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So my wife decided to add a few flower pedals to 2 beers I have fermenting for Heritage Fest in St. Louis in June (not for experimenting reasons but instead, cause she was pissed at me). Ones been sitting for 1 wk and has since finished fermenting and the other is at 2 wks. I sanitized a utensil and scooped them out and resanitized the lids and air locks. Anyone else have their beers sabotaged? And should I be ok? They were in there for 30 mins to an hour.
 
I think you may need to worry a little less about the beer and start looking at marriage counseling.

+1, Only thing I can add is if she is a malicious person in general, I wouldn't bother with counseling, proceed to step two!

Hope the flowers weren't oleanders or some other poisonous flower petals

Cheers :mug: and best of luck to you !
 
They're probably fine. Might change the taste a little depending on the flower, but with a few petals, it's unlikely. I once made a Ginger Hibiscus Saison that was delicious, but it also had a full pound of flower petals in it.
 
The yeast can probably combat any nasties that may have been on the petals. I hope everything turns out okay. Too bad the yeast cannot fix the nasty attitude someone seemed to have one day.

And no, no one has ever sabotaged my beer but then again the culprits would be a cat or a dog and in that case, if they can manage screwing up my beer then they earned the right; being a dog and a cat after all.
 
Pretty much all plant tissues have a massive amount of microbes on them. However, the vast majority can do nothing to your beer, except Lactobacillus species. I would bet there was some on there, but I doubt the concentration on them would really cause any issues. I agree, don't worry about the beer.


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Well the good news is that the alcohol is made and that will stall or maybe even prevent subsequent infections. The low pH of finished beer helps, too.

The bad news is that things in nature are teeming with life, some of which could thrive in beer. Top contenders are pediococcus, lactobacillus, and various wild yeasts.

Stay on top of it. If it gets sour or buttery, drink it quick.

It sucks that this happened ahead of competition. There’s a lag from when you enter it til it gets judged, when things can show up that weren’t apparent when you bottled.

Good Luck, with the beer and the wife.
 
Wow....that's a son of a *****! I'm not a chemist...but the hop is a flower and people dry hop regularly. I think u will be fine and they weren't in there very long. As for ur wife.....I would sabatoge her right back!
That was a low blow...below the belt kind!
Maybe u should put some bleach on her fav blouse or outfit! Let the mayham begin! Lol
Sorry brother!
 
I always begin brewing at 6 am or earlier and finish before anyone is even awake so it's not that process that bothers her. Still trying to figure it out.
 
I always begin brewing at 6 am or earlier and finish before anyone is even awake so it's not that process that bothers her. Still trying to figure it out.

There is a fairly simple way to find out - ask her! Hopefully she'll tell you why. If not - you tried.

KOTC would be highly pissed if I ever sabotaged his efforts like that - good thing for HIM, I enjoy the process and the results just as much as HE does.
 
maybe she needs a hobby too! I think that if u r brewin early and leaving time for her, then she shouldn't have an issue with u passion.
Does she drink beer? And is she just naturally uptite? My wife dosnt really get into it, but she has helped me when my brewin buddy wasn't with me and she"s helped bottle. And I periodically make beers that she especialy enjoys. She's supportive of my hobby and even humors me by listening to my "beer talk".
I think maybe yours should have a bit more respect for something u really enjoy......unless u have other issues u havnt posted. Lol
 
I always put family first, then my brewing. Typically family plans will always trump brewing and I always fit brewing in when she is out at work or shop'n.


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Yup. We both work 2nd shift and have various days off, so I brew afternoon/evenings when she's slaving at work and I'm off for the day, on those particular days I don't have anything pressing to do otherwise.... I would think that when we have a matching night off it'd be kinda neglectful for me to ignore her. Besides, she's a lot hotter than any beer! :mug:
 
Seems to think I love beer more than her. I'll ride it out and see what happens.

Think you need to spend more time worrying about why she seems to think that rather than whether your beer is going to turn out or not. Not that what she did is acceptable behavior either, if it was just because "B$*@#es be crazy yo!" might want to rethink why you are with her... but just saying.
 
