2014 Home Bar Christmas Gift Guide
The holiday gift season is upon us! Home bar gifts have been some of our most popular Christmas gifts over the past few holiday seasons, and 2014 looks to be no different. There are tons of options, including real oak barrels for aging and home distilling, premium American-made plaques in classic pub sign shapes with personalized options, laser engraved wine, beer, and shot glasses, bottle openers galore for stuffing those stockings, antique style distressed wood signs, home bar chalkboards, and many more accessories and home bar decor items.
Finding the perfect gift for the home bar is a neat trick, and since many of the best Christmas gifts take time to make and/or customize for the recipient, it's great to get a jump start. Of course, if it's getting down to the wire, we can rush most of these items ( contact us for specifics), but it's always best to stay ahead of the game.
We'll start with the top 10 home bar Christmas gifts from last holiday season (2013), then guide you through these categories:
- Authentic oak barrels for aging/distilling
- Personalized home bar wall decor items
- Various barrel head products
- Custom glassware / barware
- Fun and useful home bar accessories
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10 Most Popular Home Bar Christmas Gifts, 2013
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1. Home Bar Custom Man Cave Sign
The classic shape of the traditional pub sign, 3-dimensional cast relief beer mug, restrained yet stylish accents, attractive and colorful lettering, and free personalization make this wooden Home Bar Sign a perennial top gift idea for home bar decor.
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2. Laser Engraved Corkscrew Bottle Opener
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Sturdy metal construction, multi-tool functionality, and included custom engraving at an attractive price point, the metal corkscrew bottle opener is a favorite as a stocking stuffer, company gift, and anniversary present.
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3. Whiskey Distillery Barrel Personalized
This oak barrel comes complete with everything you need to begin aging or distilling. The "Whiskey Distillery" design is modelled after classic labels and includes personalization of your name, distillery name, city, state, and year established. Out of our many fun and popular label designs for oak barrels, this is our most popular barrel year-round.
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4. Custom Wall Mounted Bottle Opener
Simple, classy, and fun. This wall-mounted bottle opener is a gorgeous shape with shiny metal opener affixed to an oval wood backing, which is engraved with a single block initial in an attractive serif font.
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5. Custom Home Bar Sign with Mug
Proudly serving whatever you bring! This is a great sentiment for any aspiring home bar. The mug works well as the centerpiece of the plaque, and with the recipient's name curved above it they will love this home bar Christmas gift. One of our most enduringly popular decor designs.
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6. Personalized Beer Sampler Paddle
The classic beer flight sampler paddle is made from real wood, includes a customized handle engraved with your name or just about anything you like, and comes with the four sampler shot glasses you see here. Inset into the cutouts, this beer sampler paddle makes a popular home bar gift for the man cave. Beer not included!!
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7. Beer of the Week Brewery Plaque with Chalkboard
This trendy "Beer of the Week" home brewery plaque with nifty chalkboard was a new home bar sign for 2013, and instantly shot up into the bestseller ranks. The round shape, earthy brown and red colors, beer glass brewery design, and fun mini chalkboard contribute to make this 16" round brewery plaque an instant classic, and a favorite personalized Christmas gift for the home bar craft brew enthusiast.
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8. Stemless Champagne Flutes Personalized (Set of 4)
These stemless champagne flutes are the epitome of elegance. Laser engraved with the block initial of your choice, a set of personalized home bar glassware is a proven success as a Christmas gift idea for friends or family.
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9. Custom Vineyards Barrel
Another classy design laser burned onto the barrel head of a real oak aging barrel. This one is a "vineyards" wine label design featuring a cluster of grapes along with your name and date established custom engraved. Each of our oak barrels includes stand, spigot, bung, and personalization, and can be ordered in 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 liter sizes. We can even do 20 liters, but those run out quickly so contact us for availability.
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10. Personalized Flask Gift Set in Matte Black
This fun gift set includes a 6oz black matte flask, custom engraving on the flask of any text or logo, and four matching shot glasses. With the stainless steel funnel included and all of it arriving in a nice gift box, this flask gift set is great for all occasions but especially popular during the holidays. Optionally, the shot glasses can be engraved to add extra flair to the gift.
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Those were our most popular home bar Christmas gifts for the 2013 holiday season. Here are some more unique ideas:
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Oak Barrel Designs for the Home Bar
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Barrel Connoisseur Kits
These kits ship quickly (out the door within 1 business day) and thus are ideal for a last-minute home bar gift. The kits include everything you need to distill your own whiskey, bourbon, scotch, etc (except the alcohol!!). Comes with barrel, bung, spigot, attractive wrought iron stand, 3 distinct essence flavors, cleaning kit, and detailed instructions.
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Oak Barrel with Galvanized Steel Hoops
The barrels with black steel hoops are by far the most popular, but the silver (i.e. galvanized steel) is an attractive alternative. If you're looking for something simple, without custom engraving, check out our selection of standard oak aging barrels here.
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Oak Barrels with Personalized Engraved Label
Here are some of our more popular label designs. Each of these artistic labels are carefully modeled after real distillery and winery labels, and simply personalized by adding your name (and other lines such as year established, distillery name, etc). Click on each image to see more details:
Custom Oak Barrels
We can also engrave your logo, text, or other artwork (high quality black & white vector/line art only) onto a custom oak barrel, or you can use our Easy Custom Barrel Builder to create your own label using the text and fonts of your choice along with one of our many home bar graphics.
Here are some samples of custom logo work:
Here are the options for our Easy Custom Barrel Builder. Click the image to view product page.
Home Bar Wall Decor
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Home Bar Pub Signs
These home bar plaques are made and personalized here in the USA just for you. Crafted and customized using a variety of methods including laser engraving, combination silkscreen and lithographic painting, hand distressed antiquing, and hand painted accents.
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Barrel Head Signs
We offer an entire line of oak barrel heads made into home bar plaques, which include personalization and come ready to hang on the walls of the recipient's home bar. We have several designs in color using laser burning combined with lithographic printing, as well as many in standard colorless laser engraving. These are unique and trendy one-of-a-kind gifts. Here are some of the best, though we have many more:
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Miscellaneous Home Bar Wall Decor
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Barrel Head Products
We also make some pretty neat home bar accessories out of barrel heads and "quarter barrels", including lazy susans and various serving trays. In addition to the barrel head signs above, here are a few more examples, available in any design.
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Barrel Head Lazy Susans
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Barrel Head Serving Trays
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Quarter Barrel Serving Trays
Quarter Barrel Signs
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Personalized Home Bar Glassware
Our glassware products include a variety of stylish sets of champagne and wine glasses, beer mugs, mason jars, growlers, shot glasses, and much more. Here are a few commonly given as Christmas gifts:
Home Bar Accessories
In addition to a broad collection of multi-tools with bottle openers, we have an array of unique home bar accessories, including these top sellers:
