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With the holidays just around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to highlight some of this season’s more interesting gift ideas for the craft beer lover on your list. So we turned to our American Craft Beer correspondents for suggestions and we got so many great ideas back that we were forced to divide our guide into three parts this year. If you missed our first installment, you should check it out; it’s got lots of fun ideas – Holiday Guide Part 1
Now on to Part 2 of this year’s Holiday Shopping Guide …..And, oh yeah, HO, HO, HO!
The first three come from Kevin Bastian, our Chicagoland Correspondent who had so many great gift ideas that we almost gave him his own Gift Guide!
Spot-Not Glassware Dryer and Polisher – Whether you’re behind the bar slinging pints all night or enjoying a sudsy beverage all by your lonesome, properly cleaned glassware is key to fully experiencing the true flavors of your beer. The Spot-Not is a reusable tool for drying and polishing the inside of your glasses immediately after rinsing them out. Say good-bye to water spots and hello to truly clean pours of your beer.
Kebo – Tired of having to remove your hand from your date’s back pocket in order to open up your bottle of beer? The Kebo is here to change your life. Small enough to fit in her other back pocket, it’s crafty design not only allows you to open bottles using only one hand, but also has a magnet that keeps the cap from flying across the room. It even keeps bottle caps perfectly intact for that craft project you’re working on in your basement.
Beer Soap 6-Pack – Craft beer lovers are so obsessive, they want to live and breathe hops and malts 24/7. Swag Brewery has created the perfect way for you to start your day off in true beer geek fashion with its lineup of beer soaps. From Apricot Wheat to IPA & Ground Hops to Vanilla Porter, these sudsy soaps will have you thinking of a different kind of suds from the moment you step out of the shower.
Katie Burnside is our intrepid Orange County Correspondent and she’s all over the craft beer scene in Southern California. She’s all about the Beer Cap Collector Shadow Box and sees it as a fun way to remember all those great brews you’ve had throughout the year. It’s also so stylish that you’ll want to hang it in your kitchen. Plus, it gives a nod to Mother Earth by reducing the number of bottle caps that end up in landfills.
Lindsay Snyder is our Wisconsin Correspondent and keeps coming back to us with dynamite holiday gift ideas. This time, she pointed towards the appropriately named site called Fab, which features designer products at great prices and this very cool beer poster she saw there. More Varieties of Beer is a 24×36 beautifully designed print by Pop Chart Lab that lists the entire major styles of beer and how they relate to one another.
