SWMBO says I MUST brew in shed, too hot???

[j1laskey]

You can always ask her to move out...

 

[Justibone]

SWMBO likes the smell in our apartment. We don't open the windows because it lets all the delicious smell out.

She hates to do the fun parts (recipe, boiling, racking, etc.) but loves to do the cleanup. She's crazy, and I love her for it!

P.S. - We both hate to bottle. She's buying me a keg setup.

 

[AnonyBrew]

Tell her she has to go to the shed to paint her finger nails.....

and she must go to the shed when she dyes her hair. Man I hate that smell.

 

[jgln]

Ok, I am going to start brewing and I have a problem, SWMBO says I cannot brew inside cause she's afraid its going to stink up the house. Can I use a Son of a Fermenter Chiller in my shed and still hold the correct temp?

Tell her she should be cooking in the shed then too!!

That'l show her for sure.......:cross:

 

[Centexbear]

Ok, I am going to start brewing and I have a problem, SWMBO says I cannot brew inside cause she's afraid its going to stink up the house. Can I use a Son of a Fermenter Chiller in my shed and still hold the correct temp?

Did she say you couldn't install a window HVAC unit?

 

[tvtoms]

The smell is delicious!!! Kick her to the curb haha, just kidding.. partly.. I mean come on.. it's a fantastic, delicious smell. Just like making a good coffee, or fresh bread or meal.

Yeah I'm single, but man. DOESNT want the wonderful aroma(stink!?) in the house?
Does not compute.
Error.

Now, have you ever gotten a whiff.. in your house where you and your family live.. of some toxic nail polish or something like that? Seriously, some of that stuff is nasty nasty nasty on the nose of everything that walks. It's the sort of smell that actually does belong in the garage. Like a solvent or chemical stripping agent.

Ugh, well, I guess we all have our bears to cross.

 

[dogtailale]

Ok, I am going to start brewing and I have a problem, SWMBO says I cannot brew inside cause she's afraid its going to stink up the house.

Id have the bathroom remodeled into a brewroom. She can use the new outhouse. Got to keep the stink out.

 

[businesstime]

My fiancee loves the smell of boiling wort too. She's not too fond of it after the hops are added, but she says the way it makes the apt smell reminds her of her mother's bakery as a kid.

My wife likes the smell of the raw barley and the spent grains (smells like granola, in her opinion). Doesn't care for the boiled beer or the hops! I personally associate every aroma from brew day with, well, brew day. And therefore, I love each smell.

 

[Frank99]

I hate to agree with her, but SWMBO is correct: boiling hops totally stink up the house.
There's no way you're winning this fight.
Buy a large kettle and propane burner and brew outside. Stick the fermenter into an unused closet or something. If you have an electrical outlet in the shed, then go on CL and pick up a chest freezer for your fermentation chamber. She can't complain about the add'l $$ as she's the one kicking you out!