Gifts Your Maltese Dad Will Actually Want This Father’s Day
Father’s Day is just another gift-giving occasion that sends us all into a blind panic about what to get. Your dad is probably the most awesome person in your life, so you really want to get him something he will love. He’s also the person who already owns everything he actually wants – the worst person ever to buy a gift for. Until now.
We figured that Malta’s dads are basically divided into two types. Here’s some epic gifts you can’t go wrong with this year no matter which one of them he is.
1. The beer-body dad
If your dad loves nothing more than cracking open a beer while BBQing some pink sausages in your bitħa, then a super trendy collection of craft beers will blow his Father’s Day expectations out of the water. Warning: it will have him bragging about his hipster cred for weeks to come.
Here’s a few craft beer gifts you can choose from:
AMA Range by Amarcord
The AMA range includes three elegant, high-fermentation beers. Two of them – the Bionda and the Bruna are bottle fermented, whilst the third, Mora, has been brewed with a special coffee blend. #Yum
Dopplebock
Dopplebock is where beer meets wine…it’s a limited edition beer by Amarcord which has been aged for several months in casks of French oak for an indispensable phase of maturation. During this phase the beer develops new and more complex sensorial nuances. You’re going to be getting flavours with hits of caramelized fruit, raisins and brandied cherries and cranberries, and a light spiciness given by the special strain of yeast used for fermentation. How fancy does that sound?
Amarcord Classic Four-Pack
Your dad is going to love this four-beer line-up featuring: Gradisca (Lager), Tabachera (Strong Amber Ale), Midona (Golden Ale), and Volpina (Red Ale).
Gradisca Giants Box-Set
Give your dad a giant-ass (2 or 3 litre bottles) version of the classic and most popular Amarcord beers. Packed in an elegant wooden case, this one is really going to blow his mind.
Amarcord Reserva Speciale Gift Box
This includes a special re-fermented ale packed in a gorgeous wooden box with a bonus of two beer glasses. The ale is prepared with malted barley, hops, acacia and wildflower honey, with the addition of sour cherry and blackthorn. It ages for nine months in the bottles, along with the yeasts used for producing champagne before being distributed. Memorise that to impress your dad.
2. Wine-loving Pa
Your dad practically orders the wine blindfolded at family dinners, his favourite part of the day is sitting down to his platt għaġin and you’ve never heard anyone talk more about the joy of food.
This is what you need to get him for Father’s Day:
Foodie Gifts
Hand pick a selection of absolute faves from a vast selection of pasta, olive oil, pasta sauces, honey and jams. Make sure you’ve got the ultimate food-porn combo and pack it up into an impressive hamper box. #DaddyWillBeProud
Wino Dad Hamper
A collection of great, lesser known, carefully selected, wine producers from around the world that can all be packaged in elegant boxes also making them ideal gifts.
These gifts will also soften the blow if you’ve failed your exam… or maybe something a bit naughtier.
Products available from Talbot & Bons, SkyParks Business Centre, Luqa.