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With the holidays soon upon us, we thought it might be helpful 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 they have so many great gift ideas to share that we’re keeping them coming in Part 4 of our ongoing Holiday Gift Guide series.
If you missed any of our first three installments, you’ll definitely want to check them out too: Holiday Guide Part 1, Holiday Guide Part 2 & Holiday Guide Part 3
Bailey Wiegel is our Pittsburgh/Eastern Great Lakes Correspondent. She’s all about the holidays and all about “serious beer” so we weren’t surprised when she also came back to us with about twenty ideas. Bailey’s also a huge sports fan and thinks that these Baseball Bat Bottle Openers might be perfect for the beer-drinking sports fan in your life. Each one of these authentic bottle openers are handcrafted from a “game bat” used by a member of your favorite Major League baseball team. Every one of these bottle openers are gift boxed with a story card with instructions and a special hologram number. And when you plug in your specific number, you’ll learn exactly which game your Baseball Bat Bottle Opener was used in!
Directions have never come all that easily to Bailey, but with a United States Beer Tasting Map, she’s totally found her way! Whether you’re on a cross-country road trip or just drinking on your couch, this beautifully designed Beer Tasting Map is a coast-to-coast tasting tour that allows you to record your fabulous fermented journey for posterity.
Bailey’s also got the perfect stocking-stuffer for that beer-drinking gamer of yours.Ziggy the Beer Yeast is described as an addictive “Adventure in Fermentation.” As entertaining as it is educational, this “fermentation friendly” app game is available for both iOS and Android and it only costs 99 cents!
Dave Stratton is our Los Angeles Correspondent and he was hanging with Jackie Dodd (AKA The Beerones) at an LA Beer Bloggers meeting a short while back and she was all about cooking with beer. And since Dave loves to cook – almost as much as he loves drinking beer – he was smitten. Dave has been known to dabble with his own recipes on occasion, such as an IPA turkey brine that he experimented with on Thanksgiving. But Jackie Dodd’sThe Craft Beer Cookbook takes beer recipes to the next level with dishes that will impress both Le Cordon Bleu chefs and Cicerones alike.
We’re not sayin’ that DC Steve, our Mid-Atlantic Correspondent, has an overt drinking problem – but he seldom travels without a Growler on Board. Growler on Board – BTU is a beer transportation unit that’s designed specifically with spill & damage free transportation in mind. No more worrying about having your growlers rolling around in your backseat, floor, or trunk. Growler on Board holds your growlers in an upright position, eliminating the chance of them colliding or breaking. No more using cardboard boxes, baby seats, towels, or whatever else you find to secure your growlers for the drive home.
