are there any imported bottled beers with twist-off caps?

[sundog]

or is the twist off beer cap just an american phenomenon?

[jobycom]

1. I don't know, but my teeth are hurting from those non-twisty things!

[terrya]

2. I can't think of any. I think it's an American phenom.

Even a very popular import like Heinkein has to be opened with a bottle opener.

[sundog]

5. maybe

it's because a lot of people here don't have the capacity for mastering the intricacies of bottle openers :P

[terrya]

6. MEOW!

Not members of Mensa, eh? :-)

[sundog]

7. hehe

no, i just observed some specimens which would validate my statement... strictly on the empirical level :P

[Redstone]

10. You don't need a bottle opener. A spoon works fine.

Redstone

[WCGreen]

3. Labats

[MrSlayer]

4. Molson went to twist offs a couple of years ago.

Moosehead still has the old school style.

[xultar]

8. Red Stripe?

[sundog]

11. needs an opener

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. Excellent rule of thumb:

GOOD beer requires a bottle opener.

[AussieDave]

12. Most of the beers here in Oz have tops you can twist

or use an opener - lots of novel ways to open with the twist too.....