Ask before you open....

She always asks first. She knows I may have something special I am saving to try. Would never refuse to share it with her though!

 

Ha ha ha...sooooo, I had a moving party, and to lure in as much help as possible, I mentioned to my buddies who appreciate good beer that the fridge/cellar was going to be "Wide open". Well, we had a grand old time, and those that know beer would ask for a thumbs up or down before cracking one open that they knew was harder to find here in the Hinterlands.

However, the in laws, being the Bud Light crowd, had no idea what was what, and I assume were drawn in by the cool bottle art, and kept cracking open Almanac Pluots, and Apple Barrel Noirs with their teeth (I'm not joking) and wincing the whole way through the beer. I offered to help one guy finish the Pluot, and he said "Don't worry, I'll muscle through it." Not sure who was cringing harder, him or me.

 

I had a guy open two of my batch 1 Bomb!'s. He took a sip of one and drainpoured it because he thought there was something wrong with it and then opened the other one to see if it was better and ended up chugging it. Turned out he just didn't like chili in his beer. He did apologize profusely though and brought over a twelve pack of Blue Moon as a peace offering the next day. This experience really helped me learn to chill out about beer.

 

As a preamble:
AFTER MARRIAGE - Crisper: Where veggies go
BEFORE MARRIAGE - Crisper: Where beer goes horizontally

So sometimes my beer gets on a shelf... if it coincides with my wife's beer, hers is on the left, mine is on the right, as she is weird and left handed, and I am normal and right handed. This applies to other mine/yours situations across the kitchen.

Occasionally I'll bring home something crafty or strikes her fancy, and she always asks... I married a considerate young lady.

 

You're a better man than me...

 

You aren't married, are you ?

 

LOL!

 

Doesn't happen to my beer, my wife rarely drinks and she does not like beer. However, it does happen to my money

 

I keep the good stuff cellared in the basement. Only move stock up to consume soon so there's not much up for grabs. Wife drinks wine, daughter coolers, son is not of age so little risk at my place. But soon as I notice one missing from the cellar, on goes the lock! HAha

 

Anyone who is ever in my house has always been welcome to any beer I own. They might have to split it with me, but that's about it.

 

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that is probably a memory with him you will still cherish long after he is gone. So while you lost a killer bottle, it could have been MUCH worse.

OT: While not super rare or hard to find, I had a friend "accidentally" drink the last 5 year old bottle of BA Quad that I picked up on the way the wife and I's honeymoon. Sigh.

Whatever, she wouldn't have liked it anyway.

 

Priceless! Funniest thing I've read in awhile. Laughed my ass off....post of the month for sure!

 

just my humble opinion but if your wife needs permission to open a beer she needs to find someone who cares more about her than a bottle of beer .

 

My wife has her beer, and I have mine. And then we have our beer.
If we ever had beer that was off limits for whatever reason, that would be respected, and nobody else gets in the beer fridge without knowing whats what.

 

That was the readers digest version - use whatever diplomatic language you prefer .

To tell the truth, I've never had to deal with this situation. My wife and I seem to have this unspoken understanding that as long as I bring her a wine/beer/whatever as soon as she asks for one, she never goes and gets one on her own. It's been 19+ years, and I'm still doing it with a smile .

 

Beer is not consumed in my house when I'm not home. When I am home, I'm a good bartender (protecting what needs to be protected).

 

I'm sure the BBBB can be replaced with some angry beer sex!

 

I use a remotely located, padlocked fridge for anything that requires controlled access. I will share certain things, but I tend to caution and avoiding beer confrontation whenever necessary. So I fixed the glitch by making it difficult to access.

 

My roommate got tanked one night and drank 2 Rochefort 10 that were 5 years old, and a 4 pack of Heady from my fridge.

Almost killed him. Almost.