Ramjet Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Just a curious question or two here, addressed to the fairer members of our 'brethren'(Now that's a contradiction in itself). Firstly, a huge welcome -- it's wonderful to see some of my favourite people here. [biggrin] I'm assuming you're here for one of four reasons, but I'd be interested if your reason is something else. [smile] (a) You're into home brewing yourself, and like me, just want to learn as much as you can; (b) You're the brewer because your other half is away/too busy/too pissed/too incompetent to do it himself; You want to learn the jargon, so you can tell when he's snowing you with techy lingo, and piling the bulls**t on a bit thickly; or (d) you're in a relationship with a beer-appreciator, and want to do a brew as a surprise, to: (1) get some brownie points; (2) shame him into doing it; or (3) demonstrate that brewing a beer is not confined to the rocket-science blokey matey kind of macho thing. For me, I can't imagine my better half offering to 'do the next batch', but one of our neighbours once put beer-brewing on the same level as bread-making or cooking the family meal, and was happy to do it while hubby was busy outside doing 'tractor things'. And my other neighbours - well he was a dab hand at sewing -- but a more Aussie bloke you'd never meet!) So my lady friends - I'm curious. What's your story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Hi Ramjet. It has been more than a month since you posted your question, but I see no one else has answered. Maybe there aren't any other female forum members? In any case, I just saw your post. For me it is partly your "a" reason: I make beer and just want to learn as much as I can. I have a science background and the science of brewing appeals to me. I find yeast fascinating: the different varieties, all the compounds they make, how yeast can make beer, wine, bread. The other reason I brew beer is to save money; I am not a fan of big brewery lagers and unfortunately craft brewed and imported dark ales aren't in the budget. As for your other possible reasons, please don't take this the wrong way Ramjet, but they make a lot of assumptions and are rather male centric. Maybe that is why more women are not part of the forum? My other half is a woman, not a man. She does not make beer and that is fine with me; I am not trying to score brownie points with her, surprise her, or shame her into taking over the beer-making chores. If she developed an interest in making beer, I would not stop myself. We would have to see if we would make beer together or if she would have her batches and I mine. BTW, I am Canadian, not an Aussie. PS, My straight mother-in-law, who doesn't use the internet, has been making beer with a kit and a kilo for something like 30 years; she does it to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Hi Christina, Welcome to the Forum! I think Roger was trying to reach to women with this post. I agree, it comes off a little awkward. We're all here to learn and laugh from and with one and other. We all try to keep things light and we are always trying to make a joke with each other when we can get one in. We primarily talk about beer but sometimes we stray from this and talk about other things of our interests. Usually about sport, fishing or our better halves (SWMBO). These are pretty much all we think about around.. BTW, I'm from Canada, too and my favourite kit is the OS Real ale kit. It make a hell of a Oaked IPA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 All I want to know is,.......HOW DO THESE CANUCKS KEEP FINDING US??!! Cheers, Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnE9 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramjet Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 please don't take this the wrong way Ramjet' date=' but they make a lot of assumptions and are rather male centric. [/quote'] Hi Christina Thank you so much for responding!!! And yes, I was deliberately prococative. In a previous life, I was a TV interviewer, and one of the techniques I used was to ask the sort of questions that viewers might ask if they had the opportunity. It doesn't mean I agreed with their viewpoints, but it was a way of reaching out and engaging with them. So no, I don't take any offence in the slightest, and I'm delighted to count you in among the ranks of HB'ers. As the weeks went by with no response, I thought our membership was composed entirely of 'chaps'. Glad that it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Thanks for the welcome everyone. Hey, Canadian Eh!, is your Oaked IPA recipe on the site? I searched but could not find it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Big Island IPA. Canadian Eh!L's recipe is Post #10 of this thread. I've brewed it, & 2 variants of it. It's a ripper! Cheers, Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Given the name of this thread, I wonder what ever happened to Ivon T? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 my Misses helps me out most days.. she also bottles and caps the brews for me while im away. she is yet to do a brew by herself.. but i believe she would be ok with it. she has spent a couple afternoons in Philbo's shed with phil and I nattering away on an all grain. one day she may surprise me while im away on a work turn.. i hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Welcome to the forum Christina - Don't be put off by the excessive testosterone....that usually decreases dramatically when Hairy is offline Chad's Big Island IPA sounds nice....at a glance it looks almost exactly like something I used to make except I didn't have oak chips in mine...and I called mine Lagoon IPA. This talk of IPA's is making me homesick (I'm in the land of Singha at the moment)....I need to go back to Australia for a nice cold....American...IPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Welcome to the forum Christina - Don't be put off by the excessive testosterone....that usually decreases dramatically when Hairy is offline Excessive testosterone ....... That explains the baldness then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Chad's Big Island IPA sounds nice....at a glance it looks almost exactly like something I used to make except I didn't have oak chips in mine...and I called mine Lagoon IPA. This talk of IPA's is making me homesick (I'm in the land of Singha at the moment)....I need to go back to Australia for a nice cold....American...IPA That's cool, Muddy! You should try it again sometime with the oak. There is something about the oak and NS that just makes this one... I'm curious about the name of your's. Why lagoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 my Misses helps me out most days.. she also bottles and caps the brews for me while im away. she is yet to do a brew by herself.. but i believe she would be ok with it. she has spent a couple afternoons in Philbo's shed with phil and I nattering away on an all grain. one day she may surprise me while im away on a work turn.. i hope! Mine does too' date=' we do all the brewing and bottling and consuming of these beers together. Last brew day she even had a go at milling some of the grains. She isn't on the forum though. I have a few experimental bittering hop + single flavour/aroma hop brews planned over the next few months to try out different hops so she (and I too really) can get an idea of what each of them bring to the brew. 2014 shall be a kickarse year for brewing methinks![img']w00t[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 she bottled my last few batches.. and no issues at all! but im brewing on my own tomorrow.. as she is working. but she will be here at bottling time i think.. i reckon it wont be long till she brews one while im away... i leave my coopers forum logged in incase she wants to read up on things ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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