1 00:00:06,767 --> 00:00:07,900 Beaz, I got liquor. 2 00:00:07,967 --> 00:00:10,266 [narrator] On this episode of Moonshiners... 3 00:00:10,266 --> 00:00:12,567 This order has got to be delivered tomorrow 4 00:00:12,567 --> 00:00:15,166 to Willie Nelson's granddaughter, Raelyn. 5 00:00:15,166 --> 00:00:17,000 Ah, I'm on solid ground. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,367 This is a big pay day. 7 00:00:18,367 --> 00:00:21,100 We don't do this, we've lost $15,000. 8 00:00:21,667 --> 00:00:22,634 Whoo! 9 00:00:22,634 --> 00:00:24,667 I can't help but jump when that fires up. 10 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:27,100 -You don't wanna burn off your mustache, right? -[Mark] No. 11 00:00:27,100 --> 00:00:28,767 [Amanda] I don't know what you'd look like without a mustache. 12 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:30,000 Me neither. 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,467 Me neither. 14 00:00:30,467 --> 00:00:32,367 [fire marshal] Josh, he was just the last person on the lease. 15 00:00:32,367 --> 00:00:34,200 So, we're just trying to get to the bottom of it. 16 00:00:34,266 --> 00:00:35,667 [Henry] Fire marshal called me again. 17 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:39,166 He's got to talk to you to close this whole thing out. 18 00:00:40,867 --> 00:00:43,667 [man] This is how we make the moonshine! 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,567 [Henry] I don't like this at all. 20 00:00:50,266 --> 00:00:51,667 I'm telling you. 21 00:00:51,667 --> 00:00:54,500 I hate the thought of going and talking to this fire marshal. 22 00:00:54,567 --> 00:00:56,467 I mean, he's already been on here a couple times, 23 00:00:56,467 --> 00:00:58,567 what does he want to see me about now? 24 00:00:58,567 --> 00:01:00,000 [narrator] In Franklin County, Virginia, 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:00,867 [narrator] In Franklin County, Virginia, 26 00:01:00,867 --> 00:01:03,867 eight months after a suspicious fire 27 00:01:03,867 --> 00:01:06,667 forced Henry's partner, Josh, into hiding, 28 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:10,767 the local fire marshal still has questions about the case. 29 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,800 [Josh] Henry, the house is on fire! 30 00:01:14,867 --> 00:01:16,066 The house is on fire. 31 00:01:16,567 --> 00:01:17,400 What do I do? 32 00:01:17,467 --> 00:01:20,667 [Henry] 33 00:01:20,667 --> 00:01:22,967 [Josh] I'm up [bleep] creek, my ass is going to jail. 34 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,700 [Henry] I got another call from the fire marshal. 35 00:01:26,767 --> 00:01:28,467 Wants me to meet him back down at the brick house. 36 00:01:28,467 --> 00:01:30,000 We didn't make an insurance claim or anything. 37 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,266 We didn't make an insurance claim or anything. 38 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:33,166 I would think by now, everything would just be blown over. 39 00:01:33,166 --> 00:01:34,600 [fire marshal] Mr. Law, how are you? 40 00:01:34,667 --> 00:01:35,967 [Henry] What can I do for you today, man? 41 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,767 Well, you know, we're just trying to get ahold of Mr. Owens. 42 00:01:37,767 --> 00:01:40,000 You know, close out the case. It's mainly just paperwork, 43 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,800 nothing too fancy, just trying to close it out. 44 00:01:42,867 --> 00:01:44,600 Hell, I didn't even know it was a case. 45 00:01:44,667 --> 00:01:47,266 Yeah, you know, Josh, he was just the last person on the lease. 46 00:01:47,266 --> 00:01:48,767 So, we're just trying to get to the bottom of it 47 00:01:48,767 --> 00:01:51,600 and just get a couple statements, and we'll roll on. 48 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:53,100 He's hard to catch up with, man. 49 00:01:53,166 --> 00:01:54,500 -Yeah. -He's real hard to catch up with. 50 00:01:54,567 --> 00:01:56,367 Well, I mean, as long as we can kinda just chat with him, 51 00:01:56,367 --> 00:01:58,467 just 'cause he was the last one on the lease. 