Gott Sei Dank for the Germans!

Thank goodness for the Germans!
As you may recall, we last left Troy in the distillery building with a lot of loose still parts.
Eek!

The classic copper pot still is handmade in Germany by a family-run company. On Wednesday, Alexander and Nick flew in to help us put together the still.
Alexander arrived at our house from Germany, after a long day of travel, since Lufthansa is currently on strike. He was routed from Munich to London to somewhere to Tampa, rented a car, and drove to our house -- in the dark. I'm surprised he didn't collapse on our front porch after his journey.
Nick flew straight in from his home in Philadelphia, and joined us for dinner. We all had a really nice evening together, with a lot of laughs. I wish my mom could have been with us.
In the morning, everyone was up at the crack of dawn for a quick breakfast, and then off to assemble the still.

Alexander even brought his own work gloves. Sehr impressive.


Talk about efficient!

Many thanks to Alexander & Nick!!

They took off early that afternoon to catch a flight to a distilling workshop, leaving us very excited about being one step closer to making rum!