Holiday beer gift for yourself!

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  1. DJturnstile

    DJturnstile Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2015 California

    I try and splurge a little every holiday season and order some kind of beer treat for myself but this year i'm having trouble. Does anyone know of a good place to get a gift box set or a holiday release from a brewery or bottle shop that ships?

    For example, I was about to buy the 4 bottle Chronology set plus Teku glass from the Bruery website but it seems that I waited one day too many and it sold out.

    Was considering a Belgium box set from Beer Mania but nothing really catches my eye right now when you factor in crazy high shipping costs.
     
    #1 DJturnstile, Dec 5, 2016
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  2. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    Why not just go to your local shop and splurge right there? I bet there was plenty of beer there both foreign and domestic that you did not buy because of price. Go back and get those beers.
     
    #2 utopiajane, Dec 5, 2016
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  3. DJturnstile

    DJturnstile Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2015 California

    It's possible that I missed some local gems here and there, but I live in Oakland and there are two (2) bottle shops in the whole town worth a dang. I miss being in NYC, where it looks like you're from, where I could hop on the subway to hunt down all kinds of rarities at random beer bodegas and specialty shops.
     
    #3 DJturnstile, Dec 5, 2016
  4. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    There are other stores that have good ratings by BA members. See if any of these are close to you.
    https://www.beeradvocate.com/place/list/?&s_id=CA&city=Oakland&store=Y&sort=name&sort=rating
     
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  5. DJturnstile

    DJturnstile Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2015 California

    Haha, yeah we've got The Good Hop and Beer Revolution. The rest are a joke.

    I mean, BevMo has gift sets during the holidays usually but that's not really "supporting local business" any more than buying from a locally owned store in Brussels or the UK that sells online.

    Thanks for the link though!
     
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  6. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    Sure. Some of our nearby places have the Corsondonk Christmas Ale in a packaged set that includes 6 250 ml bottles of beer and a Corsondonk goblet. I'm also betting that several other places in PA have it on offer as well. As an additional bonus the Christmas Ale holds up to aging quite well and so one can have two bottles a year as a special treat for each of 3 Christmases.
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  7. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Pooh-Bah (2,890) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina
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    I treated myself to a St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Evil Twin/Westbrook Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break, and Terrapin Moo-HooChiato
     
    #7 TonyLema1, Dec 6, 2016
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  8. DropD

    DropD Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2015 Virginia

    I picked up 2 bottles of Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Gingerbread stout, a bottle of Xocoveza Charred and a bottle of St Bernardus Christmas Ale. These are my end of year beers for Christmas.
     
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  9. prost2hefeweizen

    prost2hefeweizen Initiate (0) Aug 6, 2015 Oklahoma

    I picked up a lizard of Koz. It was disappointing. Way to sweet for me. Didn't come close to finishing it.
     
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  10. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Let me offer a different spin on the title of the thread (hopefully its not a hi-jack). When you get a gift card for your favorite beer store this X-mas, what beer are you finally going to buy with your giftcard that you've been passing on for months (because of the highprice/your beer budget etc).

    For me, with a gift card, I may finally buy one of those Cascade sours (running around $35 in my area). Possibly the Hannsen's Gueze tiny 350ml for $18. There's alot of expensive Bruery bottles that I never choose to grab, so maybe I'll see which of those is in a style/high rating to get.
     
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  11. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    I'll place an order from France44, and order some Abrasive for Xmas, maybe some Todd The Axman.
     
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  12. DJturnstile

    DJturnstile Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2015 California

    France 44 is great!! I totally forgot about them, thanks. Going to go check their site now.
     
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  13. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    It looks like they're well stocked on IPAs. Abrasive is one of my favorite beers of all time.
     
    #13 nc41, Dec 8, 2016
  14. DJturnstile

    DJturnstile Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2015 California

    Yeah that one is great, and they have PsuedoSue in stock right now which i've been wanting to try forever.

    I've mainly used them to order Surly and Toppling Goliath stuff. Do you recommend any other breweries that they carry which aren't widely available?
     
    #14 DJturnstile, Dec 8, 2016
  15. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    To be honest I've only ordered Surly beers. their family of IPAs have always worked for me. If it wasn't so expensive I might branch out, but I stick to cannot fail beers.
     
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  16. Lucular

    Lucular Grand Pooh-Bah (4,367) Jun 20, 2014 Maryland
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    Total Wine has great prices on a couple of gift sets. I picked up the St. Bernardus 4-pack with chalice for $15.99 (after $1 off 4-pack coupon) and the Weihenstephaner 5 beers + glass pack for $9.99 (after coupon). Those are amazing prices compared to other stores. For the beer alone they are a great value!
     
    #16 Lucular, Dec 12, 2016
  17. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I picked up the Short's Hoppy Holidays 12-pack for my gift. It has 4 different hoppy beers (3 are new to me) and I'm not waiting until Christmas to drink them. The task is already underway.
     
    #17 PapaGoose03, Dec 12, 2016
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  18. DJturnstile

    DJturnstile Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2015 California

    I ended up treating myself to a couple large bottles from the new Mikkeller tasting room bottle shop in Oakland.

    Nelson Sauvin Brut dry hopped & Red and White Christmas

    Pricey stuff but I love my Mikkeller beers!
     
    #18 DJturnstile, Dec 12, 2016
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  19. Reef

    Reef Pooh-Bah (2,613) Dec 2, 2016 South Carolina
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    These twelve packs converted me from Grinch to Jolly Elf.
     
    #19 Reef, Dec 13, 2016
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  20. Bluecrow

    Bluecrow Grand Pooh-Bah (3,501) Jul 16, 2012 New York
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    I shop local. I chased down bottles of Fantome Noel yesterday (understandably not everyone's favorite) as well as some other holiday brews. ~five stops for three purchases.
     
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