52 00:01:58,467 --> 00:01:59,800 I thought everything was over. 53 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:00,000 There's no insurance, I didn't claim, make any insurance claim. 54 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,166 There's no insurance, I didn't claim, make any insurance claim. 55 00:02:02,166 --> 00:02:05,100 Nothing was really... Any valuables were burnt. 56 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:06,266 [fire marshal] Yeah. 57 00:02:06,266 --> 00:02:07,767 It was a fire, you know what I mean, 58 00:02:07,767 --> 00:02:09,567 so it's nothing, it's nothing too extreme, 59 00:02:09,567 --> 00:02:11,400 we just, kinda wanna just chit chat with him 60 00:02:11,467 --> 00:02:13,867 just so, just so my boss he'll get off my back, 61 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:15,367 and get all this paperwork stuff done. 62 00:02:15,367 --> 00:02:17,166 I mean, that's really the, the jist of it. 63 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:19,367 Just, just get it all done and close this case out. 64 00:02:19,367 --> 00:02:20,667 But he's not in any trouble. 65 00:02:20,667 --> 00:02:21,667 You sure about that? 66 00:02:21,667 --> 00:02:23,266 -A hundred percent. -You know... 67 00:02:23,266 --> 00:02:25,567 I tell you what, he has a lot of bad luck, that boy. 68 00:02:25,567 --> 00:02:26,567 I'll see if I can get in touch with him 69 00:02:26,567 --> 00:02:28,166 -and get it closed out. -Closed out. 70 00:02:28,166 --> 00:02:30,000 -You'll never see me again. -You don't have to come out anymore. 71 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,600 -No, done with. -Done with. 72 00:02:31,667 --> 00:02:33,000 -Take it easy, have a good day. -Sounds like a plan. 73 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,300 -Thanks, man, appreciate it. -Yeah. 74 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:37,500 [Henry] Josh is due back in from Brazil in a couple days. 75 00:02:37,567 --> 00:02:40,100 I hate to tell him, we've got some bad news to hand him right now. 76 00:02:40,767 --> 00:02:41,767 I don't know about all this. 77 00:02:43,867 --> 00:02:46,166 I mean, the guy seems to be trustworthy. 78 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,567 He said, pretty much gave me his word... 79 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:51,567 ...that Josh had nothing to worry about. 80 00:02:51,567 --> 00:02:54,667 We can't have the fire marshal running down here every two weeks, 81 00:02:54,667 --> 00:02:55,700 checking everything out. 82 00:02:55,767 --> 00:02:57,166 We gotta get this taken care of. 83 00:02:57,166 --> 00:02:59,200 If I can get in touch with Josh, he's gotta see the man. 84 00:02:59,266 --> 00:03:00,000 That's just it, bottom line. 85 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,567 That's just it, bottom line. 86 00:03:00,567 --> 00:03:01,967 He's got to talk to the man. 87 00:03:01,967 --> 00:03:03,400 Whatever happens happens. 88 00:03:03,467 --> 00:03:05,700 If they lock him up, we'll go get him out of jail. 89 00:03:05,767 --> 00:03:08,467 Hopefully they won't, but we've got to end this. 90 00:03:08,467 --> 00:03:10,266 We've got to get this taken care of. 91 00:03:19,467 --> 00:03:22,200 Ah, let's see what y'all did while I was gone, Beaz. 92 00:03:22,266 --> 00:03:24,100 Yeah, I wanna see that myself. 93 00:03:24,166 --> 00:03:26,500 -[Digger] We got a water reservoir. -[Beaz] Yup. 94 00:03:26,567 --> 00:03:29,467 It's these damn big veins of rocks that's our problem. 95 00:03:29,467 --> 00:03:30,000 [Beaz] I've landed a deal out of Nashville. 96 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,266 [Beaz] I've landed a deal out of Nashville. 97 00:03:32,266 --> 00:03:37,567 The order is for 250 quarts of rye whiskey. 