Euro Secret Santa 2020

That sounds great! Good idea.

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Hmm so perhaps @beerhunter111? :face_with_monocle:

Beermalade goes well with cheese.

Yes you are right :grinning:
Glad that the box arrived safely.

Enjoy the beers! They are mostly from my region :beers:

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Cool, thanks a lot! I’ve been craving some traditional German beers. Cheers!

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Nice to see all these nice hauls being posted! Keep 'em going :beers:

Quick update:

  • Two boxes left to be sent (but I am in contact with both, so it’s fine)
  • One box ready to be picked up at the parcel shop
  • Lots lots lots of delays. I am checking the status of each delivery and looks like each one of them is a bit delayed. I am sure everyone will receive its box by Xmas, though.

Have a nice weekend! :santa:

santa1

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There’s no Euro Xmas Santa without the good beermalade! It belongs to Xmas like mulled wine, Wham! and the Xmas tree.

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Hi!

Just got parcel from Netherlands!

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/jopen-nonnetje-ipa/668469/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-ff-lekker-met-je-bek-in-het-zonnetje/334879/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/two-chefs-dragons-kiss/819550/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/frontaal-juice-punch-v10/791756/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-fresh-prince-of-bravo/876056/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-once-upon-a-time-in-florida/842578/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-mosaic-mammoth/611026/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/de-kromme-haring-griset/720817/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-el-patron/567913/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/van-moll-tanker-shadow-assassin-bourbon-ba/547307/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-f-ck-de-kerstboom-staat-in-de-fik/473698/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-meneer-de-uil-auchentoshan-ba/622096/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/kompaan-foreign-legion-jimmy-gemini-port-ba/791798/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-mind-your-step-peat-smoke-edition/875670/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/uiltje-mind-your-step-coffee-edition/528170/

Lots of IPAs I asked for and also new breweries for me! BA beers were very nice surprise!
I have no idea who is the sender (bierkoning maybe?) but obviously he has something to do with Uiltje because box was sent from there.
Pretty strange coincidence… I almost orderer box from Uiltje at Black Friday because they had pretty nice offering… luckily didnt because now I got their beers anyways!
Cardboard box was in perfect condition and it is reusable so I dont have to throw it to thrash which is nice!

Janne

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I know who it is but I shall keep quiet for now.

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I think I know who your Santa is.

Hi Janne,

I’m your Santa. Hopefully you will enjoy the beers and have a nice Holiday days… :slight_smile:

Cheers Marko

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I am sure that I will! I will drink lighter ones during winter holiday but dont expect ratings from stronger ones soon, I might save them to some tastings later…

Just received an amazing box from France. My Santa understood my taste and sent a delicious selection.

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/aerofab-rafale-v1-1/882622/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/au-baron-cuvee-des-jonquilles/9285/ (top50)
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-bambelle-gargante/881816/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-manufacture-de-bieres-demeter-frenchy-pale-ale/548704/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-chamoise-sauvage/383345/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-debauche-fur-and-bones/732996/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-debauche-black-ale-india-stout/334945/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/o-clock-stout-toujours/419650/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/les-brasseurs-du-grand-paris-ipa-citra-galactique/185792/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/the-piggy-winter-glory/874336/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mont-saleve-biere-de-noel/161045/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-dilettante-hazy-ipa-ddh-rakau/864266/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/azimut-explore-basilic-ipa/882623/

Lots of traditional saisons (I do not like the new wave of funky/stinky saisons), all beers according to Reinheitsgebot, except the Basilic Ipa, but I loved the Lime Basilic Wit from Azimut, so I am pretty sure I am going to like this one too.

Then a lots of treats, beer mats and a map to locate where the beers are from.

Quite easy to guess my Santa. Merci beaucoup @VDuquerroux ! Can’t wait to try them all. The big ones will probably be shared in February with friends, if Madame Merkel allows to gather with people from different house holds.

Trade feedback is coming to you. :beers:

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Hello folks !

I have received this amazing package from Deutschland yesterday :

I don’t use to go on the forum so I don’t know anybody but according from what have been said previously, I supposed it could be rhoihessegold.
But according to the letter where it is said that my Secret Santa is the top rater of Prisma Brewing, in fact it is rauchbierlover. ^^

Excepted BRLO and Hopfenstopfer, all others breweries are new for me, which is very cool, many thanks, I like to discover new breweries !

I’m surprised to see that those german beers in can are in 33cl size and not 44 or 50cl. What’s going on guys ? German people are supposed to drink a lot ! :smiley:

Here’s the nice selection of beers I have received :

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/prisma-black-is-beautiful/877630/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/prisma-all-the-puppers/865049/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/true-brew-cruise-control/857249/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/true-brew-helles/763897/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brlo-berlin-jam/806003/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/buddelship-horizont-imperial-sour-ale/859782/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/braufactum-hoppy-kellerpils/635389/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/braufactum-german-pale-ale/635391/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hanscraft-and-co-imperial-stout-vintage-2020/872561/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/propeller-nachtflug-imperial-stout/166051/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/haeffner-braeu-hopfenstopfer-comet-ipa/201397/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/wacken-beer-forseti/745530/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schneeeule-hot-irmi-scharfe-irmi/772938/

  • some stickers, coasters and Halloren Kugeln (that’s new for me too !)

