Lockable Bottle

Some people have perfected the talent of opening a bottle with a key; and now you can, too! But only if you have the right key.

A lockable bottle looks like a normal bottle, but there’s a keyhole in the cap. The keyhole looks like the one on your front door, and the key that opens it looks like a regular house key. When you buy a case of liquor, wine or beer in lockable bottles* you get twelve bottles, but only one key. It’s a good way to maintain a position of power at your next party, or to prevent your kids from drinking your booze.

Technical details:

The mechanism in the neck is strikingly similar (though somewhat simpler) than a door lock. The top part of the cap is like a twist-off cap -- it takes a quarter-turn to make it come off. The difference is that there is a cylinder with pins extending from the bottom of the cap into the neck of the bottle. The pins poke into holes on the inside of the neck preventing unauthorized drinkers from twisting the cap. When you put in the correct key, the pins line up just right to allow the cap to turn (exactly the same as a door lock). When you turn the key, the cap (and the rest of the lock mechanism) comes off. You drink your fill, and if you don’t finish it, you can lock it back up again.

*McLaughlin’s Lockable Lager, for instance.