Have a beer lover in your life, or are you one yourself? We here at DrinkCraftBeer.com know it can be hard picking out just the right gift, especially if the person you're trying to give to loves craft beer. Well, to help you out, we're put together a great list of holiday gifts for every budget that we've personally picked out for this season. A lot of these we use ourselves, so you know you can trust them.
Also, you Craft Beer Drinkers, remember to give this Craft Beer Gift Guide to your girlfriend (or boyfriend), your wife (or husband), your mom/dad and anybody else that might be getting you a gift. Make sure you get exactly what you want. Trust us, they're pulling their hair out trying to get you something great, so give them a hand!
Now, onto the gifts! We've broken it up into categories for you, so that you can easily find exactly what you want:
- Beer of the Month Clubs
- Home Brewing
- Home Brewing Books: How-to & Recipes
- Craft Beer Glassware
- Craft Beer Books
- Beer Magazine Subscription: Homebrewing and Craft Beer
- Beer Apparel
- Miscellaneous Craft Beer Gifts
Check out our comprehensive guide as well as reviews of many of the top clubs here: Beer of the Month Clubs
Home Brewing
One of the best gifts for the craft beer drinker in your life is some good basic home brewing equipment. This is the gift that keeps on giving, as your beer lover can brew again and again. This is a great starter kit that includes almost everything you need to get started! (3-5 gallon stock pot also needed seperately).
Also, once you've got your beer lover the brewing equipment, they still need some beer ingredients to brew with! So we've also included some ingredients kits. They start with the lightest and most mild, progressing to the darkest, robust, stoutiest stout of all... a Russian Imperial Stout. (Quick hint: If your brewer likes Guinness, try the Irish Stout kit!) These are the kits that Devon and Jeff used when they started brewing... they definitely turn out some quality beer.
Home Brewing Books: How-to & Recipes
All home brewers need the know-how... whether they're just starting or quite experienced. The Complete Joy of Homebrewing and How to Brew are what taught both of us how to brew and come HIGHLY recommended. Clone Brews will teach your beer brewer how to brew many popular commercial beers, while Designing Great Beers will teach him or her the exact opposite... How to develop their own delicious recipes from scratch. Lastly, if you've got a brewer who is always looking for bigger and better, look no further as Radical Brewing will teach how to make those high octane brews that have become so popular!
Craft Beer Glassware
Well if you or someone you're shopping for loves craft beer, a quality set of glassware is a necessity. Good glassware allows you to fully taste your craft beer. By pouring the beer into a glass, you allow the whole smell to come out and it also gets rid of a little bit of carbonation, so your beer isn't overly fizzy. We've got options from nice stemware to pint glasses and everything in between!
Craft Beer Books
OK, so maybe your beer lover doesn't homebrew, and doesn't want to... That doesn't mean that he or she doesn't get to read about this great beverage we call craft beer! We have books by Michael Jackson (NOT the singer, but the man who literally invented beer writing and the greatest beer writer of our time), Sam Calagione (founder of DogFish Head, one of the great innovators of extreme brewing), Garrett Oliver (Head Brewer for Brooklyn Brewing Company and one of the most knowledgeable people alive when it comes to beer), Steve Hindy (Founder of Brooklyn Brewing Company) and Brian Yaeger (who enjoys the beer road trips as much as Devon and Jeff do)!
Beer Magazine Subscription: Homebrewing and Craft Beer
Maybe your special someone enjoys magazines more than books? These magazines provide great information on craft beer, food pairing, home brewing, beer history and so much more! It's definitely a gift that keeps on giving and the reciever will get magazines over the course of a whole year!
Beer Apparel
Want to show the world you love beer? Say it with the clothes you wear!
Miscellaneous Craft Beer Gifts
These are the items that we thought were way to cool to leave out, but couldn't figure out where to include them. These are definitely worth taking a look at for the craft beer lover in your life! Trying to think of gifts that most people would never think to get for themselves, but would love if they received them? Well here you go... and we'd know, because we'd love to get these gifts! They include quite possibly funniest beer movie ever (from the makers of Super Troopers), a great Beer-A-Day calendar, a 1000 piece beer puzzle, a beer-centric version of Monopoly and a video game that allows you to run your own brewery!<.p>
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