A couple years ago Jenna and I wanted to begin a tradition of making wine and giving it as Christmas gifts each year. Okay, I wanted to do that and she agreed to allow me. We made, bottled, and gifted our first batch. It was a little green so we decided on a longer ferment time. It sat from January to November under the stairs and then....
Last year was a just a hard December and we didn't get the wine bottled. So it lived an extra year under the stairs. Having sat and aged an extra year had me nervous so I was adamant that I was going to bottle it this year. When I found the time last weekend, my little brewing assistant, Campbell, was there to try her hand at wine making.
She held the bottles while I filled them up and she wiped up behind me. Corking was her favorite part. I only own a hand corker and it takes quite a bit of muscle. So clever dad that I am, I grabbed my beer capper. It's a much bigger floor model. I'd take a bottle and put a cork in it. Then I'd slide it to her and she'd lower the capping lever down and pull so hard her body would shake. We did this for 28 bottles!
I think it's awesome that she wants to help me out whenever I have a "poject." It's also a little funny that with my juvenile hobbies, it's the 3 year old that is most interested in what I'm doing. For the moment, I'm just soaking up being Dad and enjoying my daughter wanting to be with me. Lord knows at 15 she's not going to be interested in my hobbies :) Right now there's no better sound than "Can we make beer Daddy?"
