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[Stamford Hillbilly]

Hello everyone. New brewhead from London. Right now I have gone fermental & have made up the following: six demis full of just about every juice on the supermarket shelves, two demis of Lowitz syrups, one fermenter of Cabernet Sauvignon & one fermenter of Velvet Stout. The house stinks of booze. Could someone direct me to the 'how to pacify an angry wife' thread, bearing in mind that I still need five days before the first batch of turbo juice is ready? What are the main techniques? Do all women react this violently? Do I need to build a doghouse from scratch or can I buy a blow up one at Wilkos?

 

[pittsy]

Hi welcome to the forum , yes you need to pacify her with shopping and a promise to make drinks she likes and avoid smells around the house as this is a major issue with em lol. good luck on brewing and the mrs.

 

[mikey1967]

alright bud,
in the same boat as you started over that weekend 3 d.js on the go house smelling of wine and bleach from sanitising all equipment, they will be happy enough drinking it and spending the money we save on buying shop bought booze
cheers
mikey :

 

[Pearlfisher]

Wassail.

I make OH Milestone's Raspberry Wheat Beer , she loves it ,in fact she's mentioned stopping drinking beer when we go to the pub because it's not as good as the beer I make.

 

[joe1002]

Welcome to the forum :

Get yourself a brewshed, should help pacify SWMBO :thumb:

 

[Tim_Crowhurst]

If you want nice-smelling wines, I recommend both elderflower and lavender - especially lavender, which doesn't taste anything like what you'd expect, but is absolutely delicious all the same.

 

[Stamford Hillbilly]

Why thank you my generous hosts. A question tho but... What is a swmbo? Sounds like 'hello' in Swahili or am I miles out?

 

[Crastney]

She Who Must Be Obeyed - acronym used in 'Rumpole of The Bailey' - TV show from the 80s

 

[Stamford Hillbilly]

If you want nice-smelling wines, I recommend both elderflower and lavender - especially lavender, which doesn't taste anything like what you'd expect, but is absolutely delicious all the same.

We have lavender in the garden but messing with that would put me on the slippery slope to doghouse living. Elderflower... Now I've seen some posh juice in ASDA with that in so I shall give that a go, cheers Tim. I never really got into the finer side of flavouring wine 'cos I cut my brewing teeth as a skint student & it was all about strength back then.
I have a cunning plan. Buy some elderflowers. Give them to the swmbo. When they start to wilt, decap 'em & fling 'em in the fermenter! A win-win situation...

 

[Tim_Crowhurst]

1/4 pint of lavender flowers is enough for one gallon of wine. If you've got enough lavender in the garden you could cut that amount and SWMBO would never notice (until she got curious about the smell).

 

[Gayle]

Hello :)

Ways to pacify the angry other half... clean more than is necessary maybe? Always mop the floor and give surfaces a good clean after brewing, leave the kitchen tidy and hopefully she won't mind the smell too much. I find it annoying enough when OH leaves his cracked eggshells on the counter so I'd understand her anger if your kitchen is sticky and scattered with brew utensils! Brew things she likes to drink. Get her into brewing? It's a rather addictive hobby and perhaps she'll be happier about it if she sees why you like it, or if it's something you can occasionally do together? Failing that, nothing cheers me up more than a big bar of chocolate and a foot rub :mrgreen:

 

[Stamford Hillbilly]

Hello :)

Ways to pacify the angry other half... clean more than is necessary maybe? Always mop the floor and give surfaces a good clean after brewing, leave the kitchen tidy and hopefully she won't mind the smell too much. I find it annoying enough when OH leaves his cracked eggshells on the counter so I'd understand her anger if your kitchen is sticky and scattered with brew utensils! Brew things she likes to drink. Get her into brewing? It's a rather addictive hobby and perhaps she'll be happier about it if she sees why you like it, or if it's something you can occasionally do together? Failing that, nothing cheers me up more than a big bar of chocolate and a foot rub :mrgreen:

Cheers for that Gayle! A foot rub it is then. Chocolate would only provoke the 'are you trying to make me fat?' argument. I do clean up a lot 'cos my gal is the can't cook can't sew modern female type who is pretty rather than practical. But I can see amazing possibilities with the foot rub so well done. Best piece of marital advice I have had in years that is!

 

[PD]

kissin don't last........cooking do.... :whistle: :whistle:

 

[Stamford Hillbilly]

kissin don't last........cooking do.... :whistle: :whistle:

That's certainly true!