Beerpedia

It's December, which means the gift-mania season is in full effect.

Buying presents is often a nightmare but if one is buying something for his beer loving friend/family member that does not have to be the case.  Here are a few suggestions to warm the hearts of your loved ones. 

BEER COSMETICS

Yes, they exist. Beer is rich with vitamin B so the smart science people figured out a way to bring the best out of beer in order to help nourish the human body.

And the best place to look for such products must be the country that consumes more beer per capita than any other in the world. So there’s your Google hint. Our guess is that opening a Staropramen and treating your body with hand cream made out of hops, face cream made with brewer’s yeast, beer aftershave or a nice beer-based body lotion will do wonders for your body inside-out.   

BEER COOLERS & CHILLERS

Keeping the right temperature or cooling the beer down quickly is always a challenge. Thankfully, this is an area where a lot of progress is being made. Among many others, there is a device that spins a can of beer in an ice bucket and cools it down in a minute. Well, that’s progress!

BOTTLE OPENERS

Can’t go wrong here because everybody needs them. And the offer is so rich that it will make your head spin. Wall-mounted bottle openers, one-handed bottle openers, smartphone cover bottle openers, talking bottle openers… the list goes on and on. And the magnetic ones! Oh, the magnetic ones that take the hassle of collecting bottle caps all around the garden/house/kitchen/bar! Isn’t that the best invention in the world? After fire. Or the wheel. Or beer. Ok, it’s probably not, but it’s really useful.

BEER MUGS

Glass is fine, but a mug is a mug. It’s large. It’s heavy. It’s for the real beer lover. An empty mug simply craves for beer. Gift-wrap a mug, sit-back and enjoy the moment your beer-loving gift-receiver opens it, raises his eyebrows in delight and thankfully nods. It’s so simple and yet so great.

ALL THE KICKSTARTER/INDIEGOGO PROJECTS

If all of these things seem pretty ordinary to you, it’s time to do some further exploring. Hit the search engine and check out the weird, twisted world where passion for innovation meets the love for beer. This is a strange place where people can support home brewing machines as well as quirky fashion add-ons like a belt beer carrier that doubles as a bottle opener.

However, our all time favorite one that actually got produced in decent quantities has to be the simplest ones - a pair of flip-flops with a built-in bottle opener. Pure genius!