98 00:03:37,567 --> 00:03:39,467 We've got to book. 99 00:03:39,467 --> 00:03:41,367 We have so much work to do, 100 00:03:41,367 --> 00:03:44,000 and a short, short period to do it. 101 00:03:44,066 --> 00:03:46,100 We've got a lot of things to address here. 102 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:47,867 When water builds up a column, 103 00:03:47,867 --> 00:03:50,266 it puts back pressure on the mouth of that spring, 104 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:52,166 and that's what stops the flow. 105 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:54,300 The reason this hole won't fill up 106 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:56,367 and then get high enough to go over, 107 00:03:56,367 --> 00:03:58,700 is the pressure coming downstream 108 00:03:58,767 --> 00:04:00,000 is not sufficient to counter 109 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,266 is not sufficient to counter 110 00:04:01,266 --> 00:04:04,100 what pressure's put on it by the level of the water. 111 00:04:04,166 --> 00:04:06,100 -Okay. -We've gotta keep a constant flow going in. 112 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:09,000 [Beaz] We've gotta move that water so more will flow in. 113 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,467 We'll have to use a sump pump to move this water. 114 00:04:11,467 --> 00:04:12,867 I've got an old sump pump. 115 00:04:12,867 --> 00:04:14,600 The way it operates, it's got a float. 116 00:04:14,667 --> 00:04:17,367 Well, when the float goes down, it pulls the switch off. 117 00:04:17,367 --> 00:04:19,166 As that level goes up slowly, 118 00:04:19,166 --> 00:04:21,166 we can fill these totes up with water. 119 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:24,767 And then that gives the spring time to replenish that pool. 120 00:04:24,767 --> 00:04:27,367 How 'bout these yellowjackets? 121 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:30,000 Are you saying you're afraid of these yellowjackets? 122 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:31,967 No, I'm not saying it. 123 00:04:31,967 --> 00:04:33,567 Are you afraid of these bees, Beaz? 124 00:04:33,567 --> 00:04:34,700 That's my people. 125 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:37,166 Then why were you hiding over there? 126 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:40,300 I, uh, I don't like my people. 127 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:45,900 As Killer Beaz, I do not feel a kindred spirit with the yellowjackets. 128 00:04:45,967 --> 00:04:48,667 Now, what we have to do, Beaz, is we gonna bring... 129 00:04:48,667 --> 00:04:52,200 ...the pump water into this first one, down through an elbow. 130 00:04:52,266 --> 00:04:55,100 Let it run in, down through the T, into that cap. 131 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:57,600 Then we run the overflow right down through here, 132 00:04:57,667 --> 00:04:59,100 and we'll put it in the plastic pipe 133 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:00,000 and run it back into our reservoir. 134 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,166 and run it back into our reservoir. 135 00:05:02,166 --> 00:05:04,467 The clock's ticking on this order you've got. 136 00:05:04,467 --> 00:05:07,467 We've got a week on hand to get this rye whiskey 137 00:05:07,467 --> 00:05:08,767 to Nashville, Tennessee 138 00:05:08,767 --> 00:05:11,567 to Willie Nelson's granddaughter, Raelyn. 139 00:05:11,567 --> 00:05:13,900 That's country music royalty right there. 140 00:05:13,967 --> 00:05:16,667 This right here, just hammer it right down in there. 141 00:05:16,667 --> 00:05:18,667 That oughtta do it. 142 00:05:18,667 --> 00:05:21,400 Our next step, we're gonna go green. 143 00:05:21,467 --> 00:05:23,166 We're gonna set up a solar panel 144 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:26,567 with an inverter and a car battery that'll be recharged. 145 00:05:26,567 --> 00:05:29,367 That oughtta give us the juice we need to run that little old pump. 146 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:30,000 This is a thousand-micron carbon filter. 147 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,300 This is a thousand-micron carbon filter. 148 00:05:32,367 --> 00:05:33,700 Let's see if it'll work. 149 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:35,166 [Beaz] Should be on its way. 150 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:36,166 All right. 151 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:38,266 [Beaz] Oh, listen. 152 00:05:38,266 --> 00:05:39,300 That's pressure. 153 00:05:39,667 --> 00:05:41,266 [Beaz] Wow. 154 00:05:41,266 --> 00:05:43,800 God, it's filling up. Now, here's gonna be... 155 00:05:44,467 --> 00:05:45,567 ...the moment of truth. 