-[Digger] Whoa. -[narrator] This time on Moonshiners...
The goal here today is to simply get Beaz acclimated.
Olay, you're off to a great start.
He's not the best at lifting and toting,
but I think this is a great opportunity for him.
Don't worry, I caught some of it.
[laughs]
Throw a few pawpaws up here, Craig.
Pawpaw moonshine is one of Mike Cockrell's signature drinks.
I know if we make it better, we can make some money with this.
[Mike Cockrell] Where they at, Jerry?
[Jerry Benson] It looks like they're on the move, man.
We can't afford to have Richard and Craig in here selling to our customers.
So we planted a tracking device on Richard's truck.
[Jerry speaking]
We should be seeing the damn truck right now.
We're right on top of him.
Where are you at?
[Tim Smith] This is how we make the moonshine!
Now he's late.
I'm sure he's coming with what we want to hear,
or he wouldn't be driving all the way over here just to tell us no.
[narrator] In Cocke County, Tennessee,
after a threatening visit from law enforcement...
Care if I look around in there?
Think I'm doing something wrong, David, really?
I know you're doing something wrong.
I'm gonna put your ass in jail, I'm telling you.
[narrator] ...the lifelong liquor maker has no choice
but to hand off any incriminating activities
to a willing partner.
When David Robertson came to my house and told me,
you know, looking at me right in the eye
that he was building a case against me,
and I had been warned time and time again,
I mean, honestly it scared the [bleep] out of me.
And, uh, I'm gonna have to take a break
from moonshining for a while.
The best we can hope for
is that Killer Beaz is willing to step up to the plate,
and, uh, take over until the heat dies down at least.
Hey, buddy.
How are you, brother?
-I'm good. -Hey, man.
Hey, brother. Love you, man.
Good to see you, boss.
Well, I gotta tell y'all.
This has been a tough decision.
I mean, we've made decisions together,
but this, um...
This is a huge one.
And I guess you know that since I showed up here,
that I came to tell you that I'm in.
[Mark] I'm grateful to Killer Beaz for stepping up.
I think he will make me extremely proud,
and all the things that Digger and I accomplished
is gonna be carried on with somebody that we love and trust.
I would've called you or sent a telegram
if it was no.
I gotta say this offer was too good to pass up
the potential for an amazing amount of money,
and I love making liquor,
so I didn't turn it down.
But it just scares me to death.
I just gotta be honest with you, man.
-I'm know. I'm glad. -Well, we're a little more on edge than we're used to.
Thing about it is there's a little more danger than normal out there.
It's a big boy game right now.
-Right. -Oh, yeah.
So as long as you're still good with that and understand this.
You know, wives see a different picture.
We sat and we talked about it,
and I promised her I would be extremely
careful and vigilant.
You know, when we met with Beaz in Nashville,
we gave him a very, very brief rundown
of the encounters we've had with the law.
I know he's the man for the job.
He thinks well on his feet.
He can handle himself in a crunch.
You're full on, you're carrying the torch.
So I say we go get him started right away.
Don't give him time to think about this too much.
No, I say we go get with it.
It's a no brainer that Beaz is the best man for this job.
Beaz is a top shelf liquor man.
He knows what he's doing.
You gonna let him sit in the front seat
now that he's a big boy?
I'm gonna let him.
-That way he'll be the first one to the wreck. -[Digger] Yep
So now we're gonna get Beaz trained up
on our latest and greatest recipe,
the triple malt Tennessee whiskey.
The front seat, let me get this door for you, sir.
-Thank you, sir. -Let me do that.
[Mark Ramsey] Bring him in with a vengeance,
let him start out right here just doing what we do,
and, uh, get busy.
[Mark] Beaz, I got to tell you how good you look health-wise.
[Killer Beaz] Well, thank you very much.
[Digger] You don't have to butter him up now, he said yes.
[Mike] Where they at, Jerry?
-[Jerry] Where they at... -[Mike] Sitting still?
[Jerry] Oh, it's sitting still, yeah.
It's been there for a hot minute.
We planted a tracking device on Richard's truck.
Wherever Richard and Craig goes,
I know exactly where they're at.
Let's get the hell out of here.
We see they've left the park,
and they seem to be over in town.
I know exactly where that's at.
It's a strip of, like, shops and little restaurants.
Maybe they're getting their ice cream fix or something.
I don't know.
You know, they're in town.
-So we're not worried about that, right? -[Jerry] No, no, no.
We can't sit around here and wait on every move that they make.
We know where they're at.
So for now, we gotta get back to making liquor,
and I got a great idea for a damn good brandy.
So Jerry, I have found
the motherload of damn berries, son.
-You have? -[Mike] Mmm-hmm.
