The obligatory "what did you get for your brewery from Santa this year?" thread

[seatazzz]

I know I've got a couple of things coming (dual temp controller and fermwrap) and bought myself the stuff I needed to get my brewstand going. And husband is being super mysterious about something he got me. Bit of backstory; this is our 17th christmas together, and every year we get each other something that the other knows what it is, plus one surprise gift. I'm getting new sexy boots (I picked them out) and something else. We don't open gifts until late morning at my mom's so I've got a few more hours to wonder.

So what did you all get this year?

 

[buckinin]

Mash paddle is the only brewing thing, but i just started brewing all grain so it’s just what I wanted. Wife also got me a bottle of Woodford Reserve and an O-H-I-O whiskey glass. Also a stack of history books, which are my favorite.

 

[Soulshine2]

I know I've got a couple of things coming (dual temp controller and fermwrap) and bought myself the stuff I needed to get my brewstand going. And husband is being super mysterious about something he got me. Bit of backstory; this is our 17th christmas together, and every year we get each other something that the other knows what it is, plus one surprise gift. I'm getting new sexy boots (I picked them out) and something else. We don't open gifts until late morning at my mom's so I've got a few more hours to wonder.

So what did you all get this year?

I buy supplies as I need them but I do have 2 yeasts coming Friday

 

[shetc]

CO2 pressurized SS growler [emoji3]

 

[GTaylor]

Adjustable stainless hop spider, 6x14 i believe. Don't need much for the brewery

 

[ncbrewer]

I didn't get anything for brewing, but I got some craft beer. It's what I always ask for since it's the only time I get to do "field research".

 

[IPAman6815]

A fast washer bottle washer

 

[DeanRIowa]

• Beer mug with built in opener
• Bench Capper
• Books
  • Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass
  • Brewing Better Beer: Master Lessons for Advanced Homebrewer

Dean

 

[verboten]

3 big SS spoons, an awesome huge potato masher, a brew log book.

 

[grampamark]

A T-shirt showing all of the breweries/brewpubs in Billings, MT and a big ass bottlecap sign for my brewery.

 

[BrewZer]

Inspiration.

 

[Jag75]

A T-shirt showing all of the breweries/brewpubs in Billings, MT and a big ass bottlecap sign for my brewery.

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Man I like that bottle cap!

 

[Brewsncrabs]

Technically not a brewing tool, but my son got me a flatscreen TV for the garage/brewery! No more watching an iPad while I brew!

 

[imasickboy]

Technically not a brewing tool, but my son got me a flatscreen TV for the garage/brewery! No more watching an iPad while I brew!

Club brewday at your house!

 

[shoengine]

My wife got me the gift of time

 

[brewcat]

Sexy boots for the brewery?

 

[Cyclman]

15G bourbon barrel.

Can’t wait to do solera sours.

 

[Brewsncrabs]

Club brewday at your house!

2 weeks till next brew day! You know where I live!

 

[treacheroustexan]

I got a dry hopping tube for my kegs and another inkbird plug and play for my fermentation chamber from my fiance. My parents got me a custom home brewery sign to hang up as well.

 

[TBC]

I got a new sign to hang up at the end of the driveway. Wife got a red one this time since the township made me take the green sign I had down.

 

[Novacor]

30L Speidel fermenter, hop spider, and the book For the Love of Hops. I also got a Yakima Valley Hop Box subscription.

 

[Aristoi]

Different gift from different people in the family:
-Fancy leather brew journal and pen
-$75 gift card to Midwest supplies
-1yr AHA membership with printed zymergy
-(2) 2.5 gal kegs for small experimental beers or split 5 gallon batches, (I asked for these)

Overall very happy and have time off to do a couple batches before going back to work

 

[BrewGinner]

A 3 tap kegerator that’s half way set up. Should be up and running by tomorrow night. Can’t wait to try this out.

 

[GPNewBrew]

I’m a split batch extract brewer (2.5 gal batches) at this point in time, so just about everything I got is targeted towards that. The haul from this Christmas includes:
- 4.4 gal GigaWort electric brew pot
- 3.5 gal SS Brewtech mini brew bucket
- Silver Serpent immersion chiller
- hop spider, mesh strainer
- inkbird for temp monitoring in the Brewtech

That and a couple 5 gal recipe kits

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

Mom always buys me a brewers best extract kit. It’s the only extract kit I do all year. Otherwise I’m all grain. But my moms 70 and means well by the gift so I happily brew it every year, and am thankful for her gifts. Otherwise I struck out this year. Lol. Wife thinks I have enough already.

 

[dx250]

Santa dropped off a cereal killer and a refractometer.

 

[fourfarthing]

Santa got mama and dada All Clad pans. That means the old pans need to go. That means they are now available whenever I build my basement brewery.... its a stretch, but I drank cellared beers all day, so I am good.

 

[BrewMan13]

$150 worth of gift certificates to my LHBS from my mom/wife; from my wife: 4 kinds of hops from yakima valley (I asked for 4, and she got 4, but 2 of them weren't the ones I asked for; I'm sure I'll find a use), a German recipe-centric homebrew book, a new corny keg, 2 unique hand made beer glasses, beer candy (3 kinds - not just the hop flavored stuff), and a gift certificate for a local brew bus tour.

 

[Abrayton]

Nada. I’m pretty sure my wife hates me brewing. At least I could have filtered my water with a lump of coal

 

[filthyastronaut]

My friend gave me a LBHS giftcard and my wife let me have a beer fridge. The latter might as well have been a gift as my dad had it and wasn't using it, it was just a matter of convincing my wife to let it take up space. Now she has some wine in it too and no more beer in the main fridge.

Also I gifted myself a Fermonster.

 

[sborz22]

Ph reader with 2 buffer solutions, gram scale and another hydrometer!

 

[Kiln]

Pen and paper.

 

[Goowa]

SS Brewtech electric retrofit kit and 5500W tc element from brewhardware

 

[JaxIPA]

I got a nice leather bound brew journal and a new 8 gallon brew pot, as well as a propane burner.

 

[RAWnel831]

3 more taps and a custom tap handle for the keezer [emoji3]

 

[mitchnicholas]

JaDeD Hydra! Loving it too. Used it yesterday on 10 gallons of Belgian Dark Strong, and took it from boiling to 72° in 10 minutes flat. If you use an immersion chiller and it's not by JaDeD you're missing out.

 

[Soulshine2]

• Beer mug with built in opener
• Bench Capper
• Books
  • Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass
  • Brewing Better Beer: Master Lessons for Advanced Homebrewer

Dean

which bench capper did you get?

 

[Soulshine2]

the comments about wives "LETTING you have..." or the wives that "hate it when you brew..." sound depressing.
My wife cant wait for me to brew a new one and buys me grain kits quite often. We enjoy beer together .

 

[Bamos6928]

I hit the jackpot this year! I got a 7 gallon SS brew bucket, a Barley Crusher grain mill, the home brewers companion by Charlie Papazian and a Dogfish Head hoody.

 

[Soulshine2]

I hit the jackpot this year! I got a 7 gallon SS brew bucket, a Barley Crusher grain mill, the home brewers companion by Charlie Papazian and a Dogfish Head hoody.

I have that book , still a good reference or good reading while " in the library"