The best bachelor party gifts, from card games to cocktail books

Bachelor parties are, in general, sweet. It’s goofy, ridiculous outings for the guys to get their drinks, dance, and inevitable drunken, 2 a.m., “I love you man, you’re like my BROTHER,” heart-to-heart conversation. And while they’ve traditionally been held in bars and strip clubs, the situation for this year’s bachelor parties might look a little different. That’s why we’ve put together this list of the best bachelor party gifts you can buy on the web; so you’re not stuck sweating it out in a party town five minutes before closing, just hours before your red eye in Vegas.

Now, as an ordained minister (yes, really), I know a thing or two about marriage, although my duties as a reverend are interrupted when the bachelor party begins – there’s no room for a man in cloth on a bachelorette weekend. No, that’s when I shave my tonsure, put on my beer helmet, and adopt the Party Pastor coat. So, my followers of debauchery, my followers of amusement, my monks of making the groom – whether he happens to be your brother, your best friend, your colleague or your shrink – become colossally hedonistic, let’s do it full of the best bachelor party gifts to make his second biggest night (yeah, okay) one to remember.

It’s not a bachelor party without party drinking devices

First of all, the fact that we were years today when we discovered that beer cases are a thing is a big, big stain on our heritage. (That being said, we’re picking up several right now.) What better way to make an entrance than with a frosty boy strapped to your hip? No, no, there isn’t, except maybe with a quiver of beers and Claws in your Carhartt drink holder.

The other advantage of these is that you can fill them with all the drinks you want. If Chad and Brad aren’t drinking that night, they can always chug down mocktails, NA beer, or flashing liquid with those Viking horns.

It’s a bespoke type

First of all, a subscription to a Bespoke Post subscription box is the absolute best decision for guys who live in cities but want to be lumberjacks upstate. (Guilty as charged.) The cool thing about Bespoke Post, though, is that you can also shop a la carte — a book of whiskey cocktails and a set of happy hour cards are both easy, no-holds-barred freebies. head for the man who is about to get married.

A piece of meat for your piece of meat

Bears, beets, bringing a wide assortment of meat to the bachelor party. (Yes, we’re bringing the cheug.) We’re not aware of a more powerful move than showing up to the party with a bacon-wrapped can of juicy meat. Omaha Steaks is about as meaty as it gets and, as we’ve said before, Man Crates is a holy place for bacon and saloon nut eaters.

You weren’t all going to match?

It’s an amateur shot, Greg. Every good bachelor party needs some sort of matching prop or symbol to let the people around you know why you’re all so loud and obnoxious. Sure, we’re rocking Aloha shirts with the groom’s face all over it — that we know — but for the bachelor party hosting his house party, a set of personalized pint glasses and coasters is just what the doctor ordered, and they make a lovely take-out gift too.

These personalized groomsmen flasks are the perfect piece to hand out to your groomsmen the day before the wedding. What, did you think they were going to stay sober during the ceremony?

Adopt the cliché

Scotch and cigars are pretty played when it comes to bachelor parties, but they absolutely do the job if the groom wants a “manly” wedding. Now imagine if you could distil the fleeting joy that is a den filled with the smell of old whiskey and tobacco into, say, a pair of loafers? Hmm. You’re welcome.

He just read “The Old Man and the Sea”

The groom is fair Of course he would like a Hemingway daiquiri – if he knew what it was, of course. Instead of wasting your money on a bottle of Luxardo that he’ll drink a single ounce and put back on the bar cart forever, give the groom a beautiful framed photo of the legend making the Negroni vastly superior.

Gym, tanning, bachelor party.

If there’s anyone who knows what to say to a guy who’s considering hanging up his clubbing shoes, it’s The Sitch. It’s the end of bachelor party gifts, and even if the groom isn’t a jerseyshore fan, he’ll love having a one-on-one with the big man himself the day before his big day. Neck collar not included.

The best gift of all? Make sure the groom doesn’t miss the wedding.

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Rec Room staff independently curated all items featured in this story.