What'd you get for Christmas

[FrewBrew]

So what HBS did everyone get?

Wort chiller
digital thermometer
iodophor
$70. gift card that I plan to use to buy a 2nd brew kettle (Double brew day!!)

 

[Beermaker]

Big ol 150 gallon fermentor. Actually its a 150 gallon salt water aquarium and stand.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

CO2 for my corny...planning to transfer the chocolate jitters stout as soon as I get back Stateside for a NYE party.

 

[Oriondriver]

Oh boy... Santa was good to me...

Kenmore Elite 4.9
Complete 2 Keg conversion kit with dual regulator
2 extra corny kegs
2 Custom tap handles
Rails for the top of the kegerator
Bar sign to hang near the new kegerator
Master Brewers Guide
Cooking with beer cookbook
2 ingredient kits
25' wort chiller

Oh yeah... and a partridge in a pear tree...

Oriondriver

 

[usmcruz]

I got a milwaukee refractometer, collona bench capper, and coopers carbonation drops

 

[sause]

I got a cooler, turkey frier, and a wort cooler.

Yipee!!

 

[Genghis77]

10 Extract beer kits
3 glass carboys
1 more 6.5 gallon fermentor
1 hydrometer
1 Springfield M1A rifle
2 ammo cans of .308
3 ferrets playing in their 8 level cage

 

[anthrobe]

Nothing for home brewing But I did get a new welder

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

A set of very sweet personalized beer glasses. and a DVD of Blade Runner!

 

[Brewsmith]

Turkey Fryer, A keg, regulator and the CO2 Tank and hoses!

 

[usmcruz]

And A Partrich In A Pair Tree!!!

 

[Rhoobarb]

Beer related items were a set of six tall pilsener glasses. My sister gave me a nice six-pack sampler from Binny's Liquors which included Bell's Two-Hearted Ale, Summit Winter Ale, Rogue Mocha Porter, Three Ffloyd's Alpha King Pale Ale, Lakefront's Eastside Dark and Great Lakes' Elliot Ness Amber Lager. And money, which is always nice!

 

[david_42]

A ring burner
Five gallons of BYO hard cider
A couple dogwalks in the rain.

 

[uglygoat]

i got drunk

and a sweet wooden guinness label to hang on/over the bar.

 

[rewster451]

I didn't get anything hombrew related for Christmas, but I did give my family some of my Ginger Chocolate Porter, and they seemed to really like it. I also talked my cousin's husband into homebrewing, since he already has a lot of stuff he could use for it, and a lot of space to do it in. Maybe next year I'll get HBS, now that they know what kind of investment it would be for them.

 

[2nd Street Brewery]

I got a gift certificate which turned into the finishing parts to my kegerator. Now all I have to do is put it together.

 

[user 574]

I got a $50 gift certificate for the LHBS. Then today, as I was getting ready to rack my Common; I had a carboy draining upside down in the kitchen on the counter. I always have it sitting in a plastic box thingie so it won't tip over 'cept this time. As I have it upside down without the box I think "better not take a chance". Go to the garage to get the drain box and BOOM/CRASH. Sonbitch fell off and shattered everywhere . Take the gift certificate to the HBS and get a 5 and 6.5g carboy . Thankfully SWMBO wasn't home.

 

[El Pistolero]

I got a $50 gift certificate for the LHBS. Then today, as I was getting ready to rack my Common; I had a carboy draining upside down in the kitchen on the counter. I always have it sitting in a plastic box thingie so it won't tip over 'cept this time. As I have it upside down without the box I think "better not take a chance". Go to the garage to get the drain box and BOOM/CRASH. Sonbitch fell off and shattered everywhere . Take the gift certificate to the HBS and get a 5 and 6.5g carboy . Thankfully SWMBO wasn't home.

Dang...I got a $100 gift certificate to my LHBS, so I guess I'm fixing to break three carboys.

 

[user 574]

Dang...I got a $100 gift certificate to my LHBS, so I guess I'm fixing to break three carboys.

