Homebrew Ethics: WIFE DUMPED MY BREW!

[LVBen]

Thanks, guys, for the perspective. First I'll take some meds (any suggestions?), then I'll beat and divorce my wife, then I'll stroke out and top it off with a coronary.

Don't forget to get rid of your so-called "friend"!

 

[umopepisdn]

Which hand did she use to pour it out? Chop off that hand, that will learn her

 

[jerichobill]

And like someone else said, it's not the only beer you have on tap, let alone actually brew...man up and grow up you baby, and consider it a sacrifice to the beer gods.....

Did I just get called out by the great Revvy??? I've finally arrived on this forum. Hey revvy...it's just beer, huh? Considering that you're pushing your 27,000th post on this site, I'm guessing it's probably not "just beer" to you either.

To the rest who say that my wife was being a good hostess, I wonder how your wives would react if you dumped the dried out pot roast she presented to you and said "I think I'll order myself a pizza for dinner instead."

 

[superjunior]

To the rest who say that my wife was being a good hostess, I wonder how your wives would react if you dumped the dried out pot roast she presented to you and said "I think I'll order myself a pizza for dinner instead."

c'mon dude you cannot be serious. it was just A beer. worth being mad at your wife or friend?

 

[Jewrican]

+1 on 4 oz tasting glasses.

Also, you are definitely over reacting. i thought it was a batch also.. a glass.. who cares.

Your wife was doing the right thing and keeping your guest happy. if he wanted a cream ale, let him have a cream ale. that is what he prefers.

 

[Jewrican]

also, if you keg... dont give people full pours if they have never had it before. give them a sample. if they like it they are welcome to get a refill. i hate certain styles... as do your guests.

 

[robtotten]

It's too late to get away with it now, but you should have broke the neck of the bottle and cut up her face with it. You would have walked after claiming it as a crime of passion.

 

[smokewater]

To the rest who say that my wife was being a good hostess, I wonder how your wives would react if you dumped the dried out pot roast she presented to you and said "I think I'll order myself a pizza for dinner instead."

Totally different situation. It was a guest in your house not you. She didn't reject the beer you gave her did she?

Had she dumped a bucket because it farted at her that's different. One glass because a friend wants another....get pissed at the friend.

Your wife sounds like a keeper. Mine would either be gone during the poker game or bitching about how much everyone is drinking.

 

[Hermit]

+1 on 4 oz tasting glasses.

Also, you are definitely over reacting. i thought it was a batch also.. a glass.. who cares.

Your wife was doing the right thing and keeping your guest happy. if he wanted a cream ale, let him have a cream ale. that is what he prefers.

Don't even need special glasses. Just do a small pour to see if they like it first. Especially an IPA. Geez.....

 

[Clayton]

Your wife was being a good hostess and taking care of your guests. If you get pissed about one beer, you need to take a very large chill pill.

we have a winner

 

[McMalty]

Okay, I'll lay it out. I had some friends over for poker last night and was offering up three different homebrews. When I went to the 'john', my buddy told my wife that he didn't care for his IPA, and prefered the Cream Ale that he had before. She promptly dumped his near full IPA down the drain and replaced it with a Cream Ale. When I came back from the bathroom, he had a full Cream Ale in front of him.

I was pissed (mostly at my wife and a little bit at my buddy, who claimed that he would have been happy to finish the beer if it haden't been dumped out). I don't care if he doesn't like it, but don't dump it! I would have drank it! Am I overreacting??? Who's in the wrong??? The Wife???? The Buddy??? Me for brewing Cream Ale???

They're both in the wrong. Your wife should know not to dump your brew and ur buddy seemed like he was being sneaky and asking your wife for a diff brew while u were in the bathroom so that he didn't have to get ridiculed by you. It's a labor of love so it's difficult to deal with the wasting of your hard work. Maybe you should have just took his cream ale from him and mockingly chugged in right in his face, then gave him a fresh IPA and tell him to finish what he started and called him a emasculating name

 

[McMalty]

Did I just get called out by the great Revvy??? I've finally arrived on this forum. Hey revvy...it's just beer, huh? Considering that you're pushing your 27,000th post on this site, I'm guessing it's probably not "just beer" to you either.

To the rest who say that my wife was being a good hostess, I wonder how your wives would react if you dumped the dried out pot roast she presented to you and said "I think I'll order myself a pizza for dinner instead."

No, ur right man. Next time you have pot roast, just take that sucker and jam it down the garbage disposal with a broom handle. Back-hand your buddy and call him a sissy. Maybe take the microwave and throw it off the deck as you scream in an incoherent rage. Then....problem solved, no more dumping of the homebrew.

But seriously, my wife would have probably just set the IPA on the counter, then i would have drank it.

