It’s the time of year when good little beer geeks and nice little whiskey nerds begin to dream and scheme about what they’ll be getting for the holidays.
We’ve decided to turn to this year’s Beer and Whiskey Brothers Holiday Gift Getting Guide over our readers, asking for your input about what you’d like to see under your Kwanzaa bush this year.
This is what the kids call a “Wiki.” For those in the know, Wiki” stands for “What I Know Is,” and in this specific case, it stands for “What I Know Is Don and Jim are Too Lazy To Come up With a List on Their Own,” but “Wikidajatltcuwaloto” just doesn’t have the same flow. 🙂
We’re not only lazy, we’re selfish, so this isn’t a gift GIVING guide – this is a gift GETTING guide! It’s a chance to dream about all the great stuff you want, sort of like flipping through the back pages of the old Sears Wishbooks of years gone by.
So take a moment and share with us the things you’d like to get (or give) this holiday season. Feel free to include a picture or a link if you want to make it easy for others to find the item you’re sharing. Also, let us know what you think of everyone’s recommendations, as this might make it easier for a non-geek to ascertain if it’s a good match for the beer and/or whiskey nerd in their life. We’ll be sharing our ideas and thoughts as well.
Have at it, and thanks for making the holidays a little more merry!
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Here what our tweeps (ugh) are asking for on Twitter…
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A Brew-Magic V350MS System, at only $6,000, it’s a bargain!
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Got a link?
A couple –
Sabco’s page: http://www.brewmagic.com/products/brew-magic-v350ms-system
And, my Wet Behind the Beers blog: http://52beers.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/oh-santa-id-love-a-brew-magic, which has the Sabco link and a YouTube video of the brewing system in action.
You could buy a bunch of six packs for $6K (plus the cost of the ingredients), but it wouldn’t be quite as much fun as making your own from scratch.
That’s what I’m talking about!
I totally want that. Do they make a gold-plated version?
Alex, that might be the WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery. (https://52beers.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/214/)
And it’s all yours for $(NZ)5660 or about $4632 American (not counting shipping or airfare).
That is pretty cool looking, but it takes all the fun out of the process!
Alex,
I agree with you about the WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery. It’s a little too automated for my tastes. It’s like “driving” the Autopia cars at Disneyland, there’s not much to do and you can’t get off course.
I got one of these Beer Not Bombs bottle openers from the company. They are made from disarmed weapons systems, and I think that’s cool! http://www.beersnotbombs.com/
Peacenic…
This morning I totally fell for the Lagunitas Butterfly Bottle Opener. Sweet!
http://store.lagunitas.com/Lagunitas-Butterfly-Bottle-Opener_p_24.html
we were actually contacted by a company that makes these (not just for Lagunitas) and asked them to send us a couple so we could do a blog giveaway. We never heard from them again…cheap bastards! But they are totally cool.
SWEET!
Sam Calagione. Don. Nutella. A Snifter of Pappy Van 23 year.
That’s a PARTY! WOOHOO!
That sounds like the three way from hell, fellas. 😦
I just threw up in my mouth a little…
One thing is for sure…it wouldn’t be for the feint of heart.
In reality, I’m not asking for anything brewing related. Brewing is taking a backseat this spring to Comprehensive exams and Ultramarathons. I’ll still drink a lot though. I asked for running stuff and more importantly, money so when I’m on the East Coast I can bring back some goodies to KY.
I don’t know John, Sweatsocks and a tee shirt…that’s pretty high brow stuff!
Don,
It’s a little more high tech than that. Although, in the summer, all I wear is a smile.
And here we were trying to make a nice holiday guide and we get you naked with Sam Calagione, Don and a jar of Nutella. Thanks, John. 😦
I love this beer and penguin shirt.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76877259/beer-penguin-heather-grey-deep-v-neck-t?ref=sr_gallery_38&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=beer&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=3&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade
Mustache beer mugs
http://www.etsy.com/listing/68591366/set-of-4-moustache-beer-glass?ref=sr_gallery_22&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=beer&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade
And this is what is adorning all of the presents for my beer friends. Beer bottle opener ornament/gift tag.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83872884/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-beer?ref=sr_gallery_23&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=beer&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=3&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade
I like how they have a kid modeling the mustache BEER mug!!
thats a hipster deep v penguin shirt.
Alert tronto!! He’ll need three…
I want 1 for all the different shades of pastel. It will go great with my sky blue skinny jeans!!!
That v neck will show off my goods. Maybe get me a free beer at the bar. 😉
But not at a GPO event…I assume…
GPO shirts are all high collared for a reason. Big sunglasses also required.
You ladies should consider burka’s – you can never be too careful when there are guys around!
Pink Burkas….I’m on it.
