As the autumnal slog slowly creeps in, the dreary weather making us less and less inclined to go out, you may well be content with reaching for a case of nice craft brews as opposed to going down the pub.
You may very well get your friends around to join you. Sometimes even sporadically, making this list of eight beer hacks compiled by Serenta Flowers all the more tantalising.
Spanning the intriguing (quick freeze a bottle beer by dampening a piece of kitchen roll and wrapping it before a spell next to the icy steaks) to the downright genius (plying opening a bottle with a piece of A4 paper), these tips will bowl over guests while making you look like a veritable boozy MacGyver.
There are tips for a six-pack, and then there are tips for a six-pack.
Check the gallery below to unlock this genius.
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