached to bottles of Falcon Gammelbrygd from *1992* and *1994* as well with the respective years pressed into them.

## Trivia

The **Falcon Brewery** (SE: *Bryggeri AB Falken*) was founded in 1896 by *John L. Skantze* who picked Falkenberg because financial support was found there. In 1955 they started selling beer under the Falcon name. The company continued to grow, but after the ban on Class IIB beer the company came into difficulties and in 1977 it was bought by **Pripps** and was combined with *Sandwalls* in Borås (closed in 1981). 1985 the company was split into Falken that manufactured the beer and Falcon that handled marketing, distribution and sales. In 1994 the company was merged as Falcon. In 1996 the company was sold to **Carlsberg** and is now one of their production facilities.

## See also

* Falcon Brewery (Wikipedia)
* Carlsberg Group website
	+ Carlsberg Sweden website (Swedish)
* Falcon Gammelbrygd on Untappd.com
* ·PRIPPS· church key opener
* Aass flat metal bottle opener
Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel blue plastic bottle opener (fist)

## Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel

View from the front with the logo

View from the backside which also serves as a "cork"

Blue plastic fist-shaped bottle opener with **Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel** logo as well as a link to the website of the company ("**www.baerwurzerei.de**"). The backside of the opener also serves as a *cork*.

## Trivia

" *Heinrich Hieke founded the **Bärwurzerei Hieke** in Zwiesel in 1949 together with his wife, Maria, in order to produce the real Hieke Bärwurz based on a traditional family recipe. Over the years, the recipe has been refined and improved, so that the real Hieke Bärwurz with its "green hunter's head" as a trademark is a quality term far beyond Bavaria.*

*From the small beginnings, a respectable family business soon developed, which, after moving twice, found its home on today's company premises on Frauenauer Strasse, in Zwiesel in 1979.*

*As the range has expanded steadily over the years, Bärwurzerei Hieke offers over 30 different alcoholic specialties, which still have to meet strict quality standards and are produced purely on a natural basis.* "

 - description from the *History* page of the Bärwurzerei Hieke website (German)

## See also

* Fist-shaped plastic bottle openers
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel website (German)
	+ Echter Hieke Bärwurz 45% on the baerwurzerei-hieke.de website (German)
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel black plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel green plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel white plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Echter Hieke's Bayerwald Bärwurz white plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Nissan Test-Rep Auto A.s rectangle-shaped white plastic bottle opener
* Volkmer Kamin rectangle-shaped white plastic bottle opener
Black plastic bottle opener with plastic cap opener

## Crown cap + plastic cap opener (black, plastic)

**Bottle opener with black plastic handle** and *plastic cap opener* at the other end of its handle. Plastic caps can be unscrewed by tightening the round part of the handle around the cap using the thin arm to the left of the main handle. There are two separate circles at the end of the handle for different sizes of plastic caps.

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Multifunctional openers
* White plastic bottle opener with plastic cap opener
Cetatea Rupea / Romania round brass souvenir bottle opener with silhouette of the Rupea Fortress / silhouette of Romania

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Round brass bottle opener with a grey metal plate with "**Cetatea Rupea**" (EN: "*Rupea Fortress*") inscription and the **silhouette of the Rupea Fortress** attached to one side, and a "**Romania**" inscription along with the **silhouette of Romania** in the brass base on the other side. There are some decorative plant-like motifs along the head of the opener with the inner round part (the one housing the inscriptions and the silhouettes) being attached to the outer circle by three similarly decorated "arms".

The base of this opener is mass-produced with only the "Romania side" pre-molded and the other side left blank so that different touristic attractions (fortresses, castles, museums, etc.) can buy it and attach whatever design they want there.

## Trivia

**Rupea Fortress** (RO: *Cetatea Rupea*, HU: *Kőhalmi vár*) is a medieval fortress built by the Saxons and first mentioned by a 1324 document. It has been recently restored (2010–2013) and as of 2014, it was visited each month by more than 10,000 tourists. Rupea Fortress is situated on a 120 m high basalt cliff, to the west of the Transylvanian town of Rupea in Romania. The fortress is located on DN13, 70 km from Brașov, on the road to Sighișoara.

