We all know that diamonds are a woman's best friend. But how about women surprising their men by making beer gifts for their significant others? Is your brother-in-law, father or any other family member a total beer junkie? Does your best friend mention the craft beer list when you're at a bar or restaurant together? Does your boss want to organize a company party at every local brewery? You may think that a hunting dog would be the right gift for all your male relatives or acquaintances. However, we would venture to guess that it is actually the trusty bottle of beer.
For a large part of the population, beer is an essential companion at every celebration, every separation or after stressful days at work. There are many ways to make a beer drinker happy with original and unusual gifts. For those who are looking for such a surprise for friends of the globally popular drink, we have collected some ideas that will help you make great beer gifts yourself.
Wrap beer as a gift
For example, giving beer gifts yourself can show your partner how much you understand and accept the connection between them and their favorite drink. The fact that it can also be homemade willgive the occasion another special touch. For this reason, we have put together suitable suggestions for various celebrations and birthdays in this article. In this regard, to show appreciation for the special people in your life, you can make thoughtful gifts during the holiday season or for other joyful reasons.
We'll start with a gift basket full of beer-inspired goodies. First, think about the topic and choose a few things that you know the recipient will like. The key here is choosing delicacies that suit both the person's taste and the theme. Also add something with a local or artisan flair. Think about your favorite snacks and how they can fit into the beer gift ideas in your basket. Your beer gifts will be even more impactful with a few hand-picked beer drinker favorites from your favorite store.
Gift basket with beer bottles
Invest a little more time and effort into making great beer gifts yourself. This way you will also add an extra touch to the beer gifts. This will allow you to make your friend or lover really happy. Use the person to be given as inspiration and help for great recommendations and diverse types of beer, with which you can make the right beer gifts yourself.
However, buying beer as a gift may not be that easy. Ask for advice in the store if you are not familiar with the new trends or the types of beer. You also have the opportunity to take a tour of well-known breweries to explore the world of craft beers in more depth. So choose the varieties that are versatile enough to impress someone whose taste you don't necessarily know.
Strong beer or stout is strong, which can be an ideal beer gift for the colder winter months. A bourbon stout, for example, matures in barrels in which whiskey was previously made. For this reason, a bourbon stout is sweeter than traditional stouts, but don't let that scare you away.
Beers with a strong hop flavor are always popular, and you can also add such bottles to your basket when making beer gifts yourself. You can also find large-format copies with clever sayings and colorful labels. As an alternative, you can also think up and print out thematic pictures or congratulations yourself to stick on the bottles.
Accessories to add to the gift basket
And finally, to balance the boldness of the flavors, a neutral beer variety is a good option to complete your gift basket. Choose a lighter version that everyone can enjoy. Now you already have some great, giftable beers in your basket. Next, you can also add the appropriate bar accessories in the form of a beer glass or even a beer mug. Grabbing some great glassware from the store is the perfect element when making your own beer gift baskets.
Beer and puns can admittedly be a little too cute for a male beer lover. Nonetheless, you can also pick up some glasses to match the style of beers you purchased. Similar to wine, the taste of beer is experienced through smell. Different shapes of glassware can accentuate the flavors of the beer.
What would a beer gift be without the accompanying snacks? You can complete your beer basket with some delicious snacks. Beer, like wine, goes well with food in a natural way. There's nothing better than savory snacks when you're enjoying a cold beer. Sweets, nuts, salami, various types of sausage or other meat products are also good options for snacking in combination with beer.
Making beer cake
If you want to make beer gifts look fun, a beer cake is the right choice. You can easily assemble these from different beer bottles in a fun way. You can adjust the number to the age of the birthday child. To do this, first buy the types of beer you want from a liquor store with a good supply. Above all, this should offer a large selection of beers from all over the world so that you can collect enough different bottles. Also try to get beer bottles or beer cans of uniform height to shape the layers for the beer cake accordingly.
For example, if you are celebrating a 30th anniversary and decide to have three layers of the beer cake, you can hand out the beer bottles. The bottom layer can consist of 16 bottles, the middle layer can consist of 10 cans, and the top layer can contain four more beer bottles. You can use cardboard cake bases or kitchen boards with a diameter of approx. 30 cm as bases for the layers. For decoration, some garlands and glitter paper are enough to make everything fun and festive.
Form the beer cake
First, place one of the cake bases on a kitchen counter or other surface and place the desired amount of bottles on it in a circle. Make sure the beer cake has a sturdy base to support the weight.
Repeat this process for the second circle, but position the cans on top instead of beer bottles. For added stability, you can place more canned beers on the middle layer. The beer cake in our example works best with 33 to 35 beer bottles.
Next, make the final layer, which you can top with four smaller beer bottles. These can also be the slightly odd shaped and exotic beers that you can position as a highlight at the top. Then tie each of the bottles and beer cans with a matching ribbon and add other decorative elements as you wish.
In our suggestion, the number “30” for the birthday is cut out of glitter cardboard. You can attach these to a wooden skewer with adhesive tape and insert them into the top of the beer cake. To top it off, you can spread confetti around the beer cake. If you have a pet, we would recommend keeping them far away.
Flowers for men with beer
Roses are beautiful, but sometimes you have to have flowers for men in a suitable shape if you want to give a homemade gift. Logically, the gentlemen aren't really looking forward to flowersValentine's Day like the ladies. So how is a girl supposed to show her boyfriend that he means a lot to her?
The answer can be found in our last suggestion that can help you find oneMaking a beer bouquet. To do this, grab some of his favorite drinks and snacks. Throw these into a wooden container or bucket and you can use them to create beautiful beer gifts for Valentine's Day or Father's Day. Your husband, fiancé, boyfriend or father will surely like these.
Materials you need for a beer bouquet
- larger container (caddy), basket or bucket
- 6-pack of favorite beer (or other alcoholic drinks)
- 2 or 3 empty boxes
- Handkerchiefs
- Blumendraht
- Scissors
- A few favorite snacks
- Ring binder insert
If you want to make an oversized beer bouquet, you can use a water cooler instead of a container. This way you will have enough space for all the stuff.
First place the empty boxes in the container. The boxes should be small enough to fit in, but also sturdy to carry all the goodies. Stack the boxes flat in a staggered manner, with the highest point being the center back section of the container. For even more stability, you can also use tape to attach the box to the bucket. Fill the beer container to the brim with the ring binder insert, making sure to completely cover the boxes. You can make artificial flowers from the handkerchiefs by shaping and coloring them accordingly. Red and white work well for Valentine's Day without being too feminine.
Using the floral wire extending from the bottom of the paper flowers, attach one flower to each bottle neck. To do this, wrap the wire tightly around the bottle cap and neck. Strategically place each beer bottle and snack at different heights to add dimension to your beer bouquet. Optionally, place scratch cards or any other type of small item he might like, such as shot glasses or cigars. With this you can complete the beer bouquet.
