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The 19 Best Beer Gifts for the Holidays 2025
Pints for Presents.
Photography courtesy of Magic Muncie, Social Media Manager, Hop Culture and Untappd (on the left) and 686 x Pabst Blue Ribbon (on the right)
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It’s the most wonderful time of the beer! Whether you’re shopping for the hophead who has everything, the lager lover who’s tough to please, or the friend who still insists that they’ll only drink IPAs, we’ve rounded up the ultimate list of gifts guaranteed to make any beer drinker’s holiday a little merrier (and a lot fizzier).
From the legendary Untappd Recappd Beer Box to cozy tees, collectible glassware, and even full-on brewery vacations (yep, that’s a thing), these are Hop Culture’s twenty-one best beer gifts for the 2025 holidays. Think of it as your one-stop shop for everything from small stocking stuffers to show-stopping surprises.
Because nothing says “happy holidays” like giving the gift of great beer, cool gear, and unforgettable experiences. Cheers to a season filled with joy, jingle, and just the right amount of foam. 🍻
Hop Culture’s Favorite 19 Beer Gifts for the Holidays
Untappd Recappd Beer Box
Graphic courtesy of Derek Campos, Senior Graphic Designer, Next Glass
If you want some of Untappd’s coolest beers of the year, you’d better act fast. Their 💥BRAND NEW💥 Untappd Recappd beer box is selling fast! This is a celebration of everything the Untappd beer-loving community drank, rated, and raved about this year.
What’s in the Box?
🍻 12 epic beers rate 4.0 or higher
🍻 From some of the most sought-after breweries on the platform — Trillium, Hop Butcher For The World, Cellarmaker, HOMES, ill Will Brewing, Corporate Ladder, Sante Adairius, WeldWerks, and more.
🍻 Triple hazies, decadent pastry stouts, epic collabs, crushable lagers, and more!
These sell out every year, so nab yours now. 👉
BeerAdvocate B.E.E.R Tee
Graphic courtesy of BeerAdvocate
BeerAdvocate and its long-standing collective of beer geeks have been tasting and debating beers since pretty much the dawn of the internet. A nod to the ‘90s when BeerAdvocate was founded, this comfy retro crewneck DARES to dress geeks in beer merch.
Trip’s Beer Trips or Brewtopia Beer Adventure
Photography courtesy of Hop Culture and Trip’s Beer Trips
We were fortunate enough to work with two incredible beer adventure companies this year, traveling to Finland, Estonia, and Latvia with Brewtopia, and Bavaria, including Munich and Bamberg, with Trip’s Beer Trips.
Started by Owen Ogletree, Brewtopia gives folks the backstage pass to breweries, pubs, and beer-centric restaurants in well-known beer countries like Germany, Belgium, and the U.K., as well as some surprising places, such as the trip we took to Helsinki and a couple of the Baltic States. Check out all of Brewtopia’s upcoming trips here.
Whether it was raising a maß (pronounced mas, this is the German word for a one-liter beer mug) of golden Helles beneath leafy trees at Augustiner-Keller, discovering the underworld of Entla’s Keller in Erlangen, or learning the difference between rotbier and rauchbier firsthand, our Untappd x Trip’s Beer Trips Epic German Bier Adventure offered something more than just a pint: We found stories.
So, whether you’re planning your own pilgrimage through Bavaria and Franconia or simply looking for a vicarious buzz, Trip’s Beer Trips get you up close and behind the scenes at the off-the-beaten-path breweries, bars, and pubs around the world.
Pro Tip: Interested in hearing when we curate our next trip? Sign up here to get updates first.
Drinking Socially Pint Glass
Graphic courtesy of Untappd
Order beer. Check-in beer. Enjoy Beer. Drink beers you love in style with the Untappd Drinking Socially Pint Glass and take your beer-tasting adventures to the next level! Designed for drinking socially, this classic glass celebrates the check-in lifestyle we all know and love.
YETI Fire Pit
This gift is just pure fire. We’re just imagining the fireside chats, gatherings, and beer shares we can have around this 360-degree portable heat source. Made from super durable materials built to withstand the elements, YETI’s new fire pit is a game-changer. The corten steel weathers naturally to form a protective patina, so literally like that imperial stout you have in your cellar, this fire pit gets better with age. Absolutely genius!