Rupea Fortress stands on one of the oldest archaeological sites in Romania, the first signs of human settlements dating from the Paleolithic and Early Neolithic (5500 BC–3500 BC). Archaeological investigations have revealed objects from this era, testimony of settlements in the region: stone tools, pottery, funeral urns, etc. In Dacian times, on these places was raised the *dava* known as Rumidava or Ramidava; conquered by the Romans, Rumidava became the Roman *castra* Rupes (in Latin, *rupes* means "rock" or "stone"). The Roman castra Rupes was part of the Roman fortification belt defending the commercial area and routes linking the Târnava Valley with the Olt Valley, Râșnov and Hoghiz. According to Romanian archaeologists, the current fortress might have been built on the ruins of a former Dacian defense fort, based on Dacian pottery sherds found at the site. A popular legend in the area tells that Dacian king *Decebalus* committed suicide inside the fortress.

## See also

* Rupea Fortress (Wikipedia)
* Other souvenir bottle opener in our collection
Coca Cola bottle shaped red-and-white metal bottle opener with "Spread the Taste of Joy" inscription

## Coca Cola – Taste of Joy

View from the front with the logo and the inscription

View from the blank backside

**Coca Cola bottle** shaped metal bottle opener with red-and-white acrylic layer on its front with **the Coca Cola logo** and a "**Spread the Taste of Joy**" inscription. The backside of the opener is completely blank. We also kept the original packaging of the opener which gives us information about its material, country of origin and importer.

This opener was part of a set of 4 identically shaped Coca Cola bottle openers but each with a different design. Another example from this series is the Coca Cola bottle shaped metal bottle opener with red-and-white square pattern.

This bottle opener was a gift from *C.O.*

## Gallery

Inside of its original packagingThe Coca Cola bottle shaped metal bottle opener with red-and-white square pattern
## Trivia

**Coca-Cola**, or **Coke**, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by *John Stith Pemberton* and was bought out by businessman *Asa Griggs Candler*, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

## See also

* Coca Cola (Wikipedia)
* The Coca Cola website
* Coca Cola bottle shaped metal bottle opener with red-and-white square pattern
* Coca Cola Euro 2020 bottle shaped red metal bottle opener
* Other Coke bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG church key like bottle opener

## Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG

**Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG** church key like bottle opener. There is also a small hole at the end of the handle.

This opener is listed as church key like due to the fact that it doesn't meet the requirements of the other categories in our coding of church key openers.

## Trivia

" *In 1857 the 24-year-old brewer Hugo Bayerlein returned from Munich to his hometown of Bayreuth. He had his first brewing experience in southern Bavaria and wanted to found his own brewery and create beer according to his personal taste. He bought some land on the Herzog hill, applied for the construction of the brewery and began to brew beer. Thanks to modern technology and excellent cooling and storage options in the cellars under the brewery, the beer from the Bayreuth brewery quickly convinced the customers. The demand for Bayreuth beer increased rapidly and some of it was delivered to the neighboring state of Thuringia.* "

 - part of the history of the *Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG* on the company's website (German)

## See also

* Church key openers
* Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG website (German)
* Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG (Wikipedia) (German)
* Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG church key opener
Bilger Stümple church key opener

## Bilger Stümple

Bilger Stümple

**Bilger Stümple** long church key opener.

Bilger Stümple is a German "kultbier" (EN: "cult beer") brewed in Baden-Württemberg since 1821.

## Trivia

" *I'm Stümple - the mildly hopped Helles from Baden-Württemberg. In 1821 I was brewed for the first time by Nepomuk Bilger. My trademarks: The small, bulbous Stümple bottle and my mild, delicious taste.*

*So you can drink more than one of me if you like. Because: I taste even without thirst.*

*Manufactured according to the original recipe from back then, Stümple Helles offers all the qualities of the good old days: golden in colour, pleasantly drinkable, not too bitter and not too heavy.*

*In short: A beer without many words - just drink it!* "

 - description of Bilger Stümple from the brewery's website (German)

## See also

* Church key openers
* Bilger Stümple website (German)
Christianssands Bryggeri transparent rectangle-shaped plastic bottle opener with built-in plastic cap remover

## Christianssands Bryggeri

**Christianssands Bryggeri** transparent rectangle-shaped plastic bottle opener. There is a small hole at the end of its handle to which we later added a keychain ring so that we could hang it next to all the other transparent rectangle-shaped plastic bottle openers. A text saying "**SIDEN 1859**" (EN: *since 1859*) also appears in the logo, marking the founding year of the brewery. The logo is painted onto the opener inside of an embedded circle with a ratcheted outline which serves as a *plastic cap remover*.

