It’s the evening before the birthday. Or December 23rd. Or you just remembered your father-in-law’s retirement lunch is on Sunday. Every shop is closed or too far, and everything instantly available online — vouchers, e-gift-cards — looks exactly like what it is: a last-minute save.
Here’s the loophole we’ve been quietly providing since 2010.
A real gift, delivered as a certificate — tonight
When you order a Swiss Beer Abo — a tour of small Swiss craft breweries, one brewery per box, six beers and their story each time — the gift itself begins as a personalized gift certificate: the recipient’s name, your message, the months their boxes will arrive, and a QR code where they can follow their tour.
That certificate exists the moment your order is paid — here is exactly what it looks like (PDF). Print it at home and put it in a card, or let our announcement email reveal it on exactly the day you choose — their birthday morning, under-the-tree time on the 24th, the retirement lunch itself.
So what arrives on the day is not “I panicked and bought a voucher.” It’s: you have twelve months of Swiss breweries coming, starting with a box of six beers around the 10th of next month. The gift is enormous; the logistics took you four minutes.
Why beer, and why this one
A tour through Switzerland’s small breweries works for almost any beer-drinking human: each box is one small brewery — usually one that never reaches shops — with the brewer’s story in the box. It’s run by us, Bier Factory Rapperswil, an actual brewery, not a marketing company. Fully prepaid (CHF 129–499, free shipping, 3 to 12 boxes), and it ends by itself after the last box: the recipient never has to cancel anything.
The four-minute checklist
- Pick the length — 3, 4, 6 or 12 boxes.
- Enter their address and your gift message (“From all of us at…” works too).
- Choose the reveal: announcement email on the day you pick, or print the certificate yourself.
- Pay. Done. Their first box ships around the 10th of the coming month.
Works in English, German and French — the certificate, box cards and all emails follow the recipient’s language (you choose it at checkout). Start here.