Danke schöne rauchbierlover, can’t wait to taste them all, prost ! :slight_smile:

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We need to thank God that German craft brewery are slowly starting to understand how cans are better than bottles. Let’s give them some more time to find the proper size :joy: (but honestly I prefer 33 over 44).

Halloren is the oldest, still active chocolate factory in Germany.

Hope you will enjoy the chocolate and the beers :wink:

Website is not working now. Will try again later

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Hi ! Yes, I was your French Santa. This picture looks great :slight_smile: Better than in my package. Honestly, I had a lot of fun and… thinking preparing all this. There were a lot of “this should not work” and even more “those should definitely NOT work !” . I mean, seriously guys, don’t you think there is nothing more radical than an Italian guy living in Germany talking about Reinheitsgebot (yes, German people, I had copy/paste this word) loving Belgian saisons ?!?

I kept all my nice French imperial stouts from La Débauche, Popihn, Hoppy Road, Piggy and some wild ales from Effet Papillon in my cellar :laughing: LOL.

Yes, I tried my best. Kisses :kissing: to Angela ! Vincent.

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:joy::joy::joy: You won’t believe it, but this is one of the reasons I moved to Germany. Happy you had fun preparing this. I can tell from the first two I tried, that you did an amazing job! Merci again

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Today I received a CRATE of beers from Santa.
Also included was honey, Christmas treats and a nice letter to me. I guess Santa likes me!

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https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/karlsberg-helles-natur-weizen/833444/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/karlsberg-dunkles-natur-weizen/835520/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/karlsberg-naturtruebes-kellerbier/633567/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/karlsberg-starkes-bock/42461/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/karlsberg-vollmundiges-helles/516760/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/grosswald-urweizen/56505/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/grosswald-urweizen-dunkel/56742/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/grosswald-hofgut-pils/33503/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/grosswald-zwickel/68482/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/grosswald-festtrunk/33501/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bachs-hell/483632/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bachs-pils/483635/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bachs-dunkler-bock/686158/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bachs-cosmic-lager/778570/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/tholeyer-abtei-braeu/868588/ (only two ratings!)
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brauhof-saar-wheat-pale-ale-hot-pepper/514922/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bruch-festbock/42725/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bruch-zwickel/42840/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bruch-nauwieser-drittel/351197/
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bruch-landbier-1702/42839/

Seems like the Triller Bockbier is not on Ratebeer?

Big thanks, Santa. I’m guessing you really are @Erzengel in disguise, but this great selection of beers in lots of different styles should help me through the winter whoever you might be.

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That is some signature packaging right there! :grin:

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Today, I picked up at the post office a fantastic package which came from Germany :de: . I am very happy : 15 beers with 1 home-brew :slight_smile: This bottle betrayed my Christmas Santa :wink: : @dunklermessias !! Many thanks :slight_smile: Honestly, that was not so easy to guess (@hopihalido rated many beers in the list). You respected well my wishing list styles. And I also got a Christmas card (nice handwriting by the way), Chocolates, candies, German breweries stickers and coasters. And 2 small bottles of digestif (35% and 44%abv :fire: ) which can also fight against Covid19.

RB name (style) Link
Buddelship Doktor Schnabel (RIS) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/buddelship-doktor-schnabel/338392/
BraufactuM Soleya (saison) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/braufactum-soleya/366535/
Kehrwieder Seehafen XV (BA saison?) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/kehrwieder-seehafen-xv/861962/
Union Bremer Breakfast Stout https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/union-bremer-breakfast-stout/876392/
Mashsee Captain Blaubeer (Baltic Porter) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mashsee-captain-blaubeer/385588/
BRLO Berliner Weisse https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brlo-berliner-weisse/347630/
Landgang / Hoppebräu §Hoppe(r) Gose https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/landgang-hoppebraeu-hoppe-r-gose/629013/
Kuehn Kunz Rosen Beerensache 2020 (Rhubarb milshake ale) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/kuehn-kunz-rosen-beerensache-2020/837631/
Munich Brew Mafia / Zombräu After Four (Imperial Oatmeal Milkshake Chocolate Mint Stout) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/munich-brew-mafia-zombraeu-after-four/879688/
Hoppebräu Wuide Hehna (session IPA) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hoppebraeu-wuide-hehna/280992/
Ale Mania Bonner Wieß (Kölsh) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ale-mania-bonner-wiess/436481/
Kehrwieder Kentucky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout 2020 https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/kehrwieder-kentucky-barrel-aged-imperial-stout-2020/884833
Propeller Nachtflug Imperial Stout https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/propeller-nachtflug-imperial-stout/166051/
Sudden Death Harass, Berry 2020 (Fruited sour) https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/sudden-death-harass-berry-2020/870194/
Just Hops Brewing Irish Bastard (red ale) Home brew

Thank you so much, I will begin to taste & rate the beers on Christmas.

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