Or flesh-colored, just to confuse the hell out of the boys. 🙂
What, GPO stands for Girls PINT Out? I through the P was something else… 😉
I’m leaning on my ten foot pole with nothin’ to do and I’m still not touching that one!
I have a feeling it may be Girls Punch Out shortly.
Guys. Come on. 😛
Just want to go on record as saying its not “guys” its John!
I still have a mustache mug from back in the day (early 70’s), when I sported a handle-bar. (The intent is to keep the mustache wax out of the contents of one’s cup or mug, i.e., keep the ‘stache out of the suds.)
See:
cups:
http://www.thegavel.net/mustach.html
me w/ incipient handle-bar c. 1970:
I’ll bet you used to get into a lot of fights. That’s what guys with Handlebar Mustaches used to do, get into old timey bare knuckle boxing matches and kick ass.
LOL, not too many by then–I was too busy making ends meet by working 3 jobs simultaneously.
I still want an immersion chiller so I don’t have to rely on snowbanks to crash my wort when I home brew: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/standard-chiller-3-8-x25-with-vinyl-tubing.html
Our local homebrew shop features an immerision chiller called THE CHILLZILLA. It’s a beast.
http://www.greatfermentations.com/Chillzilla/productinfo/9999/
go make your own Jim. Go around to your neighbors and steal a bunch of copper coils from their AC’s or fridges.
Spending the holidays in jail sounds lovely!
It sounds a lot better than the little Nutella Party John is planning…
bwahahahaha.
If you want to cool your wort in a New Jersey minute ask Santa for a plate chiller. http://morebeer.com/view_product/6242/102203/Brazed_Plate_Wort_Chiller_-_Shirron
You know, if people don’t know about homebrewing, they probably think we’re wartier than witches!
Easy! I need secure storage. For the beer I need this:
http://www.compactappliance.com/DBC2760BLS-Danby-Dual-Zone-Beverage-Refrigerator-Center-For-Bottles-And-Cans/DBC2760BLS,default,pd.html
And for the booze, I need this:
http://www.wineenthusiast.com/howard-miller-shiraz-hide-a-bar.asp?icid=RESULTSRCNTLYVWD
And people call me difficult. Pfft!
Nice fridge, but you can’t lay your beers down!!
I realize this. Looks like it has adjustable shelves.
Top of my list is a stainless steel fermenter; no more transferring from primary to secondary. And of course more room in the house to put it.
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/7-GALLON-FERMENATOR-WITH-TRI-CLAMP-VALVES-Free-Drop-Shipping-P2017C135.aspx
I would also like more time off to visit more breweries.
How bout a Ska t-shirt for when it’s too hot to wear my long sleeve Ska T:
http://skaswag.myshopify.com/products/classic-dancers-t-shirt
And finally, if someone in Maine would send me a six pack of Andrew’s Pale Ale, I’d reciprocate with something they like from Colorado. 😉
Cool shirt and sweet fermentor. You’d probably be breaking a civil ordnance or two with that puppy – it looks serious!
Yeah, and that’s the smallest one, they also have a 27 gallon version!
I want to raid Bill Sysak’s beer cellar.
I’ll be your wingman on THAT mission. Maybe we can hit his fridge as well…
I’ll bet you could take several brews, you know some of the more obscure ones, and he would never even know you were there!
I’d also love a beautiful custom mash tun like this one:
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/pimp-my-system/show?title=andrew-tinglers-mash-tun
That’s pretty cool. I’d get something like that and never use it (like the rest of my dusty homebrew gear).
Yes, but it is nice enough to put out somewhere as a conversation piece, and to wash your dog in! 😉
I remember we talked about this at P for P, it’s pretty killer. I think the ultimate Pimp My System was this guy’s backyard brewpub:
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/pimp-my-system/show?title=hammersmith-brewery-and-alehouse
Yes! That’s the one. So awesome.
I’m asking for a Northern Brewer gift certificate so I can add two faucets to my kegerator and upgrade from the picnic taps I’m using now. It’s amazing to have draft beer on tap at home, but I imagine it will be even more satisfying to pull my pint from a proper faucet.
Dear Santa,
I’d like an approved change of use permit from the city for our building.
…and the boil kettle back in good working order if it’s not too much trouble..
Thank you,
Jeff
I’ve asked for 3 Perlick faucets and a temp controller some can finish my kegerator. Beer on tap at home is awesome.
This isn’t really a wiki. It’s a comment thread. Just sayin’.
BTW, I just favorited a ton of stuff on Etsy after searching “beer.” There’s t-shirts, openers, glassware, one-gallon homebrew kits, soaps, vintage signs and other memorablia, etc.
It’s a wiki -thread then, dammit!