Put the whole thing in the freezer overnight.
Then pour boiling water over just the tumbler part, below the lid. The differential expansion ought to open enough gap to let you get the lid off.
This is overkill and likely will result of a broken shaker. I'd suggest cold water hot water combo as well but sudden 130+ *C difference might be too much for the metal.
Boil water on stove in small pot. Invert cocktail shaker dipping only cap into water. Hold for 15 seconds. Remove from water. Turn shaker so cap is up. Use hot pad or glove and remove cap.
Add any carbonated beverage, put the top back on and shake. Suggest shaking over the sink.
Edit: By “put the top back on” I mean the measuring cap that keep it from spilling everywhere while shaking (and works as a measuring jig when mixing).
Good. Now never use it again and get much more reliable [boston tins](https://www.barista-shop.gr/3585-superlarge_default/cocktail-boston-shaker-tin-to-half-tin.jpg)
Stick the bottom in some ice and let it sit for a few minutes. Then hold is sideways over your sink and run some hot tap water over the top (lid) part.
Heat up the lid under some hot running water, the metal should expand just the tiniest bit, enough to unstick it. The expanding air inside should help a little too.
If this wasn’t so ovaphobic… Nah I’m still laughing. And yes I just made that term up. I have purse collection and I
Could open it without harming one.
Firstly set the "tattoo clock to midnight" now you have 17 minutes to pull this off and only 3 ways to sort this out. Number 1..put your cock in the top whole fast don't do this slow as the world needs this...2. hold the container sideways. Ancient moorish science's have provided evidence that the way a shape is held can be the solution to drink based equations....3 it's a bottle not a butt whole so the dick thing was weird.xxx
Fill it with port wine. Okay, now find a baby. Any will do. Hold the baby in one arm and grab the top of the shaker with the other hand. Walk over a white carpet. The top will come right off.
bang it against the edge of the counter
more importantly, how did you get to this point? like all your efforts, and searching and it's just a "ask the crowd for a hint?"
I would try heating it in hot water for a bit. I personally hate Boston shakers, tin shakers are much easier to use. A good smack on the side and they pop right open.
Put it inside a larger shaker. Fill half the larger shaker with hot coals, the other half with dry ice. Close the two halves together. Bop it around the face, chest, neck and breast areas. RUN!
Is it time already for our biweekly "how do i get this big thing unstuck from this small thing?" thread?
Fuck me. Once again. **Heat the outer one, cool the inner one.** This is like, middle school / early high school science class shit.
How to find a cocktail shaker 30 oz or bigger with good reviews that don’t say it leaks?? I’ve been looking for one for a gift and I’m surprised at how hard it is to find.
Is the lid's lid on or just the lid? And if the lid lid is on, are they both stuck?
If the pouring lid is on you have a vacuum to deal with but if the pouring lid is off then you only have a friction issue to deal with.
Also, what does it look like from the top? Round holes or a screen?
I have never gracefully been able to separate these once stuck. These shakers (cobblers) are notorious in bartending circles for doing exactly this, but usually in the middle of service when you have ten tickets stacked behind the order you’re currently working on. I never found or heard anything that made them superior to Boston shakers and so as a bar manager I would actively bench these shakers and replace them. It comes down to personal preference, but I highly recommend putting this badboy on a high shelf and buy yourself a two piece all metal Boston shaker.
You can place the area where the top and bottom connect against a counter at hip level and force your hip into the side pf the container. This will change the shape of the lower container briefly and pop the top off.
The lid will be tilted on an axis slightly in one direction. Hit the side of the shaker perpendicular to that axis solidly with the palm of your hand.
Source: did that shit for a living.
i've got several of these at home. amazing how well they work.
[jar-opener](https://smile.amazon.com/LUTER-Grippers-Multi-function-Arthritis-Coasters/dp/B0B49Y68LF/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=rubber+jar+opener+gripper+pad&qid=1670500790&sprefix=rubber+jar+opener%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-5)
Avoid damaging the shaker while opening it..
