JayDubWill
Well-Known Member
A friend of mine from work got into brewing Mr. Beer kits about the same time I went all grain about 2 years ago. Well 8 months ago or so I started talking to him about how easy extract brewing can be and to showed him how to get away from those expensive kits. After all he was already doing it with hoped malt-extract on a smaller scale and he said was ready to scale up. I showed him how to put a simple recipe together using BrewMate (free) and showed him a couple of great websites to buy the ingredients from. Our LHBS had not opened for business at that time.
The next day he hands me $40 and asks if I can buy the ingredients...figuring his credit card situation must be bad or something I agreed to it and we set up a brew day a couple days later. Since I ordered the ingredients and we were using my equipment I set the brew day up to be at my house. He came over with a couple of his Mr. Beer fermented and we brewed and had a great time.
If your still with me, this is where the monster part comes in. A month or two goes buy and he asks me "when are we going to brew again?" Thinking he bought some equipment I start talking to him about it and no...he didn't buy anything he needed and it became obvious he hasn't done any research into brewing at all. In fact he says he would really appreciate it if I showed him all grain. Now I'm starting to feel a bit used, but my friend isn't the brightest light bulb there is so I agree send him the recipe with explicit directions on what he needs to buy. Our LHBS was open now so I didn't let him talk his way out of it.
So he buys the ingredients and I dragged all my equipment over to his house to brew. It was a good brew day I don't mind the company so i'm not complaining about that. Fast forward to last month and I'm over at his house hanging out. He asks me "hey, when are we going to brew again? Again, he has bought no equipment, done zero research and I'm feeling like a tool. He did buy a 2-tap kegerator and corney keg set up. I'm wondering if he expects me to fill it now...
Thanks for reading my rantings, how do I tell this guy who is obviously not into brewing that I'm not his brew ***** without ruining our relationship?
The next day he hands me $40 and asks if I can buy the ingredients...figuring his credit card situation must be bad or something I agreed to it and we set up a brew day a couple days later. Since I ordered the ingredients and we were using my equipment I set the brew day up to be at my house. He came over with a couple of his Mr. Beer fermented and we brewed and had a great time.
If your still with me, this is where the monster part comes in. A month or two goes buy and he asks me "when are we going to brew again?" Thinking he bought some equipment I start talking to him about it and no...he didn't buy anything he needed and it became obvious he hasn't done any research into brewing at all. In fact he says he would really appreciate it if I showed him all grain. Now I'm starting to feel a bit used, but my friend isn't the brightest light bulb there is so I agree send him the recipe with explicit directions on what he needs to buy. Our LHBS was open now so I didn't let him talk his way out of it.
So he buys the ingredients and I dragged all my equipment over to his house to brew. It was a good brew day I don't mind the company so i'm not complaining about that. Fast forward to last month and I'm over at his house hanging out. He asks me "hey, when are we going to brew again? Again, he has bought no equipment, done zero research and I'm feeling like a tool. He did buy a 2-tap kegerator and corney keg set up. I'm wondering if he expects me to fill it now...
Thanks for reading my rantings, how do I tell this guy who is obviously not into brewing that I'm not his brew ***** without ruining our relationship?