my non-exhaustive gift buying guide for the beer geek in all of us:
if your beer lover has a favourite beer:
legacy liquor store in Olympic Village suggests: Sam Smith’s 3 bottles plus a glass for $20, $88.50 for 6 bottles of Westvleteren plus 2 glasses, $11.95 for 2 tall cans of Tiger and a glass, Chimay – red, white, and blue caps with a glass $18.85, St. Ambroise Discovery pack – $14.95 2 beers and a glass, Lindemann’s – $15.95 two beers and a glass
Dead Frog has tees, hoodies, hats, cozies, underwear and bottle openers for sale in their on-line shop and at the brewery in Aldergrove. If you order online in the next couple of days, there is still time to receive your order before Santa arrives.
Stone Brewing in California will ship you a pub light for $50, plus shipping and handling, but how can you put a price on having branded lights for your home bar? They also have wallets, dog accessories, soap, candles, towels, you name it, they’ve branded it!
-get them a membership to a beer of the month club – join online and they send you a beer every month via mail
or a membership to a beer tshirt of the monthclub – join online and they send you a beer tshirt every month and best of all if you join right now, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months, the shipping is free!
if you want to shop local this season:
– go to the brewery to purchase swag or a growler
wanna get something crazy or interesting, and have a few extra minutes on your hands?
beer and food pairings calendar on etsy for $24
also on etsy, beer soap and bottle openers
(or just visit beergifts.com)
go for branded ones or fancy ones
is your beer geek a new beer geek?
Granville Island, Parallel 49, Okanagan Springs all have taster packs out right now that include a seasonal beer plus their regular offerings
or walk on the wild side with an Innis & Gunn pack of 4 beers including rum cask, pale ale, original whiskey beers for $18
or go whole hog and get someone all the basic gear for homebrewing for about $75
take them a brooklyn brewing local 1, its a belgian style strong pale ale and comes with a cork. now that’s fancy
-get a growler and fill it on your way to the party, fresh beer to drink that night and a lovely growler for them to keep and fill forever more
-books! give the gift of literacy!
So much choice – from the text-book “Tasting Beer” by randy mosher to guides of pacific northwest pub crawls to anecdotal histories of beer to picture books of beer labels, there’s a beer book for everyone!