When Max Koch opened a bottle of homebrew beer one afternoon in Göttingen, Germany, he wasn’t just cracking open a drink. He ...

Researchers decided to use a high-speed camera to capture what occurs while opening a swing-top bottle of beer. They found that the sound emitted by opening a pressurized bottle with a swing-top lid ...

While the physics of uncorking a bottle of champagne has been well documented, less is known about the mechanisms at play when opening a swing-top bottle of beer. Physicist Max Koch from the ...

The popping sound of a swing-top bottle brings a small joy to many beer drinkers - but also to a group of physicists in Germany who have proven how various factors combine to create a sound that is ...