156 00:05:45,567 --> 00:05:47,767 Let me get up there and take this rascal loose... 157 00:05:48,467 --> 00:05:49,767 ...to see what we're looking at. 158 00:05:50,667 --> 00:05:51,867 Oh, look. 159 00:05:51,867 --> 00:05:54,000 That looks like total different water. 160 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,700 It's clear, look at it running down through it. 161 00:05:55,767 --> 00:05:57,133 It looks like a creek. 162 00:05:57,133 --> 00:06:00,000 As soon as we started pushing the water through that filter, 163 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,200 As soon as we started pushing the water through that filter, 164 00:06:01,266 --> 00:06:04,367 it turned out crystal clear. It was exactly what we need. 165 00:06:04,367 --> 00:06:06,967 That was a lot to get water. 166 00:06:06,967 --> 00:06:08,800 [Digger] It was, but you know, it was worth it. 167 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:12,266 I can't tell you how great it is to have this spring rolling back again. 168 00:06:12,266 --> 00:06:14,967 That's a lesson in don't give up. 169 00:06:14,967 --> 00:06:17,200 When we fill these up, we'll be ready to build some mash. 170 00:06:17,266 --> 00:06:19,667 -Yeah, yeah. -Boom. 171 00:06:19,667 --> 00:06:21,166 Boom, good job, brother. 172 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:23,300 [Digger] Moving on to another tasks. 173 00:06:23,367 --> 00:06:26,100 You know, it's gonna take a little time to fill these totes up. 174 00:06:26,166 --> 00:06:28,367 How do you feel about getting the hell out of here? 175 00:06:28,367 --> 00:06:30,000 [Beaz] A capital idea. 176 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,867 [Beaz] A capital idea. 177 00:06:30,867 --> 00:06:32,166 [Digger] We're gonna call it a night. 178 00:06:32,166 --> 00:06:34,100 We'll come back in here fresh in the morning, 179 00:06:34,166 --> 00:06:37,667 ferment our mash in the pots the old-timey way like we used to. 180 00:06:37,667 --> 00:06:39,266 We gotta get that squared away. 181 00:06:53,767 --> 00:06:55,467 [Huck] Want me to sharpen yours? 182 00:06:55,467 --> 00:06:57,300 I'm not gonna say no. 183 00:06:57,367 --> 00:06:59,700 [Amanda] I don't let nobody sharpen that knife unless it's you, Huck. 184 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:02,100 [Huck] I hear Mark coming. 185 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:03,400 I don't know what he's up to. 186 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:04,800 Well, howdy, Mark. 187 00:07:04,867 --> 00:07:06,467 Hello, folk, how you doing today? 188 00:07:06,467 --> 00:07:07,600 Hi there, Marky. 189 00:07:07,667 --> 00:07:09,467 [Mark] I've got us a big order there. 190 00:07:09,467 --> 00:07:12,200 Yeah, I talked to a fellow, uh, it's a new customer. 191 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:15,000 He's wanting 25 gallon of real good whiskey. 192 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,467 25 gallon of whiskey. 193 00:07:16,467 --> 00:07:18,166 A hundred dollars a gallon. 194 00:07:18,166 --> 00:07:19,266 Pretty good, ain't it? 195 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:20,467 We gotta get this right. 196 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:22,000 We could sure use the money, you know, 197 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:24,166 $2,500 is a lot of money right now. 198 00:07:24,166 --> 00:07:27,266 We need to really try to make some of the best we've ever made, 199 00:07:27,266 --> 00:07:30,000 and try to please him to where we can get some more orders. 200 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:30,600 and try to please him to where we can get some more orders. 201 00:07:30,667 --> 00:07:32,867 -If we can make this turn out good... -[Amanda] Mmm-hmm. 202 00:07:32,867 --> 00:07:35,667 -...he'd be a good customer for a long time. -[Amanda] Yeah. 203 00:07:35,667 --> 00:07:37,867 Well, how picky is he about his whiskey? 204 00:07:37,867 --> 00:07:39,967 In order for it to be a true whiskey, 205 00:07:39,967 --> 00:07:42,000 by definition, we can't use any sugar. 206 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,166 It's gotta be all grains. 