What are you getting for Christmas (Beer related)

[no1likesme]

my parents are getting me a brewing starter kit.

 

[david_42]

Nothing this year, except more empty bottles.

 

[mnadamn]

I wish I had parents like that. Mine refuse to spend a dime on anything brewing. I asked my dad to silver solder a valve on my keg. He took it to a welder and put the bill in my name! Thankfully it only cost $20 but he had the equipment to silver solder, I woulda done it myself if I wasnt 6 hours away at that point.

My girlfriend on the otherhand has gotten me a zune and pre-loaded the following podcasts:
Basic Brewing (vid and radio)
Basic Wine making
Beer School
Big Foamy Head
Craft Beer Radio
Good Beer Show
The Beer Report
The Jamil show

6.5, 5, and 3 gal carboys off craigslist for $30

She has also hinted that she is getting me a membership to the forum and asked what kind of beers I wanna make. I know I will be getting a stout kit as she loves the stuff and wants me to teach her to brew.

I think I have a keeper

 

[Ceedubya]

I have no idea if the wife is buying me anything brewing related, but I did ask for a recipe kit. Also a pickup for my old guitar, and parts for my Mustang. Problem is, she won't know what to get without me picking it out anyway.

I got her a vacuum for her birthday and she loved it. Go figure. For christmas I got her a Wii Fit. She's been complaining about wanting to work out for a while, so hopefully this will be fun enough to keep her interested for a while.

WOW! That is some b@ls of steel you have there! A vacuum for her birthday and an exercise system (even though it is video game related) for christmas? I think I would be turning over half of my possesions in divorce court if I pulled that.

Kinda like the time my dad bought mom a steel fence post pounder, or the time he got her a fancy new calf puller for their anniversary... that was a ****ty party

 

[kevinkaseykizer]

heres what i got already from my Santa G/F

5# co2 bottle
co2 dual gauge regulator
2 corny kegs
hoses..ball locks..

what is coming from her dad to me:

immerson wort chiller


what i bought myself for xmas
20 cubic feet fridge from craigslist


good xmas so far

 

[Sager Brewing Co.]

I bought myself a mini fridge to convert to a kegerator, and I think my in-laws are getting me a barley crusher.

 

[Anthony_Lopez]

I bought myself a 15 gallon Blichmann Conical, two 15 gallon polarware SS pots with all welded hardware, 15 gallon Minibrew MLT. I'm hoping for either a barley crusher or a kegging setup as well. Brewing books, t shirts, refractometer would be cool too...

Also, looking at a custom drop shotting rod from GBlanks Custom Rods. (I'm a big fisherman)

 

[dagrar]

I got a barley crusher and already brewed a batch and guess what? My eff went up 10 points. YEEEEEE YAAAAAHHHHH

 

[ChshreCat]

I just got my Xmas present yesterday. I got a Tap-a-Draft system.

 

[SkinnyShamrock]

I'm fairly certain I am receiving AHS (or some similar place's) Belgian Tripel kit from my parents. I asked for the book by the DFH dude "Brewing Up a Business" from my girlfriend, and there's a case-of-beer-shaped present sitting on the floor of the shop from my sister.

I also just graduated college, and got a $200 gift certificate to the LHBS, which was the subject of another thread. I ended up buying ingredients for my English Mild and hybrid Irish Red/APA, a single-coil immersion wort chiller, and a 6.5 gallon glass carboy. Yippee!

 

[Duckfoot]

So my mom asked me what I want for my b-day (which is two weeks after Xmas)...

What should I ask for?

 

[Pi Kapp Beer Guy]

15 ft cubic chest freezer and 4 corney kegs

 

[Gumbys_Brew]

i'm getting an immersion chiller, 2 bayou classic burners, AHS BAvarian Bock, and AHS Flanders Brown Ale

 

[LibertyBrewer]

I'm getting a hive for christmas. I discovered a wild hive in an overturned wheelbarrow this summer, and plan on moving them. This will give me a source for honey for meads and beer.

 

[Jps7117]

I'm getting myself a grain mill

 

[FreakinA]

Today at bevmo I picked up:
6pack Anchor Holiday Ale
6pack Rogue Dead Guy
4pack Sam Adams Imperial Pilsner
2 22oz Rogue Santa's private reserve
2 22oz Anchor Liberty Ale
2 22oz Stone Arrogant Bastard
2 22oz Stone Ruination IPA
All are first for me except the bastard, Im a poor college student, and got a check from my grampa today for christmas, so its rare for me to splurge like this.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Just got it...tons of grain! And a Barley Crusher coming on Monday!

 

[Jaybird]

Just got it...tons of grain! And a Barley Crusher coming on Monday!

you guys did not put all that grain in 5 gallon buckets!!!!!



































or did you?

 

[KingHippo]

A tree under my tree
"I think the the Lil Misses got me a bottle tree, cause she is sick of my mickey mouse drying rack taking up kitchen space

 

[TeufelBrew]

So my mom asked me what I want for my b-day (which is two weeks after Xmas)...

I'm in the same boat, Jan 5th Bday. All my life, the two have been combined.

SWMBO won't get me any more beer related stuff. After giving me the kit and thinking I'd do it for a little while and quit (last birthday present), she say's she wont be part of my overindulging and obsession.

 

[lordbeermestrength]

all of you guys make me jealous. I am getting a 6 gal better bottle. I want a mill so bad but just too damn much money.

 

[Loweface]

I'm in the same boat, Jan 5th Bday.

Me too!!!

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

you guys did not put all that grain in 5 gallon buckets!!!!!

or did you?

Not all of it...just my portion of it! Not bad though..only 5 buckets for 120# of grain. Makes it a hell of a lot easier to move around, and hopefully will keep it fresh for some time.

 

[dontman]

I like it as a storage option. I have some 5 gallon paint buckets and lots of grain. The two will make a great pair.

 

[vtbeerman]

I'm hoping for a 48 qt cooler and a bunch of stocking stuffer misc stuff. I already finished my homemade grain mill as a present to myself. I picked up the rollers from the machine shop on Monday and crushed a bunch already. $83 complete.

 

[nowise]

Awesome, I just got a bada$$ propane burner from the fiancee as my final Xmas gift. Thanks honey!

Too bad I can't use it until we move into an apartment with a porch or garage

 

[talleymonster]

Well I gave SWMBO a list of items I wanted.

What I asked for:

Pasta Roller for DIY Grain Mill
Designing Great Beers
Radical Brewing
Star Wars : The Annotated Screenplays
Digital Food Scale
Juicer (for wines and such)

 

[BeerPressure]

I asked for a couple beer books. How to Brew by Cooper and some book by michael jackson (the beer guy, not the fairy)

 

[Saccharomyces]

Got a surprise from Austin Homebrew yesterday: 1/2" Autosiphon, 1/2" racking tubing (for 10 gallon batches) and a Chocolate Raspberry Stout ingredient kit.

I know she has bought me some beers but I won't know until Xmas which ones.

 

[jmulligan]

No equipment (apartment is already half taken over with kegs and coolers), but my brother that's going to school in MI is bringing me a bounty of beers from Founders, Arcadia, and Dark Horse.