My wife is about to stop my brewing

[IrregularPulse]

I think you should brew her up a cup of "shut the hell up." Tell her you don't like her periods so she is going to have to stop those too. And if she doesn't like any of that, ask her "How about I try a Strawberry Blonde?" and when she says "What does that taste like?" tell her, "I don't know yet- I haven't met her.":rockin:

This is just funny

I think we need to know why your wife is ready to shut down your home brewing hobby as I find it hard to believe that the sole factor is that she doesn't like what you've brewed so far. My guess is that your homebrewing hobby is inconveniencing her in one or more of the following ways:
-You make a mess and don't clean it up
-It takes up too much space
-You spend too much money on it
-You spend too much time on it and not enough with her
-She doesn't like the smell

If she isn't happy about the hobby to begin with, not liking the beer produced just adds to the annoyance. Making a beer that she likes might appease her temporarily, but she will still be annoyed if what she dislikes about the hobby isn't addressed. Plus, there's always the chance that you never make a beer that she likes or it may not be enough to make her overlook what she dislikes about the hobby. So go talk to you wife and find out why she doesn't like the hobby and come back here for us to suggest ways to fix that.

Agree. There has to be a reason. Surely you didn't just marry a woman that hates when your happy with no affect on her either way.

 

[waldoar15]

My wife rarely drinks and doesn't care much for beer when she does, but even she likes my Kolsch. It's one of the few beers that she'll even taste if I offer her some.

 

[Beezy]

My wife steals my beers after I pour them. She likes the hoppy ones the best. She even takes bottles to her friends which I always bitch about but hey as long as she has some interest in it there won't be a fight when getting ingredients. She also has put in a request for cider and mead and well thats no problem really.

 

[waldoar15]

I think you should brew her up a cup of "shut the hell up." Tell her you don't like her periods so she is going to have to stop those too. And if she doesn't like any of that, ask her "How about I try a Strawberry Blonde?" and when she says "What does that taste like?" tell her, "I don't know yet- I haven't met her.":rockin:

LOL. Really, she should be happy you have a nice domesticated "around the house hobby".

I take off one week every month and go backpacking without mine.

 

[BulldogBrewer]

I take off one week every month and go backpacking without mine.

Every month??? What do you do that you can be gone for a week a month?

 

[waldoar15]

Every month??? What do you do that you can be gone for a week a month?

Retired young.

 

[Airborneguy]

Retired young.

Thank you for making my day! I'm going to be "retired" at 44 and doing exactly what you just said (fishing too). Can't wait!

 

[DannyP]

MY wife, also not a beer drinker, liked the Belgium Pale Ale we did. It was just a little sweet on the front, but as she put it "it finished quickly"

www.uvbrewery.com

 

[beowulf]

*hijacks her husband's post* Ok...it's obvious you gents need a woman's point of view.
I'm beowulf's wife and i just wanna say, while i was always delighted that my husband had found such a fun hobby i wasn't much of beer drinker...at first...now i utterly adore home brew...even the hoppy ones and i was definitely not a hop head before. i liked lambics, ciders and mead but beer wasn't my pal and ipa and i hated each other. i love it all now...like the other poster said "patience grasshopper" it pays off! Let her try them all...we got some of those cute little taster glasses and made an occasion of it. i once said "i don't like beer" that's like saying "i don't like food" there are so many variations, so many nuances. Share your adventure and i'll bet she comes around

 

[xxsn0blindxx]

I think it's fair to say there is no 1 beer that all non-beer loving women will like. My wife for instance was turned on to good beer with porters, stouts and brown ales. She like malt forward beers. She doesn't like blondes, pales, hefes, kolsches, lambics or anything hoppy. So to say a kolsch or a blonde or any other one beer is guaranteed to be loved by any woman is a blanket statement that doesn't really have any merit other than it being a beer that all people might find to be tasty.

You need ot find out what beer your wife likes and go for that, of course after you've determined why she doesn't like that you brew in the first place.

 

[BeerBunny]

First off, who lit the fuse on her tampon!

my husband has gotten me into brewing, but i was never against it to begin with, he puts up with all my craft and candle making s*** all over the house, the least i can do is give him a few hours in the kitchen to make his brew and I get clean dishes out of the deal, F*** yeah!!!

