Ho ho ho! What beer gear did Santa get you for Christmas '09?

[remilard]

I happened to buy everything for the chilling system on my new rig yesterday (minus a spare march pump I had laying around), but that wasn't actually a Christmas present.

No actual brewing related presents, despite my dropping multiple hints about wanting a cold room. Go figure.

 

[claphamsa]

I got a love temp controller for my laggering fridge that shoudl be delivered tomorrow

 

[Coastarine]

I got carhartt bib duck overalls for brewing in. I need to exchange them for a bigger size tomorrow morning but eventually they will get my name and "brewmaster" either embriodered or on a patch.

Also, $50 to BMW.

BTW, I call these my brewniform.

 

[TheFlyingSparge]

Wife got me a Beer Gun. Mother-in-law got me a 365 beer calendar. I was happy.

 

[PseudoChef]

March Pump. 10g batches here I come!

Also, $100 to be spent at RebelBrewer.com - Mother's orders. Yes ma'am. Thinking Beer Gun and either bulk specialty grains or a couple more cornies.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

 

[sulawesi]

I got my CO2 tank filled.

 

[Brew-boy]

My wife got me Designing great beers and a clone recipe book. A 5 gallon better bottle a hop bag a Stainless steel racking cane and a bunch of beers I have never had.

 

[azscoob]

My wife got me a digital scale, a 6 gal better bottle with stopper and another airlock, a Barley Crusher, and all the stuff needed to brew her favorite wheat beer. From my friend I got a new Perlick faucet (couldnt get me 2 as they only had one left at LHBS), he also got me a gift certificate there so I could get the other one. I asked my wife where she got the ingredient list for the wheat, she told me that she went through my brewlog and found the one I made for our halloween party, and bought the stuff from that! I am amazed she kept a smack pack of Wyeast 3068 hidden from me for a week, in my beer fridge, in plain sight next to the other yeast packs!!! I need to keep better inventory!

 

[cheezydemon3]

Not a thing.

Santa's GPS lead him astray and he crashed in Hog Hollow.

He covered the kids, but must have left mine at the north pole.

 

[Coastarine]

BTW, I call these my brewniform.

Action shot.

 

[azscoob]

the new Better-Bottle, digital scale, Barley Crusher, hefe grains, and Perlick

I like that Perlick!! really pulls a nice beer!!

 

[IrregularPulse]

Got a 10G igloo cooler to complete my E-HLT build
PID, SSR,Heatrsink, and Thermocouple for E-Kettle build.

 

[Pharmguy]

Outdoor propane cooker, W cant stand the smell!

 

[philrose]

• Gift certificates to LHBS
• Kolsch glass (very cool!)
• Celebrator glass
• Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium
• BYO subscriprion (I think she got mixed up with zymurgy, I've had a BYO subscription since I started)
• L'chouffe's christmas beer
• A few stickers/posters etc it the stocking

The Jackson book is a good read. Its a little odd to read about beer from a non-technical perspective though.

 

[philrose]

I like that Perlick!! really pulls a nice beer!!

Nice lookin bar there too. :rockin:

 

[philrose]

Wife got me a Beer Gun. Mother-in-law got me a 365 beer calendar. I was happy.

Hey I think SWMBO's mom got me the same calendar. Right on.

 

[artyusmc]

byo subscription

 

[azscoob]

Nice lookin bar there too. :rockin:

Thank you, I built it all from scrap wood out of the dumpsters when the houses out here were being built!

 

[philrose]

Thank you, I built it all from scrap wood out of the dumpsters when the houses out here were being built!

Cool deal man I'm impressed!

 

[wreals]

14 gallon Blichmann conical fermenter
March Pump
Oh and a replacement wedding ring (mine was stolen in Mexico)

My wife rocks!

 

[Zul'jin]

Radical Brewing and Extreme Brewing.

 

[Homercidal]

Nothing beer for Xmas for me. I did pick up a large Blue Moon Grand Cru to try for New Years Eve though. I mostly just drank homebrew all weekend. In fact, I'm pretty sure that is all I had. Besides the Belgian Pale Ale, and the Brown Ale (more of a brown IPA), Bell's Christmas beer is all I have on hand. Well, that and the Belgian Golden Strong that is still carbing.

 

[bad67z]

14 gallon Blichmann conical fermenter
March Pump
Oh and a replacement wedding ring (mine was stolen in Mexico)

My wife rocks!

Great gifts, but "stolen in Mexico" wow I don't think that one would work for me.

EDIT: Oh yea almost forgot, My wife got me 2 years of BYO back issues along with a subscription and refractometer.

 

[jimba009]

Gots me a march pump for xmas!!! The fam was giving me the weird eye getting excited about "just a pump"...

 

[IrregularPulse]

Gots me a march pump for xmas!!! The fam was giving me the weird eye getting excited about "just a pump"...

You shoulda seen my family when I was opening a Thermocouple, a large metal heat sink, an SSR, and a PID Mom said shopping for me this year was a bit odd and not very exciting Oh and a 10G round Cooler

 

[Foamenter]

Santa brought me the V Vessel. Can't wait to give it a try.

 

[lyacovett]

I got 4 cornies, 2 faucets with shanks, corona mill, 55 lbs MO, 80 lbs of various other malts (vienna, crystal 10, 40 60, munich, chocolate ....), a set of Simpsons pint glasses, and a wireless thermometer .... I need to brew soon ....... and best of all, not brewing related, but a new addition to the family set to arrive in August

 

[jimba009]

You shoulda seen my family when I was opening a Thermocouple, a large metal heat sink, an SSR, and a PID

WOW, what are you constructing with those pieces? I still need to snag some valves and such to get the pump going... have my Pump Box already made up!:rockin:

 

[IrregularPulse]

Going all electric this year. Those peices are for teh BK. Copying Pol's stuff