This opener was part of an exchange with *B.T.N.*

## Trivia

**Christianssands Bryggeri** (EN: *Kristiansand's Brewery*), or CB for short, is a Norwegian brewery located in Kristiansand. Together with *Hansa Brewery* in Bergen and *Borg Bryggerier* in Sarpsborg it makes up the **Hansa Borg Bryggerier AS**, which is the second largest group of breweries in Norway, next to Carlsberg.

CB was created in 1856 by consul *Ole Jacob Mørch*. In 1859 he had to sell the brewery, together with the rest of his enterprises, as a consequence of hard times following the Crimean War. The brewery was sold to consul *Jørgen Christiansen*, who finished building the brewery and started production in the autumn of 1859. Kristiansand had about 11,000 inhabitants at this time and the brewery became a successful business.

The Christiansen family led the enterprise for five generations until 1964. After this the shares were sold to *Tou Brewery* in Stavanger. Since then CB has had several owners: a group of investors called Sørlandvekst, the Swedish brewery Spendrups, and since 1999 Hansa Borg Bryggerier AS.

## See also

* Christianssands Bryggeri (Wikipedia)
* Hansa Borg Bryggerier AS website (Norwegian)
	+ Christianssands Bryggeri on the Hansa Borg Bryggerier AS website (Norwegian)
* Other tranparent rectangle-shaped plastic bottle openers in our collection
Alfer aluminium bottle opener

## alfer

View from the front

View from the back

**Alfer®** aluminium bottle opener. The logo of the company appears twice on the front of the opener – once horizontally and once vertically. The link to the company's website (www.alfer.com) appears underneath the vertical logo. A little hole can be found at the end of the opener to hang it on a keychain ring. The back has a the number **00381507** on it which is most likely the patent number of the bottle opener.

This opener was most probably made for advertisement purposes as an example of the material used in their construction materials.

## Trivia

**Alfer®** (stylized as **alfer®**) is a German producer of metal profiles and building materials from alumnium. It was founded in 1973 in Wutöschingen-Horheim, Baden-Württemberg. The location in the Wutachtal region between the High Rhine and the southern Black Forest in the heart of Europe has helped the company become a specialist in aluminium profiles.

There are few metals with such great future potential as aluminium. The southern German region is Europe’s largest cohesive economic area for the manufacture and processing of aluminium, which led to it acquiring the name aluvalley®.

Although alfer predominantly focused on the markets in Germany and its neighbouring countries until 2003, the company has operated successfully throughout Europe since 2004 and is well on the way to becoming the Europe-wide market leader.

## See also

* The alfer® website
* Other aluminium bottle openers in our collection
ABB ASEA BROWN BOVERI rounded rectangle-shaped white-and-red plastic bottle opener

## ABB

ASEA BROWN BOVERI

View from the front with the logo

View from the backside which also serves as a "cork"

Rounded rectangle-shaped white plastic bottle opener with **ABB logo** and **ASEA BROWN BOVERI** inscription. The backside of the opener, which also serves as a "*cork*", has some further inscriptions: **DBGM pat. pend.** (abbreviation of *DGBM patent pending*), **Made in W. Germany** and **PLASTOLAN**, the name of the company which produced the opener itself.

## Trivia

**ABB Ltd** (German: ABB AG, French, Italian, Romansh: ABB SA), formerly **ASEA Brown Boveri**, is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment, and automation technology areas. It is ranked 341st in the Fortune Global 500 list of 2018 and has been a global Fortune 500 company for 24 years. Until the sale of its electricity division in 2020, ABB was Switzerland's largest industrial employer. ABB is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, Nasdaq Stockholm and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.

" *ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries.* "

 - description from the *About us* page of the company's website

**Plastolan GmbH** was a German manufacturer of promotional items, gift items made of plastic from giveaways to high-quality note boxes, USB memories, recycling products and, of course, bottle openers. The factory for promotion and gift items was founded in 1977 by *Klaus Langenbach* and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017, just one year before it went bankrupt and had to close its gates. A number of rectangle-shaped plastic bottle openers in our collection were produced by the company.

## See also

* ABB website
* ABB (Wikipedia)
* H. SCHRÖTER rectangle-shaped blue plastic bottle opener with Mercedes emblem
* RICOH bei GFG SEIBT AG white plastic bottle opener
* Other rectangle-shaped plastic openers in our collection
* Other bottle openers produced by Plastolan in our collection
Beer mug shaped plastic bottle opener with Zsolt inscription

## Zsolt (beer mug)

Beer mug shaped plastic bottle opener with **Zsolt** inscription with two black leaf-like symbols on either side of the name. The backside houses a big, round magnet. The head of the opener is also equipped with a *can piercer*.

