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Kris Calef
President and Founder
The Rare Beer Club
Exclusive and Rare Beers from the World’s Best Brewers
2 bottles
$45.95 /mo.plus $15.00 shipping
4 bottles
$67.95 /mo.plus $19.00 shipping
6 bottles
$89.95 /mo.plus $25.00 shipping
Your membership will include:
- Two, four, or six 750-ml bottles of artisanal, limited release beers from two of the world’s best brewers. You’ll get two different beer styles: 1, 2, or 3 bottles from each brewery. (For beers unavailable in 750-ml bottles, we will send twice the number of 16-oz cans.)
- Our Monthly Newsletter with detailed tasting notes, beer profiles, brewery histories, and suggested food pairings.
- FREE: 4 Coaster & Hop Sticker Set with all orders of 3 shipments or more.
The Rare Beer Club
The Rare Beer Club’s mission is to deliver the best, most inventive, and most hard-to-come-by beers out there. Founded by the late beer critic Michael Jackson, the world’s leading authority on beer, The Rare Beer Club offers limited-release craft beers from both the U.S. and around the world.
In fact, many of our featured beers are created exclusively for the Rare Beer Club by the country's best brewers and can’t be found anywhere else, such as Jolly Pumpkin’s L’épouvantail Noir (Oak-Aged Saison with Pumpkin & Blackberries), The Lost Abbey’s King of Tyre (Barrel-Aged Blended Barleywine) and many, many more!
Plus, members can re-order their favorite beers while supplies last!
Personalized Shipment Program (PSP)
Personal members (and gift members, upon request) of The Rare Beer Club can customize their shipments! Following your initial club shipment, you'll receive a monthly email detailing the next upcoming shipment and giving you the ability to customize. You can:
- Add more bottles of either or both of the upcoming featured beers
- Add more of your favorite past selections
- Replace one or both of the featured beers with your favorite past selections
- Choose not to receive one of the featured beers
- Skip the entire shipment altogether
Special Offers
Sometimes we come across incredible beers, but there's just too little available to be a normal monthly selection. In these cases, club members can take advantage of our periodic special offers on these additional exciting and hard-to-find beers, like The Bruery’s Black Tuesday 2024, Chimay’s Whiskey Barrel Aged Grande Réserve 2018, or The Lost Abbey's Serpent's Kiss – made exclusively for our 30th Anniversary.
Makes the Perfect Gift
Giving the gift of a beer club subscription is Easy, Affordable and Memorable! And, your generosity will be appreciated throughout the year. Plus: during checkout, you’ll have the option to schedule an email gift announcement for any date you choose, or create a PDF that you can print and give to your gift recipient.
It’s Not Just Beer – It’s a Beer Experience!
Our goal is to make each beer gift or personal membership a true beer “experience”: Excellent craft beers curated by our expert tasting panel, detailed tasting notes, brewer profiles, aging & food pairing recommendations, beer specs, and much more. Exploring the world of beer with our members has been our passion since 1994, and we can’t wait to share the fun of discovering great new beers with you in the months to come!
How It Works
Choose Your Club
Select the Rare Beer Club or explore our other four beer clubs to find the perfect beer experience.
Choose Number of Shipments
Decide how many shipments you’d like, from 2 shipments to an ongoing plan.
Choose Shipment Frequency
Customize how often the beers arrive, with flexible monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly delivery options.
Enjoy or Share
Savor unique craft beers with tasting notes, or gift a thoughtful, memorable experience!
Our 5-Point, Quality-Driven Beer Selection Process Sets Us Apart
Our Beer Selection Process is the key to consistently delivering quality craft beers and what sets us apart from the rest. Here’s how we do it.
1. Our Beer Tasting Panel of Brewmasters has Over 100 Collective Years in the Brewing Industry
Our experience ranges from judging at the Great American Beer Festival to heading brewing operations at BJ’s Brewhouse, a 100+ location brewpub chain. We’re knowledgeable and passionate about beer and we’ve got your back.
