In 2008 while shotgunning a beer with friends on a golfcourse somewhere in Iowa
I had a thought "There has to be an easier way to do this". Tired of seeing people
spiderweb the can, crush or rip the can, or cut themselves. I thought "It's too bad
they don't make a machine with a lever that you could just put your beer into and
it would make the perfect hole". So my friend and partner Eric Scott
decided to attempt
to make one. The
product worked great but we were still not satisfied. We thought "wouldn't it be great
if this was springloaded and you could just tap the top". So Eric set out to make it and
what he came back with was perfection. A perfect stainless steel, spring loaded,
beer opener for shotgunning. Now at the time this was just a fun little project and
neither of us had any desire to turn this into a business. But after taking this "Shotgun
Buddy" to many different events including college and professional football games,
racing events, concerts, ragbrai, etc... the two things that we kept hearing were
either "where can I buy one" or "dude, you guys gotta get this patented". So we
did. And after a few years of playing with the design to make it lighter and more handy we
came up with a model that could be mass produced. The Shotgun Buddy is born. A tool
that will truly make every tailgaiting party, golf outing, party or bbq a more enjoyable
experience with you friends.