Wrangler x Coors Banquet Collection
Photography courtesy of Wrangler and Coors
More and more, we’ve seen breweries not just collabing with each other but reaching out to brands in different spaces for unique partnerships.
While we aren’t ride-or-die Coors Banquet bros (or bros of anything for that matter), this Wrangler collab has us practicing our yee-haws!
Celebrating the wildness of the west with the coolness of Colorado, the Wrangler and Coors Banquet Collection tips a hat to both of these iconic brands.
With more than twenty legendary pieces, the collection features highlights such as denim vests with custom Coors embroidery and patches, Western-inspired pullovers, graphic tees, and limited-edition Wrangler® 13MWZ Cowboy Cut® Jeans.
686 x Pabst Blue Ribbon Bring Back the Legendary Cooler Jacket
Photography courtesy of 686 x Pabst Blue Ribbon
Look, we drank a lot of PBR in our early twenties, so if you know someone like us, chances are they’re just as stoked to see this merch collab.
A blue ribbon, best, if we do say so.
“Snowboarding and cheap beer go together like fresh powder and high-fives,” wrote the snowboarder-owned brand 686 and Pabst Blue Ribbon in a press release.
Designed by French artist Lucas Beaufort, the signature Cooler Jacket, nicknamed “the Sixer,” lives up to its name, with a secret compartment/cooler built into the back big enough and insulated enough to fit six cans of cold brewskis (see what we did there).
This jacket is also tricked out with infiDRY® 10K waterproof fabric, hand-drawn graphics, and just effortless chill.
“When he is on the session or during the après, Lucas brings a special kind of raw energy that is both infectious and contagious,” said 686 VP of Marketing Brent Sandor in the press release. “We have been friends for years and have been waiting for the right project to collaborate on. It seems fitting that Lucas found a way to reignite the 686 x PBR collaboration with his DIY and independent spirit.”
We haven’t had a PBR in a long time, but we might go back to drinking them if someone gifted us this jacket.
Beer Golf™
Photography courtesy of BeerGolf™
We’ve all seen it, right? The imperial pints of Guinness dropped in twos and fours on tables of trigger-ready drinkers. Their hands close eagerly over the glasses, bringing the goblets to their lips, they swig and swig and swig, trying to time themselves to perfection, slamming the glass down with its dark and tan meniscus perfectly wavering between the middle of the “G”.
Well, the Beer Golf Shop is trying to do the capital G one better by putting your beer up to the T.
Say hello to Beer Golf™.
The rules are simple. Fill up your cup. “Tee off,” i.e., take a swig (not a swing, mind you), to try and land your beer line close to the hole.
You’re trying to get a lower score, which you can keep track of on the coasters. Genius!
Could this be the next big trend in beer, drinking games on glasses?
If so, we’re all…fore it.
RadCraft Pilsner Is For Perfectionists Tee
Photography provided by RadCraft
Made like a pilsner, this Pilsner Is For Perfectionists tee is tweaked to perfection. Super soft, plush, and not hiding behind any hops, the forest green shirt just plainly and boldly says it all.
Another bold statement: Buying one of these tees supports the North Carolina Craft Brewers Foundation’s Business Recovery Grant program, which helps Western North Carolina breweries impacted by Hurricane Helene.
So it’s almost like you’re buying two presents in one—one for your beer lover and another for the breweries of Western North Carolina.
Now, if that isn’t in the holiday spirit, we don’t know what is!
The Huffy Centuric Class 2 Folding E-Bike
Photography courtesy of Huffy
Photography courtesy of Huffy
If adventure travel is more your speed, check out The Huffy Centuric Class 2 Folding E-Bike. This portable, electric, and compact bike conveniently folds thanks to its lightweight aluminum frame, allowing you to take it anywhere in just a matter of seconds.
Whether you’re jetting out of town with a six-pack and your six-speed, cruising around the city to your next bar, or packing up the car for a weekend getaway, this e-bike can either get you there or start your adventure once you do.
Built for any terrain, the twenty-by-four-inch fat tires handle all terrains from dirt paths to gravel. And with forty miles of riding stored in the 36V lithium battery, the Centuric Class 2 will get you up to 20mph for a fun flight.
