What did Santa bring?

[homebrewer_99]

I got a SS false bottom...

Is that to match the plate in your head???

 

[homebrewer_99]

Das Boot! I got a big 1 Liter Glass Boot

FYI: The correct term is Stiefel (STEE-fell) or "the boot" in English.

"Das Boot" means "the boat"...totally something different.


Brewing related I got a lighted Guinness sign for the bar (which I haven't built yet)
Another year to BYO
Waiting for 60 test tube vials and rack to show up in the mail...
A couple new stir bars
Paulaner bar towel...still waiting for the Irish flag bar towel...

 

[homebrewer_99]

Pine needles. Lots of them.

Classic....

 

[Brakeman_Brewing]

These are just some of the more notable things Santa brought this year:

Some AWESOME flannel slippers

A new propane burner and 30qt Aluminium pot (All grain here I come)

"Land Of Amber Waters: The history of brewing in Minnesota"

A nice new box cutter

 

[Brew Runner]

I got the 6.5gal carboy like I thought. Also got a William's IPA kit that's on the stove right now. Along with that is a big stainless brew spoon, and a yeast starter kit. Just need to make myself a stirplate now.

Other incidentals included a Hurst classis shift knob for my '68 Mustang, a timing belt set for my Mustang SVO, and a really nice Buck Woodsman knife with the wood handle and brass accents. W00t! :rockin: EDIT: Forgot about the Frank Zappa: Strictly Commercial CD.

$50 to spend at Jeg's (hot rod/race shop)
A scissors-type knurling tool with fine and medium rollers
A set of machinist's 1-2-3 setup blocks

And...the big score...the rest of my "Harley tax":
A Yost carb kit and Küryakyn high performance air filter kit

You play with cars, bikes, machine shop equipment, and are a homebrewer? I thought I was the only one that did all of that!

 

[Yuri_Rage]

You play with cars, bikes, machine shop equipment, and are a homebrewer? I thought I was the only one that did all of that!

If you think about it, there ought to be more of us...

If you have tools and work on cars/bikes, you are a bigtime DIY guy, and you likely have the ability to build yourself some kick ass brew equipment.

 

[Dinbin]

Beer Stuff: New bottle tree, now I can dry 90 bottles! and a beer recipe book.

Non Beer Stuff: PS3 + games and bluerays Now I have another way to avoid my family.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

My only beer related gift was one of these:

 

[olllllo]

There was a Wii under the tree and this time it's not because I got druck and decided that the tree was a little dry.

 

[niquejim]

I got about a dozen new t-shirts (beer or grilling related) 6-8 shorts and pants, 6 full crystal pilsner glasses, 2 Florida style(palm trees ecthed into the glass) pils glasses, a Wii and this
http://www.frontgate.com/jump.jsp?s...word=beer santa&itemID=12195&iProductID=12195.

It took 2 full trips in the Jeep Cherokee to bring all the gifts for my 2 kids, wife and myself home from my MIL's

 

[BigNick73]

I got 2 to add

1 set of Guinness pub glasses

and 1 Mr. Beer Refill kit!!! Since all 3 of the little cans "makes 6 gallons" think I'm gonna mix em all together add some leftover hops and make 4-5 gallons. Its a Weizenbier, pale ale, and "Vienna Lager" how you're spose to lager at 68-76 degrees I don't know, but thats what the instructions say. All these are spose to be 3.7% ABV SRM of 3 and 10-14 IBU.

it's all going in the same pot, less water to bring up OG and more hops to bring up IBU (I got .25oz Chinook and .5oz of cascade and Willamette each), think I'll call it Mr. Mystery Lawn Mowing Beer.

 

[DeathBrewer]

FYI: The correct term is Stiefel (STEE-fell) or "the boot" in English.

"Das Boot" means "the boat"...totally something different.

Yes, but Das Boot is much funnier.

"I'm sorry I got angry, it's this boat...I had a bad experience once..."