1.take her on a date and go to the drive thru.
2.for her anniversay dont buy her anything and say "you have me. what more could you want?"
3.plan a hunting trip on her birthday
4.plan a vacation and then invite all of your friends to come along
5.pretend to forget her name infront of your friends and and refer to her as "woman"
6.buy an expensive car that she will have to help pay for but dont tell you are going to buy it
7.buy new hunting dogs and build a pin for them right beside your window. nothing like the sweet sound of baying hounds at three in the morning.
8.always be on the phone with your friends but then complain about her texting too much
9.leave cabnets and drawers open. as soon as she closes them, open them again.
10.always wear your dirty shoes on her freshly mopped floors
11.complain that the food is too cold. when she heats it, complain again its not hot. when she heats it again, complain its too hot.
12.go to church without her because "you were taking too long"
13.leave your dirty dishes all over the house
14.never pick up after your self
15.make a sandwhich and leave everything out for her to clean up
16.never answer the phone when she calls
17.sit on the couch and watch football whenever you are home
18.if she ask you to help clean up say "that's what women are suppose to do"
19.if she complains about you buying too much junk food say "you never cook anything good"
20.complain about her family all the time
21.if she gets a hair cut, look at it with distaste and say "what did you do to your hair?"
22.leave dirty socks in her car
23.if she tries to have a serious conversation, laugh the entire time
24.invite friends over for dinner but forget to tell her
25.if you ever fix dinner for the kids, make penut butter and jelly sandwhiches, cheese puffs, and little debbies brownies.
26.instead of buying something you need, go buy a new game station.
27.reply to everything she says with "that's what you think"
28.only give one word answers
29.if she is watching tv, walk in and chage the station to golf without asking her
30.for her birthday tell her you are going to go get take out. come back with a half eaten burger from mcdonalds.
31.eat the icing out of oreo cookies then put them back in the tray
32.put christmas lights up on the roof and promise to take them down. leave them up till september.
33.chew on the pens in side her purse and then put back
34.wear alot of cologne
35.narate any movie you watch with her
36.buy a lawn mower for her brthday and say "so you will have something to do all day"
37.flirt with the waitresses
38.quit your job without telling her because you want to follow your calling and write poetry.
39.sing opera loudly at two in the morning
40.for valentines day bring home a large box of chocolate and eat out most of them. then say "i left you the kind i didnt like."
41.buy a puppy and promise to take care of it. never do.
42.silence her before she can say anything and then blab about football
43.buy her a treadmill for christmas
44.mention the fact her hips are getting bigger
45.invite your mother to come live with you before discussing it with your wife
46.insist on never going to the doctor
47.put empty containers back in the fridge
48.when she is on a diet, go buy aton of chocolate and icecream
49.yell when you need something but dont get up to get it.
50.wave to everyone you see when driving her someplace
51.if she asks you to help with something reply "i dont feel like it"
52.after she has a baby tell her she looks fatter then when she was pregnant
53.drum on every available surface
54.spend hours and hours on the computer and when she asks what you are doing, shut your computer down and say "nothing"
55.wear torn white undershirts outside of the house
56.if she asks which dress she should wear say "doesnt make any difference"
57.use double negatives in every sentence
58.offer to help. when she says sure just stand there
59.never use your blinker
60.wait till you are right at the redlight and then slam on your brakes
61.live on her facebook account and refuse toget your own
62.never make eye contact with her family
63.yell "not right now (insert her name)"
64.asks her friends if they remembered to wear deoderant that dy
65.put your shoes on the kitchen table
66.say "i love...." but never say a noun.
67.pretend to be a boxer all day
68.sing rebeka black "friday" all day every day
69.argue with everything she says
70.laugh loudly at anything anyone says
71.tell her that her new dress reminds you of your old girlfriend. then insist you like it.
72.pretend you are deaf so she will completly freak out. then burst out laughing and say "JK"
73.whisper everything you say
74.spend more time talking to the dog then you spend talking to her
75.if she asks to take a class tell her "a stupid woman is a virtuous woman."
76.if she asks you to take her somewhere tell her " you have legs"
77.if she asks you to take the trash out say "but its hot outside!/ but its cold outside!"
78.complain that she cant cook worth anything
79.if she is blonde, tell her blonde jokes all day
80.drink a two liter of coke a day and complain she never buys soda,
81.blow the horn all the time when driving
82.spill something on the floor then "forget to clean it up"
83.mumble everything you say
84.drive like you are drunk
85.insist your kids arent yours
86.grin at any woman you see
87.hide the book she is in the middle of
88.buy your mother expensive jewlry all the time
89.spend alot of money on a fishing trip and dont tell your wife about it. she will notice all the charges when she is balancing the check book.
90.when she calls, answer the phone then hang up.
91.never say goodbye on a phone call
92.if she says i love you over the phone jsut say "hmm"
93.be late for a party at your house
94.dye your hair white and wax the top of your head
95.refuse to eat anything you suspect might be healthy
96.bake cookies then forget they are in the oven
97.complain that you are tired all day but refuse to go to bed at night
98.pout if she says no
99.mimick what she says in an annoying voice
100.mouth random words to random people
101.just be yourself
 
