European Summer Secret Santa: Pairings & Hauls!

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Message Beersiveknown P beers 5380 º places 180 º 10:24 Thu 8/3/2017 Originally posted by VsXsV Holy. Shit. I got a text message from UPS while I was leaving work that I had a box to pick up. Using their tracking service, I found out it weighted no less than 15 kg! This is what I found inside upon getting home: From the left: Eight Degrees Single Hop Series Citra Boundary Bandwagon Boundary / Outland Pari Gagnant Boundary Push & Pull Simcoe Boundary Generic Boundary D’être: Passion Fruit Galway Bay Two Hundred Fathoms (2016) Galway Bay Of Foam and Fury Whiplash Rollover McCann’s Harvest Apple County Cider, both the semi-sweet and dry (only one in the database) Northbound 08 Kolsch Northbound 12 Brewer’s Lager Farmageddon / Bittles Bar Sparred Or Barred Kinnegar Olan’s Tart Kinnegar Finally Kinnegar Great Arch Eight Degrees Cumulus Lupulus White Hag / Kinnegar The Hare and The Hag plus an opener and a glass! No less than 19 bottles/cans in total and a total volume of 8 liters! As the only Northern Irish RateBeerian I know is beersiveknown, I’m guessing this is my santa? Thanks a lot Steve! You’re right! Glad it all survived the journey, ups took almost a week to collect from work. Judging by the address on my box my Santa is VsXsV! Nice trick santa ;) I haven’t unpacked yet as literally arrived when my taxi came to pick me up to airport, it’s a nice surprise for after gbbf. Cheers Viktor!
Message EuroSanta 10:55 Thu 8/3/2017 Hohoho! What a great range of hauls that is. I think the final parcel will be collected tomorrow then everything will be on its way. More than half of us have received parcels so far but still a few hauls to post! Remember to thank your santa in reviews and leave feedback if you know who it was!
Message anstei beers 3818 º places 87 º 14:06 Thu 8/3/2017 Was jappp my Santa?

Message EuroSanta 01:44 Fri 8/4/2017 Originally posted by anstei Was jappp my Santa? that would be telling ;) perhaps your Santa will confirm
Message SinH4 P beers 15466 º places 416 º 02:44 Fri 8/4/2017 Originally posted by vami I collected my parcel from my Santa! Wow! Great stuff there I see! I was hoping for a German Santa tbh and - here he is. What is more - it seems we drew each other :D So - I know that my Santa is SinH4 :D That is quite a coincidence (I also found it funny when I read the address on the tracking page of the package I received)! I hope you enjoy the beer, some of them are really good (and some of them are the only Bavarian ImpStouts I can send with confidence ^^ However, there should be one more beer, a can, in the package, which I did not see on the picture ;) Originally posted by vami I am not a vegan! I hope you arent either, because there is some non-vegan stuff in your gift as well :D I am not either :)
Message MonsterMagnet beers 1955 º places 15 º 08:38 Fri 8/4/2017 A few days ago, the Dutch courier PostNL notified me there was a package to be delivered this week. The only info they gave was that is was sent with Hermes, so I initially thought of a German sender. The tracking site showed another tracking number with HEAT in it, so I assumed that stands for Hermes Austria. So I was now expecting an Austrian sender. Several possibilities there. Sebilinz was not my Santa, since he has sent to minutemat. Perhaps herrklemann? Upon opening the parcel, it became apparent it was a parcel from a Swiss Santa! He used his little helpers to avoid paperwork (I presume). Santa sent me a great selection of beers, with lots of hoppy and saison(-ish) stuff, some more local styles and a nice Swedish dessert! Also included were some beer mats and a piece of cheese (yay! I love cheese!). From left to right: 523 - Pacific Imperial IPA: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/523-pacific-imperial-ipa/256907/ La Nébuleuse / BFM - Saison Champêtre: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-nebuleuse--bfm-saison-champetre/495597/ 523 - Montgomery: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/523-montgomery/515399/ White Frontier - New England DIPA: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/white-frontier-new-england-dipa/499096/ Omnipollo - Nebuchadnezzar IIPA: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/omnipollo-nebuchadnezzar-iipa/184949/ Trois Dames - Saison Vieille: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/trois-dames-saison-vieille/418317/ BFM - La Salamandre: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bfm-la-salamandre/5925/ Trois Dames - Saison Houblon: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/trois-dames-saison-houblon/72578/ Trois Dames / Blackwell - Grisette: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/trois-dames--blackwell-grisette/391538/ (curious about this one!) Omnipollo - Noa Pecan Mud Cake: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/omnipollo-noa-pecan-mud-cake/326774/ Locher - Schwarzer Kristall: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/locher-schwarzer-kristall/78675/ Doppelleu - Oak Wood Red Ale: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/doppelleu-oak-wood-red-ale/229958/ The parcel arrived just in time for me to collect it before I go on holiday. I probably won’t be able to fit any bottles in my car packed with camping gear, so the beers will have to wait for a couple of weeks. I can sneak in the cheese somewhere though! Thank you very much for the great selection of beers, Santa anstei(?)
Message Beersiveknown P beers 5380 º places 180 º 13:44 Fri 8/4/2017 Loving the generosity this year!

Message Koelschtrinker beers 28835 º places 22 º 05:09 Sat 8/5/2017 So I wasn’t home all week but when I returned yesterday evening I unpacked a norwegian box: https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/qvart-gose/355556/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/berentsens-stelliger-divum-juleol-2011-/157562/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/black-cat-ranglerock-session-ipa/421142/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/berentsens--flying-couch-raisin-the-stakes/479970/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/haandbryggeriet-raspberry-export-stout/488010/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/lervig--evil-twin-big-ass-money-stout-2/503865/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/voss-fellesbryggeri-kvit-ol/433684/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/aegir-lynchburg-natt/130375/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/noisom-bringebaer-og-chili-47/403388/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/qvart-not-just-darkness/459594/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/lervig-lucky-jack-black-edition/451408/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/voss--le-trou-du-diable-quadruple-bypass/477690/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/svalbard-spitsbergen-ipa/389913/ https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/moor-stout/304424/ +a magnet for the fridge and licorice Too bad I can’t guess but know it was gunnar - Thanks!
Message Benzai beers 20020 º places 321 º 09:54 Sat 8/5/2017 Woohoo!! Santa from Finland delivered a nice box today! http://imgur.com/a/NMQzF Can of Cool Head Copa Cabana is not in the picture as it was cracked so I had to quickly drink the remnants and threw away the sticky can straight after. Fortunately the glass survived. Extremely happy with this box. IPA’s, BA Stouts, IIPA and I really like the hoppy pilseners in there! But who is my Santa??? I’ve gotta take a look at the sign up page, maybe he or she gave himself away...But huge thanks anyway!
Message VastActiv beers 15702 º places 259 º 10:57 Sat 8/5/2017 Originally posted by Benzai But who is my Santa??? I’ve gotta take a look at the sign up page, maybe he or she gave himself away...But huge thanks anyway! It’s from me. BTW Fat Lizard Ankle Slapper Ale is first ever Finnish "topless can" and I had to delay my posting because of their relaase. Beer release was on last week wednesday. Sad to hear about Cool Head’s leaking can. Maybe some quality problems in brewery canning process. Never heard that can has started to leak during transfer. Janne