Real Ale Hamper

babyboo_3

what about getting a nice tankard and having it personalised.
or tickets to a beer festival maybe.

sammy_kaye18

How about a cup/tankard/glass to drink it from??? ..........a bottle opener..................bag of peanuts.............................one of those novelty 'best boyfriend' beer mats you can get...................................one of those little bar towels incase he spills some on the side/table (you could line the basket with this............................a few bottles of beer..................you've already got shorts..................what about a tshirt to go with it?............................you could make him vouchers for when hes having his beer like a coupon for one undisturbed football match (if hes a footy fan), one coupon for a beer run, refill coupons? lol

zippybungle

Don't know if this site will be of any use to you:-

http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/

My Parents are into real ales and beers from around the world. For my Dad's 50th Birthday I bought him 50 different bottles of Lager/Beer - I bought a lot of them from the above website.

My Parents are also members of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale :rolleyes: ) and they have the CAMRA book which lists the pubs around the country which sell Real Ale - so a CAMRA book may be a good gift for someone who is into Real Ales too.

Zippy x

WeirdoMagnet

Morrisons often/always have their real ales on four for a fiver - my OH loves real ale and always chooses the ones with the highest alcohol content (not sure if this is for the taste or for the affect!).

A couple of Christmases ago I got my brother a CAMRA membership.

What about pretendy beer bath foam/soap?

A tankard/personalised glass? Or a 'Yard' of Ale?

Do an 'ale' search on eBay for lots of ideas!

Good luck!

Georgie

Katgoddess

My brother is also a member of http://www.camra.org.uk/ There are lots of books and t-shirts on the website that you could buy for him.[SIZE=-1]
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Chell

Thanks for the links, I always buy a few bottles of beer for DH at Christmas but have never thought to look online.

Our local farm shop has a selection of beers brewed in the area.

hannahsmummy1

Just in case you are interested sainsburys have a special on at the mo 3 bottles of their real ales (bishops finger, honey beer etc) for 4 pounds- might help someone doing a real ale hamper.

bubbs

Hi,
Im sure Home Bargains sell bottles of ale cheaply, so if you have a loal one check in there, they also had some large ice buckets with different things printed on them, maybe use this as the "basket".
I hope this helps

cazian14

hi,not sure if anyone lives near but in burslem ,stoke-on-trent there is a lil shop called the beer emporium and they have wall to wall bottles of beer and wine but not your usual supermarket brands,my oh is like a kid in a sweet shop when we go in!! you can also buy the glasses to match the beer,buy gift vouchers and make up your own hampers/cases ,hope this mite help someone

Also i was in home bargains the other day and they had beer cooler/buckets which were £2.99 i think but they would make a great change to the usual box or basket if you was making a beer hamper.

porlock

My ex's Dad used to collect beer glasses - no trick to it, but if he was in a pub and found a glass he liked, he'd ask the barman how much he could buy it for - 9 times out of 10, he'd get it free!

So maybe, next time you're out for a drink, give it a go and see what happens - plain pint glasses would still be nice, but if you could get a bottle of ale with a matching glass, even better.