[Jerry] What kind of berries?
One of the most expensive berries you can buy in the damn store,
elderberries.
-Elderberries? -[Mike] Wild elderberries.
You know, they make gummies out of them...
-[Jerry] Yeah. -...juice, they're high in antioxidants.
Elderberry wine is real popular.
So if people's going out there and buying this expensive elderberry wine,
what could we do with this stuff
if we turn it into shine?
[Jerry] You know, we got a lot going on
and with all the competition stuff we got going on in town.
-[Mike] Oh, yeah. -I'm thinking maybe we make something
really good like that for people
and just kinda hand out little sample jars.
-For gifts? -Yeah.
Keep our damn customers coming to us.
[Jerry] Exactly.
We're headed to the spot where the elderberries are.
We're gonna get a motherload of elderberries for free.
[Jerry] This right here.
Let's get out there and get them, buddy.
[Jerry] They are right here on the side of the road, ain't they?
[Mike] Let's grab them.
Me and Jerry, we pull up here
and sure enough all these elderberries
are hanging full in these trees.
All we gotta do is start clipping big pods off,
filling these buckets up with all that we can.
A lot of berries in here, ain't there?
[Jerry] Yeah, there are.
[Mike] These things right here are good for the system
when they're cooked down.
See, elderberries is one of the greatest fruits in the world,
but elderberry can be poisonous.
But once you boil these things down and reach 150 degrees,
then you can turn them into the flavorful drink you like to drink,
the medicines, all the good medicinal properties that come along with them,
and especially the damn vibrant flavor that these things have.
Keep that damn tag right there.
-[Jerry] Get her, dang it. -[exclaims]
I guarantee you there's 1,000 on that one plug right there.
[Jerry] All right.
[Mike] About all I see.
That's a pretty good haul right there, ain't it?
Yeah, boy. How many berries you think is in them buckets?
[Jerry] Probably 2 million.
[laughing] I wouldn't doubt it's close to it.
I wouldn't be scared to say we've got over a half a million berries
in four or five gallon buckets.
Get down the road, that's a bunch of damn berries.
-Isn't that right. -Could be so little berries.
Gonna be some good shine before long.
Probably got over $300 worth of elderberry
sitting in the back of my truck.
We're ahead of the game this season,
and we just hit the motherload of one of the most expensive berries in America.
[Craig Landry] Man, where the hell do you have us?
Mark and Digger, they hooked me up with this dude.
They say he's got everything we need.
We ain't gonna need nothing else.
[narrator] In Maggie Valley, North Carolina,
Richard and Craig are on their way
to pick up bargain-rate sugar
from Mark and Digger's old stillhand, Kelly.
-Let's go. -All right.
[Kelly Williamson] What's up, guys.
-You doing all right? -How you doing, Mr. Kelly?
How you doing? Craig Landry.
-[Kelly] Good to meet you. -Nice to meet you, my man.
I was told that, uh, you might be able to help us get some sugar.
We're down there in Maggie Valley,
we're making liquor, I found a nice little spot out there to make liquor.
I got some competition down there,
they exposed themselves to me.
They don't feel good about me being there.
[Kelly] Who's down there?
Mike and Jerry.
Really? [laughs]
Yeah, I can see you like that.
You know the history there?
I know you and Mike ain't had a real nice time together.
Several years ago, Mike Cockrell pulled a deal
where he blew up a still.
And this particular still,
he thought it belonged to me.
What's good for the goose
is good for the gander.
He inadvertently blew up a still that belonged to Mark and Digger.
Mark and Digger got paid back for their still, money.
I never got any retribution, any payment,
any respect shown by it.
-Not a, "I'm sorry"? -Not, "I'm sorry," not nothing.
So, uh, if there's a chance for me to help you
help him.
[all laughing]
Well, I'd like to help him out of Maggie Valley.
[Kelly] Yeah, that's where we need to go.
How much sugar do you think you need?
[Richard Landry] How much you got?
The only thing I got right now is liquid sugar.
It's a little weaker than your normal sugar.
How much is it gonna cost us to get this?
As long as you're selling to Mike Cockrell's customers,
I'll front everything that you need.
[Richard] Are you serious?
This is better than the money right now.
Sweet revenge. [laughs]
I hear you, my man. I hear you.
[Kelly] I want the hat to drop
that goes, "Hey, Mike Cockrell,
you should've never tried to screw Kelly Williamson."
[all laughing]
I can't wait.
Let's go get you guys loaded up down here, guys.
I mean, coming over here and getting some sugar from Mr. Williamson,
I mean, that's just one thing.
I mean, he told me he's not gonna charge us for this sugar,
he just wants us to get in there
and take care of Mike Cockrell for him.
To me, that's amazing.
