gifting
i hate the pressure of having to give gifts at a prescribed time i much prefer finding something perfect and just giving it for no reason but, shallow creature that i am, i love getting gifts! birthday and christmas are the perfect time to be a beer geek because it gives people a really easy target for finding you a gift so you're more likely a) to actually get a gift and b) to actually like it my beer haul so far: phillips amnesiac double ipa brassin d'hiver from france mill street beers and coasters stout jelly and one of those really cool glasses made from a beer bottle (also mill street cuz the guy making them was a toronto artiste at the circle craft fair) i hope the world doesn't end before i can get to drinking them...