207 00:07:43,166 --> 00:07:46,166 Sometimes those whiskey guys can be whiskey snobs. 208 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,567 You know what I mean? 209 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,100 Someone who really drinks whiskey 210 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,100 is gonna know the difference if it's all grain 211 00:07:52,166 --> 00:07:53,567 and if there's a sugar in it. 212 00:07:53,567 --> 00:07:56,300 I got a really good recipe for a corn whiskey. 213 00:07:56,367 --> 00:07:57,800 But you don't use any sugar. 214 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,000 Put a little rye and wheat in there to give it, like, a really... 215 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,867 Put a little rye and wheat in there to give it, like, a really... 216 00:08:00,867 --> 00:08:02,266 ...full-bodied whiskey flavor. 217 00:08:02,266 --> 00:08:05,000 I make really good whiskey, all-grain whiskey. 218 00:08:05,066 --> 00:08:07,166 And I know I can knock his socks off. 219 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:09,500 Yeah, a lot of people really like the rye. 220 00:08:09,567 --> 00:08:10,700 -[Amanda] Mmm-hmm. -I don't like rye. 221 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,367 I just never could drink rye whiskey too good. 222 00:08:15,367 --> 00:08:17,200 I never did like it too good. 223 00:08:17,266 --> 00:08:20,367 [Amanda] I use a danko rye. So, it's a Polish baking rye. 224 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:22,567 It's really sweet, and it tastes like buttered bread. 225 00:08:22,567 --> 00:08:24,700 -And. boy, is it good. -Mmm-hmm. 226 00:08:24,767 --> 00:08:26,767 A corn recipe, everybody likes it, 227 00:08:26,767 --> 00:08:28,667 and I ain't never had no trouble making it. 228 00:08:28,667 --> 00:08:30,000 It's always pleased everybody. 229 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,467 It's always pleased everybody. 230 00:08:30,467 --> 00:08:32,867 We'll come out with one batch of really good whiskey. 231 00:08:32,867 --> 00:08:33,967 I can promise you that. 232 00:08:33,967 --> 00:08:35,000 What do you think? 233 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:37,667 Well, we can see how it turns out. 234 00:08:37,667 --> 00:08:39,000 Yeah, that sounds good. 235 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:40,900 So, when's he wanting this by? 236 00:08:40,967 --> 00:08:42,033 Quick as we can get it. 237 00:08:42,033 --> 00:08:44,166 Okay, probably just go pick up a few ingredients. 238 00:08:44,166 --> 00:08:48,200 Yeah, I like to, you know, stick with what I know, something that'll work. 239 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:49,667 Let's get out of here and get started. 240 00:08:49,667 --> 00:08:52,000 [Mark] She can make good whiskey, I know that. 241 00:08:52,066 --> 00:08:53,867 But it's always something with her. 242 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,066 It don't matter what it is, 243 00:08:56,066 --> 00:08:58,000 uh, she'll make it complicated. 244 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,400 We better get busy. 245 00:09:11,867 --> 00:09:13,967 [Mike] This whole damn feud with Richard and Craig 246 00:09:13,967 --> 00:09:15,300 is really getting to me. 247 00:09:15,367 --> 00:09:18,867 I've been wracking my dadgum brain, and I've been up all night 248 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:21,967 trying to figure out what in the world we can do 249 00:09:21,967 --> 00:09:25,100 that people will start buying our alcohol back again. 250 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:26,967 You know, Richard and Craig, they've been pretty much 251 00:09:26,967 --> 00:09:29,100 outselling me and Jerry here in Maggie Valley. 252 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:30,000 Me and Jerry can't sit here and spin our wheels. 253 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,166 Me and Jerry can't sit here and spin our wheels. 254 00:09:31,166 --> 00:09:33,767 We've got to put our thinking hats on and do something. 