Home Brewing Hopeful Gifts

Just add water.

A Good Batch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You've Had Enough!

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.'

"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'."

"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."

Micro-Brewed Brain Beer

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

"Tea parties are passé. I'm opening a craft brewery."

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.'

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

'I brew it myself.'

Serving wine - "I make it myself."

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

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

"Oh yes,decidedly hoppy."

"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?'

Now that, my friend, is a beer garden!

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

"We grind our own catnip."

"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.'