 

[umopepisdn]

Wait, at no point did I hear that the OP called his local water/sewage dept to see if he can get someone to track down his dumped beer. He should have been getting blueprints on the pipe layout and followed the stream his water took while on the phone with the water company speaking in quiet yet earnest Jack Bauer fashoin to where he would eventually set explosives to expose the piping and used a pick axe to break open the pipes in order to retrieve his beer.

This guy did none of those things. Beer enthusiast my ass

 

[Yankeehillbrewer]

Well hopefully you weren't kicking & screaming like a 2 year old. I imagine I would get a bit irritated, but not to a point that it makes people uncomfortable. I would also have to agree that she was probably just trying to be a good hostess. But hey, now your a pint closer to brewing again.

 

[Oneofakind]

Think about it....the relationship with your wife vs 12 oz of fermented beer.

Which could spoil in a few weeks> Which could last into eternity?

 

[Love2BrewCrew]

Obviously the only option is to dump your wife.



Kidding!

 

[Soma]

Wow... I'm... i'm just stunned. Some people truly have difficult lives.

Some kids are born with AIDS, some people lose a single pint of nearly worthless homebrew. God, when will this MADNESS END?!

 

[Jawbox0]

Think of it as your wife doing you a favor, she was presenting your homebrew in the best possible light for a guest and keeping you from looking like a desperate drinker that couldn't pour out a beer.

 

[Pearlsnappro]

Dumping beer is a party foul. All involved should be penalized by public ridicule

 

[IrregularPulse]

CALMLY tell her next time, to hold it and you'll finish it. Then let it go. It's one beer and hardly worth getting pissed about.

The whole, OMG Beer Down is very college. We aren't buying Keystone or Natty on our $10/month income for the sole purpose of getting wasted. We're drinking quality beer to enjoy it. If you're not enjoying it, dump it. It's the same with food. I'd rather pay for a meal and toss it if it's no good, then pay to suffer through a gross one.

 

[BOBTHEukBREWER]

Take her to a wife swapping party and see if you can get a spare FV...

 

[EarthBound]

CALMLY tell her next time, to hold it and you'll finish it. Then let it go. It's one beer and hardly worth getting pissed about.

The whole, OMG Beer Down is very college. We aren't buying Keystone or Natty on our $10/month income for the sole purpose of getting wasted. We're drinking quality beer to enjoy it. If you're not enjoying it, dump it. It's the same with food. I'd rather pay for a meal and toss it if it's no good, then pay to suffer through a gross one.

It's not worth getting pissed about, for sure, but understand that it's not about the one beer. It's the principle of the matter, especially since it was an IPA.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Does she cook?

 

[IrregularPulse]

It's not worth getting pissed about, for sure, but understand that it's not about the one beer. It's the principle of the matter, especially since it was an IPA.

Oh no not the sacred IPA. What is it with the forum and IPA's? Yes they're good, but so are 90 other different beer styles. but I guess if every brewery in the nation isn't cramming an over the top version of 1 style down your throats, it can't possibly be good! I don't care if it's an IPA, an APA, a belgian or a budlight. If you offer it to someone and pour them a full glass instead of a taster, then don't cry if it gets dumped out. $30/50 beers is $0.60. You're throwing a fit like a 2 year old over 60 cents. Let's go nuts and say it was a 50 dollar batch. It's $1. Seriously? Principle my ass. The principle is about acting like an adult and making your friends feel comfortable at your house, even if it costs you $1.

 

[HairyDogBrewing]

Be careful man! There's a beverage here!

 

[asidrane]

More importantly, how did you do in the poker game?

 

[EarthBound]

Oh no not the sacred IPA. What is it with the forum and IPA's? Yes they're good, but so are 90 other different beer styles. but I guess if every brewery in the nation isn't cramming an over the top version of 1 style down your throats, it can't possibly be good! I don't care if it's an IPA, an APA, a belgian or a budlight. If you offer it to someone and pour them a full glass instead of a taster, then don't cry if it gets dumped out. $30/50 beers is $0.60. You're throwing a fit like a 2 year old over 60 cents. Let's go nuts and say it was a 50 dollar batch. It's $1. Seriously? Principle my ass. The principle is about acting like an adult and making your friends feel comfortable at your house, even if it costs you $1.

LMAO! It is you who are throwing a fit, my friend.

Chill the **** out before you hurt yourself.

 

[IrregularPulse]

LMAO! It is you who are throwing a fit, my friend.

Chill the **** out before you hurt yourself.

Agreed, I am ranting about how ridiculous it is to see how "grown men" act over a single beer.

 

[knotquiteawake]

getting worked up over a pint is stupid. I would dump my own pint of beer if a guest wanted something different and I didn't want to drink their backwash. Being a good host is more important than my hobbies.

 

[BendBrewer]

As Grandpa would say, "Do whatever gets you laid."

It really is as simple as that.