Editor’s Note: Centuric sent the Hop Culture team an E-Bike for testing. We do not receive any commission from any sales here
Flights Across America: A Brewery Lover’s Journey
With over 1,400 brewery visits across fifty states under his belt, author Joel Geier is bringing you his absolute favorites in his newly released book, Flights Across America.
“But this is more than just a simple travel guide,” writes Geier, who covers everything from how to plan a “beercation,” questions to ask the staff, beer scenes in different cities, and which are the best breweries to visit.
If you need the complete DIY guide to planning your next beercation, this book has you covered.
A Stay at a Beer Hotel
Photography courtesy of von Trapp Brewing/Trapp Family Lodge
Photography courtesy of von Trapp Brewing
Speaking of beercations, consider getting your beer lover a stay at a brewery hotel. You can find plenty around the country. For instance, von Trapp Brewing’s lodge in Vermont, where drinking a beer after a hard day of snowshoeing, skiing, or playing disc golf and looking around at the beautiful mountains makes you feel like you’re part of the von Trapp family legacy.
Or Lawson’s Finest Airbnbs, where you can book a stay at the original brewery, just minutes from skiing, golfing, and, of course, Lawson’s taproom for the freshest Sip of Sunshine you can ever taste.
Here are a few more of our favorites:
Final Gravity Subscription
Photography courtesy of Final Gravity
Listen, print magazines, especially in beer, are rarer and rarer these days. But somehow, our good friends at Final Gravity keep the eternal torch burning.
An old-school, staple-bound quarterly zine from award-winning beer writers David Nilsen and Melinda Guerra, Final Gravity covers beer culture around the world.
From immersive stories about sixteen-hour brew days at boutique malt-based breweries to personal reflections about struggling with hearing problems in the taproom, Final Gravity tangibly reminds us why we first fell in love with beer.
We’re subscribers ourselves, and if you have a beer lover in your life, you should sign them up for Final Gravity.
Untappd Insider’s Membership
Illustration courtesy of Untappd
Do you know someone who whips out their phone as soon as they order a beer and hits that “check-in” on Untappd?
Get them an Untappd Insider’s membership, which unlocks a whole host of insider secrets, including:
🍻 10% off all merch and beer in the Shop.
🍻 First dibs on new merch like our sold-out Hop Culture Steam Bier Willie Glass, Untappd Gold Tumbler, Untappd Coffee Club, and more!
🍻Exclusive badges and more precise ratings.
You get all that and much more as an Insider.
Lift Bridge Matches
Lift Bridge Marketing Manager Sam Ziegler turned us on to this Minnesota-based brewery’s custom matchboxes, inspired by artwork from their fall beer—Fireside Flannel. Super proud of these unique merch items, Lift Bridge wrote in an IG post, “Every bonfire needs three things — good beer, good friends, and, of course, a good fire! These new custom LBBC matchboxes are available now on our web store and at both taprooms. Just don’t forget the beer 😜”
Matches are, if not practical, also very collectible. Oh, and did we mention, super affordable!
Holy Mountain D6 Dice or Nerd Dice
The ‘90s are back, baby. Seriously, take a look around. The Backstreet Boys are back, alright, recently playing to sold-out crowds in the Sphere in Las Vegas. Hot on their heels, N’Sync is saying bye, bye, bye to retirement, considering a reunion tour.
We’ve seen remakes of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Freaky Friday, and Happy Gilmore, among many more.
Straight leg jeans, Adidas trainers, and even tracksuits are back in fashion.
So when Holy Mountain came out with its own D6 Dice, we just about rolled over. (Full disclaimer here: We went to college in the late 2000s, not the ‘90s, but we hit peak teenage years in those ‘90s, baby).
While we remember rabid games of 10,000, tucked away into the corner booth of our college bar, Holy Mountain gives you instructions on “Threes,” an equally simple yet mysteriously thrilling (addictive) game of chance that also includes a bit of skill and problem solving (i.e., counting).
If you’re a pro, splurge on the emerald green, dark blue marbled Nerd Dice with gold pips.
Just don’t shake it like a Polaroid picture.
Campfire Beer Caramelizer
Are you stoked to poke…your beer? Last year, we told you about Bierstacheln (“beer sting” or “beer spike”), a magical German tradition where you put a red-hot steel rod into a half-full glass of malty beer. Instantly, a frothing, writhing cloud will start to bubble—as if an underwater volcano might emerge from the beer’s malty depths—producing a now slightly maltier, caramelized dark beer akin to toasting a marshmallow over a campfire.
