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DH wants to start a microbrewery in our garden shed

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FulhamHetty · 23/03/2024 19:56

DH has decided that over the Easter break (he has taken one week annual leave), it is an opportune moment to start his microbrewery project in our back garden. This is despite the three-day break at Center Parcs we have booked for next weekend.

DH has bought all the equipment he needs, which is currently piled up on the immaculate Victorian tiles in our hallway, and we have a large shed in the garden where he is going to assemble it. He tells me he is going to disassemble his "Hornby" and start the brewery.

I am not adverse to starting a micro brewery per se. After all, DH and I met at university (Oxford) over a pint of Carlsberg in the college bar, which I think at the time was about £1.00 a pint. I quite like a beer every now and then.

I am fully supportive of my DH "entrepreneurial" activities.

What I am not so keen on is what my DH has decided to call his beer. He has bought bottles already (brownies) and has had some labels made. I think this is a little pre-emptive, given that he has never actually brewed anything at all yet, nor in his life.

The labels that DH has made call his beer "Old Speckled Hetty". A play on "Old Speckled Hen" of course. Except, who is Hetty? I am. What is old and speckled? Well, I will leave that to your imagination, but I do acknowledge that my derrière does not quite look the same as it used to, especially after my two pregnancies.

AIBU to say that DH cannot call his beer "Old Speckled Hetty" and that he should choose another name? I have tried suggesting other names to him such as:
"Fulham Pull'em" or "Oxbridge Cox" etc.
Do you have any other suggestions?

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StarlightLime · 23/03/2024 19:58

So much unnecessary detail...

Unexpecteddrivinginstructor · 23/03/2024 20:01

Tell him that you have heard that these companies are cracking down on trademark infringements. Even better if you can get someone else to tell him so it doesn't look just as if you don't like the name.

TheSpottedZebra · 23/03/2024 20:04

Where did you go to university though?

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

DefenestratingZebra · 23/03/2024 20:04

Is he ever going to end up producing anything that ever needs a label? As in, does he tend to give up a project, or be a bit shit at following instructions? It's quite difficult to make nice tasting beer.

Whiskers4 · 23/03/2024 20:06

Longterm it could be a success, given there's a story behind the name😅

Daffodilsarentfluffy · 23/03/2024 20:06

The phrase you need is
That's nice dear..
And leave him to it.. If we had a shed dh could disappear to l would be giving thanks...

Hermione101 · 23/03/2024 20:07

TheSpottedZebra · 23/03/2024 20:04

Where did you go to university though?

😂

frozendaisy · 23/03/2024 20:09

Wait until you sip the result first.

LibertyLover · 23/03/2024 20:09

FulhamHetty · 23/03/2024 19:56

DH has decided that over the Easter break (he has taken one week annual leave), it is an opportune moment to start his microbrewery project in our back garden. This is despite the three-day break at Center Parcs we have booked for next weekend.

DH has bought all the equipment he needs, which is currently piled up on the immaculate Victorian tiles in our hallway, and we have a large shed in the garden where he is going to assemble it. He tells me he is going to disassemble his "Hornby" and start the brewery.

I am not adverse to starting a micro brewery per se. After all, DH and I met at university (Oxford) over a pint of Carlsberg in the college bar, which I think at the time was about £1.00 a pint. I quite like a beer every now and then.

I am fully supportive of my DH "entrepreneurial" activities.

What I am not so keen on is what my DH has decided to call his beer. He has bought bottles already (brownies) and has had some labels made. I think this is a little pre-emptive, given that he has never actually brewed anything at all yet, nor in his life.

The labels that DH has made call his beer "Old Speckled Hetty". A play on "Old Speckled Hen" of course. Except, who is Hetty? I am. What is old and speckled? Well, I will leave that to your imagination, but I do acknowledge that my derrière does not quite look the same as it used to, especially after my two pregnancies.

AIBU to say that DH cannot call his beer "Old Speckled Hetty" and that he should choose another name? I have tried suggesting other names to him such as:
"Fulham Pull'em" or "Oxbridge Cox" etc.
Do you have any other suggestions?

Not studying English Lit then ?

gm2023 · 23/03/2024 20:16

Did you write this post or was it generated by AI? I’m confused.

StarlightLime · 23/03/2024 20:18

gm2023 · 23/03/2024 20:16

Did you write this post or was it generated by AI? I’m confused.

I think it's one of those tedious bids for Classics.

AgnesX · 23/03/2024 20:20

I'd suggest to him that he gets it bottled and sees what it tastes like first.

I was in a posh drinks shop to get some different beer for a present and there were zillions of the things so he mightn't make that money,( if that's what the aim is).

ButtockUp · 23/03/2024 20:25

Did you go to university? Were you told about superfluous detail in your essays? If not then you need to work on superfluous detail.

As to his micro brewery , let him be.

BIWI · 23/03/2024 20:26

Really?

ohdamnitjanet · 23/03/2024 20:28

TheSpottedZebra · 23/03/2024 20:04

Where did you go to university though?

😆

TheCatOnMorrisseysHead · 23/03/2024 20:31

TheSpottedZebra · 23/03/2024 20:04

Where did you go to university though?

And what are your hall tiles like?

Lampslights · 23/03/2024 20:33

Is this supposed to be funny or have you been beer sampling or something?

Gettingbysomehow · 23/03/2024 20:33

Yet another man who wants to start a microbrewery!!! Sorry I sound jaded but my exH wasted a ton of our money doing this and got nowhere, I know of at least another 10 blokes who are also doing this and getting nowhere.

LibertyLover · 23/03/2024 20:33

Doing a bit of home brew described as microbrewery

So I image that on the same theme Oxford is a northern regional college specialising in media studies

Lampslights · 23/03/2024 20:34

LibertyLover · 23/03/2024 20:33

Doing a bit of home brew described as microbrewery

So I image that on the same theme Oxford is a northern regional college specialising in media studies

I know I can’t believe they call it a micro brewery, when all they are doing is some home brew, which is easy as and dirt cheap.

fluffycloudalert · 23/03/2024 20:41

Well This throws a whole new light on all those threads where the OP mentions their DH's hobby, but won't say what it is.

Now we know. It isn't model railways, cycling, golf, civil war re-enactment; or surreptitiously watching porn, playing in a terrible pub rock band, breeding tropical fish or painting warhammer figurines.

Nope. It is fiddling about in the shed with home brewing stuff, in the vain hope they will make something at least moderately drinkable by the summer their fortune.

Lampslights · 23/03/2024 20:48

Takes a couple of weeks to make home brew beer, and it’s dirt cheap as well compared to the shop stuff.

micro brewery tho 😂

foxidale32 · 23/03/2024 20:51

Don't you need a licence to distill and sell alcohol ?

trippily · 23/03/2024 20:52

At Oxford really, oh my.

foxidale32 · 23/03/2024 20:52

Lampslights · 23/03/2024 20:48

Takes a couple of weeks to make home brew beer, and it’s dirt cheap as well compared to the shop stuff.

micro brewery tho 😂

Home made moonshine