Official 2013 Summer Secret Santa Post Your Haul

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Message Papsoe P beers 25039 º places 4 º 06:23 Sun 7/14/2013 Received a wonderful box from my Minnesota Santa - international $55 level: Alaskan Pilot Series: Raspberry Wheat (WL) Flat Earth Ovni Ale (WL) Great Dane Un-Leashed #02 - Jolly Old Scratch Great Dane Un-Leashed #03 - Über Bock Grumpy Troll Maggie Imperial IPA (WL) Grumpy Troll Spetsnaz Export Stout (WL) Surly SeVIIn Toppling Goliath Assassin Toppling Goliath Dorothy’s New World Lager New Glarus Anniversary Strong Ale Leinenkugels Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale (WL) Sprecher Bootlegger’s Bourbon Barrel Hard Root Beer Is Unlisted (WTF!?) An incredibly generous colection of quality stuff that I’m looking forward to dig into. Thanks an awful lot Santa!
Message Sledutah P beers 11292 º places 953 º 10:45 Sun 7/14/2013 Originally posted by RamyG4 Originally posted by Sledutah Just received a great box from NJ filled with 8 beers, 5 from my wants list! (WL) Troegs Flying Mouflan (WL) Troegs Troegenator (WL) Ballast Point Double Dorado (WL) Hoppin’ Frog Hop Heathen (WL) Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout Shorts Peaches & Cream Weyerbacher Unfiltered Doublee Simcoe Southern Tier Plum Noir Santa was good to me :) Thanks Glad you’re happy with the box and I appreciate your patience! Sorry for being so late with it. The Weyerbacher was on your WL too Edit. No it wasn’t, the regular one was what was on your WL, crap. No problem, thanks for the great box
Message arminjewell beers 9756 º places 10 º 17:23 Tue 7/16/2013 Box arrived today, from Dayton, OH, $55 US. Yo-Ho Tokyo Black Porter Yo-Ho Yona Yona Ale Founders Rubaeus B Nektar Necromangocon (WL) Jackie O’s Rum Barrel Dark Apparition with Vanilla (WL) Hoppin Frog Sweet Evil BBW (WL) Hoppin Frog Outta Kilter Wee Heavy (WL) St. Arnold Divine Reserve 13 Rivertown Pestilence Rivertown War Rivertown Famine Heavy Seas Siren Noire Thanks a ton!!

Message MrHangover beers 4691 º places 75 º 04:52 Fri 7/19/2013 Originally posted by nimbleprop My box arrived last week safely, but I was on travel. Dutch Santa sent me: 750ml Merciful Painful Twist 12oz Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout 12oz De Molen Sodom & Gomorra Barrel Aged 12oz Jopen Meesterstuk 2013 12oz Rooie Dop Bourbon Barrel Aged Double Oatmeal Stout 33cl Westy 8 (WL) 33cl Westy 12 (WL) Thanks Santa! Some elves told me that it’s a barrel aged version of the Emelisse RIS, altough they were not sure which one it was... And they also believed it was Merciless Painful Death... ;) Cheers!!
Message cgarvieuk P beers 37680 º places 457 º 02:28 Sun 7/21/2013 Originally posted by cgarvieuk We opened some of our box but have left 4 as a mystery. but known is Jack Abbey smoked Maple lager Blue Mountain Local species StillWater rate beer 101 DC quarter porter Knee deep Hop shortage DC on the Wings of armageddon Abita Jockamo IPA -- This is one of my 3 last US states. And i am super excited. Thanks a huge amount santa We also got sasquatch jerky and some wierd skittles. So my little colective are well pleased and we still have the mystery of the other 4 to discover on the Tasting Night Well we unwrapped 4 more Friday nigth and got Terrapin Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout Which has been on my Wants list so long i had forgotton abut it. But it was Superb and i was right to have placed it there. So massive thanks to Santa Also Drunk on Friday was the DC Brau The Corruption which again was pretty good and didnt seemt to be Full of "Crystal Meths" like most US IPAs blind bat beach blonde Which only has 3 rating!!!, one is santa and one is a guy i traded with back in 09 :-) and im totally embarased to say that the 4th one escapes me and in the Chaos of new beer that arrived on Friday i cant place it at the moment
Message MrHangover beers 4691 º places 75 º 11:48 Sun 7/21/2013 So I picked up my box yesterday at the post office. Had some troubles with Dutch mailing systems, delivering the box at the wrong time and such... very frustrating. Eventually I got to pick it up at the postoffice and found something hard to describe. The box was huge, but it was banged up, ripped and was showing signs of some very rough handling. I didn’t see any wet spots, so I kept my hopes up and hauled the heavy box into my tiny car. Back home I started carefully to pick the pieces of the outer box apart, and there I found a smaller box with 12 bottle shipper. Santa, you the man! I need to start looking for more want beers, since Sante killed it. 12 great bottles, almost all of them were on my wantlist! Epic! Ommegang Three Philosophers Avery the Reverend Deschutes Dissident Stone Old Guardian Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA New Glarus 20th Anniversary Central Waters Brewers Reserve Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout Three Floyds Zombie Dust Surly Bender Surly Smoke Lager Surly Sÿx Surly Seviin Thanks a lot Santa!! Cheers!!
Message LinusStick beers 3742 º places 66 º 19:08 Sun 7/21/2013 Am I an old traditional dinosaur in this? I remember the whole point of this was that it was a SECRET Santa. In many years past, no one ever came out and revealed themselves to their recipients. Now it seems like when someone posts their haul, the sender wants recognition and gives their "you’re welcome" post. Not a big deal but it kind of defeats the "secret" part of it. If you want thanked and want recognition, why not just do a regular trade?

Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 19:40 Sun 7/21/2013 Originally posted by LinusStick Am I an old traditional dinosaur in this? I remember the whole point of this was that it was a SECRET Santa. In many years past, no one ever came out and revealed themselves to their recipients. Now it seems like when someone posts their haul, the sender wants recognition and gives their "you’re welcome" post. Not a big deal but it kind of defeats the "secret" part of it. If you want thanked and want recognition, why not just do a regular trade? Oh, for Pete’s sake, you are getting a mystery box of beer that may or may match your wants list. If you like--shout it out. Its fun, and its always good to know that the beers you sent are appreciated. No need to read to much into it. By the way, for only the second time I have no idea who my Secret Santa was this year.
Message arminjewell beers 9756 º places 10 º 07:03 Mon 7/22/2013 Originally posted by LinusStick Am I an old traditional dinosaur in this? I remember the whole point of this was that it was a SECRET Santa. In many years past, no one ever came out and revealed themselves to their recipients. Now it seems like when someone posts their haul, the sender wants recognition and gives their "you’re welcome" post. Not a big deal but it kind of defeats the "secret" part of it. If you want thanked and want recognition, why not just do a regular trade? Well i know on my end there’s no way to hide it once the box get there since my name is my username...but I always thought Secret Santa was secret until the gift was received, and then you figure out who it was. Could be just me!
Message Unclerudy beers 30 º places 3 º 05:04 Wed 7/24/2013 My box from mixmasterrob...