My wife is about to stop my brewing

[bevoburn]

Brew the Austin Homebrew Supply Abita Purple Haze (21A) clone. She will love it.

 

[Squirrels]

You could try a shandy as well. Take some lemons in a bag in the secondary. Or stick with a cream ale. Search for cream of three crops and you'll find a pretty easy drinking brew for your wife. My wife loves the stuff.

 

[bjl110]

My wife I brewed a blonde Ale together.

The couple that brews together stays together.

+1 to this. If you think she would go for it, ask her to. If not that, maybe ask her to cap for you. If she takes ownership in some way, she may find it to be more rewarding instead of something "you do". Chicks dig the "we" sh!t.

You said "crazy fruity" in your OP. Realize that there are things that you can make with fruit that will not be "crazy" fruity, just fruity. If you are opposed to any fruit at all try doing a blond/pale with a pretty fruity hop (citra, simcoe?). I just did BM's centennial blond with all simcoe late additions, and the fermentor and beer sure smells like fruit.

 

[hops2it]

Hops is an acquired taste for many. My wife started out a few years back nothing but BMC. Started her on a few store bought wheats, then a few of the Sam Adams seasonals and just worked my way up the IBU chain slowly but surely. She's made it all the way now...just tried a 70 IBU IPA I made recently and I was shocked when she loved it. It's a matter of conditioning. Now she HATES BMC with a passion, says it has zero flavor. :rockin:

Patience grasshopper.

 

[petey_c]

She doesn't like it so you have to stop??? Time for a trade in.

From Monty Python, "She's a witch! Burn her!!"

 

[scrambledegg81]

My wife likes my beer anyway. If she didn't? More for me.

This x1000000000. No reason to give up a hobby you enjoy simply because your significant other doesn't like your efforts.

 

[seabass07]

You could also brew up some cider or mead for her. That will keep her happy while you brew whatever you want.

 

[Cubslover]

I use the Anagram LOL a lot, even though I am not literally LOL'ing. In this case, I am.

LOL

Thank you sir!

 

[NewTexian]

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

 

[badhabit]

I make a heff and in the fall a pumpkin to keep the home fires burning bright....seems to work for me and more importantly for her!!!

 

[puter]

Well she has big ****s so trade in is not an option

Those can be bought.


I agree with the idea to take her to a place that sells beer and let her taste and tell you what she likes. Here we have a place that sells over 200 beers. I am certain she could find one or two that she likes. Then find a recipe that comes very close. Letting her choose makes her a part of the fun.

 

[Airborneguy]

Wouldn't guess that from the post's in this forum. I get the idea that women run the house from the posts I see. SWMBO is a common post.

I love these posts. Makes me realize how awesome I have it. If I ever felt the need to call my wife by that acronym, she'd get the prefix ex- instead!

 

[MikeinCT]

Share it with others that like it but don't worrry about those that don't. Buy you wife a six of Segrams Wine Coolers.

 

[weirdboy]

I developed my strawberry blonde recipe (see my recipes drop down) to appease my wife. It really helped because even though she doesn't drink much beer she tolerates a LOT of beer related nerdery due to that one beer being around.

 

[Great_Neck_Brewer]

My Happy Wife Pale Ale is essentially a Kolsch-not very hoppy but very clean and crisp.
5 gallons:
9 pounds 2 row or pilsner malt, toast 2 pounds at 350F for 15 minutes
1 pound Carapils or wheat
mash at 152F
For Extract use 8 pounds extra light LME or 6 pounds DME(just a guess)
1 oz Perl 60 mins
1 oz Hallertau for 20 minutes
ferment at 60F with Kolsch yeast, but Nottingham works well also
This has been my house beer for BMC drinkers9and the rest of us) for 12 years now.

I second the Kolsch
I give it to my friends who don't like hoppy beer.

 

[jfrank85]

My wife hates beer and the smell after a session but she likes that I have a hobby that entertains me. Maybe start making wine on the side?

 

[humann_brewing]

They sure do!! 'Specially when the girl attached to them loves beer!!! :rockin:

now there's a relationship that can last a lifetime

 

[dime1622]

How about a saison? Or if she's REALLY patient - a lambic. My wife is NUTS about lambics

 

[IrregularPulse]

Wouldn't guess that from the post's in this forum. I get the idea that women run the house from the posts I see. SWMBO is a common post.

I, and I think many others here, just use the term as a known term for "wife" in a joking manner. We don't literally have to obey our wives. We're not 5 years old and they're not our mothers.

OP - Good luck in your search. I agree with taking the wife to a brew pub or 12 and ordering the tasting flights. If she doesn't find anything she likes, then just keep brewing what you like knowing you tried. Not everyone is going to like beer. She should, however, at least respect the fact that you do and support you in your hobbies and interests. She's your wife.

 

[jfrank85]

+1 amen to that.

 

[gingerdawg]

It's not beer, but how about skeeter pee?? Sort of a harder Mike's hard lemonade. It's super easy and great for hat summer days.

http://skeeterpee.com/?page_id=17

 

[SLBrooks]

Try a Texas Blonde LME and throw in an ounce of lemon grass the last 5 minutes. Its like a stepped up corona, not to hoppy and medium body. My mom likes it, but she also swears by Arbor Mist

 

[chezhed]

My wife:

1) now has big ****s...bought 'em when they cut the others off
2) now really likes BIG BEERS....always liked beer (that's how wegot together for Friday night drinking beer in college)
3) enjoys the brewing process but won't spend that much time....so I got her into wine making
4) is and knows what SWMBO is...and thinks it's hysterical
5) does get her own brew...with her own labels she designs

Find one she likes...I agree about taking her for a tasting or better yet, buy a bunch of kinds, make a lot of different small food portions like tapas, and have a great evening.......you may need that viagra.

it's worked for 30 years for me!

 

[VillageBrew]

My wife I brewed a blonde Ale together.

The couple that brews together stays together.

I like the saying.... a couple that brews together enjoys good head together.

 

[marcycaulkins]

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.

 

[jafo28]

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.

The clean kitchen is the only thing my wife loved when I started brewing! She still hates the smell.

 

[boomtown25]

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:

 

[1Mainebrew]

My wife let's me know she's proud of my ability to clean up after a brew and that makes her happy knowing I respect her OCD.

But brewing something she likes takes the cake, thus the kegs of Kate the Great and Curieux clones!

Keep at it, do it together, and keep it clean. Also, try to brew when she's out. If she comes home to a spotless house with a well placed carboy, shell appreciate it and perhaps see it as less a "bad" hobby.

She will come around 99% of the time. Make sure you stay interested in her hobbies and interests too, and she will want to follow your example.

 

[shawnbou]

It's times like this I realize how good I have it. My wife was actually the one who turned me on to IPA. She's the one who finds out what breweries have tours and tasting rooms in every city we visit, and she loves a house full of homebrew as much as I do.

But for the OP, the best thing to do would really be to find out what she'd be interested in you making for her. Maybe she'd like beer if she tried something like Framboise, or a witbier. Or maybe not, but she'd like a cider ... that's as easy as pitching yeast into a jug of apple juice. If she likes wine, get a wine kit and make that, maybe get her to make it with you. Or try mead, which you can make "white" (with just honey and/or spices) or "red" (with honey and dark fruit).

If you don't like the same thing she likes, make smaller batches for her. She'll appreciate it.

And if all else fails, do what previous posters have suggested: brew when she's out, clean the kitchen afterwards and keep your fermenters downwind.

 

[xxsn0blindxx]

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.