This opener was a gift from *Zs.B.*

## Trivia

**Zsolt** is a Hungarian name, meaning *the lucky*. This beer mug shaped bottle opener is a souvenir from Hungary which was probably once bought for or by a person name Zsolt and it later arrived into our collection.

## See also

* Metalo Chim Brașov church key opener (ckT)
* Other beer mug shaped bottle openers in our collection
COOP TEHNOMETAL Satu Mare bottle opener with small dark blue plastic handle

## COOP TEHNOMETAL

Satu Mare

View from the front

View from the backside which also serves as a "cork"

Bottle opener with small dark blue plastic handle and with **COOP TECHNOMETAL** logo. Further texts on the opener mark the location of the company (**Satu Mare**), the patent number of the opener (**S.T.I. 981-36**) and its price (**LEI 5**, roughly 1$). The backside also serves as a "*cork*".

## Gallery

There is an almost identical bottle opener in our collection with the two main differences being the color and that on this bottle opener there are a few more rows of text:

COOP TEHNOMETAL bottle opener with small dark red plastic handle
## Trivia

During the communist era of Romania all privately owned businesses and companies became state-owned and many were merged into so-called "*co-ops*" (short for *cooperatives*; RO: *cooperative*) and got new names which suggested what their profiles were, such as "*Metchim*" (blend between the words "metal" & "chimie"; EN: "metal" & "chemistry") or "*Tehnometal*" (blend between the words "tehnologie" & "metal"; EN: "technology" & "metal"). Thus "**Coop Tehnometal**" meant a cooperative working with metals.

This specific bottle opener, in contrast to a very similar red one in our collection, also marks the location of the company along with the patent number of the mold for the bottle opener and its cost.

## See also

* COOP TEHNOMETAL bottle opener with small dark red plastic handle
* Other bottle openers with small plastic handles in our collection
Bierhobel hand plane shaped wooden bottle opener

## Bierhobel

Side view

**Hand plane** shaped wooden bottle opener with **Bierhobel** inscription, which literally translates to "*beer plane*" in German. There is also a small built-in *magnet* next to the opener part on the underside to hold onto the opened crown caps.

## Gallery

View from the topView from the bottom with the magnet and the bottle opener part visible
## See also

* Székelyföld hand plane shaped wooden bottle opener
* Erdély hand plane shaped wooden bottle opener
* Other bottle openers shaped like tools in our collection
Good news bad news

When Master found out who killed Quinty, which as Ella, he gave her a new uniform that no one else can get unless they do a golden task. Her uniform had a military frog on the back and it was made out of gold. She loved it. Master also gave her a rare flintlock musket with a detachable bayonet, used in the revolutionary war. She loved that too. She even used it on a death row prisoner, and it worked like a charm for her. Aww. How nice. She got recognized for the whole territory, and everyone cheered and gave her flowers and lots of Froggies. Froggies is the new currency. Master also got a new pet frog and gave him his own bullet proof vest and a tiny rifle, that shot out little pins. The pins were ones used when making a thumbtack. It was just the pointy part. But sadly, that’s it for the good news. The bad news is that not all of Quinty’s soldiers are dead. There are only about 50,000 left, but Master doesn’t know when to attack. The other thing is that there are millions of soldiers waiting to be healed, but all hospitals are full already, mostly with wounded civilians. Yep, that’s right. They attacked cities, too. This chapter may seem shorter than usual. That’s it! Continue on the next chapter………...
Coca Cola bottle opener with contour bottle shaped wooden handle (engraved and paint, red)

## Coca Cola

**Coca Cola** bottle opener with **contour bottle** shaped wooden handle. The logo of the company is engraved and painted on the opener with red alongside a classic contour bottle.

## Trivia

**Coca-Cola**, or **Coke**, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by *John Stith Pemberton* and was bought out by businessman *Asa Griggs Candler*, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

## See also

* Coca Cola (Wikipedia)
* The Coca Cola website
* Drink Coca Cola bottle cap shaped red plastic bottle opener (renimex)
* Trink Coca Cola Eiskalt bottle opener with wooden handle (engraved)
* Other Coke bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
Brass bottle opener in the shape of a Native American with an axe

## Native American, brass

Brass bottle opener in the shape of a **Native American** with an axe. The opener is very detailed with small lines depicting the clothes and the axe.

