NO more new items for me.

[Yooper]

Did you ever have a conversation with your spouse that went something like this:

Me: "If I just buy this Gott cooler, I won't need another thing to make my beer."
Him: "Are you sure? You've spent alot of money on equipment already."
Me: "Oh yes, I'm sure"

Later:
"I just need the wort chiller. I forgot about that when I said no more. This is it, though."

A bit later:
"I just need this turkey fryer. Nothing else. I'm all set. NOW we'll save a ton of money per batch by having it all set".

Yes, I am not the proud owner of my turkey fryer, with the wort chiller on the way. And the hops rhizomes. I don't need anything else! Well, that pot that came with the turkery fryer is kind of chintzy, I might need to replace that. And a lauter tun, so I can fly sparge. And a sparge arm. But, that's all I need! :rockin:

 

[Brewiz]

Sounds very familiar............................

 

[aekdbbop]

yeah i have been saying that kinda stuff since i got into it.. but it never stops...

 

[hoplobster]

All to familiar scenario... it's funny how the obession, with the help of the little parasitic worm burrowed in your ear, makes you think you've purchased your last piece of equipement each time, but you know the truth. You know there's alway more.

Actually... I think I purchased my last pieces of equipment a few weeks ago. I should be good for a while

 

[olllllo]

Brand new or new to you?

I'd go with brand new. If he says new to you then inform him that ingredients are also new.

 

[Willsellout]

I recently told my wife that brewing my own beer is not cheaper, but that I love it. I left the "cheaper" theory behind a long time ago. She lets me buy stuff as long as she can afford clothes and toys for the kid. Maybe in a few years I will have made up my investment.


Dan

 

[the_bird]

I'm thinking about having that conversation with the wife tonight about getting a second fridge...

REALLY! That will be *IT*!...

 

[McKBrew]

I figured out real quick that I wasn't saving super amounts of money by making my own beer. I have a list a mile long of wants. I justify it because it took me quite a few years to find a hobby that I wanted to stick with, where as SWMBO has been accumulating scrapbooking equipment and Longaberger baskets for years.

 

[homebrewer_99]

My wife doesn't really like my hobby, but she doesn't complain (it'll probably come up at the divorce proceedings though...).

 

[Schlenkerla]

My wife doesn't really like my hobby, but she doesn't complain (it'll probably come up at the divorce proceedings though...).

Neither does mine!!! I've heard more than once, " Do you want to get a divorce over beer?", the little voice in my head is going "yah, yah, say yes damn it..."

My line is - "Honest this the last thing I'll need... (under my breath)... until next time!"

 

[Bernie Brewer]

All I need is this paddle game.....and my dog Sh!thead.....OK I don't need my dog.....just this paddle game and.......




Yup, been there.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Hmm...I always leave things a bit more open-ended...

"This should be all I need to finish my current project..."

 

[BierMuncher]

Did you ever have a conversation with your spouse that went something like this:

Me: "If I just buy this Gott cooler, I won't need another thing to make my beer."
Him: "Are you sure? You've spent alot of money on equipment already."
Me: "Oh yes, I'm sure"

Later:
"I just need the wort chiller. I forgot about that when I said no more. This is it, though."

A bit later:
"I just need this turkey fryer. Nothing else. I'm all set. NOW we'll save a ton of money per batch by having it all set".

Yes, I am not the proud owner of my turkey fryer, with the wort chiller on the way. And the hops rhizomes. I don't need anything else! Well, that pot that came with the turkery fryer is kind of chintzy, I might need to replace that. And a lauter tun, so I can fly sparge. And a sparge arm. But, that's all I need! :rockin:

Replace Gott Cooler with "Four more cornies".
Replace wort chiller with "chest freezer"
Replace turkey fryer with "second CO2 setup".
And those hop rhizomes? That would be my banjo burner....

Now you've got my conversation.

But boy, does she love my Kolsch....

SWMBO's...gotta love em.

 

[Llarian]

heh. Compared to my reef aquarium, my beer hobby is downright cheap.

My girlfriend doesn't mind it so much, since she gets to enjoy some of the results directly, rather than saying "You want to put HOW big of an aquarium in the living room???"

So, my advice it, pick up a more expensive hobby so brewing looks inexpensive in comparison.