2. We Rate and Drink a Lot of Bad Beer, So You Don’t Have To
We rate over 500 beers each year on appearance, aromatic profile, body and balance, mouthfeel, finish, and of course, its overall character, flavor and appeal. Less than 20% of all beers we rate make the final cut.
3. Our Panel Members Travel to Top Beer-Making Regions
Our panel keeps busy attending, judging and submitting beers at prestigious festivals, creating collaborative beers with other microbreweries, meeting with brewers and importers, and most importantly, trying new beers.
4. Strong Relationships with Breweries and Importers & Exclusive Selections
Our 30+ year relationships with breweries and importers is critical to discovering outstanding new beers while they’re still hard to find. We help them launch new products and you get to try them first. Many beers are brewed exclusively for our club members and not available outside the club.
5. Limited Production Seasonal Beers Throughout the Year
We pay special attention to seasonal beers such as Dopplebocks, Bavarian Hefeweizens, Oktoberfests, and Spiced Winter Ales made in small production batches and brewed only once a year.
…getting a new shipment delivered every month is like Christmas morning 12 times a year.
— Scott Centea, NC
For over 30 years now, we’ve offered memorable beer gifts perfect for the beer lovers in your life. With a beer club membership, your gift will be appreciated long after the first shipment arrives!
It’s Not Just Beer – It’s a Beer Experience!
Our goal is to make each beer gift membership a true “experience” gift: Excellent craft beers curated by our expert tasting panel, brewer profiles & brewery histories, detailed tasting notes from our tasting panel, recommended food pairings & glassware, and much more. Exploring the world of beer with our members has been our passion since 1994, and we can’t wait to share the fun of discovering great new beers with your gift recipients in the months to come!
Need a Last Minute Solution? – Send a Gift Announcement!
During checkout, you’ll have the option to schedule an email gift announcement for any date you choose, or create a PDF that you can print out and give to your gift recipient. It’s the perfect solution for those of you who are in panic mode! Just order your beer gift membership to start with the next available shipment, and email or print a gift announcement now!
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
We take our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee seriously, and take pride offering responsive, care-driven customer service. So, sit back, relax, and let us handle everything. No searching stores, no waiting in lines, no wrapping boxes, no crowds – Let us do the work for you, delivering smiles to your gift recipient month after month!
Recent Rare Beer Club Featured Beers
See 16 of our Recently Featured Beers
O’so Brewing Company - King Louis XIII
Style
Imperial Barrel-aged Lager with Terpenes
Country
United States
BJ’s Brewhouse - Grand Cru 25th Anniversary
Style
Belgian-Style Ale Brewed with Spices
Country
United States
Brasserie De Silly - Pinot Noir Barrel Aged Scotch Silly 2019
Style
Strong Scotch Ale aged in Pinot Noir barrels
Country
Belgium
The Bruery - Girl Grey 2024
Style
Belgian-style Ale w/Milk Sugar, Almonds, and Earl Grey Tea
Country
United States
Japas Cervejaria Artesanal - Ni Dois
Style
Imperial Stout with Vanilla and Tangerine
Country
United States
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - Amalgamation Station
Style
Oak-aged Blended Sour w/ Rose Hips and Rose Petals
Country
United States
Perennial Artisan Ales - Prodigal (2024)
Style
Imperial Milk Stout with Chocolate and Vanilla
Country
United States
Brasserie Dunham - Propolis
Style
Multi-Grain Honey Saison w/ Lemon Peel and Coriander
Country
Canada
Dear Fellow Craft Beer Lover,
You or your gift recipient will enjoy:
- Award-Winning, Hard-to-Find Craft Beers
- Selections by Our Panel of Brewmasters
- International Variety — Choose From Five Clubs
- Detailed Tasting Notes and Brewery Profiles
- Flexible Gift Ordering — Personalized Gift Message
After more than 20 years as the President of The Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club™, I’m as passionate about beer as I was when we started. And I’d like to share that passion for exploration and discovery with you.