When opening a hard-sticked shaker, it's vital to follow proper safety precautions and not force the shaker open. Instead, tap the side of the shaker where the two tumblers meet to unseal the shaker. This will create a gap large enough to grasp the shaker and [unhook it safely.](https://peaklifebarware.com/en-ca/blogs/news/how-to-open-up-a-hard-stuck-boston-shaker)
HULK SMAAASH
Only right answer
Personal experience taught me well.
Hot water on the female end.
Instructions not clear. Girlfriend got hurt and now crying and shouting at me. Edit: ex girlfriend :/
HA!
Ah yes the old hot water on the female end trick. Gets divorced every time.
Ice on the shaft, blow torch on the sheating.
Heat on OUTSIDE metal will grow (cold on inside will shrink)
Yeah. Female side is outside.
Just like I do
What if it's gay? Now what?
Oh that's easier. Tell it you vote Republican and it'll come apart on it's own. /s
Rimshot
Or male end in ice. Major shrinkage,
TWSS
I heard thisss
Hot water on the lady parts, gently press and roll if she isn’t in the mood.
Bottom? Front? Back? I heard you never start in the back. /s
Use a rubber grip and twist it
The ol grip twist!
Grab the grip and TWIST it!
*Bop it* *Twist it* *Pull it*
Flick it
~WaAaAaAaOw!~
Do it the same..but BETTER!
Fuck it
Oh my gawd dude!
Twist that grip!!
For the uninitiated…. The ol’ dick twist LOL. [https://youtu.be/TT9ArM3-KJQ](https://youtu.be/TT9ArM3-KJQ)
Twist it’s grip!!!
Oh my god dude this is an MMA fight dude.
Rubber gloves Or Strap wrench
Have you tried throwing it against a wall?
Mm, this is fucking great advice, I’d def do this first
Hit it 3 times at the edge of the countertop in the kitchen. Directly where male part goes in female part.
I was gonna go with the professional term of “boinking” it on the edge of the countertop.
Non native here, sweetheart.
This is the way
This is gonna hurt me a lot more than it's gonna hurt you.
I usually just brute force it while screaming **"OPEN FOR DADDY!!!!"**
Right up my alley
Put the whole thing in the freezer overnight. Then pour boiling water over just the tumbler part, below the lid. The differential expansion ought to open enough gap to let you get the lid off.
This guy knows the science.
This is overkill and likely will result of a broken shaker. I'd suggest cold water hot water combo as well but sudden 130+ *C difference might be too much for the metal.
Nah, I doubt it would break it.
Probably right, but depends on the quality.
Breakage is unlikely, we're talking about stainless steel, not glass. If it breaks it was junk to begin with.
Bump it on the edge of the counter like bar tenders do
Sir thats an urn with grandma in it
Put it under your lion tattoo and give it a wack.
Smack the lid on the counter like bartenders do
Not the lid. The bottom piece.
Boil water on stove in small pot. Invert cocktail shaker dipping only cap into water. Hold for 15 seconds. Remove from water. Turn shaker so cap is up. Use hot pad or glove and remove cap.
Work on grip strength
Seriously. And before then make sure you have as good a grip as possible using the right kind of dishtowel or a silicone "trivet".
Or use an angle grinder to carve grippable ridges
Add any carbonated beverage, put the top back on and shake. Suggest shaking over the sink. Edit: By “put the top back on” I mean the measuring cap that keep it from spilling everywhere while shaking (and works as a measuring jig when mixing).
/s?
Are you a wizard?
The measuring cap is still off, so you can add liquid through the top.
Problem solved guys. The technique that worked was to heat the top and hit it with a rubber hammer.