Tell her she needs to put her big girl panties on and deal with it. you partners, she not you mom(unless your into that, Im not judging).

my husband got my attention with a store bought, buffalo bills orange cream ale(yum!!), and now I am hooked

 

[GeoGirl]

If all else fails, get your wife an afternoon at a spa for the day's you want to brew.

 

[BrewerinBR]

I feel very fortunate... my wife hates beer, but supports my brewing and is encouraging my upgrade to 10 gallons and my brew room build...but she is a real keeper...

 

[will8184]

beer bunny i love you baby

 

[iaefebs]

*hijacks her husband's post* Ok...it's obvious you gents need a woman's point of view.
I'm beowulf's wife and i just wanna say, while i was always delighted that my husband had found such a fun hobby i wasn't much of beer drinker...at first...now i utterly adore home brew...even the hoppy ones and i was definitely not a hop head before. i liked lambics, ciders and mead but beer wasn't my pal and ipa and i hated each other. i love it all now...like the other poster said "patience grasshopper" it pays off! Let her try them all...we got some of those cute little taster glasses and made an occasion of it. i once said "i don't like beer" that's like saying "i don't like food" there are so many variations, so many nuances. Share your adventure and i'll bet she comes around

 

[DoubleAught]

Well she has big ****s so trade in is not an option But she doesn't like ipas or hoppy at all.

NEVER let ****s come in between you and your brew

 

[Catt22]

IMO, how to proceed depends a lot on how much she weighs.

 

[Yooper]

NEVER let ****s come in between you and your brew

Damn. That ALWAYS happens to me.

 

[Jayman931]

I didn't read all the posts...but I think the Thread needs to be titled... "My soon to be ex-wife is about to stop my brewing".....I'm just sayin..

 

[DoubleAught]

Damn. That ALWAYS happens to me.

If I keep drinking the way I am it will for me eventually as well

 

[Irishwrench]

better yet... every batch you brew, buy her a bottle of wine...

I was thinking this as a reply as well. Trader Joe's, 3-Buck-Chuck for the win. Works in my house.

I did just make a Cider for my beautiful half. It finished at 7%!

 

[Delaney]

If I keep drinking the way I am it will for me eventually as well

lmao....

 

[corkybstewart]

I feel very fortunate... my wife hates beer, but supports my brewing and is encouraging my upgrade to 10 gallons and my brew room build...but she is a real keeper...

My wife prefers wine to beer, but she's the one who started me on this odyssey back in 1992 and has really enjoyed the homebrewing lifestyle we adopted.

 

[aerialmedical]

You must stop her before she stops you....you know what you have to do.....go on now.....do it.

 

[C-Rider]

Any good beer recipes that are pretty easy for a beginner that my wife (a girly) beer drinker would like. that are not crazy fruity but I would still enjoy???

Has she ever had a Porter or Stout w/a nice coffee background taste? My SWMBO likes the dark brews.

 

[Agentaaron]

My wife hates beer, the only two times I have seen her drink it was the first night we met (very deceptive...she was trying to impress me), and when we went to Ireland for our anniversary (even she said you cannot be in Ireland without drinking)

She has always supported my hobby and she will even help me out when I'm brewing (though she complains about the smell the whole time)

 

[petey_c]

Let me add this... if you absolutely cannot find an offering in the homebrew department to please her, and buying her a bottle of wine or whatever her preference every time you brew doesn't work... try this (and maybe you already do this, I don't know).... Clean the kitchen. When you are done brewing, leave a nice, shiny clean kitchen, with a nice clean, not sticky floor.

Yeah, that's a good one. But. don't tell her that the kitchen is much cleaner after you're done than when you found it....

 

[petey_c]

LOL. Really, she should be happy you have a nice domesticated "around the house hobby".

I take off one week every month and go backpacking without mine.

I'd try and coordinate that to about every 28 days...

 

[Beezy]

You must stop her before she stops you....you know what you have to do.....go on now.....do it.

That's good advice. I told my wife before we got married that there were certain things I was going to do wether she liked it or not and that we could part ways if that was not cool. So it's jist a matter of whether we have the money or not and that is a completely different story heheh.

 

[Acoma]

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