The Old Timer

[0re0]

At a family get together today I spoke to a great-great uncle of mine.
He is 80 yrs old and been making wine since the 60's. He wants a quart of of my shine.
Anyway, we were talking and he told me to come to his house. He has muscadine wine that
been aging for 2 years. He even has some blackberry wine that he bottled in 1985...I doubt he gonna let me sample that

Now he is 80, he said he can't do it like he used to could do it.
so I'm thinking of offering my services to him as a mule (so to speak). Go do all the manual work for him and at the same time learn
his techniques and recipes and get some drinking product in return for my hard work. You know he's full of knowledge.
Plus it'll make me feel good knowing that I helped someone do something constructive

[Kentucky shinner]

you will learn more from this guy more than likely than you could by reading for years.. Hell ya I would jump at it.
KS

[blind drunk]

Sounds like a great idea. Learn a little, help out and hear some great stories ...

bd

[0re0]

I think I will mention it to him when I deliver this quart.

my great grandpa used to make and run shine all over the Southeast US.
I love hearing his stories about out running the cops in his car and stuff

[goose eye]

yep thats a good thang.
listen close but watch him closer. learn to look at what he lookin at an for.
no dout some of it gonna be painful for him if he done it for a while so dont let him dewell when there aint no need if it botherin him cause remanissin aint all it cracked up to be sometimes.

so im tole

[0re0]

for 80 yrs old this dude is fit as a fiddle!
He still drives. He gets on facebook regularly to text with family members.
He doesn't look over 65 to me.