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01-23-2013, 03:16 PM
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Manta Brewing Co.
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I can't believe there isn't a Domestic Tranquility/SWMBO sticky thread
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My wife, who is the great enabler in my homebrew career, brought the cost of brewing into a discussion for the first time last night. I hope this is not a trend.
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Bottled: Amarillo Pounding IPA, 5 Hoppiness Wheat IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Apfelwein Cider, Garam Masala Wheat, Shotgun Shandy (sweet tea & lemonade), Red Rye'Der Pale Ale
Fermentation: Bourbon Aged Apfelwein Cider, Chili Beer
Pipeline: Citra Pounding XIPA, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale
http://hopville.com/brewer/high5apparatus
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01-23-2013, 03:23 PM
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I skate carefully around that topic at home. It hasn't been brought up by SWMBO yet.
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01-23-2013, 03:24 PM
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Manta Brewing Co.
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It's the last time I ever bring up the cost of all those fun runs she registers for (and sometimes even participates).
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Manta Brewing
Bottled: Amarillo Pounding IPA, 5 Hoppiness Wheat IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Apfelwein Cider, Garam Masala Wheat, Shotgun Shandy (sweet tea & lemonade), Red Rye'Der Pale Ale
Fermentation: Bourbon Aged Apfelwein Cider, Chili Beer
Pipeline: Citra Pounding XIPA, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale
http://hopville.com/brewer/high5apparatus
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01-23-2013, 03:27 PM
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Mean Old Man
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the BigHair happened to snag the receipt from my last trip to the LHBS.
"$71! hope you can pay the bills!"
"but, baby,... it's for a parti-gyle; two batches with double the hops and yeast. plus I had to buy more bottles for the SWMBO Slayer I brewed for YOU!"
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"It's all beer, it's all good." - Words of House Grog
"I'm only happy when I'm suffocating yeast" - Rob Grog
"Homer no function beer well without" - Homer Simpson
drinking: Sweetpea's Mock Maibock, BigHair Belgian Pale Ale, O'Rob's Irish Red, Rob's 50th SMaSH ESB, Feet & Ass Mild - bottle conditioning: CLB's Red Barley Wine - primary: DB 8 Point IPA Clone - on deck: Belgian Pale Ale
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01-23-2013, 03:29 PM
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I'm lucky enough to have a SWMBO that enjoys my brewing as much as I do. We consider brewing more beer to be penny pinching and helping with budgeting. We just figure ingredients come out to be less than the cost of commercial beer we would inevitably buy anyway.
The down side being that I have to brew what she likes, so no IPA's in my carboys  |
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01-23-2013, 03:31 PM
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Manta Brewing Co.
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I could do the math to prove that brewing my own is a net savings, but who wants to win that fight?
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Manta Brewing
Bottled: Amarillo Pounding IPA, 5 Hoppiness Wheat IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Apfelwein Cider, Garam Masala Wheat, Shotgun Shandy (sweet tea & lemonade), Red Rye'Der Pale Ale
Fermentation: Bourbon Aged Apfelwein Cider, Chili Beer
Pipeline: Citra Pounding XIPA, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale
http://hopville.com/brewer/high5apparatus
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01-23-2013, 03:36 PM
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Fortis et Egregius
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I am one of the lucky ones whose SWMBO encourages me to brew more and expand the brewery. She evens buys the ingredients for her favorite brews!
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01-23-2013, 03:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by high5apparatus
It's the last time I ever bring up the cost of all those fun runs she registers for (and sometimes even participates).
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Have you calculated the cost of her not excersing...
because it could be BIG 
If anything I spend more because of SWMBO. The other day she said, "you know...your birthday is coming up and I know you are planning on building an electric set up"
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Bottled: French Canadian Breakfast Stout, Edworts Apfelwein, Westminster Wit, Put that in your stout and smoke it
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Upcoming: Session IPA, Yeti eqsue stout, Dark English Mild, ESB, CDA, Row 2 Hill 56, Zombiedust, Hoppy Amber, Geuze, 100% Brett Golden Ale
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01-23-2013, 03:53 PM
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Manta Brewing Co.
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I'll have to schedule a batch of her favorite Chili beer to keep her support.
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Manta Brewing
Bottled: Amarillo Pounding IPA, 5 Hoppiness Wheat IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Apfelwein Cider, Garam Masala Wheat, Shotgun Shandy (sweet tea & lemonade), Red Rye'Der Pale Ale
Fermentation: Bourbon Aged Apfelwein Cider, Chili Beer
Pipeline: Citra Pounding XIPA, Bourbon Honey Ale, English IPA, Vanilla Cream Ale
http://hopville.com/brewer/high5apparatus
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01-23-2013, 04:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by high5apparatus
I could do the math to prove that brewing my own is a net savings, but who wants to win that fight?
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I dragged my husband to the LHBS last sale day, and we drove away in a slight state of sticker shock. It was basically $100 for a bunch of different grains, some in bulk. Then I started talking about how what I was going to make with those grains would cost us $12 per sixer at the store, but I was making it for $2 per sixer. "The more we drink, the more we save! We're going to drink ourselves to being millionaires!"
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