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Every South Florida house has one wall that needs something on it. Maybe it is the den where the game is on, the garage where the rods hang, or the guest room the family uses at Thanksgiving. A framed print does the job. A flag does it bigger, lighter and for less. We sell eighteen Coastal Nautical Flags. Here is what the product pages promise, how to pick a design, and how to hang one so it looks right on the first try.

What every flag has in common

All eighteen designs cost $49.95, and the product pages list the same build:

• 34½ by 56 inches, one size. That is close to three feet tall and nearly five feet wide, big enough to own a wall.
• 100% polyester, knitted, at 4.42 oz per square yard. By our math that works out to about 6½ ounces of fabric for the whole flag, so it is light enough for two small hooks.
• Printed on one side, blank on the back. It is made to hang flat against a wall, printed side out, not to fly from a pole where the blank side would show.
• Two iron grommets along the top edge for hanging.

The pages say the polyester will not crease or shrink. They pitch the flags for a wall, a home or an office, so that is how we would use one. We make no claim about leaving one outside in the weather. Each flag is made to order by our print partner.

Pick the design

The eighteen designs fall into four families.

• Offshore fish, six designs. Marlin and Sailfish are white line drawings on black, the cleanest look in the set. Mahi Mahi Madness, Dorado, Wahoo and Tuna round out the offshore crew.
• The brewery three. Screamin' Reels carries the full label art of our West Coast IPA, a mahi chasing a lure through blue water. Jolly Brewer is a skull and crossed brewing paddles on black. BeerDAO completes the set.
• Sea and boat, five designs. Anchor is the classic, a big white anchor on black. Diver, Octopus, Knot Water and Frigate cover the rest of the water.
• Beach and island, four designs. Florida State is the state flag, red saltire and seal on white. Flamingo, Bahamas and Soul Surfer are the beach-house picks.

Buying for someone else? Match the flag to the room. The black fish designs suit a den or garage with rods on the wall. Florida State suits the transplant who still tells people where they moved from. Screamin' Reels is for the friend who orders the IPA every time.

How to hang it

The product pages give no hanging instructions, so treat this as general advice, not the maker's instructions.

1. Pick an inside wall out of hard afternoon sun. Florida light through a west window fades any printed fabric over time.
2. Hold it up and mark both grommets with a pencil. A second pair of hands helps on a flag this wide.
3. Level the marks before you drill or stick anything. A level, or a phone level app, saves a crooked flag.
4. Put a hook or small screw at each mark and hang the flag by its two grommets. Renters can use removable adhesive hooks rated for more than the flag weighs.
5. Smooth it flat, printed side out. If it came folded, hang it a day or two and gravity will do most of the work.

To clean it, take it down and shake off the dust. For a spot, a damp cloth with a drop of mild soap is the gentle place to start. Again, the pages carry no care label, so that is our sensible routine, not an official one.

Why now

Thanksgiving is November 26 this year, and the holiday gift list starts right after. A flag is one size, so there is no guessing a shirt size for a brother-in-law. It folds flat and ships light. And it gives a new place, or an old one that never got decorated, a little coast on the wall.

Ordering, and where to go after

We offer free U.S. shipping on orders over $75, and the $75 counts the whole cart. Two flags come to $99.90, so one for your wall and one for a gift ships free. Each flag is made to order, so leave time before the holidays and order early rather than late. Browse all eighteen in the flag collection. We ship merch within the USA only, and we do not sell or ship beer online.

The beer on that Screamin' Reels flag lives at the taproom, 1701 W. Atlantic Ave in Delray Beach, the first building off the I-95 Atlantic Ave exit. On Wednesdays we are open 12 to 10, and the food on site comes from the rotating food trucks out front. The events page lists what is on this week, and every Thursday our Thursday Night Table posts a family dinner you cook at home with one of our beers.

Pick the family, mark the grommets, and level it before you drill. That blank wall has waited long enough.