1.take her on a date and go to the drive thru.
2.for her anniversay dont buy her anything and say "you have me. what more could you want?"
3.plan a hunting trip on her birthday
4.plan a vacation and then invite all of your friends to come along
5.pretend to forget her name infront of your friends and and refer to her as "woman"
6.buy an expensive car that she will have to help pay for but dont tell you are going to buy it
7.buy new hunting dogs and build a pin for them right beside your window. nothing like the sweet sound of baying hounds at three in the morning.
8.always be on the phone with your friends but then complain about her texting too much
9.leave cabnets and drawers open. as soon as she closes them, open them again.
10.always wear your dirty shoes on her freshly mopped floors
11.complain that the food is too cold. when she heats it, complain again its not hot. when she heats it again, complain its too hot.
12.go to church without her because "you were taking too long"
13.leave your dirty dishes all over the house
14.never pick up after your self
15.make a sandwhich and leave everything out for her to clean up
16.never answer the phone when she calls
17.sit on the couch and watch football whenever you are home
18.if she ask you to help clean up say "that's what women are suppose to do"
19.if she complains about you buying too much junk food say "you never cook anything good"
20.complain about her family all the time
21.if she gets a hair cut, look at it with distaste and say "what did you do to your hair?"
22.leave dirty socks in her car
23.if she tries to have a serious conversation, laugh the entire time
24.invite friends over for dinner but forget to tell her
25.if you ever fix dinner for the kids, make penut butter and jelly sandwhiches, cheese puffs, and little debbies brownies.
26.instead of buying something you need, go buy a new game station.
27.reply to everything she says with "that's what you think"
28.only give one word answers
29.if she is watching tv, walk in and chage the station to golf without asking her
30.for her birthday tell her you are going to go get take out. come back with a half eaten burger from mcdonalds.
31.eat the icing out of oreo cookies then put them back in the tray
32.put christmas lights up on the roof and promise to take them down. leave them up till september.
33.chew on the pens in side her purse and then put back
34.wear alot of cologne
35.narate any movie you watch with her
36.buy a lawn mower for her brthday and say "so you will have something to do all day"
37.flirt with the waitresses
38.quit your job without telling her because you want to follow your calling and write poetry.
39.sing opera loudly at two in the morning
40.for valentines day bring home a large box of chocolate and eat out most of them. then say "i left you the kind i didnt like."
41.buy a puppy and promise to take care of it. never do.
42.silence her before she can say anything and then blab about football
43.buy her a treadmill for christmas
44.mention the fact her hips are getting bigger
45.invite your mother to come live with you before discussing it with your wife
46.insist on never going to the doctor
47.put empty containers back in the fridge
48.when she is on a diet, go buy aton of chocolate and icecream
49.yell when you need something but dont get up to get it.
50.wave to everyone you see when driving her someplace
51.if she asks you to help with something reply "i dont feel like it"
52.after she has a baby tell her she looks fatter then when she was pregnant
53.drum on every available surface
54.spend hours and hours on the computer and when she asks what you are doing, shut your computer down and say "nothing"
55.wear torn white undershirts outside of the house
56.if she asks which dress she should wear say "doesnt make any difference"
57.use double negatives in every sentence
58.offer to help. when she says sure just stand there
59.never use your blinker
60.wait till you are right at the redlight and then slam on your brakes
61.live on her facebook account and refuse toget your own
62.never make eye contact with her family
63.yell "not right now (insert her name)"
64.asks her friends if they remembered to wear deoderant that dy
65.put your shoes on the kitchen table
66.say "i love...." but never say a noun.
67.pretend to be a boxer all day
68.sing rebeka black "friday" all day every day
69.argue with everything she says
70.laugh loudly at anything anyone says
71.tell her that her new dress reminds you of your old girlfriend. then insist you like it.
72.pretend you are deaf so she will completly freak out. then burst out laughing and say "JK"
73.whisper everything you say
74.spend more time talking to the dog then you spend talking to her
75.if she asks to take a class tell her "a stupid woman is a virtuous woman."
76.if she asks you to take her somewhere tell her " you have legs"
77.if she asks you to take the trash out say "but its hot outside!/ but its cold outside!"
78.complain that she cant cook worth anything
79.if she is blonde, tell her blonde jokes all day
80.drink a two liter of coke a day and complain she never buys soda,
81.blow the horn all the time when driving
82.spill something on the floor then "forget to clean it up"
83.mumble everything you say
84.drive like you are drunk
85.insist your kids arent yours
86.grin at any woman you see
87.hide the book she is in the middle of
88.buy your mother expensive jewlry all the time
89.spend alot of money on a fishing trip and dont tell your wife about it. she will notice all the charges when she is balancing the check book.
90.when she calls, answer the phone then hang up.
91.never say goodbye on a phone call
92.if she says i love you over the phone jsut say "hmm"
93.be late for a party at your house
94.dye your hair white and wax the top of your head
95.refuse to eat anything you suspect might be healthy
96.bake cookies then forget they are in the oven
97.complain that you are tired all day but refuse to go to bed at night
98.pout if she says no
99.mimick what she says in an annoying voice
100.mouth random words to random people
101.just be yourself

