What Brewing (or beer) Goodies Did Santa Bring You?

[RoaringBrewer]

I got (or have coming):

Books: Designing Great Beers, Brewing Classic Styles (Jamils), and Brewmasters Bible
Ingredients: Gift card from Midwestsupplies that will buy my next AG kit or two
Other: A red light - yes a full-size traffic light. Can display all colors lit at once or can alternate colors. Why is this beer related? B/c it will be in my beer-room lighting up the atmosphere while I drink.

I'd like to buy myself a Barley Crusher now that I'm into AG. Tempting as the 7g hopper one, with shipping, is only $130... Guess I'll see if I get any dough for Christmas and this is what it will go towards.

 

[hopsalot]

5 gal corny and another 6 gal carboy

 

[Chriso]

I... I mean, Santa.... brought myself.... uhm, I mean, brought me .... 8 corny kegs. Got them for a song and some cash. Half came with beer in them.
(In other words, I just got home from meeting up with a friend.)

 

[Yuri_Rage]

What function does a chalkboard offer that electric makes better?

More power. Duh!

 

[bigben]

A bench capper....woot.

 

[Dave the Brewer]

Every Christmas my wonderful sister signs me up to a monthly beer club. For 3 months the club sends me 12 beers each month, 4 different kinds of beer, 3 of each, in the mail. They come from microbreweries in the US. I recommend it!

 

[Seabee John]

Every Christmas my wonderful sister signs me up to a monthly beer club. For 3 months the club sends me 12 beers each month, 4 different kinds of beer, 3 of each, in the mail. They come from microbreweries in the US. I recommend it!

got a link?

 

[Kevin Dean]

Not exactly a Christmas gift but I just bought myself a Barley Crusher and a new regulator.

 

[Rick_R]

So all our base is belong to US Bank.

Now that song is stuck in my head. Again. It'll probably take all night for it to go away.

Rick

 

[Rick_R]

Well, let's see, already received a ~90 count bottle tree with squirty thing on top and a case of 22oz bottles. There is also a Corona-style-grain-mill rattle in a box under the tree (I figured it would work fine for special grains in extract brews, maybe some mini-mashing later on). Going on order just after Christmas will be a new fermenting bucket for primary (getting rid of the 6-gallon glass) and a couple more better bottles for secondaries (getting rid of the 5-gallon glass) along with some miscellaneous equipment and the ingredients for a mild brown and a porter to be brewed back to back. I'm waiting until after Christmas on the order to see if I'm correct on the grain mill, so I know whether to order the grain milled or not.

Rick

 

[Bulls Beers]

I think i see(through the wrapped boxes) A two tower keg system and 2 corny kegs, among other goodies..Whoo Hoo!!!

I can't wait for tomorrow.I'm off this week. Looks like i'm building a kegerator..

 

[mrk305]

My daughters got me an extract beer. Just add sugar and water. I guess I will go ahead and make it, rather than bring it back. I had suggested a beer recipe book, and i got "Cooking With Beer". It actually has some good looking recipes in it. I really wanted a bench capper, which I will get myself next weekend.

Not beer related at all, I got two tickets to see Ron White in Atlanta April 5th. I guess that is better than a bench capper!

 

[neckbone]

My mother gave me a nice thick 80qt aluminum pot. 10 gal batches, here I come!!!! SWMBO passed on the brewing stuff and got me a Nike SumoSq. Man, I can't wait to get on the course and hit that sucker!!!!

 

[Bourdon]

Parents got me a SANYO mini-fridge and a dual corny kegerator conversion kit. My soon-to-be in-laws got me Palmer's brewing book, a wine making book, and a 6.5 gal carboy. I love my family!

 

[Chriso]

Got a whole set of loot I wasn't aware of! 4 Guinness pint glasses, 8 of these bad boy pub glasses, 8 of these super-heavy mama jamma steins, and a cool looking Mikasa flight set.

Yay for beer vessels!

