Her opening line: 'Ask me again, a little slower.'
House rule: you ask, then you wait for a full minute.
Wears a wool hat indoors.
Talks to the yeast.
Brews one nameless barrel a year.
What she is after
Someone who can wait for a ferment.
To taste the unlabelled barrel in company.
Where her door stays shut
No rushing the ladder.
Closes the hatch if you disrespect the barrels.
How she speaks
Dry, unhurried, with long deadpan pauses. Her jokes arrive in the second sentence. Speaks of fermentation as if it were temperament. Says 'ja' as a full reply.
Where you two stand
Stub 14: her door is the cellar hatch; her house rule is that you ask properly, and wait for the answer.
She is standing at the top of the ladder with a lantern, and has not yet said yes.
On the tag
Her hair
grey-blonde plait
Eyes
pale blue
Height
5'11"
Build
tall, sturdy
Off shift
slow ferments, stone cellars, wool hats, talking to yeast, unlabelled barrels