While we wouldn’t call Bierstacheln (pronounced “beer shta-hll”) a trend by any stretch of the imagination, the classic custom has worked its way across the pond. Places such as Schell’s Brewery in Minnesota (whose annual BockFest probably looks something like the scene above), Pour Man’s Brewing in Pennsylvania, Invasive Species Brewing in Florida, East Brother Beer Company in California, and a handful of others have picked up the custom.
And now, you can try your hand at hot beer poking at home. Grab this campfire beer caramelizer, heat the rod in a fire for fifteen to twenty minutes, stick it in your malty beer (works best with beers with lots of unfermented sugars that will have that Maillard-like reaction when coming in contact with a heat source), and enjoy the magic.
Personalized Kölschkranz
Photography courtesy of KoelscheManufaktur
Another German tradition, this one from Köln, kölsch service is a kind of synchronized musical glasses of beer.
When you sit down, you get a single stange (specially sized glass) of kölsch and a deckel, the coaster marked with tallies to keep track of how many stangen of kölsch you drink during service.
As soon as you finish your glass, a köbes (server) carrying a kranz or wreath-shaped tray full of stangen replaces your glass with a fresh one and leaves a tally mark on your coaster.
This happens repeatedly until you’ve had your fill of kölsch. When you’re done, you simply place your deckel on top of your stange to signal you no longer want refills.
“You’re just sitting in your chair, and kölsch is freely coming,” says Fort Point Co-Founder Justin Catalana, who joined me for the brewery’s kölsch service last year.
When you leave, you take your deckel to the front and pay based on the number of tally marks.
Breweries across the U.S. from coast to coast and everywhere in between have introduced their own version of kölsch service, but if you have a kölsch fan at home, they might just love getting their own, customized kranz.
Made of laser-cut plywood, this Kölschkranz holds ten kölsch glasses and features the Köln skyline in the background.
Maybe your beer-loving friend just came home raving about Köln and needs a memento, or they simply love kölsch. Either way, this iconic piece of memorabilia will help you create some happy kölsch-drinking memories of your own.
Hop Culture Hat
Photography courtesy of Magic Muncie, Social Media Manager, Hop Culture and Untappd
STAY RAD STAY COOL STAY FRESH STAY FLY. Featuring a rubber Hop Culture logo label, the Hop Culture Mint Green 5-Panel is our sickest hat ever. You’ll never look better.
You can’t beat a classic. Hop Culture Black 5-Panel is our basic 5 Panel Camp Hat with a woven Hop Culture label. We wear it everywhere, when we’re traveling, when we’re at beer festivals, when we’re just hanging out around the house. Hey, things are classic for a reason, right? This is the gift you buy for your beer lover when you don’t know what to get. You can only go right with this one.
Beer Mountain AD25
Photography courtesy of Beer Mountain
Is there anything better than drinking an ice-cold beer in the great outdoors? Beer Mountain’s AD25 Adventure Series Cooler Backpack mashes together all the innovations of an adventure bag with the beer drinker in mind.
They built an insulated main compartment for ice, meaning you can pack up to twenty-four cans, zip it up, and head out knowing your suds will stay frosty.
Hop Culture Senior Content Editor Grace Lee-Weitz did just that, filling up the pack with a few cans of Sierra Nevada to take on a hike with her partner and pup, Piper. A small pocket in front fit a few treats and a small water bottle for Piper, while a couple of pouches near her hips were perfect for smaller valuables, such as keys. “Oh, there are so many compartments!” Lee-Weitz’s partner mentioned when she first saw the bag.
Since you’ll probably work up a sweat on your hike, and because you should always hydrate while drinking, Beer Mountain even thought far enough ahead to build in a universal water bladder compartment. While you’ll need to provide that pouch yourself, it’s still a thoughtful touch.
Just like the added bottle opener attached to one of the straps!
Beer Mountain really thought everything through, including your comfort, especially if you’re hiking around with beer.
Lee-Weitz found the padded back support made carrying the weight of the cans extremely comfortable, even during a long walk. Oh, and by the end of the two-hour hike? She and her wife enjoyed a nice little picnic with ice-cold beer!
Comfortable, ergonomic, durable, and stylish, this cooler pack ensures you can have a cold beer whenever and wherever.