 

[cclloyd]

Mother-In-Law gave me a C note towards my gear since she wouldn't know a wort chiller from a wart remover. So a wort chiller is on the horizon and I'm thinking a nice digital scale for measuring hops and such and perhaps a vacuum food sealer for storing said hops. JOY!

 

[IBENAK]

I love my SWMBO, she got me a 15 Gal stainless pot with spigot and adjustable brewometer, and a set of 4 glasses with Nick's Homebrew engraved on each one. 10 gal batches here I come.

:rockin: :rockin: :rockin:

 

[BrianP]

I found a Barley Crusher under my tree and the in-laws bought me an antique bench capper (I think it will work...).

Plus SWMBO bought me a years membership to AHA which came with a copy of Palmer's latest edition of How to Brew and a years subscription to Zymurgy.

 

[Poppy360]

Bottle sanitizer, "How To Brew" and "Designing Great Beers" books, large bottle of StarSan, 08-08-08 ingredient, a few ounces of different fresh hops, and some adjuncts. Sweet.

 

[eriktlupus]

2# hops(cascade, nugget, amarillo)
shank and tap(perlick)

b-day got in on the ventmatic deal from AUSTIN homebrew supply (2)

 

[brewt00l]

Some nice loot so far...

I received:

Designing Great Beers
Brew Like a Monk

 

[ohiobrewtus]

How to Brew, Designing Great Beers, Brewing Classic Styles and almost 90% efficiency on my Sweet Stout.

 

[jvh261]

SWMBO got me a bottle tree, though I think it was as much for her. She never complains about the mess in the kitchen when I brew, but I think she's had it with bottles all over the counter 90% of the time.

My future sister and brother in law got me this awesome 1 liter, heavy as hell mug. The Seahawks logo is enameled pewter.

Also was given some various bombers. Avery, Southern Tier, New Holland stuff.

 

[the_bird]

Gotta buy myself my big presents this year, but the brother-in-law did manage to procure for me a bottle of Russian River's Damnation...

Not even sure how he got it; something about his SMWBO's father being in PA on business, and finding a bottle in some really out-of-the-way place... and it sounds like they almost got me a KEG of Pliny, but the store had sold it the day before...

That would have been worth an investment in some Sanke fittings!

 

[brewt00l]

Not even sure how he got it; something about his SMWBO's father being in PA on business, and finding a bottle in some really out-of-the-way place... and it sounds like they almost got me a KEG of Pliny, but the store had sold it the day before...

From what I understand, all of the last few kegs of Pliny @ Kunda in PA were spoken for long ago and there will not be any more shipped east until the new brewery is online. If it is any consolation, it was awesome

 

[mrfocus]

From my sister I got "Brewing up a business" which is the story of Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head Brewery).

From my SWMBO, I got:
2x 3 Monts (with 2 matching glasses).
Brassin D'Hiver (with 1 matching glass).
Chimay Grande Reserve (Bleu).
Duvel (750ml) (with matching glass).

I went and bought another Duvel kit, that way we have two glasses to appreciate the greatness of Duvel together.

This officially started my beer cellar. And I got a 750ml of Chouffe for her, which is in the beer cellar as well. Most of these beers can be kept for 1 to 3 years, so I will have some GREAT beer to try next winter. This summer I plan on building a kegerator, but for the moment, all this beer in stored in the basement, where it's about 50-55F.

I'll take some pictures of the box I have all the bottles in for the moment when I get home, and I'll show you guys the glasses too. :rockin:

 

[scottaustin]

Bottling Tree with bottle brush (SWMBO always concerned about my sanitation)
Fermetech plastic thief
AHS Scotch Ale Mini mash kit
AHS Kolsch mini mash kit

Thanks SWMBO

 

[JnJ]

March pump, $75 gift card for NB, 2 ventimatic facets, and a gift basket of specialty beers.

 

[Zymurgrafi]

$50 GC for Northern Brewer
2 2 way CO2 manifolds
2 Vent-matic Faucets



and a beer,

in a tree!

 

[Beertk]

I got an O2 injector and a refreactometer. I got them wet the other day on a AG dry stout.