-D

 

[Ed_Savage]

I just got married a little over three weeks ago. I told my wife before we got married that this is my one and only hobby, and that I will be spending lots of money on gadgets, gizmos, and equipment for it.

I am always dragging her to the brew shop with me, and she comes with me to pick up used equipment on craigslist.

He seems to be pretty understanding so far, and is really getting involved with helping me build this chest freezer. She helps me clean my corni kegs too.....I love my wife.

 

[c.n.budz]

I spent $115 at the lhbs yesterday and said "that's all I'm buying for awhile" Then I got home and realized I forgot to have them grind my grains so less than 24hrs after saying no more, I bought a grain mill off ebay... It never stops... And I still need a wort chiller

 

[TheJadedDog]

Do you have my apartment wired with recording devices? That sounds like my bi-weekly conversation.

 

[Ivan Lendl]

Yeah, its called G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) and its even worse for musicians.

 

[FlyGuy]

Yeah, its called G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) and its even worse for musicians.

Or worse yet, fly fisherman!

 

[Ryanh1801]

Or worse yet, fly fisherman!

Oh man another fly fisherman. I have way to much money in that stuff, for something I only get too do a few times a year.

 

[seawort]

well... we went out to celebrate my getting my national counseling license at the tap room last night... after looking at the prices for the beer and comparing them to mine I don't think SWMBO will complain if I get some more toys for a while. Her comment was "geez this is more than you spent on that new burner!" heh YAY!

 

[Fingers]

SWMBO still smiles and actually helps in the search for more gear. More in the interest of saving money than a real participation in the endevour, but in Canada, buying beer is still pretty expensive so I can use the 'saving money' for a little while longer. She's catching on, but she's hobbying too.

 

[RichBrewer]

Really. All I need is a wort oxygenation system then I'll have everything I need. Well, I could use a good PH meter. Oh and a better digital thermometer. That reminds me, my scale really isn't that accurate... A Kegorator sure would make serving much easier... All the guys are getting brew sculptures...

 

[Ol' Grog]

I went about it a different way. I found a kit that I knew she'd like. And like it she did. That evolved to.....you know, I can make this beer even better. Isn't opening bottles a pain, I heard about this thing called "kegging", you want me to look into that????
Worked like a charm, but after buying the 4th corny, I was starting to get "the look." You married guys know what I'm talking about. Getting the banjo burner was easy, she likes crab boils and it take a LONG time for that all that water to get heated up on the stove. Banjo burner took care of that problem. But since coming to this site, I have bought more stuff than I had orginally planned. I always say get it while the getting is good!

 

[Cheesefood]

I too am a makeAlcoholic. I've found myself hiding brew gear from my wife. I stay up late ordering stuff when I should be sleeping. I sneak off during lunch breaks and buy gear.

She's excited that I'm making wine though (although she hasn't seen the basement staircase yet). She's given me carte blanche for wine making purposes. I went out and bought two wine buckets this weekend, and I'm going to start looking for recommendations on another wine to make, one that can be drank rather quickly (like, no 1 year aging required).

Then I need to get the Portugese Floor Corker.

 

[Yooper]

Then I need to get the Portugese Floor Corker.

Oh, yeah- I need that too. They're around $60 and too big to easily hide, though.

 

[david_42]

I purchased most of my equipment early on. Except for kegs, but I have more kegs now than drinking capacity. I've resisted the urge to get a mill, because of the critter problem. So, I'm set.

I don't need another fridge for fermentation.
Or A/C for the storage room.
Or a hop stopper
Or ...

 

[Evan!]

I like to reach milestones, then take a good break. During those breaks, things are great. It will be even more so now that I have a mill and a huge sack of maris otter. Honestly, I think I could make 10 batches without buying a single thing. The grain mill and big bag of base grain was the latest milestone for me.

 

[bradsul]

Or worse yet, fly fisherman!

I just bought a new Sage 3wt yesterday and I had to drive past my LHBS to get it. That was a tough decision not to turn in!

 

[jlinner]

Very familiar with the "Just one more item" conversation. From beginner kit beer equipment to the new Sabco "Brew Magic" I think she is numb to all purchases and propaganda at this point. She is understanding and enthusiastic about my hobby / interests.