Due to it being sold together with two other openers from Peru, we believe this opener (as well as the Brass bottle opener in the shape of an Inca figure) were also made in Peru.

## Trivia

The **indigenous peoples of the Americas** are the pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants. Although some indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers — and many, especially in the Amazon basin, still are — many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture. The impact of their agricultural endowment to the world is a testament to their time and work in reshaping and cultivating the flora indigenous to the Americas.

## See also

* Brass bottle opener in the shape of an alpaca with Cusco Peru inscription
* Brass bottle opener in the shape of a vicuna with Peru Vicuna inscription
* Brass bottle opener in the shape of an Inca figure
* Hand-shaped long brass bottle opener
* Other bottle openers shaped like humans in our collection
Ayinger Bier church key opener

## Ayinger Bier

Ayinger Bier

**Ayinger Bier** church key opener.

Brauerei Ayinger (Ayinger Brewery) is a German brewery in Aying, Bavaria and the producer of Ayinger Beer.

## Trivia

Approximately 10% of Ayinger beers are exported, mainly to Italy, the United States, and the rest of Europe. Ayinger beers have been frequent award winners in international beer competitions.

For some years, a range of beer was brewed under the *Ayingerbrau* name by Samuel Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster, England. Although the Ayinger logo was used, the recipes and range were different from those of the Ayinger Brewery.

## See also

* Church key openers
* Ayinger Bier website
Bergenbier bottle opener with yellow plastic handle

## Bergenbier

**Bergenbier** bottle opener with black-and-white inscription on a round, yellow plastic handle.

This opener was part of an exchange with *F.D.*

## Trivia

**Bergenbier** is a Romanian beer produced by Bergenbier S.A. The company was founded in 1994 in Ploiești by the international *StarBev* company, which was bought - together with all its subsidiaries - in 2012 by *Molson Coors* for 2,6 billion euros.

Besides the Bergenbier and Noroc brands, the brewery produces Staropramen, Stella Artois, Beck's, Löwenbräu, Leffe and Hoegaarden under license. The Bergenbier Brewery is also the official sponsor of the Romanian national football team. The name "Bergenbier" can be translated from German as "*mountain beer*", referring to the fact that Romania has a mountainous terrain, thus beer being brewed between the mountains.

## See also

* Bergenbier (Wikipedia) (Romanian)
* Bergenbier website (Romanian)
* Molson Coors website
* Bergenbier beer bottle shaped metal bottle opener
Ambar Export dark grey curved metal bottle opener

## Ambar Export

View from the top

View from the side

Dark gray curved metal bottle opener with white colored **Ambar Export logo** and with keychain ring and two small rubber rings around the end of its handle.

This opener was part of an exchange with *E.R.M.*

## Trivia

**La Zaragozana**, commercially known as **Cervezas Ámbar**, is a Spanish beer company based in Zaragoza. It was founded in 1900 as *Fábrica de Cerveza, Malta y Hielo*. The company began to take shape in 1898 when a group of influential friends from Aragon, among whom was the mayor of Zaragoza, *Ladislao Goizueta*, found an outlet for the abundant barley that was grown in Aragon in the manufacturing of beer.

Currently, the company markets a range of 13 beers, the most popular of which is called *Amber Especial*. **Ambar Export** is a brand of the company made specifically for the international market.

## See also

* La Zaragozana (Cervezas Ámbar) (Wikipedia) (Spanish)
* Ambar website
	+ *Ambar Export* on the website of the brewery
* Estrella Damm red curved metal bottle opener
* Other curved metal bottle openers in our collection
Blank church key opener (ckC) (with hole)

## Further information

### Type

ckC

**Blank** church key opener with hole at the end of its handle.

## See also

* Church key openers
* Blank church key opener (ckC) (without hole)
* Blank church key opener (ckCB)
* Blank church key opener (ckCL)
* Blank church key opener (ckCW)
* Blank enormous aluminium church key opener
* Blank church key opener with V-shaped end
Brass bottle opener in the shape of a lion's head

## Lion head

Brass bottle opener with the handle in the shape of a **lion's head**. The head of the opener also has some ornamental shapes.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Other animal-shaped bottle openers in our collection
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
Bottle opener with plain wooden handle and can piercer (type 1)

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## Registry

### No. in colection

1447

**Bottle opener with plain wooden handle** and *can piercer* at the top of its head. The words "**stainless steel**" appear on the neck of the opener.