We're gonna be making liquor with a product for free,
and all Mr. Williamson wants from this
is to make sure Mike Cockrell is affected
the way he was affected when Mike Cockrell decided to do what he did.
We have an investor who's given us everything that we need for free.
Mike Cockrell has to pay for everything he needs.
That'll do it.
I mean, there is no way possible
that anyone can compete with me
when I have free sugar.
Mike's gonna feel the crunch from this,
and it won't take very long.
[honks horn]
So was there a creek down here,
a stream or something?
[Digger] Limestone spring.
-[Killer Beaz] Nice. -[Mark] Finest limestone spring
you've ever seen.
Detective David Robertson's made it extremely clear
that he's gunning for me.
This is serious,
it's my freedom we're talking about here.
But also I feel that it's my obligation,
you know, to help Killer Beaz,
since he has agreed to take up the slack in my absence,
however short term it may or may not be.
We dug us out a little bit of a reservoir...
Uh-huh.
[Digger] ...and it just runs out from right in there.
[Killer Beaz] Excellent.
[Digger] You know, the day has come,
and it is the day that we plan on teaching Beaz
how to make our best of the best in our opinion,
the triple-malted grain moonshine.
All right, so we're heating the water in here.
-[Mark] Yeah, this one. -Means less gear to drag around.
Ready? First mash in at the new place,
-I love this. -Yeah.
[Killer Beaz] It's a big day for me today.
Mark and Digger are gonna teach me their recipe
for their three grain, all malted
Tennessee whiskey.
[Mark] While that water's coming up to temp,
-we'll grind some grain. -[Killer Beaz] Well, all right.
It's something I've never done before,
and I'm just chomping at the bits
to get in there and start making it.
[Digger] You know, this is the same old Tennessee whiskey recipe
we just have all malted grains in it,
-which brings way more flavor to the party -[Killer Beaz] All...
All three grains, right?
[Digger] It's gonna be up to you to get the grain in there.
Just dump that thing full...
...and two bucket pulls.
Okay, you're off to a great start.
[laughing]
You just lost $17 worth of malted grain.
-[Killer Beaz] And now it's... -Fill this rascal full.
You have to watch it.
You put it in the hopper before you crank it up?
Either way, but it's okay.
[Mark] You know, the goal here today
is to simply get Beaz acclimated to the new recipe,
triple grain malt Tennessee whiskey.
That ought to do it on the barley.
Well, that made short work of it.
Now we just need a half a bucket of rye,
-and it's in that bucket, Killer. -Ah.
Killer Beaz, he don't need any teaching on the stills
or mashing in.
He just simply needs to know the ingredients
and what amount and, uh, you know,
what it's supposed to taste like.
Time to get corny.
That's any one of your shows.
-[laughs] -You were waiting on that weren't you.
No.
Don't worry. I caught some of it.
Okay, thank you.
I'm enjoying prepping.
It's easy grinding the grains, everything's right there,
spring water, there's a lot of room.
We're not cramped in,
and so it's a neat still site.
[Mark] We're hot over here, guys.
-Okay, um... -[Digger] Crank her down to a simmer.
I think we're ready for sugar.
[Mark] I think you're right, sir.
-You would be true and correct. -[laughs] Yeah.
-Come here, come here. -Tell you what, let me grab it.
Come here.
No, don't put a--
You get a star for the day.
[twinkling]
-[Killer Beaz] All right. -He's doing so much better.
[Killer Beaz] All right, sugar.
[Digger] What Beaz is doing right now,
doing the right thing at the right moment,
it's showing me he's learned.
And that brings me a little bit more comfort
from the vacancy that Mark's gonna leave.
Hey, Mark, you got hot water for us?
[Mark] I've got it coming here for you, boss.
All right, thank you.
[Digger] You're gonna get another star for the day.
I feel like Beaz is gonna be a good fit.
[Killer Beaz] Hey, Digger, can you get that yeast, buddy.
-[Digger] Get your own yeast. -[Killer Beaz] I'm too old.
[Digger] I got your yeast.
Oh, yeah.
There it is.
[Mark] It's up to the moonshine gods to take charge now, Killer.
Beaz, I'm proud of you.
Well, thank you, man.
You taught me.
I'm more proud of you for stepping into my spot than I am this.
I know you know how to do this.
-You've proved-- -[Killer Beaz] Well, I can't fill your shoes, buddy,
-but I can... I can make-- -[Digger] Wear your socks.
I can make a run of liquor.
Yes, you can.
-Hey, can you-- -A bit warm, but it'll be all right.
You know, I was worried about Beaz
because, you know, Beaz is,
he's a stand-up comic.
I expected I'd be doing most of the work,
but I don't have to worry about him carrying his weight.
