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In light of the fact that there are only 22 shopping days left until Christmas, here are a few ideas for the beer lover on your list. First, as you know, we love beer books. And books make a great gift. Consider anything the late, great Michael Jackson wrote or even the book of what we like to term “beernography,” The Beer Book. BeerBooks.com is a great place to get ideas and is organized neatly so you can distinguish histories from homebrewing guides or from beer appreciation guides.
For the newly budding beer connoisseur, instead of books you might perhaps buy some non-pint-glass glassware to complete their bar. We found sets with the six classic styles at decent prices at Beerheads.com and at BeerAdvocate.com.
This person might also enjoy our own personal favorite gift, the “365 Bottles of Beer for the Year 2009.” It’s a desk calendar about beer! What better way to start off the day than with a new beer to dream about all throughout the workday?
Calendar aside, what else could a new beer lover need? A homebrewing kit. Modern Homebrew Emporium has three locations, one right in Cambridge. They have everything you need to brew beer, including starter kits and even pre-boxed ingredients for different styles so you don’t have to worry with that on your first go. Then you can keep going back for ingredients, books, and good advice.
More gift ideas after the jump.
If your Secret Santa partner already seems to know everything about beer and homebrewing, the only thing to do is one-up them. Try buying tickets to the Extreme Beer Festival this February, available on BeerAdvocate.com. While you’re there, take a look at all the other BeerAdvocate paraphanalia; perhaps this person is in need of an insulated growler sleeve or “Beer Geek” bumper sticker.
A gift that is safe for beer appreciators of all levels is a subscription to a beer magazine. BeerAdvocate magazine is of course a good choice for general beer knowledge. As is All About Beer, a magazine that has been informing the public about beer loving for 25 years. Both of their websites are good resources for both gifts and beery information. Brew Your Own is great for the homebrew enthusiast, or perhaps the person who just opened up the self brew kit.
Lastly, there is the magazine Modern Drunkard. It’s hard to take a publication seriously whose tagline is “Say it Loud, Say it Plowed, ” but they don’t want you to. And it is hilarious. Perhaps a good one for someone who just plain likes beer a lot. Check out their website for funny excerpts from the magazine and lots of other gift options.
So there it is. Our Christmas wish list. Time to put down that beer and get out there shopping.
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