• Any beer-related gift is likely to be a winner with groomsmen.glass of beer image by Alfonso d'Agostino from <a href='http://www.fotolia.com'>Fotolia.com</a>
  
  Historically, the realm of creative wedding gifts belonged to women. Retail store displays and mail order catalogs overwhelmed brides with gift choices, but groom's gifts? This niche is just emerging from a vast wasteland of unimaginative products that too often result in ties being presented at bachelor parties. Happily, groom's gift choices are unlimited these days, so select items that, unlike promises made to female attendants being fitted for bridesmaid dresses, really will be used again.
  
  

Technology Gifts

• Your guy friends are all wired, so add to their cache of electronic treasures by heading for retail stores or catalog companies for the latest in high-tech gifts. Mobile phone cases, laptop messenger bags, iPhone skins or software for Wii or Game Boy systems make welcome groom's gifts. Additionally, you can give each groomsman a gift card for smart phone application downloads. Compare prices at Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and other stores to get the best deal.
  
  

Jewelry Gifts

• Whether your budget covers a Tiffany business card case or a pocket watch from K-Mart, find something appropriate in the jewelry department of big box, department and chain stores for your best buds. Cigar cases, tie clips, cuff-links and money clips are personalizable if you choose designs in silver, gold and other engravable metals. Ask sales staff for help if you can't choose between two jewelry selections that are equal in every way.
  
  

School Gifts

• Honor your best men with a gift commemorating their school spirit. Win the efficiency prize if everyone standing up in your wedding is from the same college but, if not, contact college and university bookstores to find the motherlode of school-embellished gift ideas. Stick to one gift idea to keep things simple; give each groomsman a signature thermos, mug, cooler, steak brander, key chain or other memorabilia. Don't forget to impress upon the dudes the lengths to which you went to make each of them happy.
  
  

Sports Gifts

• Refine your gift search to one professional sport: baseball, basketball, golf, hockey or football. Identify the teams your guy friends worship and choose one style of gift for each of your groomsmen. Logo-embellished towels, shirts, wall art and tailgating accessories are just the tip of the sports gift iceberg when you head for stores selling licensed products embellished with team logos.
  
  

Beer Gifts

• While they may talk up the virtues of a great wine at dinner parties, a preference for beer lurks below the surface of most men. Aid and abet this universal passion by seeking groom's gifts that will be used and enjoyed year-round: pilsner glasses, a membership to an international beer of the month club, quirky pub signs, beer coolers, pitcher and glass sets, coasters, pub rugs and more.