A church-key is the opener used to open a flat top beer can. It’s called a church-key for several reasons. The original openers used on bottles (before beer cans existed) looked similar to a large old fashion keys used by monks to open the church, as well as keep the precious beer they brewed safely. The name was then adopted to all tools used to open beer–with an ironic twist–for it is said if you used a church-key opener (i.e. if you drank beer) you would be less likely to open the door of a church to attend service.
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what would we peasants do without our resident church key researcher???