No doubt the clock is ticking on the number of days you have left to wrap up your holiday preparations. But before you lose your cool, sweating out how you will find time to get your shopping done — let alone figuring out what to get for those you’re shopping for — take a look some suggestions we have for the beer lovers on your list.

Gold Complete Beer Equipment Kit
For the first time homebrewer, we recommend this beginner’s kit. Everything you need to get brewing — fermentation bucket, glass carboy, ingredients, cleaning and sanitation supplies, bottle capper and more — are all included.

Book a Class with Home Brewed Events
This innovative service is just the thing for the timid first-time homebrewer. Book a class with Home Brewed Events, and they will send a team of brewing specialists to your location to walk you and your friends through making a batch of beer. In addition to the expert advice and hands-on demonstration, all the equipment and ingredients needed to make beer are included. Even better, each session includes a scheduled bottling day follow-up. 

The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks
Newbs and seasoned beer snobs will surely appreciate a copy of this clever new title. In it the author present a series of easy-to-follow classes that cover everything from lagers and pilsners to hazy wheat beers, Belgian-style abbey and Trappist ales that beer lovers can drink their way through.

Miir Growler
The world’s first and perhaps only stainless steel, insulated and threadless growler, keeps cold beverages cold, and hot beverage hot for up to 24 hours. The innovative threadless cap ensures that none of the precious potions stored inside the double-wall, vacuumed-insulated vessel gets out until you are ready to drink it. Best of all, for each growler sold helps provide one person with clean drinking water. 

Libbey Craft Brew Beer Glass Set
Great craft beer deserves to be served in a first-rate glassware. This set has all the essentials covered. Included are a classic pilsner, English pub, Belgian ale, craft pub glass, porter/stout, and wheat beer glasses.

Beer Lovers Towel Set
You can’t argue with the fact that beer drinking can sometimes get a little messy. Luckily, here’s a stylish solution for the messy brewski spillers among us: a set of 100 percent cotton towels that sport popular beer styles spelled out with hand-stamped, antique letterpress printing blocks. They are perfect for mopping up spilled suds.

The Craft Beer Cookbook: From IPAs and Bocks to Pilsners and Porters
Since men and women can’t live on suds alone, here’s something the beer-lover on your list can turn to time and again to cook some amazing meals with recipes that call for beer. 

A Safe Ride Home With Uber
Rather than risk life and limb getting behind the wheel after a night of sampling and savoring craft beers, get home safe and stress-free with Uber’s stylish on-demand black car service. Use Drink Philly’s promo code (DrinkPhilly3Yr) to get a $20 instant credit.  

For more gift ideas, check out the Drink Nation's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide