Immediately after matching, my santa messaged me to ask what kind of beer I like...I responded that I particularly like trying beers from new areas, so something from my santa's hometown would be perfect! So obviously I've been very eagerly awaiting my gift ever since! My gift was delivered to my work on Saturday, but since we were closed, FedEx rescheduled the delivery for today. I just opened the gift and it would be impossible for me to be more pleased! I received:

A nice note explaining the gifts from my Santa, who signed it "Secretly, your Secret Santa" so I will never know who he is.

Nuhell IPL (a pale lager from Ironfire Brewing in Temecula, CA),

Gift of the Magi (a biere de garde from Lost Abbey in San Marcos CA),

Green Flash Green Bullet beer glass

Three hops candies (I'm eating the Kent Goldings one now, as it's the only part of my gift I can responsibly enjoy at work at 10:30am :))

This is a completely perfect gift! Two beers I've never tried that my santa enjoys, and a great new glass for my collection! I don't think I mentioned that I collect branded glassware in my profile, so this was an unexpected bonus! I can't wait to try the beers - I'll probably have the IPL tonight as I've been getting a little sick of all the heavy, sweet Christmas and barrel aged beers I've been drinking recently. I'll try and hold on to the Gift of the Magi for Epiphany...but I make no promises.

Thank you thank you thank you for the very thoughtful gifts! My coworkers are all jealous!