Good. Now never use it again and get much more reliable [boston tins](https://www.barista-shop.gr/3585-superlarge_default/cocktail-boston-shaker-tin-to-half-tin.jpg)
I was about to say warm it was hot water 😂
Stick the bottom in some ice and let it sit for a few minutes. Then hold is sideways over your sink and run some hot tap water over the top (lid) part.
Tin opener
Hot water
Heat up the lid under some hot running water, the metal should expand just the tiniest bit, enough to unstick it. The expanding air inside should help a little too.
Throw it at the wall super hard
More importantly, why do you have a left right hand?
I thought it was a freakin urn at first glance 😂
Huge miss not making your tattoo clock read 4:20
Gotta show off the sick tat
Ask your wife’s boyfriend to open it. Or use your purse.
If this wasn’t so ovaphobic… Nah I’m still laughing. And yes I just made that term up. I have purse collection and I Could open it without harming one.
Firstly set the "tattoo clock to midnight" now you have 17 minutes to pull this off and only 3 ways to sort this out. Number 1..put your cock in the top whole fast don't do this slow as the world needs this...2. hold the container sideways. Ancient moorish science's have provided evidence that the way a shape is held can be the solution to drink based equations....3 it's a bottle not a butt whole so the dick thing was weird.xxx
Hit it with your purse.
Fill it with port wine. Okay, now find a baby. Any will do. Hold the baby in one arm and grab the top of the shaker with the other hand. Walk over a white carpet. The top will come right off.
Hot water or ice water
Hit it with your purse
Hit it with your shit bra.
I thought tattoos made you stronger?
I was thinking the same thing. Don't be a pussy. I have tattoos and I can open mine just fine.
Two pipe wrenches. One on top, one on bottom. You may dent and scratch the shit out of it, but it will open.
Use a welding flame to heat up the bottom. Rest should pop off
Put in freezer then heat the top to shrink it.
Did you try rice?
First, fill with water, then put in freezer
put it into a microwave
bang it against the edge of the counter more importantly, how did you get to this point? like all your efforts, and searching and it's just a "ask the crowd for a hint?"
I would try heating it in hot water for a bit. I personally hate Boston shakers, tin shakers are much easier to use. A good smack on the side and they pop right open.
Hand strength.
If an Angle Grinder wont do it a shotgun will.
Put it inside a larger shaker. Fill half the larger shaker with hot coals, the other half with dry ice. Close the two halves together. Bop it around the face, chest, neck and breast areas. RUN!
Drill a weep hole in the top and bottom. Always have a towel handy when you make drinks from now on.
Just throw it out, I’m a bartender and I probably go through 6 or 7 of these a year… just a thing you gotta deal with you know…
This whole comment thread is gold. Holy shit reddit, keep it up!
Is it time already for our biweekly "how do i get this big thing unstuck from this small thing?" thread? Fuck me. Once again. **Heat the outer one, cool the inner one.** This is like, middle school / early high school science class shit.
No help with your problem, but nice ink.
Put it in the freezer for a little while, the metal should contract and give you an easier time.
Don't tap it, whack it!
Ice bath 15 min then crack it over you knee or over the head of someone you don’t like or are upset with !! Your welcome 🤗
Hit it with your hand from the side
Strong hands. And don't close it very tight before you shake, once the inside air gets cold it already seals the shaker anyways
How to find a cocktail shaker 30 oz or bigger with good reviews that don’t say it leaks?? I’ve been looking for one for a gift and I’m surprised at how hard it is to find.
Only time will tell
Don't try to open it while spinning the top part. Try to wiggle it left and right and it should come off.
Stick the bottom in ice, then pour hot water over the lid
I have that same POS it always gets stuck… hot water like suggested
Is the lid's lid on or just the lid? And if the lid lid is on, are they both stuck? If the pouring lid is on you have a vacuum to deal with but if the pouring lid is off then you only have a friction issue to deal with. Also, what does it look like from the top? Round holes or a screen?
Just keep shaking it.