 

[Reverend JC]

Well jester, since you posted a picture of it (is it a 14.5 gallon one?) then i dont need to post a pic of min as it looks virtually the same. I have not had time to put mine together yet due to the amount of barbie crap i have to assemble but i love my 14.5 blichmann conical!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and a LHBS certificate!

I forgot to add the foodsaver for all of those mass hop purchases that i got as well.

 

[shafferpilot]

SWMBO put together an AWESOME gift for me. I came across this guy who sings modern songs of all styles in a lounge sound. It's hillarious when he does hip hop songs like barry manilow!! Anyways, we went to Chi-town to see a concert earlier this year, and it was fantastic!! he signed a CD for us after the show. So SWMBO emailed him to get him to sign a poster from the Chicago show. He did and she put together a shadowbox with the poster, cd case and our tickets. I love the effort she put into it. Makes me feel REALLY loved

http://www.myspace.com/richardcheese

 

[SwAMi75]

SWMBO put together an AWESOME gift for me. I came across this guy who sings modern songs of all styles in a lounge sound. It's hillarious when he does hip hop songs like barry manilow!! Anyways, we went to Chi-town to see a concert earlier this year, and it was fantastic!! he signed a CD for us after the show. So SWMBO emailed him to get him to sign a poster from the Chicago show. He did and she put together a shadowbox with the poster, cd case and our tickets. I love the effort she put into it. Makes me feel REALLY loved

http://www.myspace.com/richardcheese

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine are teh tits! They've gone overlooked for far too long.

 

[wild]

Beer related, I got:
6 pils glasses.
The Homebrewer's Recipe Guide.
$25 gift card to BevMo.
3-gallon vanilla mead kit, including bottled water.
$25 to spend on my hobby from the eldest daughter. Bought a 5-gallon carboy, carboy cap, and carrier.

 

[Brew Runner]

If you think about it, there ought to be more of us...

If you have tools and work on cars/bikes, you are a bigtime DIY guy, and you likely have the ability to build yourself some kick ass brew equipment.

The term "rare breed" comes to mind. I'm a little short on lathes and mills, but tools and other equip are close at hand. Being broke means I do everything myself and I hate doing things twice, so I try to do it right the first time. Lesson learned when I turbocharged and fuel injected a lawn tractor engine.

To keep this on topic, I forgot that I also got down jacket. First windbreaker I have owned that's worth a damn.

 

[MVKTR2]

My awesome wife got me some replacement supplies (6.5 Gal Bucket Fermenter), 5 Gal Better Bottle, and a Flat Tire clone kit from midwest. My son gave me a Build-a-Bear Dog with my son's voice recorded so it says "I love you daddy" when I press it's paw. The kids had a wonderful Christmas, and that's worth alot!

Oh yea I almost forgot I'm on vacation for 9 straight days! and I start a new MUCH MORE REWARDING LESS STRESSFUL job on Jan 14th.... :fro: It's great to be me!

 

[AnOldUR]

Daughter got me a case of assorted craft brews. My son made a tap handle for my kegerator. Also scored an assortment of different style beer glasses and other beer swag. For only being in this a year, everyone seems to know where my head is at!

And this from the SWMBO. (Already posted this pic in another thread, but I REALLY like it )

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine are teh tits! They've gone overlooked for far too long.

Man. Mr. Cheese is totally the tits!

 

[shafferpilot]

Man. Mr. Cheese is totally the tits!

If you can catch him in concert, DO IT!!!

 

[JnJ]

March pump, $75 gift card to NB.

 

[Seabee John]

I just got a nice DDBC pint glass from Jester & Red... woo hoo!:rockin:

 

[Gnome]

Beer related I got the keggle with SS ballvalve
SQ-14 bayou burner with a 20 psi regulator upgrade
A calibration thermometer
30" SS paddle
O2 Regulator kit with SS Stone
I made out, then made DFH Clone( opened early)
Oh a 5th of Jack