I found some Victory Hop Devil at the new walmart food dept over in Avon. It's still hot here by lunchtime. I'm dyin to brew the two PM IPA's I've got fixins for.
DoubleAught said:Mine is really supportive as well. Of course I used to get the "it stinks in here" when I first started brewing in the kitchen. She's never complained when I've bought new equipment, didn't complain when I started volunteering my weekends at the local micro brewery. Didn't complain when I became a partner at the brewery and she now works the taproom and does all our media and marketing. She learned the brewing community is full of awesome people. All this from a women that doesn't even like beer. I'd say I'm pretty lucky.
n240sxguy said:Amen to being luck! Mine apparently thinks I'm a worthless piece of **** because I said I liked an IPA tonight. "You just like to get drunk". FML
When I tell my wife I'm going to brew she gives a look like it's an inconvenience and rolls her eyes. But let the keg of her favorite in the kegerator go empty and I get the same look along with a pout. Then she'll ask when I'm going to brew it again. I think the look on brewday is just an act.
Not something she actually said... Yet. Yesterday i broke the freon line on the kegerator I was building. For five seconds I contemplated the conversation we would have if food went bad after I took it out to make room for the keg in the kitchen fridge.
Remembered how comfy our bed is and decided I wanted to actually sleep in it
"I love the smell of the boiling wort."
"Oooh... those hops smell NICE."
"Don't worry about the kitchen floor. I'll get the mop."
(After sampling some cooled wort): "Oh WOW.. this is GOOD!"
Yeah.. my girl totally rocks.
That sounds like my wife too, way to go, she's a keeper !
Cheers
(And she loves fishing and football and the other f-word.. Definitely a keeper! )
....frisbee??
Don't be stupid; he clearly means fermentation.
The SWMBO had her wedding shower last week. One of the games they played was marriage problems and resolution. Problems in one bowl and resolutions in another. One "problem" that she drew was "he is in the brewery all day and is not paying attention to you." The answer that was drawn does not matter. Her response was "I go see if there is anything I can do to help with a beer/coffee in hand." "Plus if I go in after the sparge I get grain for dog treats!" At that point the brewery was not seen as a "problem".
She is great! Not to happy that there are crates of stuff in the garage. She just wants me to be home to organize and set it all up. She has been a real trooper for the past year. Could not ask for a better partner.
Teromous said:"Don't use the good towels."
"Those are good towels."
"Those ones are too..."
"I didn't hide your tools."
"I don't know how that tool ended up in my junk drawer."
"It looks like it's going to rain."
"The news said it's going to rain."
"Was that rain?"
"Did you check your stuff outside?"
"Your thing isn't burning anymore but it sounds like gas is coming out."
"You should print that out so you don't have to use the computer."
"The cat is playing with your plastic thing."
"Your plastic thing went under the couch."
"Your hops look dead."
"The bugs ate your hop leaves."
"The wind knocked over your hops."
It sure is nice having help on brew days, and he even helped me make this:
And I don't. I also don't have a woman who wears my pants.
To answer the OP, here's how our convo goes:
Me: I'm brewing today
Her: Cool
other situations..
Her: I'm taking the dog to the park/running/going shopping/visiting friends today
Me: Cool
Not hard.
"I'm glad you brew outside now".
My only gripe is that she won't let me build any kind of pipeline. I have to be down to my last one before she'll let me brew again.
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