255 00:09:34,567 --> 00:09:35,767 [Jerry] Sup, man? 256 00:09:35,767 --> 00:09:37,166 Well, you know what's up. 257 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:38,667 I'm sick and tired of Richard and Craig 258 00:09:38,667 --> 00:09:39,700 stepping on our damn toes. 259 00:09:39,767 --> 00:09:41,033 I am too, man. 260 00:09:41,033 --> 00:09:43,867 We've gotta get more competitive, we've gotta do something 261 00:09:43,867 --> 00:09:45,333 -to up our game. -They don't make the best damn liquor. 262 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:48,100 How we gonna... You got any ideas on how we gonna get more competitive? 263 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:50,100 You know, Jerry, people was buying 264 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:52,700 fruity flavors, they want something good tasting, 265 00:09:52,767 --> 00:09:56,000 they can sit around and drink and have a good time with, and... 266 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,767 ...that's not here right now. 267 00:09:57,767 --> 00:10:00,000 Yeah, pretty much everything's about gone around here now. 268 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,100 Yeah, pretty much everything's about gone around here now. 269 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:01,266 [Mike] Well, what I'm here to tell you, 270 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:03,700 we got to think outside the damn box, 271 00:10:03,767 --> 00:10:05,300 even it means travelling. 272 00:10:05,367 --> 00:10:06,667 Summer's over. 273 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:08,967 It's pretty much fall. You know, here in the mountains, 274 00:10:08,967 --> 00:10:11,567 we're pretty much running out of ingredients at this time of the year. 275 00:10:11,567 --> 00:10:13,567 But down where I'm from, in Mississippi, 276 00:10:13,567 --> 00:10:16,100 stuff's still growing great. 277 00:10:16,166 --> 00:10:19,100 So, with that being said, I'm going my ass down south. 278 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:20,667 I'm going down there to pick some satsumas. 279 00:10:20,667 --> 00:10:21,800 What the hell's a satsuma? 280 00:10:21,867 --> 00:10:23,367 It's like a tangerine, 281 00:10:23,367 --> 00:10:25,467 but a lot bigger, a lot sweeter, a lot juicier. 282 00:10:25,467 --> 00:10:27,066 -It is sweet? -Yeah, buddy. 283 00:10:27,066 --> 00:10:28,867 And there ain't.none of these mountain folks 284 00:10:28,867 --> 00:10:30,000 never had nothing like that. 285 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,066 never had nothing like that. 286 00:10:31,066 --> 00:10:33,367 Hell, I been here all my life, I ain't never had nothing like that. 287 00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:34,800 I can get satsumas for free. 288 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:37,166 'Cause they, they grow on my property down in Mississippi. 289 00:10:37,166 --> 00:10:40,900 My grandpa, he cultivated and grafted a lot of satsuma trees, 290 00:10:40,967 --> 00:10:42,567 and I'm gonna go down there and bring 'em back. 291 00:10:42,567 --> 00:10:45,767 I, I've always wanted to make a satsuma run. 292 00:10:45,767 --> 00:10:48,200 It's time to do it again and introduce it 293 00:10:48,266 --> 00:10:49,367 to the people in the mountains. 294 00:10:49,367 --> 00:10:51,100 We can be bringing something really good 295 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:52,767 and tasty back to the market, 296 00:10:52,767 --> 00:10:55,266 and me and Jerry can get our reputation back. 297 00:10:55,266 --> 00:10:56,900 Mike and Jerry makes the best liquor. 298 00:10:56,967 --> 00:10:58,133 You know that's right. 299 00:10:58,133 --> 00:10:59,300 -[Mike] And we gonna keep it that damn way. -Sure. 300 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:00,000 [Mike] Going down there where the sun shines, man. 301 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,100 [Mike] Going down there where the sun shines, man. 302 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:04,700 [Henry] We got some bad news. 303 00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:06,300 What do you mean, bad news? 304 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:09,066 Fire marshal, man, he's... he's on us again. 