--- title: How to Open a Beer With a Sheet of Paper description: Video shows how to open a beer with a sheet of paper canonical: https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-16T22:18:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:34.147Z og:title: Watch a Hero Bro Open a Beer Using a Sheet of Paper og:description: A valuable skill is going viral just in time for Saint Patrick's Day og:url: https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Hero Bro Open a Beer Using a Sheet of Paper twitter:description: A valuable skill is going viral just in time for Saint Patrick's Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Guy Open a Beer With a Sheet of Paper ## Video: Should I Drink Seltzer Water? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Drink Seltzer Water?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SSdTN2EQ.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2015-02-04. Seltzer -- also known as bubbly water, carbonated water, soda water and sparkling water -- comes with as many health myths as it does names. Luckily, seltzer is one of the rare instances where something you love drinking isn’t bad for you._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 16, 2015 10:18 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 16, 2015 10:18 PM UTC Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, a video of a guy demonstrating how to open a bottle of beer with a sheet of A4-size paper is going viral. The instructions in the description of the clip on YouTube read as follows: --- > “” --- Rhys Morgan, a 21-year-old English major at Cardiff University, [told _The Daily Mail_](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2991475/How-open-bottle-beer-piece-paper.html) he figured out the trick while hanging out with friends who did not have a bottle opener. The video has racked up more than 3.4 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on March 6. (h/t [BuzzFeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/abagg/you-can-open-a-beer-bottle-with-a-single-sheet-of-paper?bffb&utm%5Fterm=4ldqpgp#.dcOBQvqOL)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/"},"headline":"Watch a Guy Open a Beer With a Sheet of Paper","datePublished":"2015-03-16T22:18:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:34.147Z","description":"We'll toast to that","url":"https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/","name":"Watch a Guy Open a Beer With a Sheet of Paper"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Drink Seltzer Water?","description":"Seltzer -- also known as bubbly water, carbonated water, soda water and sparkling water -- comes with as many health myths as it does names. Luckily, seltzer is one of the rare instances where something you love drinking isn’t bad for you.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SSdTN2EQ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-04T22:52:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SSdTN2EQ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3746928/how-to-open-beer-bottle-with-paper/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```