My mom was up in Portland last year, visiting me for my birthday. While she was here, I took her to
Wyrd Leatherworks & Meadery, an awesome mead bar and gaming pub. There, we spent the afternoon watching people play Pathfinder and 5E D&D at different tables, eating bar snacks, and tasting meads from all over the world. She had a great time, and couldn't stop talking about "all of those honey-wines" they had.
So this year for Christmas, I tracked down and ordered a bottle of the one she liked best (
Dansk Mjord Klapjoster) and had it shipped to her from Norway. That whole process of imports and taxes was way more expensive than it should have been, but that wasn't going to stop me. Anything that makes my mom smile gets a thumbs-up from me.