# Air-Tight Beer Seals The Hermetus Bottle Opener Will Help Keep Your Drinks Fresh and Future-Proof By Omar Yusuf | Published 2011-09-19 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hermetus-bottle-opener References: [gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5841301/this-bottle-opener-actually-keeps-your-beer-fresh-for-future-quaffing/gallery/1) & [store.kaufmann-mercantile](http://store.kaufmann-mercantile.com/collections/kitchen-home/products/hermetus-bottle-opener-resealer) With Oktoberfest in full swing, the Hermetus Bottle Opener is precisely the product that you'll need for the upcoming festivities. Throughout Munich's world-famous drinking season, the German government permits vendors to sell special Weisenbier, a festival-specific drink that's not only larger than other beers but stronger too (8%)! Designed primarily for bottles too big to finish in one sitting, the Hermetus Bottle Opener will open your beer with ease and then [hermetically reseal it shut](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wine-stopper-1) for future consumption. All it takes is for you to line up the bridge of the bottle opener with the lip of the beer, slide it across and voila! You can throw that [Oktoberfest beer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hofbruhaus-helles-lager) back in the fridge and enjoy it once the festival is over and everyone else returns to their pitiable 5% Heinekens! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.4/10 - Popularity: 17% | Activity: 18% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Drinking](https://www.trendhunter.com/drinking) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Hermetic Beer Sealing:** The trend towards using hermetic seals to keep beer fresh and carbonated, providing new opportunities for manufacturers of bottle openers and sealing technology. - **Festival-specific Drinks:** The trend towards creating unique festival-specific drinks like Weisenbier, providing new opportunities for breweries and beverage companies to innovate and create new offerings. - **Re-sealable Containers:** The trend towards reusable and re-sealable containers that allow for extended product shelf life and decreased food waste, providing new opportunities for packaging manufacturers. ### Where This Applies - **Beverage Accessories:** The beverage accessory industry has an opportunity to develop products that facilitate hermetic bottle sealing, including both bottle openers and sealing caps. - **Breweries:** Breweries can capitalize on the trend of creating unique festival-specific drinks to draw in new customers and create new product lines. - **Packaging:** The packaging industry has an opportunity to develop new re-sealable technologies that can be used across a variety of food and beverage products, providing consumers with a more sustainable option. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Flavor Preservation Wine Openers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/coravin-timeless-three-sl.md) - [Wine Bottle Cork Trimmers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/qwikcork.md) - [Can Clip Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/can-clip.md) - [Full-Top Can Openers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/draft-top-pro.md) - [Wine Top Vacuum Seals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zoenox.md) - [Bat-Shaped Wine Openers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wine-and-beer-openers.md) - [Branded Beer-Opening Nutcrackers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beeropening-nutcrackers.md) - [Dynamic Curved Bottle Openers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dancing-opener.md) - [Dynamic Mechanical Bottle Openers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ryan-k.md)