What did Santa bring?

I happen to know Santa is bringing me an (almost) all Stainless-Steel nano-brewery.

Christmas afternoon I get to brew a five gallon batch that is going to touch plastic twice after the crushed grains leave the Ziplocs bags in the freezer.

Once in the plastic hose between the SS fermenter and the SS serving keg, and once between the serving keg and my glass.

So far a bunch of wrapped boxes with real pretty bows and ribbons.

A new dog door for the greyhounds.

[I should mention that I ate all of the cookies myself.]

Short Drive said:

So far a bunch of wrapped boxes with real pretty bows and ribbons.

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+1. It ain't Christmas yet, dude!



BTW did that stainless brewery really fit under the tree? Or did she have to set the tree on top of your present to get it "under" the tree???

XBox 360 was given to me yesterday so I have all weekend to play! I know a bunch of other guys are on xbox, my handle is (can you guess) TheJadedDog.

Barley Crusher and a new regulator. Shweet.

Pine needles. Lots of them.

Coal.................

Yuri_Rage said:

Pine needles. Lots of them.

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LOL not NEARLY as many as I had a few years ago. Check out this pic, taken Dec 26, '05:





That's the last time I take a free tree!

Barley Crusher

Playstation 3! HDTV next week

Bernie Brewer said:

+1. It ain't Christmas yet, dude!

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+1

With that, I'm ready to bet $5 that the big box under my tree has a 6.5gal carboy in it. I'll have to scrutinize the rest before taking guesses, but most of my stuff is well-disguised in those red-flag "you just got a wool sweater" garment boxes. No telling what's in them.

That...is the best tree ever. It has Charlie Brown written all over it!!

That really is the best tree ever!!

PS3 and the Rock Band bundle for me....and a few others that I don't know yet.

I also got a $25 gift certificate for Northern Brewer from a buddy. I guess he wants me to brew more beer! I can deal with that!!!!!!!!

What did you guys get for Christmas?

Santa brought me:

Family from far away to visit with
50# of Rahr 2 row
Sanke keg false bottom
3" dial thermometer with 1/2" NPT connection
Winexpert Pinot Noir kit
Galena, Amarillo, and Hallertau Hops, 1#, 10 oz each from Hops Direct. I love the extra 10 oz that they pack in there!
A bunch of reloading stuff, including 5K small rifle primers and 1500 .223 bullets.
Misc. fly tying stuff

Nothing like beer, fishing and gun stuff for Christmas.

The best part had to be my daughter opening up her Remington model 7 in .243.

The next best was sharing my PID temperature control plans for the HLT and MLT with my father. I think I have a capital investor here! He was giddy. (After several homebrews, of course)

Hope you guys and gals all have a great Christmas!

Got 8 Pilsner glasses, 8 little beer mug shot glasses, a shot glass chess set, and a surround sound DVD/stereo system. Also got a new housecoat, kid leather gloves and, of course, socks.

Best of all, three happy kids.

I got a pilsner urquel glass and two bottles of rougue beer one barley wine and the other a russian stout. I drank both 22oz. bottles tonight.

Got the 30 gal full drain plastic conical tank and stand.

25 gal brews here we come!

MArch Pump!

Shirron
Food Saver
Digital probe thermometer
Hydroponic herb garden
Omaha steak meat package. Huh, huh...I said meat package.
A history of Beer book
BB&B gift cards
Some new shoes

Oh, and my wife bought my daughter (3) a remote controlled car. I think she bought it more for me, so that's going on my list, too.

I got a 2 tower kegging system w/2 corny kegs.
Sanyo 4912
Bayou Classic burner
$200 in Gift certs for my LHBS
Sam Adams pint glasses.(Which they look much better in the picture).
Led Zeppelin Mothership CD
Subscription to Homebrew Magazine
And a bunch of other things...
Santa was BERY BERY good to me...

1 Barley Chrusher
2 Carboy Dryers
4 Carboy Handles
1 Weldless Thermometer (For the HLT)
1 Gift card for HD (should cover the water filter I want to build)
1 Bloody Mary (Christmas Tradition)
The very generous SWMBO in the background (not a great pict.)

Heavy snow warnings.

40in LCD HDTV
and a trip to Florida to be with family!

Nothing beer related though

Happy Holidays Everyone.

Cheers

Beer related:

6 months to beer of the month club
This month includes
Nutfield : Old Man Ale and Black 47 Stout
Atwater Block: Vanilla Java Porter and Atwater Salvation IPA

Single Bottles,
Christmas Ale (dunno says product of 2002 United Kingdom at the bottom)
Seriously Bad Elf English Double Ale
Big Easy Amber

These are great since none of them are available in MS

I also got a round cooler for MLT conversion and a turkey fryer.

Lets see......Santa was VERY good to me this year!!

Xbox360 with an assortment of games
2 used Acoustic guitars..One Alvarez and a Gibson Epiphone
Grain bills for 2 full AG recipes...Fullers E.S.B. Clone and Ed Worts Heffe
2 extract kits from the local HBS..a Crystal cream ale and a Klosch
Gift card for local HBS
Another subscription to BYO

And a very cool beer collectible my wife got me while we were in Germany this year! Thought I would include a pic of this one.....



It's the beer maker!!! hehe thought this was great he's got a stein full of hops and barley!!

I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a safe New Years!!!

Cheers,

I got a Dunkelweizen all grain kit, 10lbs of pilsner malt, a PH meter, 5oz of Summit hops, Fermwrap Heater and a Ommegang gift basket with 3 nice Belgians in it. The misses was pretty good to me this year.

I opened up two boxes 1 was full of big heavy 24 oz Beer Mugs and the other was full of smaller but IDK the Oz Pilsner Glasses, Im very happy! I dont even have to drink out of plastic cups anymore! lol

Santa was REALLY freakin' nice to me this year:

$100 to spend at Northern Brewer
$50 to spend at Jeg's (hot rod/race shop)
A scissors-type knurling tool with fine and medium rollers
A set of machinist's 1-2-3 setup blocks
Some label making gear
A neat book called, The Dangerous Book for Boys

And...the big score...the rest of my "Harley tax":
A Yost carb kit and Küryakyn high performance air filter kit

SWMBO got me a keg, CO2 tank, and all the accessories. I'll be kegging for the new year, finally!! Also got some other stuff which I can't remember due to the joy of keg anticipation.

Got what I asked for- A dry erase board with a neon light for over the kegerator. YAY!

Oh and a Milwaukee Brewers license plate holder

I got the parts and equipment to go all grain:

• 10 gallon Rubbermaid MLT
• 50 feet 3/8" copper immersion wort chiller
• 9 gallon stainless steel pot

First AG will be this Thursday. I'm excited!

Ryanh1801 said:

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<< thinking about how long I could run my kegs on that tank...

My oldest son got a can of Coors lite in his stocking! naughty! naughty!

The only beer related gifts I got were two tap handles from Rogue for the kegerator. I am so excited about these; can't wait to screw them on once I get home!

I got a SS false bottom, an O2 regulator, and a gift certificate to my LHBS!

I got some stuff for the new kegging outfit, a t-shirt that says "HOPHEAD", wool socks (I'm always cold) and an awesome microfiber fleece work out jacket/shirt for when I exercise outside in the cold. I also got a renewal of BYO. That was all from my husband- the kids did neat little things, too; even my son's girlfriend bought me a nice gift.

Beer related items include:
Charlie Papazian's second book The Homebrewer's Companion
Subscription to Great Lakes Brewing News
20 PSI propane regulator
4 cornys (from insco2)
Williams oxygen wand & tank