## Gallery

Other similar openers in our collection:

Bottle opener with plain wooden handle and can piercer (type 2)
## Trivia

There are no further markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Other bottle openers with wooden handles in our collection
Brass bottle opener in the shape of an Inca figure

## Inca figure

Brass bottle opener in the shape of an **Inca figure**.

Due to it being sold together with two other openers from Peru, we believe this opener (as well as the Brass bottle opener in the shape of a Native American with an axe) was also made in Peru.

## Trivia

**The Inca Empire** (Quechua: *Tawantinsuyu*, lit. "*The Four Regions*") was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in the city of *Cusco*. The Inca civilization arose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. Its last stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas incorporated a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean Mountains, using conquest and peaceful assimilation, among other methods.

At its largest, the empire joined Peru, southwest Ecuador, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, a large portion of what is today Chile, and southwest Colombia into a state comparable to the historical empires of Eurasia. Its official language was Quechua.

## See also

* Brass bottle opener in the shape of a Native American with an axe
* Brass bottle opener in the shape of an alpaca with Cusco Peru inscription
* Brass bottle opener in the shape of a vicuna with Peru Vicuna inscription
* Hand-shaped long brass bottle opener
* Other bottle openers shaped like humans in our collection
Brass bottle opener with bouquet of flowers

## Bouquet of flowers

Brass bottle opener with a **bouquet of flowers**. There seems to be some sort of a crown that holds them together, however the detailing on the opener isn't too fine and it is hard to make it out. It also has a large hole at the very top.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Brass bottle opener with royal crown inside a laurel wreath
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
Amstel bottle opener with red wooden handle (painted, white)

## Amstel

**Amstel** bottle opener with red painted wooden handle.

This opener was part of an order from *V.M.*

## Trivia

The Amstel Brewery was founded by *Charles Antoine de Pesters* (1842-1915), *Johannes Hendrikus van Marwijk Kooy* (1847-1916) and *Willem Eduard Uhlenbroek* (1839-1880). The brewery was named after the Amstel River. The brewery's symbolic first stone was laid on 11 June 1870. The first brew was completed on 25 October 1871 and two-and-a-half months later, on 9 January 1872, the first beer was delivered to clients. The brewery was officially opened on 15 January 1872. At this time its annual brewing capacity was 10,000 hectoliters. For the purpose of storing the beer, winter ice from canals was kept in special double-walled cellars. Originally, Amstel beers were mostly drunk in Amsterdam. The expansion outside Amsterdam ran more or less parallel to the development of the Dutch railway network. Agents were appointed in towns along new railway lines. As from 1883, Amstel beers were also exported to Great Britain and the Dutch East Indies. In 1884 a special export bottling plant was built, where "tropical" beers for the Dutch East Indies and other overseas markets were pasteurised and packaged in metal kegs.

On 1 January 1891 the firm *De Pesters, Kooy & Co.* operating under the name **Beiersch Bierbrouwerij De Amstel** (EN: *Bavarian Beer Brewery De Amstel*), was turned into a public limited company. In 1915 the production of Amstel had increased twenty-fold and in 1926, Amstel consisted of a third of the Dutch beer exports. In 1941, Amstel, together with Heineken, bought up the Amsterdam brewery *Van Vollenhoven's Bierbrouwerij*, which was closed in 1961. In 1954, Amstel built a brewery in Dutch Guiana. A few years later, Amstel was the first Dutch brewery to export beer in cans. At this time, the total exports of Amstel beer amounted to 101,000 hectoliters. In 1958 a subsidiary of Amstel produced its first beer in Jordan. In 1960, the third subsidiary of Amstel was opened in Curaçao. 1963 saw the opening of two new breweries, one in Puerto Rico and one in Greece.

Amstel was bought out by **Heineken International** in 1968. In 1972 the Amstel Brewery in Amsterdam was closed and production was relocated to the main Heineken plant in Zoeterwoude. The building on the Mauritskade was torn down. Only the former administration building was kept and has since become part of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

## See also

* Amstel website
* Amstel Brewery (Wikipedia)
* Heineken website
* Löwenbräu bottle opener with blue wooden handle
* Trink Coca Cola Eiskalt bottle opener with wooden handle (engraved)