Guys, you know, I think we've got you broke in on this mash.
I'll help you do this first run, but
then after that, puss, it's up to you and him.
-We got this. -I know you have.
-We got this, buddy. -I felt bad in my life about a lot of things,
but turning you loose with this ain't one of them.
-Well, I appreciate that vote of confidence. -So...
Once again, you're the guys that taught me so...
[Mark] I appreciate what you're doing.
[Killer Beaz] I'm honored to do it.
[Richard] I know this sound crazy,
but that's why you're wearing hip waders.
You gotta walk through the water
to get to the pawpaw patch.
Now that we've got our liquid sucrose,
our liquid sugar from Kelly,
we're gonna try to find some pawpaws.
We're gonna make a pawpaw brandy.
See how light it is going up?
I bet you it don't be that light coming back.
[Craig] Hopefully not.
Daniel Maner told be about pawpaw,
he told me he and Mike did this a while ago,
and it was a real good seller.
Watch where you step, they fell on the ground.
Daniel gave us a great spot
where we can find some nice pawpaws.
We got big cluster of them right there.
Look how big that cluster is right there.
-It's sweet? -Taste that.
Taste that!
It's a fruit that's real sweet,
it tastes like a cross between a mango
and something like a banana.
There's a very, very short window
when pawpaws are in season.
Once they turn ripe on the trees,
they start to fall and rot quick.
-[Richard] Look at that. The thing busted open. -[Craig] Oh, man.
-Smell that thing. -It's like a hand grenade.
[Richard] Yep.
Yeah, it's coming... It's coming with us.
Pawpaw moonshine is one of Mike Cockrell's signature drinks.
I mean, he does it every year,
he's been around pawpaws a real long time,
he knows where the good ones are.
So he makes some real good brandy or moonshine with it.
There's very few places to get pawpaws around here,
and we're in one of those very few places.
So nine times out of ten, Mike and Jerry
might get their pawpaws from the same place.
They ain't gonna have none.
That's what I'm talking about.
Everything that we've got to do this run
is totally free.
I'm gonna put everything we've got into it.
I know if we make it better,
we can make some money with this.
Yeah, we're gonna leave this one for the animals.
[Richard] This cluster right here ain't totally...
-...ripe yet. -[Craig] Smell that.
Smell that?
Smells good.
I see where it gets the hillbilly mango from.
It kinda looks like a mango,
and it's really, really soft.
See them big seeds in there?
That's why they got so many of these little bitty trees around here.
This should make an awesome moonshine.
[Mike] You know, we've got our elderberries picked, ready to mash in.
Instead of using sugar, we want to use honey.
Honey has anti-bacterial properties in it,
which will help protect our mash,
and honey gets its flavor
from all the different flowers that the bees pollenate from,
which will give this liquor a whole different depth of flavor.
What's going on, Jacob?
Hey.
-It smells good in here. -[Jacob] Yeah.
It smells like them muscadines, don't it?
-[Mike] Yeah, boy. -[Jerry] Yeah, it does.
So you got us some honey.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Right back here.
They got her behind
-there doors, don't they? -[Jerry] Look at there.
Got a hidden door back here.
-[Mike] That's our honey there? -Yeah, that's it.
-[Jerry] Dad gum. -[Mike] Well, it looks good.
It's good and rich there, son.
Like that.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
-[Mike] That's rich. -Think that'll work for you?
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah. -[Mike] Oh, you know it will.
It's nice and dark too, the way I like it.
-Mmm. -I tell you what, this stuff right here would be
-spot on man, plenty of it. -It should be.
I mean, it's heavy enough, ain't it?
Damn sure is.
[Mike] Oh, look here, Jerry.
-[Jerry] What's that? -[Mike] Ginger root.
[Jerry] Ginger root?
[Mike] Care to throw that in?
Uh, yeah.
-I can throw it in. -With the whole deal?
-Yeah. -Shoot, yeah, man.
While you're bagging it up, I'm gonna go get this liquor.
-Okay, go get it. -I don't need no liquor, I got plenty of shine.
[Jerry] What do you mean you got plenty of shine?
[Jacob] I bought a bunch off another guy.
I had to jump on it. It was a good deal.
What do we owe you for this then?
-Uh. -[Jerry] We done got our heart set on doing this run.
$300 for the honey.
You got $300?
Yeah, I got $300. I just wasn't expecting to...
Well, I ain't got a damn dollar on me right now, son.
I'm a bit caught, man.
That hurts right there.
You got your money, and we got the honey.
-That's all right. -[Mike] So...
[laughs] Yep.
-[Mike] Yeah. -[Jerry] Well...
[Mike] This is definitely not a coincidence.
I know it's Richard and Craig.
