Holiday tips to buy the perfect gift for a beer lover.
As the holidays roll around again, it is often a struggle to find the perfect gift for at least one person on your list.
You want to buy a gift that is original and unique, but not something that will wind up stored in the basement permanently.
Or worse yet, be the gag gift at the office parties next "Yankee Swap".
So if you are struggling for a great idea, and you are lucky enough to be shopping for a beer enthusiast, here are some ideas that will surely be appreciated.
A "Crazy Shirts" beer shirt
Okay, so at first another beer shirt seems like a pretty unoriginal idea.
One that would be best suited for your favorite college student to wear at the next beer party.
But this small company from Hawaii has a wonderful new spin on the beer logo shirt.
Not only does their wide selection of fun logos put beer on the shirt, there is beer in the shirt.
These t-shirts are actually dyed in beer, which gives them a lovely pale amber color.
They also offer shirts dyed in rum, wine, coffee, and many other unique sources of color.
Add to these shirts a gift wrapping job that makes them look like a beer bottle, wine bottle, treasure chest, well you get the idea, and these shirts are sure to be a favorite grabbed out to wear every weekend.
Beer of the Month Clubs
If you are buying a gift for a beer lover, what could be a better gift than real beer?
There are many clubs available that you can join right online.
A selection of great tasting beer will arrive every month right to the doorstep of your beer enthusiast.
Often the monthly selections are from microbreweries difficult to acquire across the entire country, and feature background information on the style of beer as well as the brewery that made it.
Knowing another beer of the month shipment is on the way will have the recipient of this gift looking for the postman every month, and remembering what a thoughtful gift you gave each month as well.
Personalized pint glasses
Another great option is to give a gift that will make every beer they drink seem special by sending personalize pint glasses.
There are many vendors online that offer painted or engraved glasses featuring customized logos, and of course the name of your grateful recipient.
A great addition to the home bar, these glasses make any home seem like a real pub.
To take this gift one step further, use your own design skills to create a custom logo that reflects some other favorite pastime like golfing, fishing, bird watching, or anything you know they love.
Make a beer basket
Gift baskets can be for ore than baby showers and toiletry kits.
Why not put together a fun selection of everything a beer lover could want.
Start with a few bottles of beer from a number of different breweries, many stores now sell mix and match packs of beer so you can select a number of styles.
Then add some Bavarian style hard sourdough pretzels and other salty snacks.
Throw in a pint glass or two to enjoy the beer in, and some coasters for under the glasses.
Instead of the typical tissue or shredded paper packing, why not buy a couple of pub towels to pack around the items?
And don't be afraid to get creative with the basket, options could include an ice bucket, small cooler, or small metal tub that can be used in the summer to chill some frosty beers for the back deck.
Glass etching kit
If the beer aficionado in your life also has a more artistic side, than why not give them the opportunity to show it off to others?
There are many online stores that offer kits that will allow someone to etch their own glasses.
Include with the gift a 4-pack if plain pint glasses, and before long the beer lover will be showing off their own creation every time a beer is served..
The "Memory" Collector
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What it was that spawned the interest is beyond me, I think it may have started in college. I now have a collection of over 300 shot glasses, and yes, I have had at least 1 shot of some type of a concoction from each one of them. Looking at them now, they are reminders of places I have been, and things I have...
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7 Ways to Tell if Bifocal Contact Lenses are Right for You
Let's face it, you are getting older and seeing through your contacts is not as easy as it used to be. Things are not in focus, and you just know that you are going to have to get bifocals. However, not wanting to admit your age, you are not too thrilled with looking "old". Thanks to modern medical science, you may have the option of keeping your contacts, more accurately, bifocal contact lenses. The following tips will let you know when you are ready for the bifocal contacts.
1- The first thing that you will notice is that the smaller reading material becomes harder to read.
You might feel as if you want a magnifying glass. As the eye aging progresses you will find that performing tasks that are near you will become more difficult, you may even need help.
2- As you get tired, if you are in poor lighting, reading poor quality material or if you have many tasks that are performed near you, you will notice that you are not seeing as well as you expect...
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* Makeup:You need to give some thought and consideration to the type of makeup you use. And be sure to clean your tools regularly. Things such as cosmetic brushes get dirty and can carry bacteria and germs and may cause skin irritations and breaking out.* Good Moisturizer:Keep environmental pollutants from being absorbed into the skin with a good moisturizer that also acts as a skin barrier. Check the labels for those with added Vitamin A, C and E, which help block...
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Brightshades.com ? Shop Online For Your Very Own Personalized Sunglasses
At www.brightshades.com you can find unique sunglasses for any occasion, whether you want them for holidays, business, or leisure wear. You can choose from womens sun glasses, fashion sun glasses, cheap sun glasses, designer sun glasses, sport sun glasses plus many more.The founders behind www.brightshades.com built the site to set alive an inspiring, almost unsurpassed choice of designer style sun glasses, discount polarized sun glasses and cool designer glasses sun, as well as seeking to ensure that all new visitors will be impressed with all of which is now available.Whatever you are looking for www.brightshades.com can design your sunglasses for you. They use the finest Swarovski crystals which are of the highest quality making your sunglasses unique and personalized, which...
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Hide Your Need For Reading Correction With No Line Bifocal Reading Glasses
The mention of bifocal glasses can cause one to build a mental picture of an old person, possibly Grandma or Grandpa.
The idea that you need bifocals may seem damaging to your ego - you might feel like you are getting old and everyone will notice. This is just not true anymore. New innovations in lenses have produced a new no-line bifocal.Reading glasses often become a must for those over forty due to a natural condition called presbyopia.
Presbyopia is a hardening of the eyes lens that decreases its flexibility, causing problems with nearsightedness.
People who do not wear glasses for other vision issues will correct the problem by buying a pair of reading glasses.
If you wear glasses normally your doctor will suggest adding a bifocal to your normal lens.
Bifocal lenses have a small section of the lens made in a different prescription specifically for your reading needs.
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If You Use Reading Glasses, And Are Frustrated By Websites You Can?t Read, the Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser is Recommended as a Solution.
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Find your style of reading glasses to show off your sense of fashion.
Reading glasses or readers have evolved from those old black granny glasses of the past. Today's reading glasses offer style and glamour making them as fashionable as they are functional. The many varieties of reading glasses available match the many personalities of their wearers.To be fashionable and feel great you need to identify what you need from a pair of reading glasses. Reading glasses come in many types, but the most popular ones are: rimless, plastic, metal, and foldable. The following list describes each kind, the characteristics, and styles available.Rimless reading glasses: This kind has no frame around the lens.
The ear and nose pieces connect directly to the lens. Rimless readers are good for someone wanting something lightweight. They also have an invisible look to them for someone who wants people to notice their beautiful face, not their reading glasses. Rimless readers do not offer much room for creative designs and usually come in one solid color.Plastic reading...
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