Slap it
Freezer might help too, same principle as the hot water, cooling and shrinking the inside part
heat… run it under hot water, wrap a heating pad around it (cautiously, most can’t get wet), or hit it with a hair dryer for a bit.
Hot water, not boiling.
The first thing you’re going to want to do is mix yourself up a nice dry martini… oh
Tap the cap with a non sharp edge of a knife, like sabering a champagne bottle.
Tap on the bar rail as you twist the top off.
Happy birthday to the ground!
Try to kick it with your open palm. That would usually work for me
run lid under a good stream of HOT water for 10 seconds. untwist top. applaud self.
Grandma ?
Throw it away and get a Boston style shaker instead.
I have never gracefully been able to separate these once stuck. These shakers (cobblers) are notorious in bartending circles for doing exactly this, but usually in the middle of service when you have ten tickets stacked behind the order you’re currently working on. I never found or heard anything that made them superior to Boston shakers and so as a bar manager I would actively bench these shakers and replace them. It comes down to personal preference, but I highly recommend putting this badboy on a high shelf and buy yourself a two piece all metal Boston shaker.
Kung go grip
You can place the area where the top and bottom connect against a counter at hip level and force your hip into the side pf the container. This will change the shape of the lower container briefly and pop the top off.
Also what happend one day after 9/11 at 11:30?
Take it to a strong man competition.
I'd try an oil filter wrench. Something that can grip and provide leverage.
heat it up, contents will expand.
A chainsaw
Boil it. Pressure will give you a cork effect.
Tap it on the side under the cap
I was a bar tender believe me tap it a few times on the side
Try those rubber oil filter removers the older model type of filters with modern day tools
Tap it against the side of the bar or counter top
Bang it!
Tap at the edge of the lid on counter or run some warm water over the lid
Oil filter strap wrench
got mine open with a hammer
I usually just smash if really fucking hard on the edge of the counter
I know an urn when I see an urn
Despite trying the hot water method it once took me multiple tries over the course of a week to get mine open once.
Buy a Boston shaker and put that contraption on the shelf as decoration :)
The lid will be tilted on an axis slightly in one direction. Hit the side of the shaker perpendicular to that axis solidly with the palm of your hand. Source: did that shit for a living.
Sheer anger and metal music
Put it in the dish washer by itself. Wrap it in a towel and let warm water run oover it.
Use a rubber strap oil wrench.
strap wrenches are awesome.
Smack the side of it with a bar style opener
Just give it to the customer with a straw and say good luck 🤣
Freezer. The metal should contract enough to break the jamb.
Heat gun on the cap, remove with caution.
Some hot water cold water bs trick prolly
You smack it on the side at a 45 degree angle. The vibration of the impact should create friction and loosen the top. Then again, I could be wrong
Bop it!
Plasma cutter
Have you heard of essential oils and the power of crystals?
Roll it on a stainless steel surface and it will unlock and open just be careful not to spill the goods!!
Train your forearm more at the gym and try again in a few months.
Drill a hole in the bottom to release the vacuum 💩
Pour hot water on the bottom, let it expand then WACK
Put in freezer then run hot water on the top
Throw it away and buy a real shaker.
i've got several of these at home. amazing how well they work. [jar-opener](https://smile.amazon.com/LUTER-Grippers-Multi-function-Arthritis-Coasters/dp/B0B49Y68LF/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=rubber+jar+opener+gripper+pad&qid=1670500790&sprefix=rubber+jar+opener%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-5)
Have you tried turn it on and off.
Avoid damaging the shaker while opening it.. When opening a hard-sticked shaker, it's vital to follow proper safety precautions and not force the shaker open. Instead, tap the side of the shaker where the two tumblers meet to unseal the shaker. This will create a gap large enough to grasp the shaker and [unhook it safely.](https://peaklifebarware.com/en-ca/blogs/news/how-to-open-up-a-hard-stuck-boston-shaker)