Home Fermentation Aficionado Gifts

'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?'

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."

"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

Food waste with recycling symbol

Traditional Ale - Traditional Drunk

"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."

"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.'

Micro-Brewed Brain Beer

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

"Not while they're making artisanal bread."

My dad makes his own beer.

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

'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.'

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

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

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 grind our own catnip."

"You order the microbrew?"

Now that, my friend, is a beer garden!

'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."

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

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