Home Brewing Hero Gifts

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

A mailbox outside a house reads "The Larson Family and Microbrewery".

A Good Batch.

'Have you tried our home-made wine?'

You're the puff in my pastry!

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

You got that beer that the monks make, didn't you?

"Tia Carmen, is it okay if my study group meets here tomorrow?"

Mount Olympus Brewery. Those might be dangerous to open. They're Pandora's Bocks.

"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

"I thought the cake came out awfully dense."

"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'."

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

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

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

Heloise's Helpful Hints for Homebound

Micro-Brewed Brain Beer

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

My dad makes his own beer.

'Just add eggs. That sounds easy.'

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

'I brew it myself.'

'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.'

Serving wine - "I make it myself."

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

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

"Oh yes,decidedly hoppy."

"We grind our own catnip."

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

'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?'