Your Wife And Beer

[Kingy]

my missus knows i enjoy brewing and likes how im home everyweekend instead of at the pub. Personally id rather drink my own beer in my shed than sit at a pub anyways.
She understands that i have to spend money on equipment and kegs and grain etc.etc. to save money.

only thing that annoys me is she wasnt interested in going to germany for the oktoberfest for our honeymoon :huh: so she musnt really understand all that well

 

[lucas]

no problem here, the girl likes beer. she'll even put up with my babbling about the next brew I've got planned or the next piece of equipment I'm wanting to build

 

[Ross]

Mrs Rossco tolerates my brewing...... just

She's teatotal, alcohol makes her ill - So I feel duty bound to drink for both of us :chug:

cheers Ross

 

[mobrien]

Mrs Rossco tolerates my brewing...... just

She's teatotal, alcohol makes her ill - So I feel duty bound to drink for both of us :chug:

cheers Ross

Ahh - the sacrifices that one has to make!

of course 10 + beers on tap doesn't have anything to do with it

M

 

[yardy]

the cook is fine with all things beer, I do whatever I bloody want when ever I bloody want, shit, here she comes.....

 

[blackbock]

My lady is very well trained. She even drinks beer (only light coloured ones...)

Find another brewer who has much, much more equipment and bottles than you, or preferably dozens of kegs. Invite her around to see what a great setup he/she has. When she sees how much brewing paraphenalia the other guy has she will be glad that your hobby doesn't dominate your life quite so much.

Celebrate your success with a mutual beer.

Everyone happy.

 

[andrewl]

So what Blackbock is trying to say is "show her the pics of Ross' setup"

 

[InCider]

...she doesnt get any more supportive..(having incider stay over is painfull enough)


Sqyre..

I thought you were grateful of the new baby on the way?

If it looks like Pat i'll be jealous as well!

 

[PhilS]

My better half is very supportive as well, even to the point of telling me to brew!!!

aaah what more could a man want

 

[Doc]

My wife doesn't drink beer period. Loves champagne, but beer just isn't for her. I brew her a batch of Ginger Beer once a year (it lasts her a year).

But back to the question:
If she isn't into beer, or a big drinker, then if you exhibit all those qualities then of course she will be on your back.
My take is that it is all about exposure. If you are always brewing/drinking/on AHB then in her eyes your priorities are wrong.
Have a balance between beer related activites and everything else. Beer isn't the #1 priority. I have a young family and very busy professional life, and wife that isn't into beer. However I get to spend plenty of time on AHB, my kegs and fermenters are always full.
Time scheduling, prioritization and balance.
In my case, brewing beer that I and my mates enjoy, makes me happy plus doing well in a few comps so she can brag to her friends means I get to keep the dream alive.

Starting to ramble...out,
Doc

Edit: bit more rambling.

 

[sqyre]

Perhaps exchange your Irish Moss for Viagra....???

"oh yeh brew baby!! BREW!!!"



Sqyre..

 

[bigfridge]

My wife doesn't drink beer period. Loves champagne, but beer just isn't for her.

....

Time scheduling, prioritization and balance.

I must say that my wife is a cracker - actually hates beer, but does everything to support my hobby - to the point of encouraging me to invest the money we had saved for her new kitchen into a new commercial brewery.

Like Doc's, my girl knows that I work hard and beer is my release from the work pressures.

She even insisted that I spend lots on beer activity when I had to spend 2 weeks in the USA recently. As she dropped me off at the train station for the start of my journey she reminded me to spend lots of time and money on beer related things in Denver.

I must say that it wasn't hard to do.

Dave

 

[Batz]

Oh yes she's pleased as punch about the whole brewing caper



Batz h34r:

 

[oldbugman]

I must say that my wife is a cracker - actually hates beer, but does everything to support my hobby - to the point of encouraging me to invest the money we had saved for her new kitchen into a new commercial brewery.

Like Doc's, my girl knows that I work hard and beer is my release from the work pressures.

She even insisted that I spend lots on beer activity when I had to spend 2 weeks in the USA recently. As she dropped me off at the train station for the start of my journey she reminded me to spend lots of time and money on beer related things in Denver.

