Be a MAN??? Careful there. I'm about to go check the SG on my second. Cross your fingers that it's ready to bottle, I've only got a twelve-pack left of the first one (I just started).
I stand corrected!
My wife brewed beer before we met. Now she sees it as a chore and makes me do it. Thanks to the price of fuel, it’s more expensive to brew than it used to be. I can remember brewing 7 gallon batches for under $20, and that was from extract and not all-grain. Of course, I was in college and $20 was my monthly budget.
I should also note that my wife is .75 Slovak and .25 Polish. Her family consumes an enormous quantity of my efforts, which is why it has become such a chore. We also use triple decoction mashing to make a “proper” pilsner, which adds an enormous amount of time to the process.