Home Brew Hobbyist Gifts

"Barry made the wine. I made the cheese."

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

A Good Batch.

'So, what do you think of my first attempt at making homemade beer?'

"Buy a man a six-pack, he drinks for a day. Teach him to brew, he drinks all his life."

"It's a new countertop draft system for craft beer!"

You've Had Enough!

Man with 'Real Ale' written on t-shirt, woman with 'Real Pine' written on rolling pin

Traditional Ale - Traditional Drunk

'According to this, she began making wine in her laundry room 30 years ago, and now she's moved on to the garage.'

"This cheap can of domestic beer has a bouquet reminiscent of...beer."

"The instructions for the beer-making kit you gave me? Didn't need them -- I figured it out for myself. Drink up."

"Try this new IPA I just finished. Let me know if the malts and hops are layered like last week's batch." "Bailey was a really 'good boy'."

Micro-Brewed Brain Beer

'Would you like some of our house wine? I just made it.'

My dad makes his own beer.

'I should never have let you pick the taps!'

'There are shortcuts to making home brew, but taking a swig of malt extract and letting it ferment in your mouth isn't one of them.'

'I brew it myself.'

'Doesn't seem right somehow-REAL ale in PLASTIC glasses!'

'Actually,I didn't start drinking until his dog died.'

Serving wine - "I make it myself."

'Potatoes. How many would I need to make a bottle of vodka?'

'But our secret ingredient is large quantities of Hilberg beer.'

"We had no sherry so I left him some of your dad's home brew instead."

"You order the microbrew?"

"We grind our own catnip."

'Why bother recreating the 5,000-year-old recipe fo the ancient Egyptians, when there's already one that old at the back of the fridge?'

"Not moonshine - small batch, artisanal grain alcohol."

'I'm kind of a survivalist myself. I roast my own coffee and distil my own gin.'

'To save money, Bob started making his own wine. This Chablis, for example, only cost him $329 a bottle.'

'And here's a year's supply of Jim's Pinot Noir. When you taste it, you'll know why it's a year's supply.'

Tepid Beer - Going out of Beer.