Oh, my God. It's every time we turn around.
[Jerry] Every time.
We can't have Richard and Craig in here running liquor
and selling it to our customers
in our area, that just ain't gonna happen.
[Mike] Where they at, Jerry?
It looks like they're on the move, man.
[Mike] Richard and Craig,
they're headed towards the woods.
Now's the time to start heading that way
to see what they're up to.
Looks like they're in the woods now.
[Mike] Richard and Craig, they are in the middle of the woods.
We can see where they're at, what general area they're in.
We need to park several hundred yards
away from the vehicle.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, we ain't gonna want to just run up on them.
-[Mike] No, no, no. -[Jerry] Like I said, if they're sitting in the car,
they're gonna know it's us.
[Mike] Right, we need to slip in, walk up on them kinda
just to see if we can see them.
We're within a mile to being on top of where this device is.
I don't want to be too hasty
and try to drive right up to them.
We're gonna ditch this truck to the side,
we're gonna get off and foot it
the rest of the way up, and see where they're at.
-Their truck is up here some damn where. -[Jerry] Somewhere.
All right, let's do it.
[Mike] All right, let's ease on.
Take our time.
I'm looking at the phone now.
We're within a half a mile.
-That's us right here. -[Jerry] Mmm-hmm.
[Mike] And that's them right there.
[Jerry whispering] Hey, let's go. You'll get seen.
This road's real, real curvy,
so they could be around any bend.
How much further we got?
[Mike] I don't know.
100 yards.
-We're getting really close. -Real close.
Right freaking there, dude.
[Jerry] Where?
I don't see any truck or anything, I don't think.
[Mike] We're right on top of them.
[Jerry speaking]
We should be seeing a damn truck right now.
I don't see anything.
[Mike] We're within 100 feet of this damn device,
and if I'm looking at my phone correctly,
that damn truck is sitting there in that next bend.
[Jerry] I don't see anything.
That truck should be sitting right here.
-[Jerry] Look at here. -[Mike] What?
Oh, my God. What the freak?
[sighing] Oh, my God.
[Jerry] Are you serious?
Oh, [bleep], dude.
[Jerry] There, look at them magnets gone. Look.
Look.
Oh, my God.
The magnet's still on the truck,
but the freaking box and the device is laying here on the damn ground,
and Richard and damn Craig is where?
-I don't freaking know now. -[Jerry sighs]
I don't know if they turned around, went this way, that way, or that way.
All I know, their asses are gone.
I got an idea.
You know, here a few months ago, I got me a drone, right?
So why don't we go out,
we'll go back in here to a clearing,
I'll launch that sucker up.
You know they're gonna come to good water.
They ain't gonna see us or hear us.
Let's go down the damn mountain.
Let's go get high.
Let's do it. Let's go get high.
This tracker device we've got, it's failed, man.
We're in the general area and got a good idea of where they're at now,
so we're gonna use the drone
and pinpoint exactly where they're at.
[Richard] Be careful, Craig. We can't drop this.
If we drop this, we're in trouble.
We're gonna go mash in our pawpaw brandy today.
This is a moment for me.
This is our first mash in at our new still site in Maggie Valley.
I mean, to me, things are really looking up right now.
We're gonna drop it down
probably a third of the way,
get some sugar in there.
This water will start heating up,
it will start getting warmer.
And I promise you, we can pitch our yeast in a minute.
We're gonna use 10 to 12 gallons of liquid sugar per barrel.
Just 10 gallons of this liquid sugar
has the same amount of sugar as a 50-pound sack.
One, two, three. [grunts]
That should give us enough to have a real, real high
alcohol concentrate in our mash.
Pick it up.
[Craig] The benefit of mashing in with liquid sugar is
it's already melted down.
We're gonna fill it with just a little water, add mash,
and you're done.
Throw a few pawpaws up here, Craig.
Pawpaws are delectable.
I want to say it's creamy
I want to say it's peary.
These things are really, really, really juicy,
they're really sweet.
I hope I can get people as perplexed about a drink
as they would be about this fruit if they could taste it.
It's a delicacy right here,
but you see, we don't want these seeds in there.
This the hard part of the job right here,
but it's gonna be worth it. Trust me.
The number one thing that we're not gonna do here
is we're not gonna use these seeds,
and we're not gonna have these skins in this mash.
The skin of a pawpaw,
definitely the seed pod of a pawpaw
is not something that you want to consume.
I'm in hog heaven right now.
Mike and pawpaws got two things in common, man.
Oh, yeah, what's that?
They're soft.
[Craig laughs]
[Richard] We got about 150 pounds of these pawpaws.
We separated 'em equally amongst these three barrels.
I wanna be able to taste the flavor of this pawpaw
and not overwhelmed by alcohol, you know what I mean, Craig?
