What did Santa bring you?

I got a new stir plate, and some new 2L and 3L flasks for starters..

Pretty much exactly what I needed!

Oh and a new freezer for fermenting, and a small fridge to cold crash in..

Well, Santa forgot to not ship things to my house with the invoices on the outsides of the packages, so I know I'm getting this:



I am anxiously awaiting opening presents now though, 'cause I'm sure there's more.

Santa brought me a six-pack of Spaten and Hacker-Pschorr 1-liter mugs (ein maß). To beat that, he also dropped off a Frigidaire 4.4 cu.-ft. mini fridge (read: future lager-enabler)!!! Woohoo!!

Might be really bold and go get myself a wort chiller too...

Merry Christmas everyone!! :cheers:

Vigo_Carpathian said:

Got this from Santa! What do I do now? I've been staring at it trying to decide whether I should drink it or not. Tough decision.

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You don't really want to drink it. Trust me. Send it over here to the east coast and I'll take care of it for ya.

This was waiting for me on the porch this morning! My father-in-law welded this beauty together for me. Can't wait for my New Years brew ay now!

An energy efficient scratch and dent fridge to convert into a kegerator, with of course the understanding that I will need to spend more for the actual set up. Also my 8 month old got me a refractometer...pretty much the best Christmas ever.

My wife got me How To Brew by John Palmer. Already read it. merry christmas all!

OhReally said:

You don't really want to drink it. Trust me. Send it over here to the east coast and I'll take care of it for ya.

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Ha nice. I wonder if I open to take a sample, if the rest will go bad.

Vigo_Carpathian said:

Ha nice. I wonder if I open to take a sample, if the rest will go bad.

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I don't think it'll go bad. Higher abv should keep anything harmful away. Really jealous here! Ive been trying to find a bottle for a while now! Congrats!


Santa brought me lots of hunting goodies! Kelly kettle, auto-focus binoculars, a set of hunting knives, snow camo fur hat, and a new mastercraft drill!

pellis007 said:

Got a Northern Brewer gift card...yeehaaw!

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Me too! I'm so stoked to get over there. I haven't let myself shop there for the last 3 weeks in anticipation

Brewing related I got:
IPA by Mitch Steele (Can't wait to read this!)
1# Simcoe
8oz Amarillo
8oz Mosaic
11oz Citra

Apparently my wife listens when I ramble on at length about hops and such. When I said Simcoe, Amarillo, and Citra are going to be hard to get this year she apparently thought to herself, "Challenge accepted!"

Non-brewing related I got a couple nice cigars (My Uzi Weighs a Ton 7x60 and Illusione mk) and an electric smoker that has a date with a couple racks of ribs later this week.

xfevv said:

Got a membership to our local Home Brew Club and a bottle of 40yo single malt scotch (not beer but damn good)

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Which 40 yr old scotch?

2 ball lock keg setup from keg connections with a CO2 tank. She wasn't thrilled with my bottle storage so she got me kegs!

I got a wort chiller, 2L flask, and a stir plate

Got a nice little fridge for my homebrew, a digital thermometer, and one of those big bench cappers that you can mount to a table......

A floor corker, two one liter German mugs, a five gallon glass carboy for sours and a refractometer.

A nice fat sack of coal!!LOL Only brew related item was a hydrometer

Grizz said:

A nice fat sack of coal!!LOL Only brew related item was a hydrometer

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Oh I though you were referring to the lump of coal brew sold at bevmo

AHA Membership! Some cash too, which will probably go towards brewing supplies.

SWMBO got me a mad elf gift box: A bomber of mad elf and a nice mad elf glass. It's great because I was to late to pick up a case of it this year.

Got a World Vineyards wine kit, and a Midwest gift card. I really need some stuff so that's awesome

I got a 10gal brew kettle and a crankandstine 2a

Xpertskir said:

Which 40 yr old scotch?

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Distilled by Strathisla bottled by Duncan Taylor.

passedpawn said:

I got the 8" and 10* All-Clad fry pans to go with my 12". Man I love that cookware.

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I love cooking. Sounds like some nice hardware!

This year Santa obviously listened to my pleas because I got just what I have been dropping hints about since October.

Large sack of Maris Otter, smaller bag of black patent malt, new 35L kettle, East Kent Goldings and Atlas hops, assorted yeasts and lots of gift vouchers for the Home Brew Store.

My 7 year old was all excited with her Furby but I think I was more giddy with a big sack of barley.

Happy Christmas all!

Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels.

I kind of know what to do now maybe I will learn why to do it.

A food slicer. :rockin:

Got a March pump. Ready to whirlpool now.

Mark's keg and carboy washer, designing great beers by Ray Daniels, The Craft Of Stone Brewing Company.

Oh man, you guys must have been really good this year!
I got my ribs all rubbed down and slow cooking right now... brother-in-law and nephews are coming over to help eat ribs and hot wings while drinking the last of my Mac & Jacks clone.
Mmmm... beer

A thirty quart stainless steel kettle, a copper immersion wort cooler, and a partial mash kit for a honey brown ale from my sis

IPA by Mitch Steele and Mash Paddle Hand made out of maple. Cool

An Atari with wireless joy sticks and Asteroids (+74 other games)? How many weeks off work you got?

Stocking had Starsan, PBW, Keg-line Cleaner and a bottle of 2012 The Abyss. No brewing presents though, but did a good job on the stocking.

Santa must have turned his head a few times this year 'cuz he brought me a bottle of Speedway Stout in my stocking (or should I say 'she'). Also a gift card for BevMo.

Enjoying the Speedway as type . . . hold on . . . sip . . . . having my brewing partner over for Christmas dinner where we'll enjoy our last bottle of Turkeyfest (we brewed for Thanksgiving) and some of our latest brews - a light honey brown and a hoppy red.

Merry Christmas everybody!

15 gal ss pot, ss mash paddle, home made pretzel maker, 2 sets beer glasses, so Im sitting here having stout in a real stout glass and eating a home made pretzel, Im in heaven thanks to my beautiful wife.

Cheers and Merry Christmas to Everyone !

Pretty sure I had the best Christmas ever... AND the best SWMBO. I got a dual tap tower kit, keggle sight glass with thermometer, weldless valve kit with three piece valve, 5g corny keg, 5lb. CO2 cylinder, carboy hauler, carboy stand, hydrometer, carboy brush, and a Northern Brewer White House Honey Porter extract kit.

WileECoyote said:

home made pretzel maker

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That sounds interesting. What's one of those when its at home then?