I must say that it wasn't hard to do.

Dave

I'd wonder if my misses was that keen to get me out of the country <_<

 

[bonj]

Maybe she had booked an "appointment" with InCider, or Pat. h34r:

 

[domonsura]

Mrs Sqyre is always in complete support of anything i do in the beer side of things...

She constantly puts my hobby in front of hers... after spending our younger days living at the local bowls club every friday night,saturday night and sunday lunchtime.. (mrs sqyre only has a glass now and then. she enjoys the atmosphere more..) it has always been the consensus to buy or build our own litle pub... and the shed is the beginning of the dream..

She has supported me through thick and thin and has NEVER EVER said "you cant" or "you won't"...

She has often been the the one to put me back on track when i start to think things are too hard, or are going wrong..and when things do get tough financially she is always the one that says "its only money"



Behind every great man there is an awesome woman...

if she was anymore supportive with the Brewing...she would probably grow a Penis..

Geez Sqyre, I don't think I could have put it better myself. Apart from the Penis bit......

My wife has supported my brewing ventures from square one, and has also never used the can't or won't words. Don't get me wrong, there's compromise there and I hear about it if I get carried away spending, but if I can justify the purchase, she's fine with it.
Every new beer, she has a try even though she's traditionally not into beer, but she's starting to get an idea of what's to her tastes now that she is being exposed to some different styles.
I consider myself lucky
It's also got a bit to do with the whole alternative of me being out at the pub chasing tail.....the missus knew me back when I was a restaurant/bar manager and out cruising the scene....so she's not unhappy about me not being at the pubs....:lol:

 

[Trent]

My mrs is very supportive of everything I do, so I am very lucky. Though it doesnt feel like it at 6am on those cold winter mornings when she kicks me out of bed to go surfing (otherwise I would sleep in and kick myself later!)
My last 4 overseas trips havent been surf trips, but the trips are usually back to canada (her home country) and the US, so she lets me go to town on all the amazing beer there. She reckons "the only way to get a surfer to leave the surf is to keep him drunk!" Back there again in 8 weeks, oh what I wouldnt do for another year long trip to South America... but I digress.
Sounds like most of the boys out there have some very supportive missuses, and I know that bigfridge's is, she even let him run a BJCP course from their house! I am quite sure you are happy with your mrs, knifepoint, maybe try and sit her down and explain just how much brewing means to you, and ask if there is a compromise that you can reach, like you brew on a saturday, and spend the sunday making her breakfast and shopping (or something similar). If you are expecting her to make time-wise sacrifices for you, then it is probably only fair that you do it for her. If you ask her, she may give you some kind of hint on how to get her on side. Maybe. Personally, I wouldnt stay with a girl that gave me crap about doing what I love, but that is just me. I would suggest you approach her and talk, rather than bumming youself out by reading about all the happy bloody sods that we all appear to be :lol:
All the best
Trent

 

[InCider]

Maybe she had booked an "appointment" with InCider, or Pat. h34r:

She wasn't really at the Willowbank drags during the "Festival of Bonj", she was up here in Landsborough, the gate way to the ... umm.. near my shed.

 

[Franko]

My Mrs loves beer as much as I do it's a good thing.
She's just allocated me a few grand to build the bar I've always wanted.

Franko

 

[MVZOOM]

My wife (Liz) always been pretty good about it. Like a few here, I have a pretty hard professional life and have a fair amount of stuff to deal with, as well as a couple of kids etc. Beer helps me relax.....!

I like to cook, and do a lot of the cooking at home - I think she see's brewing as an extention of this, to a degree. She knows I love beer and can see the economic upside of brewing too.

She also has never, ever questioned any expense I have incurred in the quest for brewing nirvana. I really appreciate that trust and as such, don't abuse it. Lizzie doesn't mind a beer every now and then and will have one quite occasionally, she won't hesitate to tell me what she thinks of it (likes Porters etc).

So all good here - although I secretly think that she thinks I'm a bit nuts..!

Cheers - Mike