[Craig] That's right.
[Richard] This is good.
We're gonna pitch the yeast right now.
There's a lotta sugar in there.
But, I mean, with the natural sunlight that's comin' in here and heatin' these barrels up.
It should get started in no time.
-All right, come on. -It's good.
Let's get the hell outta here.
This is a free run we got right here.
We got 150 gallons of a free mash, so.
So we're gonna let this mash work off for about a week.
Craig and I are gonna see the sights in Macon.
Whew, another day in a life of a moonshiner.
[Digger] Well, let's see if we made anything.
[Beaz] Let's see if we made anything or not.
-[Digger] Oh, man. -[Beaz] I can smell that already.
I am so pumped up about today.
I get to run Mark and Digger's
three malted grain Tennessee whiskey.
Well, let's quit lookin' at it and let's get it in there.
I'm just wanna make sure that I do good.
I want 'em to know my worth to 'em.
That's my goal today.
[Mark] I got all the faith in the world in you, Killer.
If I didn't have, you wouldn't be here doin' this.
[Beaz] I like the sound of that.
Mark.
He's on edge. He's nervous, He's worried.
He's scared.
This police pursuit we're under right now.
And the fact that we're so big of a blip on their radar...
...it's taking its toll on him.
But, at some point, he'll come back.
And, you know, that door is always open to him.
-[Beaz] After you get about 400 of these... -[Mark] Woah, guy.
It goes down easy.
-It goes on the inside. -This at the end, right here.
That's what that spout's for.
Use that toward this.
The stuff you learn...
...by screwing up.
I don't ever want to hear... hear you tell me that you mop and sweep.
'Cause you don't know how the hell a mop bucket works.
[Beaz laughs]
Yeah, we're gettin' warm here now, Beaz
-It won't be long. -[Mark] You smell it?
[Digger] Get your nose a hit there.
[Beaz] This is amazing.
Is that crazy?
Damn, that's instant chrome candy, Beaz.
[Beaz] You could... You're vaping that, right?
I'm vaping, yeah.
Match your heads.
Oh! Oop.
[Beaz] Excellent, we are running.
[sighs wearily]
-Wow. -[Digger] Yup.
[Beaz laughs]
[Digger] That ain't buttermilk.
[Beaz] When we first started getting distillate,
you could smell the... the bouquet of it.
I mean, it was super floral.
Like a very big, huge fruity aroma,
I mean, from 5 feet away.
So it's gonna be an amazing run.
Whew, boy, it's high octane.
It's high proof it's got good flavor.
[exclaims]
Damn, that'll open your sinuses up.
It did, but I mean, it tastes great
even at that high of a proof.
That right there is north of 150, gentlemen.
[Beaz] Wow!
Dang, that's stout
This triple malt whiskey is amazing.
I am blown away at the different flavors in it.
[Mark] We about ready?
[Beaz] The Tennessee whiskey that I've sold before
have only had one malted grain in 'em.
This is a premium beverage,
and I'd get a big, big price out of Nashville for it.
-Wow. -[Mark] About to run that... wind that line down, puss?
[Digger] Yeah, we're gettin' pretty close.
I wanna squeeze all we can out of it.
[Mark] Well, now,
you guys, I've studied and studied about this all day,
and I don't really know how to bring it up to you.
What the hell is goin' on?
I'd like to do a great big monster run, corn liquor.
And I'd like to sell it for 10 bucks the jar
to all our dedicated customers.
Bring in big sloppy, one of the twins.
Settle 'em all up here.
Mash in a couple of toads.
Make a hell of a run of corn liquor,
and sell it for $10 a pour.
I know it's a lotta work.
But, with that being said, they will be here...
...if you wanna up your ante on this.
[Digger] I'm all in.
Whatever you wanna do, hell, I'll ride the same boat you will.
So, here I am again, doin' one more run.
I would be honored to be involved, brother.
-[Mark] Will you really? -Yeah!
-Future heir, man. -Man.
-All right. -Dang. For all y'all do for me...
-I know that I loved you for a reason. -Yeah.
After David Robertson...
...paid me the house call visit, you know...
...I took a lot of pains to do what was necessary
to clear out any incriminating evidence.
And I feel safe and secure right now.
So I wanna do something really good for all of our customers.
Doin' this $10 jar will produce some good karma for me,
and help me really get through this tough time that I'm having
dealing with the law.
[Digger] I'm in the boat with you.
Whatever you wanna do.
Damn, you seem a little taller, you're still growing.
[Mark] And you know I love you.
Man, that goes without saying.
I've done some really stupid [bleep] and he still loves me.
