Great girlfriend/future wife story...

So I decided yesterday to brew two batches (a Wit and a hefeweizen). My girlfriend just recently moved in with me and has helped to brew one batch previously (not including the two we did yesterday). So yesterday we were starting to brew and she said that anything I needed cleaned to just give her and she would do it. She ACTUALLY said that cleaning was her favorite part of brewing and that she would be responsible for everything cleaning in future brews! Damn i'm a lucky guy!

Marry. Her.

That is all.

Had a GF that hated cooking, loved to eat and didn't mind cleaning. Wasn't brewing back then and she married someone else.

Mine doesn't drink beer but loves to help clean and labelling the bottles.

My wife wants nothing to do with my brewing, but lends a hand if she can. I'm keeping her because she suggested i build a kegerator and have a fancy closet just for my brewing.

Yeah, leave your computer, go buy a ring, find her and put it on her, now.

wow, congradulations!

It's a trap!!!

The last time you brew before you marry her will be the last time she cleans the brewery!!!!

strat_thru_marshall said:

It's a trap!!!

The last time you brew before you marry her will be the last time she cleans the brewery!!!!

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this.
lulz.

strat_thru_marshall said:

It's a trap!!!

The last time you brew before you marry her will be the last time she cleans the brewery!!!!

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That made me laugh out loud at my desk because it reads just like "under the sheets" activities that also seem to fade in a typical bait and switch style.

sounds like shes trying to get you whipped albeit subtlety

After the wedding don't be surprised that she starts spitting out the beer too cause she never really liked beer....

strat_thru_marshall said:

It's a trap!!!

The last time you brew before you marry her will be the last time she cleans the brewery!!!!

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LOL!

Brewing Clamper said:

LOL!

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Damn you beat me to it.

strat_thru_marshall said:

It's a trap!!!

The last time you brew before you marry her will be the last time she cleans the brewery!!!!

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Bwahwha!

This happens, I know, I have experienced it. Traps are common!

springer said:

After the wedding don't be surprised that she starts spitting out the beer too cause she never really liked beer....

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scary how I was thinking of the exact same thing

OP has found a keeper. I agree - marry her ASAP. The other reponses made me laugh. Thanks!

strat_thru_marshall said:

It's a trap!!!

The last time you brew before you marry her will be the last time she cleans the brewery!!!!

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Just enjoy it while it is here.

go for it if its a trap write up a prenup protecting your brewgear beforehand

Drag out the courtship, engagement, etc., until you've done about 100 batches. Then if it is a trap, you won't care as much.

No, go ahead and do it. Nothing will ever change.

Strange how I was also thinking about Admiral Akbar(sp?)

Well the ring is in the plans. If it is a trap oh well. She still won't have a problem with me brewing. She used to only drink BMC and champagne and now only drinks homebrew or microbrews! She now claims her favorite is my Chocolate Raspberry Stout!

pray you never get an infection

mullimat said:

her favorite is my Chocolate Raspberry Stout!

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Well, if your stout gets some raspberry chocolate action, then I would definitely marry her.

SankePankey said:

Well, if your stout gets some raspberry chocolate action, then I would definitely marry her.

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The real test is if she's into Edmund Fitzgerald...

Brewing Clamper said:

The real test is if she's into Edmund Fitzgerald...

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WHOA! I didn't know there was an Edmund Fitzgerald beer! Yes, you need to see if she's down with the EF!

They will say and do almost anything to get you to marry them. Time is the only true test.

Got you all beat. My GF is on the way over right now to HELP ME BOTTLE 9 GALLONS of beer. Suckit!

all I have to say in this situation

it's either the cleaning or the $ex, one of them will disappear. if you are worried about the $ex part just google the 10 reasons a beer is better than a woman. My favorite of course is If your beer finds you drinking another beer you wont get punched in the face

my wife is VERY understanding, taking up a whole closet and the win fridge for conditioning...couple of months and no divorce papers...of course I have the trump card on her, arts and crafts, that is all

I think that if I found a girl that likes cleaning I would employ her too... I mean marry her. Hubby isn't about sharing, but he might make an exception. Right now I have three batches in secondary that are ready to bottle. All that is holding me back is the time. I wish that I could just get a kegging set-up for a reasonable $$, but no go where I am. I would pay an unreasonable $$ at this point if I had the cash.

Sounds like she is a keeper. I would be prepared for the trade-off of whatever she plans to use the beer as an excuse to have, be it large shoe collection or weird craft material hoarding. It is all about compromise and balance.

/end rant.

prenups are your best friend. one time when the law ACTUALLY works.

mullimat said:

So I decided yesterday to brew two batches (a Wit and a hefeweizen). My girlfriend just recently moved in with me and has helped to brew one batch previously (not including the two we did yesterday). So yesterday we were starting to brew and she said that anything I needed cleaned to just give her and she would do it. She ACTUALLY said that cleaning was her favorite part of brewing and that she would be responsible for everything cleaning in future brews! Damn i'm a lucky guy!

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You are a lucky man. Actually, my fiancee has been very understanding about the space I keep taking up between brewing equipment and the 4 corney kegerator. But she gets out of dodge on brew day. "Hey, it's your hobby, not mine."

Brewing Clamper said:

The real test is if she's into Edmund Fitzgerald...

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Mmmmmmmm.... I used to work about 5 minutes from GLBC and a good friend used to work for them. Good times. Worked out especially nice when a keg of Nosferatu or Dortmunder would find its way to the trunk of the car for a party, err "beer tasting..." :rockin:

I've been married for 18 years. For my birthday last year I got 3 books on brewing. I asked for 1 and she got 2 more that Amazon recommended. She supports my habit, and rarely complains that I spend too much time thinking about it and/or doing it. She's even offered to help sometimes.

Recently she even caved in and asked me to show her how to play World of Warcraft, though she calls it a "weekend game". Know that she doesn't play video games at all. This is her first real video games (Bejeweled Blitz doesn't count)

She doesn't like beer, but might like me to make some hard cherry cider.

The gf has been supportive of my hobby from the beginning. She's the one that actually put the original money into my equipment and even now that I am amassing a huge stockpile of bottles the only thing she says is "Promise me you'll stop at 60 cases."

"only thing she says is "Promise me you'll stop at 60 cases"

Is that a year?

johnnyo1977 said:

"only thing she says is "Promise me you'll stop at 60 cases"

Is that a year?

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In bottles to have on hand at all times.

2 cases per batch of 5 gallons (roughly)

around 30 batches...if you have that much beer in your house at one time I might ask you to marry me!!!

I like variety at all times so I almost have to do it this way to keep myself happy. I do need to clean up the spare room to keep all of these but I'll get there. Also, I just checked my sig and I'm almost halfway there now.

My wyfe of 16 years helps me brew. She doesn't drink and when asked to taste a sample her response is "tastes like beer", but she willingly helps in all phases of the brewing process. I think I have a keeper.