Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas Tidings of 2011

I'm a Christmas lover from way back (most likely starting the year I got my Barbie Dream House, circa 1992)  but holy hangy Christmas balls am I glad it's over this year. Back to the daily grind and playing with (read: drinking) all the new pressies that are littering the house.

Beer Santa was good to us this year, the good to bad behavior ratio during the last 12 months must have been in our favor. Would love to hear about all the exciting beers and brew related presents he left under your tree but in the meantime here's what he brought us...


-Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest book by Lisa Morrison (signed copy!)
-Pickled Santa English Christmas Ale
-Big Chouffe Collector's Edition Anno 2010
-Lump of Coal Dark Holiday Stout (x2, obviously MGD & I have the same notions when it comes to beer giving)
-Cherish Kriek
-Warm Welcome Nut Brown Ale
-Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Gift Pack & Dogfish Head 120min/Olde School Barleywine Gift Pack (Santa delivered these a couple of weeks early, which is always appreciated) 
-Captain America pint glass
-Beer Mug & Bottle salt and pepper shakers
-Santa Butt Winter Porter
-Corsendonk Christmas Ale
-HUB Noggin Floggin Barleywine
-Beer Fridge (a gift that so perfectly toes the line between awesome and practical)
-La Citrueille Cèleste de Citracado (Bruery/Elysian/Stone collaboration brew with pumpkin, yams, fenugreek lemon verbena and birch bark... x3. Not sure how that happened so hopefully it's good)
-Candy Cigarettes (only beer related because, well, for no reason but can you believe they still exist???!!!)

Salt & Pepper Shakers (effing adorable)

 Representational Beer Fridge IOU that I crafted for MGD since the real one hasn't arrived yet. Since we still like to pretend we have secret identities, I (horribly) photoshop'd our names off the little beer name tags inside. (Note that if the real beer fridge has a padlock, there will be 2 keys.)



And because I'm so darned impressed with my skillage this year, you also get to see the Avengers Snow Globe I made for MGD as part of his Anti-Grinch holiday kit. Fabuloso!!


Rudolph the Red Nose Reinbeer,
was way hilarious to craft!
the pissed liBEERian










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