[chuckles]
You know for Mark to wanna do this,
and make a tremendous amount of liquor
and sell everybody a couple a quartz of liquor...
...for $10?
I mean that's what Mark Wayne Ramsay is.
He's probably one of the giving-est human beings around.
And that's what the epitome of a man is is generosity.
At the end of the day, that's all you got...
...your word and your generosity.
[Mark] We're in the backends aren't we, puss?
We're gettin' into 'em fast.
I'm... I'm all for killin' the fire.
-Mark, let me cut that fire. -Cut that fire there, Beaz.
This is your deal now.
[Mike] All right, you work your magic, son.
Fly that thing.
You know, me and Jerry, we got the drone with us now.
We're gonna send this baby up in the air,
see if we can't spot the truck,
perhaps the still sight they're at.
They're gonna be by water somewhere.
[Jerry] You ready?
Holy [bleep].
[Jerry] It's just so dense back in there.
[Mike] Tryin' to zoom in real close
to any water source that we can possibly find
to see if these guys are nearby or close to that.
[Jerry] There's water.
Nice creek right there.
You know, the creek's goin' that way,
around through here.
Where're you at?
[Jerry] It's kinda dark down there.
You know that creek...
-Runs around, right. -...is goin' round that trough right up through there.
[Jerry] There's a nice little opening right there in the woods.
[Mike] Yeah.
-You see something? -I thought I'd seen somethin' right in here.
Right in this little area right here.
Zoom in, I wanna see.
Where in the heck...
[Jerry] That right there, that's... that's a windshield.
that's a reflection from a windshield right there.
-Yeah, that's his truck sittin' right there. -Where?
[Jerry] Right there.
See the glare off the windshield right there?
I don't see [bleep].
[Jerry] No, I'm certain I see it right there.
[Mike gulps]
-That is a pickup truck. -That's it!
Look, there's a third brake light, you see it right there?
-[Mike] Yeah, I see it in the back of the truck. -That's it.
That's the truck sittin' there.
-I told you, man. -Oh, my god.
[Jerry] They're about a half a mile from here.
Pin that son of a bitch.
We have got an official brake light.
We have got that black truck.
Richard and Craig is right here.
We've got 'em.
You know what, man, I ain't the type of guy
for a lot of modern convenience
but today...
-...I thank god for it. -[drone fans buzzing]
We've got these guys now.
We can let these guys back on out and leave.
We're gonna get the hell out of here too.
Tonight we're gonna go back, walk up through the woods,
see if we can't find a still site.
So here's the pin up here.
We just gotta get from here to this pin right there.
-[Mike] Mmm-hmm. -[Jerry] That blue dot, that's us.
[Mike] Well, I hear the creek.
[Jerry] And that red dot...
Well that's probably where they're at, just on the other side of that creek.
So we're gonna... we're gonna have to just walk from here.
Well, let's just go... let's go do it.
[Mike] I don't care, I haven't ever used no damn GPS device
to walk through the damn woods.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Mike] This is crazy.
Where in the hell are they?
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what, sonny,
they picked a damn hell of a spot, didn't they?
[Mike] Hell, I'd reckon.
[Jerry] Yeah, there's the creek.
[Mike] There's a lotta water right there.
[Jerry] They gotta be in here, close.
[Mike] God, almighty.
Hey, Jerry, smell that?
Smell it?
Smells like somethin' fermenting to me.
That's fruit.
Told you we was gettin' close.
We smell mash.
That's exactly what that is.
[Mike] What strong... Look over there, look.
There it is, right there, baby.
It's some big thing right there.
First damn time in my life I've see a camouflage tarp stick out like a sore thumb.
Check the runner.
[Jerry] Oh, my god.
It's a lot bigger than I thought it was gonna be.
These guys have got 150 gallon pot sitting here, man.
These guys is upscaling in a hurry...
...to try to cut our throats.
And me and Jerry's got to do something.
Let's check this out.
Them son of a bitches.
That's pawpaw mash, man.
One of my biggest recipes.
Oh, my god.
Sit there and copycat somebody else's damn recipes...
...and then turn around and sell it to our customers.
What're you gonna do about it?
[Mark] Yes, he did.
-Whoo! -[Beaz laughs]
It's a pretty mash, ain't it?
When you see yellowjackets showin' up that quick...
Oh, he's gonna drink himself into a coma.
-Poor little feller. -When he gets excited and he'll climb up,
he won't know which way's up.
[Beaz] So it's like real life.
[Mark laughs]
[Digger] If he gets all riled up, he's gonna sting the hell outta you.
[Mark] He drank another 10 seconds worth of that
he'll think he's a pterodactyl, won't he?
[Digger] He ain't buzzin' no more, he's hissin' drunk.
Oh, he's buzzin'.
