Passed an Important Brewing Milestone!

[Oberon67]

From the time I started brewing, my wife has been skeptical. She doesn't like the mess I make of "her" kitchen, and she begrudges the square footage of space my batches, ingredients, and paraphenalia take up in the storage closet and the fridge.

But tonight I just had a breakthrough. I had put up a gallon batch of something I call "Little Brown Mouse," a simple brown ale using 2-row, a little Caramel 20, a moderate amount of Goldings hops, and US-05 yeast. It was designed to be a basic beer I could use to develop my brewing skills and also make good use of my big bag of malt. Think of it as a top-fermented "small beer."

So today the batch was ready, and I put it in the fridge. A little while ago SWMBO tried one, decided it was really good, and that maybe this homebrewing wasn't so stupid after all. I said "Glad you like it... it's cheaper than Budweiser."

Sold!

I don't think I'll be getting as much static about it from here on out.

 

[WrkdbfGuy]

Neither my wife nor I are particularly good cooks. We can cook only well enough to live and enjoy what we make. We have a saying we like about Cooking that applies just as well to your "small beer":

"It doesn't have to be hard to make to taste good".

Glad your wife is happy with your brew!

Bill

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

My brewing actually created a monster. My wife has become such a hophead that she starts to push me to get brewing if her stock of my latest IPA is getting low. I like IPAs as much as the next guy (or gal) but I like to try some stouts, browns, wheats and porters, too. My brewing schedule now requires that every second or third batch has to be a IPA to keep my wife's pipeline full as well as mine. I guess there are worse problems to have It also helps when you name your brews after her. Some of mine include Goddess Brew and Blonde Bombshell.