chefchris
Well-Known Member
Alright, I have this friend that has turned out to be the "intellectual" type. He talks smart and goes into great detail, but with no substance. In other words he usually doesn't know what he's talking about.
He likes beer just like I do. So when I started homebrewing he got excited and wanted to help out. So he helped me bottle my first batch. He sanitized the bottles while I filled. He has been with me on one other batch and he pretty much just sat there. Had no interest of what was going on or why I was doing certain things. Just keeping me company. Which is fine. BUT ... any time he refers to MY beer it's OUR beer. WTF?! Called me the other night because he was out shopping for some new glasses to try OUR beer in and was asking for my opinion. I told him my opinion was that I had plenty of beer glasses.
I had planned on trying my first homebrew today. However I could not wait any longer and just had to try one 2 days short of the target date. It was awesome btw. So he calls me later that night and asks if we're still on for OUR first taste on Friday. I said "Well, I actually had one earlier tonight. I just couldn't wait." He calls me an *******.
Couple of weeks ago I mention that I would love to start kegging cause bottling's a PITA. He said, "Well, you gotta think about this. If WE start kegging I won't have a way to take some beer to my friends. I'd really like them to try it."
That's right, he wants to take MY beer to his friends who live an hour away and who I don't even know.
He always comes in and grabs my good beer out of the fridge. I loooove Young's Double Chocolate. We cannot get it here in Mississippi. I had to pick this stuff up in Florida a couple months back. Bought all I could find, which was not much. Think I only ended up with 6 bottles. He's helped himself to about half of that. His girlfiend even quietly said to him, "You're gonna drink all his Young's". He quickly replied, "Nah, he's got plenty of it."
Couple months back I split a Yeti Imperial Stout with him. I loved it. Before I knew what was happening he got up and poured his almost full glass down the sink. I should have throwed him out.
The main thing that pisses me off about this guy is that he tries to take credit for MY beer. He tells all his friends and coworkers that he brews. It gets me almost fighting mad everytime I start talking about it.
He'll be over tonight or tomorrow to try MY beer. He's gonna ask for a couple to take to his friends. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to say. I don't want there to be tension, but I don't feel like passing out free beer to strangers. I put in a lot of time and work into these brews and I'll be damned if some jerk off is gonna snatch it and impress his friends with it. I am not stingy. I'm heading up next week with a lot of beer to take to some friends for all of us to enjoy, he will not be going.
This was a really long rant.
He likes beer just like I do. So when I started homebrewing he got excited and wanted to help out. So he helped me bottle my first batch. He sanitized the bottles while I filled. He has been with me on one other batch and he pretty much just sat there. Had no interest of what was going on or why I was doing certain things. Just keeping me company. Which is fine. BUT ... any time he refers to MY beer it's OUR beer. WTF?! Called me the other night because he was out shopping for some new glasses to try OUR beer in and was asking for my opinion. I told him my opinion was that I had plenty of beer glasses.
I had planned on trying my first homebrew today. However I could not wait any longer and just had to try one 2 days short of the target date. It was awesome btw. So he calls me later that night and asks if we're still on for OUR first taste on Friday. I said "Well, I actually had one earlier tonight. I just couldn't wait." He calls me an *******.
Couple of weeks ago I mention that I would love to start kegging cause bottling's a PITA. He said, "Well, you gotta think about this. If WE start kegging I won't have a way to take some beer to my friends. I'd really like them to try it."
That's right, he wants to take MY beer to his friends who live an hour away and who I don't even know.
He always comes in and grabs my good beer out of the fridge. I loooove Young's Double Chocolate. We cannot get it here in Mississippi. I had to pick this stuff up in Florida a couple months back. Bought all I could find, which was not much. Think I only ended up with 6 bottles. He's helped himself to about half of that. His girlfiend even quietly said to him, "You're gonna drink all his Young's". He quickly replied, "Nah, he's got plenty of it."
Couple months back I split a Yeti Imperial Stout with him. I loved it. Before I knew what was happening he got up and poured his almost full glass down the sink. I should have throwed him out.
The main thing that pisses me off about this guy is that he tries to take credit for MY beer. He tells all his friends and coworkers that he brews. It gets me almost fighting mad everytime I start talking about it.
He'll be over tonight or tomorrow to try MY beer. He's gonna ask for a couple to take to his friends. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to say. I don't want there to be tension, but I don't feel like passing out free beer to strangers. I put in a lot of time and work into these brews and I'll be damned if some jerk off is gonna snatch it and impress his friends with it. I am not stingy. I'm heading up next week with a lot of beer to take to some friends for all of us to enjoy, he will not be going.
This was a really long rant.