[Digger] He's mad at you for lettin' him out, Mark.
[Mark laughs]
[Beaz] You know what?
You're lookin' at a future returned customer right there.
-[Mark laughs] Exactly! -[Digger] Look at him.
-He's returnin', he's comin' back. -[Beaz] Look, comin' back!
-Come on. -[Mark laughs]
Man, Daniel said this pawpaw liquor sells good, really good.
This was one of his best sellers back in the day.
I bet it does, man, I mean...
That hillbilly mango.
Pawpaw moonshine.
[Richard] Tastes like money to me.
I already taste that green in my mouth.
Today is the day.
We're gonna check on our mash.
I mean, this is my very first pawpaw moonshine ever.
I'm excited to see how this works out.
Man, I'm hopin' we can get 20 gallons out of this run.
I'm bringin' four, five gallon buckets in there.
Hopefully we can fill them up.
That'd be really good.
We'd make some good money off of this run now.
[Craig] Hillbilly mango.
I can't wait to taste it.
[Richard] Hey, man, why's the still uncovered?
[Craig] What the [bleep].
[Richard] Oh, come on man.
-[Craig] Uh... -[Richard] No.
Oh man, our mash...
[Craig] The hell happened here?
[Richard] Look at this.
So we get to the still site, come around the corner,
and all the barrels are toppled over.
There's a mess everywhere in the still site.
Oh, [bleep].
[Craig] Everything is just messed up here.
What the hell happened here?
I'll tell you what happened, the [bleep] bears happened!
All three of our mash barrels are layin' on their sides.
There're scratch marks, claw marks, bite marks.
This is no good for us.
[Craig] Thing was tryin' to get in here man.
Look at that.
[Richard] I didn't think these bears would be able to get into these barrels.
We don't have bears in Louisiana.
I don't see anything like that,
but these barrels are scratched to high heaven
and they just all bit into.
This one's full, he didn't get in this one.
Full?
[both grunt]
Look at this [bleep], man.
[Richard] Man, this is a bear, man.
Man, this was supposed to be our big money maker right here.
This was supposed to be our huge run.
I mean, [sighs] now we got another massive setback.
This is not a good day.
-[Richard] This one's full, full bucket. -[Craig] Whoo!
-That's some good pawpaw wine. -Yeah.
We're gonna take all that mash and put it in that pot, Craig.
What we got left here, we ain't got enough to do [bleep] with,
but at least we can make a little bit of money, man.
[Craig] Our still is still here, it's intact, mainly.
We have a few dents in it,
but it's nothing that we can't fix.
We're gonna be able to run what we have left.
[Richard] I mean, this is heartbreaking.
I thought we were gonna have a full pot of mash to run.
I mean, there's nothing that we can do about this.
We just gotta push on.
We can't go find the bear and beat him up.
So we're just gonna have to do what we do.
Just run this mash.
Let's go.
[Craig] Whoo! Singed my hair.
You know, this is really a shame,
because this is some of the best mash we ever made.
But we have enough to make a run.
We hopin' to get at least five to seven gallons up out of what we have left.
So it could've been worse.
We're almost in that thumper.
It's comin' through a whole lot quicker than I thought.
It's not gonna take long, 'cause we don't have a high volume in there.
So whatever comes out.
It's no samples, no giveaways.
It's all for sale.
[Richard] Oh, we're startin' to run.
We got our pawpaw runnin' now.
It's actually comin' out of the spout.
It literally smells like a pawpaw comin' out of this wine.
This is gonna be a real good moonshine.
It's almost five gallons.
Right here, we in the hearts.
-Does it smell like it? -Smell like somethin' I ain't ever smelled before.
It smells sweet.
[Craig] Different taste then when we first started?
Let me see.
That's good.
Man, I'd drink that all night long.
That's smooth.
-Yeah, that's smooth. -That's smooth.
I could drink this, all this, right now.
Tastes, like, a little mango in it.
Tastes like mango.
But it's something else, it's creamy, it's sweet, it's somethin'.
You keep drinkin' that, I gotta drive home.
[Craig] The taste of pawpaw is right there up front, it's prevalent.
You get a little mango slash banana taste with it.
It's real smooth.
I wish we coulda saved all of our mash
because this here is a winner.
We shoulda walked out of here with...
...with almost two grand in liquor, man.
We walkin' out here with $500, $600 right now it looks like.
[Craig] But we're gonna take it though.
[Richard] Well, it's the end of the run.
We're gonna go take this five, six gallons we got out of the woods.
We're gonna get the bear proofing material
so these bears never get in here and destroy our still site again.
Why I got the heavy bucket?
[Craig] You're not tryin' to take it for yourself, right?
[Richard] If I gotta carry it, I'm keepin' it.