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Save Money on Booze at Shows with This Reusable "Vodka Stash" Bottle

Person pouring vodka into a water bottle.

If you go to a lot of concerts and shows, you know that it can be easy to spend more on drinks than you spent on the ticket for the event itself. With this "vodka stash water bottle" you'll never have to pay for alcohol at a show again—assuming you like clear liquor, that is.

What You'll Need

2 water bottles
A bowl of hot water
Scissors
Pliers
Cuticle clippers
Alcohol of choice

First, cut the top off of one of the water bottles.

Hand holding a green-capped plastic bottle while using scissors to cut the bottle.

A hand holding a bottle cap above a sink with water.

Gripping it with a pair of pliers, hold the top under hot water for about ten seconds.

A person stirring a blue substance in a bowl of water on a kitchen counter.

Use another pair of pliers to pull the entire cap, including the safety seal, off of the bottle.

Hands using a tool to remove a cap from a bottle over a bowl of water.

Use the cuticle clippers to remove the safety seal from the cap.

Person using tweezers to extract an object from a green container.

Green plastic bottle cap held in a hand.

Take the cap off the second bottle and cut away the safety seal.

Hands holding a plastic bottle with a blue cap and a tool for removing it.

Fill the bottle with whatever poison you choose and screw on the lid that you removed from the first bottle with the seal still intact.

Two water bottles with green caps on a cluttered table.

That's it! The bottle should look no different from one that's never been opened. Since the safety seal is removed, the cap will stay intact when you open the bottle, so you can reuse it as many times as you like.

This trick was discovered by Dan Dauer; check out his video below to see the process from start to finish.

Cover image by Favim

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