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

[drunkatuw]

Santa delivered late this year (actually brewer's discount). I stopped by to help my parents hook up a new tv and as I was leaving my mom mentioned that one of my presents arrived late and it was 2 corny kegs. My brother got my another keg and my parents also got me a barley crusher and a $25 gift certificate to the LHBS. My dad also said that he has an old Hobart scale at his office that I can use for brewing. Now I just need to find a way to convince SWMBO to drive to Minneapolis to visit Midwest to buy some bulk grains and somehow avoid the mall of america and IKEA.

 

[ScubaSteve]

-Barley Crusher (!)
-$75 at MoreBeer (gonna get a refractometer)
-A few random beer mags I never heard of

 

[Lil' Sparky]

Had a late Christmas get together last night and got a $200 gift certificate to Austinhomebrew supply!!! Wooohooo!!!

 

[PseudoChef]

With December tap water temperature, my new Shirron got 5.5 gallons of DIPA down to lager pitching temps (54) in just under 8 minutes! I never knew cooling would be the easiest part of the brewday!

 

[junkyard brewer]

A friend gave me my first brew kit.

The madness begins Ive got a simple weizenbeer in the fermenter at the moment :rockin:

 

[Seabee John]

Santa delivered late this year (actually brewer's discount). I stopped by to help my parents hook up a new tv and as I was leaving my mom mentioned that one of my presents arrived late and it was 2 corny kegs. My brother got my another keg and my parents also got me a barley crusher and a $25 gift certificate to the LHBS. My dad also said that he has an old Hobart scale at his office that I can use for brewing. Now I just need to find a way to convince SWMBO to drive to Minneapolis to visit Midwest to buy some bulk grains and somehow avoid the mall of america and IKEA.

But that SHOULD be your angle. "Dear, why don't you go walk around the mall while I run up to Midwest. I'll meet you in the food court at 4:00" Then while she's not looking, snag the credit cards and ATM cards out of her purse. Leave her 50 cash so she's not too mad at you.

 

[BierMuncher]

A friend gave me my first brew kit.

The madness begins Ive got a simple weizenbeer in the fermenter at the moment :rockin:

Welcome to the dark side...

 

[DeathBrewer]

not sure if i already posted this

I received a:
1 Liter Glass boot
Brew Chem 101: The Basics of Homebrewing Chemistry by Lee W. Janson

and i'm ordering for myself right now:
Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew by Jamil Zainasheff

 

[Chriso]

I received a:
1 Liter Glass boot

When are you christening it with some homebrew? We need pictures! DAS BOOT!!

 

[Beerthoven]

One of these...


And one of these...


And a $50 gift certificate to morebeer.com. I've spent it already.

 

[Joker]

Barley Crusher
How to Brew by John Palmer (to round out my reference library)

 

[CallMeZoot]

I thought it was somebody else's puke he choked on? Or was that the drummer? (No...he died in a bizarre gardening accident.)

no way to know. you can't exactly dust for vomit, can you?

 

[98EXL]

CFC parts and a phat gift certificate for my LHBS, which I'm going to spend in about 35 mins.

On a side note, SWMBO and I bought a PS3...damn she fracking is awesome! It's getting a little ridiculous, she brews, plays games, and cooks with me....I'm in heaven.

Funny other side note, we brewed yesterday, her buddy came over, and she was telling him all about AG brewing, chatting it up...I'm so proud of her!

 

[tgrier]

I got stuff from "santa" and I got some stuff for me..

15# barley crusher
false bottom
Phils Sparge Arm
2 10gal coolers - with modified ball values
1 6.5 gal carboy - so I can do 10gal batches
4 5 gal carboys - gift from father inlaw - he used to make wine.
4 used cornys
1 "beer fridge" I got from Craigslist to cold crash my beer in

Couple of 50# bags of grain...
It was a good year.

 

[98EXL]

1 6.5 gal carboy - so I can do 10gal batches

You are going to split them.....right?



On a side note, my buddy got a MIG welder...it came to my house, so it's kinda like it's for me...we discussed...we're building me a sculpture...score!

 

[Chriso]

Not a beer gadget, but I listen to it while brewing, so it counts.

Mom got me the Radiohead discbox I had been drooling over. Yay!

 

[Distilled]

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:

Hey IBENAK, how was your W'07 clone?

I just had a W'08 and wasn't overly impressed, but I loved the 07 and could use some help with a clone.

 

[beala]

Mom got me the Radiohead discbox I had been drooling over. Yay!
http://www.damnyoureyes.net/img/misc_hbt/radiohead-ir-1.jpg
http://www.damnyoureyes.net/img/misc_hbt/radiohead-ir-2.jpg

Nice! I think I opted to pay 5 euros for the DL version of the album. The song 'reckoner' is paralyzingly good, and that pretty much goes for the entire album. I'd definitely buy that if I had the money.