When you are shopping for a gift that you are theming around an activity the recipient enjoys, you will want to avoid getting them something that is too obvious or something that is gimmicky. For someone who enjoys a drink, a bottle of wine or pack of beer from the local supermarket that they have probably had many times before seems a little thoughtless. On the other hand, gifts like those drinking helmets with straws on either side are probably never going to be used again.
Fortunately, there are plenty of products that fill that gap. Here are some drinkware gift ideas that are guaranteed to be appreciated and enjoyed.
- A unique stubby holder: Stubby holders not only keep your bottles and cans cool, but they can look great too. You can find ones that match almost any interest, and even if you cannot you can easily have them made with a custom design. These are very affordable small gifts which make great stocking fillers. You could even have personalised ones made for guests to make a party more fun.
- A hands-free cooler: A lightweight, hands-free cooler is the perfect gift for a drinker who enjoys an adventure too. These collapsible coolers can be strapped on like a backpack so that you can take them hiking, surfing, climbing, or anywhere else you want to go. Large ones can hold up to ten cans of drink with ice.
- A beverage cooler: These portable, battery-powered devices can cool drinks down hundreds of times faster than your fridge. Some models take a mere 60 seconds and a small amount of ice to cool down an entire can of drink. They make an excellent gift for people with a habit of trying to cool drinks down in their freezer and then forgetting about them.
- Beer tasting glasses: Fancy glassware is not only for wine and cocktail lovers. Glasses for those drinks are often designed to enhance the flavour by releasing scents and directing the liquid to certain areas of the mouth, and there are beer glasses that do this too. They usually come in a set of small glasses, each for a different type of beer, and they make a much nicer gift than a novelty pint glass.
- A bottle opener/resealer: That is right, bottle openers have been upgraded. You can now buy ones that can seal bottles again to keep them fresh when you want to take a break.
- A carbonated growler jug: Today, flasks do much more than just storing liquids. A good growler can keep beer and other carbonated drinks fresh for weeks, and they can even adjust the level of carbonation to your preference. Some now come with a dispenser tap so that the fizziness is not lost while the drink is being poured out, either.
All of these gifts can be great fun, but remember that alcohol can affect people’s health in many ways. Make sure you are gifting these to someone who is able to drink responsibly. Of course, there is nothing to stop these items from being used with soft drinks too.