Took the words right out of my mouth.
 
I just gotta say it if she is a person who will sabotage your beer with flowers what else may she have put in there? as crazy as people get these days watch your azz.
 
My wife doesn't like my brewing but would not sabatoge it. I brew on my own budget.

If she did, the house budget would be be buying me a stainless rig and it would be drop shipped to my new home.

In the mean... I mean, mean time. I'd be tempted to mess up her stuff.
1) Every piece of her clothing would have a hole or cigarette burn in it.
2) I'd grab every pair of high heel shoes she owns and saw 1/2" off the heel on just one shoe.
3) I'd bust at least one hook on each of her bras after i put odorless bengay on the left D cup.
4) I'd put nair in her shampoo
5) I'd dip all of of the light bulbs in garlic juice then screw them back into the sockets.
6) I stuff fresh shrimp inside the curtain rods in the living room.
7) I'd put her work email address on every porn website that I could find.
8) I'd make sure I have mobile remote control of her xfinity cable box with it set to record WWF wresting on PPV only during prime time.
9) I'd use facesniff to post MILF & Sugar Daddy's links on her Facebook Wall.
10) I'd brew beer on my new rig and think of some other crap to do to her.
 
Seems to think I love beer more than her. I'll ride it out and see what happens.

I feel your pain. I started brewing in October, about a month and a half after the fiancee (now wife) moved into my apartment. She's tremendously proud of my beer, brags about it to her friends, shares it with friends' husbands and encourages me to keep enough of it in stock to drink and share around. But she hates brew day, bottling day, and bottle cleaning day (when I get a new load in from the bar where I get my bottles). I try to do those things when she's out of the house or sleeping in on the weekends, but she inevitably comes home/wakes up in the middle of the process and wants me to drop everything to spend time with her, which can't really be done as brewing and bottling are pretty time-sensitive once you begin the process.

The most obvious solution is to give her enough love and attention when you're not brewing that she doesn't feel betrayed or ignored when you're stuck in a process that can't wait. Unfortunately, if your wife is as needy as mine can get at times, sometimes it means you're just gonna have to absorb some pouty looks and verbal abuse once in a while :eek:. Whatever you do, know your wife, know your relationship, and keep both of them well; beer is great, but some things are even more important than the almighty pint.
 
I feel your pain. I started brewing in October, about a month and a half after the fiancee (now wife) moved into my apartment. She's tremendously proud of my beer, brags about it to her friends, shares it with friends' husbands and encourages me to keep enough of it in stock to drink and share around. But she hates brew day, bottling day, and bottle cleaning day (when I get a new load in from the bar where I get my bottles). I try to do those things when she's out of the house or sleeping in on the weekends, but she inevitably comes home/wakes up in the middle of the process and wants me to drop everything to spend time with her, which can't really be done as brewing and bottling are pretty time-sensitive once you begin the process.

The most obvious solution is to give her enough love and attention when you're not brewing that she doesn't feel betrayed or ignored when you're stuck in a process that can't wait. Unfortunately, if your wife is as needy as mine can get at times, sometimes it means you're just gonna have to absorb some pouty looks and verbal abuse once in a while :eek:. Whatever you do, know your wife, know your relationship, and keep both of them well; beer is great, but some things are even more important than the almighty pint.


Good Advice... some I could've taken myself years ago.... although it think its too late for me. She hates it and anything that involves the sharing of it.
 

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