When Max Koch opened a bottle of homebrew beer one afternoon in Göttingen, Germany, he wasn’t just cracking open a drink. He ...

In a fun experiment, Max Koch, a researcher at the University of Göttingen in Germany—who also happens to be passionate about ...

A German physicist and homebrewer discovered brief, intense physical reactions that happen when you uncork a bubbly swing-top bottle.

While the physics of uncorking a bottle of champagne has been well documented, less is known about the mechanisms at play when opening a swing-top bottle of beer. Physicist Max Koch from the ...

The science behind the distinct "pop and slosh" sound when opening a swing-top bottle of beer has been revealed. German researchers used a high-speed camera to capture exactly what occurs when one ...

"The pop's frequency is much lower ... After opening the bottle, the dissolved carbon dioxide starts to form inside the beer and triggers the liquid level to rise. The motion of the bottle also ...