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Black Friday is upon us here in the US. Hopefully you are staying away from the chaos of the malls. To help you with gift suggestions for a beer lover on your gift list, we've put together our Holiday Beer Gift Guide (feel free to sub "Christmas" for "Holiday" if it makes you feel better). Hover over a link for a full description including price (if you're reading this via a feed reader, click the link to this post to use this feature).These products and more are available in our Amazon.com beer store.

Stocking Stuffers and Gifts Under $10:

• Michael Jackson's Great Beer Guide - A list of the 500 best beers with information about their styles, histories, and flavors.
• 365 Bottles of Beer For The Year Page-A-Day Calendar 2007 (Page-A-Day Calendars) - A desktop calendar that also teaches you about beer!
• Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill - Yummy!
• Duff Beer Can and Playing Cards The Simpsons Series 2 - D'oh!
• Guinness - Cast Iron Bottle Opener - Open your beer in style
• Simpson Talking Beer Opener - I have one of these and it never fails to make me laugh

Suitable for Wrapping:

• Ultimate Beer - Also by Michael Jackson (no, not that one…). From Amazon.com: "With Ultimate Beer, Jackson homes in on the particulars: which beer, when, and why. After a concise overview of brewing ingredients and processes, Jackson explores a myriad of beers from every corner of the brewing world. His suggestions are organized by the situation in which they might best be enjoyed: from summer sippers to winter warmers, aperitifs to nightcaps."
• Bodum Assam Double Wall Cooler/Beer Glasses, Set of 2 - Quaff some suds in style with these fancy glasses from Bodum.
• Brewopoly Board Game - Monopoly for beer!
• Coopers Brewery Micro Brewery Kit - Brew your own beer
• Guinness Tulip Pint Glasses - 4 Pack - Just like you find at the pub

That's all for today, but I'll dig up some more cool ideas over the remaining shopping season. If you still aren't sure what to get, an Amazon Gift Certificate always works! 

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That's right, don't do it. You'll just fill yourself up and won't have any room left for yummy, yummy turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing (or dressing, if you prefer), cranberry sauce, etc. Drink wine instead. mrrphh…hey…let me go…aaaggghhhh…

[editor's note: Sorry, the holidays seem to have gotten the best of Chris so we had to rip him away from the keyboard until next week. Don't worry, we made him put a few posts in the queue so you'll still see some action here at Hail the Ale! while he on his "vacation". Thanks!] 

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I just stumbled across Realbeer.com's Beer for the Holidays blog. It launched as the beginning of the month and they are busily posting about holiday beers, gift suggestions, and just about anything else that is related to beer and the holidays.

Updated: fixed link 

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December 5 is the 73rd anniversary of Prohibition ending in the US (as well as the Day of the Ninja). What better way to celebrate than by having a beer? Thanks to Paul at Drink This Blog for pointing this out.

Here's some patriotic choices:

• Samuel Adams
• Anything from 21st Amendment 
• Capitol City Brewing's Prohibition Porter 
• Speakeasy Prohibition Ale 

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Finally, a government program I can get behind. It seems they've had success doing this with the wine industry in their state and want to do the same for craft brewers.

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