Really was bummed on this. Had more important toys to buy than another 5g carboy I had earlier . But, I finally got my 6.5g instead of using my 6g for my primary. However, I have never busted a hydrometer yet .

 

[El Pistolero]

However, I have never busted a hydrometer yet .

Talk about the kiss of death...Clink.

 

[FrewBrew]

Talk about the kiss of death...Clink.

That wouldnt be that big of a loss though... I rarely even take my hydrometer readings, they don't change the beer flavor any, Just a half of a beer less you'll be able to bottle .

Sorry to hear bout your carboys though man, that sucks.. I know from experience... cept mine had beer in it when it shattered... that really sucked .

As a side note. Today I went out and spent some of my Christmas funds. I picked up an 8 Gallon stainless commercial grade kettle (110 bucks at the local restaurant supply shop!), and then picked up a Red Lager Extract kit from my LHBS , brewing starts tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait to break in the new kettle!

 

[BlightyBrewer]

Man, Mrs Santa (my wife) was really good to me! I got a Brupacks Mash Tun / Boiler, so I can now take those first steps to all grain. Just got to sort myself out a wort chiller.

 

[Toilet Rocker]

I must've brewed some good beer for some good people. I got:

Unibroue (Unibroue)
La Fin du Monde (Unibroue)
Fantôme Brise-BonBons (Brasserie Fantôme)
Midas Touch (Dogfish)
Pangea (Dogfish)
Lump of Coal Holiday Stout (Ridgeway)
N'Ice (Chouffe's)
Chocolate Bock (Sam Adams)
Sam's Utopias (Sam Adams).

 

[Genghis77]

I was in a Big Lots store today. Found a 5 gallon stainless kettle and lid for just , get this, $ 6.99. Yeah it seems a little light duty, but now I can boil two batches at a time.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Nothing beer related, no one knows what to get me since I just go out and buy what I want whenever I want. But my sister-in-law did give me these cool pants (like pajama bottoms) with AC/DC on them and 2 cans of Bavarian Sauerkraut!
You can't make these stories up.

 

[dancingbarefoot]

Nothing homebrew-related, but I did find a hydrometer at a thrift shop today for $2. (So that's my HB Christmas present for myself, I guess.) I scoured the whole shop, hoping there might be a load of carboys or something that had also been donated to the shop, but no luck.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Well I'm currently single so I only have family and friends to give me gifts. I asked about a month ago for a refractometer and I think they thought I was speaking some sort of weird star trek language.. so I didn't get that this year.

I did get a jet burner and will be getting a 56 quart kettle soon when I make my next trip to Vancouver.
Oh, and enough grains for a ten gallon batch.

Another harmonica. New guitar tuner, strings and a pedal for the guitar I own and want to learn how to play again. (Wasn't that good when I did play it and have since forgotten almost everything)

And a DVD recorder in a pear tree.

 

[Caplan]

2 cans of Bavarian Sauerkraut!

I haven't eaten that in years - might have a search for some today!

 

[homebrewer_99]

A lot of Americans don't like sauerkraut (pickled cabbage) because all they do is open a can and dump the contents into a pot, heat it up, and eat it.

All wrong. They don't know to pour it into a colander to drain, then rinse the pickling juices off.

I like it when you add fresh water (or beer!) to the pot (just enough to cover the cabbage), a teaspoon of sugar (brown sugar works too), some fennel, and a bay leaf. Then let it simmer for a while. Yummy!

 

[joutlaw]

Stuff I bought myself... some being a little early

Sanyo 4912
3 Pin Lock Cornies
5lb CO2 tank
misc fittings and cobra taps
enough ingredients to do 4 batches
3 lbs of hops, but hopsdirect sent 5lbs

Stuff I was given:
Tap-a-draft system ( I think my GF's dad wants me to bring more brew to his house)
CO2 regulator
CO2 fill since no where was open ( we did a direct xfer from his 20lb tank to mine) a little scary since we had no way to know how much was in my tank.

A shelf/rack to hold my pint glasses near the Sanyo that resides in my living room.

And I still haven't done x-mas with my family yet