305 00:11:09,066 --> 00:11:11,000 I'm just here to check off a couple boxes, 306 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,767 talk to you a little bit about your side of the story on this fire. 307 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,400 [Beaz] All right, this is when the fun starts. 308 00:11:21,467 --> 00:11:24,100 [Digger] I wasn't thinking, I probably should have backed in, but... 309 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,300 [Beaz] Well... 310 00:11:25,367 --> 00:11:26,667 [Digger] It'll be all right. 311 00:11:26,667 --> 00:11:28,266 We need the cardio. 312 00:11:28,266 --> 00:11:30,700 After all the work and all the worrying, 313 00:11:30,767 --> 00:11:33,100 finally getting some water flowing back in this spring. 314 00:11:33,166 --> 00:11:35,100 Now me and Beaz can get down to business. 315 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:38,800 We're off to the races, making single-malt rye. 316 00:11:38,867 --> 00:11:41,500 [Beaz] And we're gonna be around the clock on this one. 317 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:43,906 We're making 500 gallons of mash today 318 00:11:43,906 --> 00:11:45,166 We're making 500 gallons of mash today 319 00:11:45,166 --> 00:11:48,200 in two stills, Big Sloppy, and one of the twins. 320 00:11:48,266 --> 00:11:50,367 We'll get the water pumping. 321 00:11:50,367 --> 00:11:52,266 Get Sloppy filled up. 322 00:11:52,266 --> 00:11:53,567 You know, when we got this order, 323 00:11:53,567 --> 00:11:55,467 we had two weeks to deliver it. 324 00:11:55,467 --> 00:11:57,166 But now with all the setbacks, 325 00:11:57,166 --> 00:11:59,367 we got six days to get this order together. 326 00:11:59,367 --> 00:12:03,200 At this point, we're down to zero days that we can spare. 327 00:12:03,266 --> 00:12:06,467 Every day has got to count, and it's gotta be efficient. 328 00:12:06,467 --> 00:12:08,600 Beaz is fixin' to turn our pump on. 329 00:12:08,667 --> 00:12:12,567 We'll see what that filter actually did to this water. 330 00:12:12,567 --> 00:12:13,906 We're coming straight out of her totes. 331 00:12:13,906 --> 00:12:14,400 We're coming straight out of her totes. 332 00:12:15,467 --> 00:12:17,367 That's not gin clear... 333 00:12:18,166 --> 00:12:20,200 ...but it's pretty dadgam close. 334 00:12:20,867 --> 00:12:21,767 [cell phone ringing] 335 00:12:21,767 --> 00:12:23,867 Oh, hey, Digger, come here, man. 336 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,266 Hello? 337 00:12:25,266 --> 00:12:27,300 [Raelyn] Hey, Beaz, it's Raelyn Nelson here. 338 00:12:27,367 --> 00:12:28,266 How are you? 339 00:12:28,266 --> 00:12:30,166 Good, good, uh, 340 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,200 I'm out here working on your order 341 00:12:32,266 --> 00:12:34,266 right now as a matter of fact. 342 00:12:34,266 --> 00:12:35,667 [Raelyn] Yeah, I was just making sure 343 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:37,767 that we would have it before the show. 344 00:12:37,767 --> 00:12:38,867 [Beaz] Oh, you will. 345 00:12:38,867 --> 00:12:42,600 We are right on track with it, right on schedule. 346 00:12:42,667 --> 00:12:43,906 [Raelyn] Okay, and, and so it'll be there day of show? 347 00:12:43,906 --> 00:12:45,000 [Raelyn] Okay, and, and so it'll be there day of show? 348 00:12:45,066 --> 00:12:46,166 -Yes. -[Raelyn] 4 o'clock? 349 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:47,700 Shoot, yeah. 350 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:48,800 [Raelyn] All right, thanks, Beaz. 351 00:12:48,867 --> 00:12:50,500 I'll, I'll talk to you soon then? 352 00:12:50,567 --> 00:12:53,367 Yeah, yeah, I'll holler back at you right away. 353 00:12:53,367 --> 00:12:54,567 -[Raelyn] Okay. -All right. 354 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:58,200 -We're right on time. -[sighs] 355 00:12:58,266 --> 00:13:01,567 My theory is don't let the customer know 356 00:13:01,567 --> 00:13:03,467 the trials and tribulations. 357 00:13:04,867 --> 00:13:07,066 Just tell 'em, "It's great, it's rosy." 358 00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:10,166 [Digger] We got water boiling now. 359 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:11,667 We got no time to spare. 360 00:13:11,667 --> 00:13:13,867 So, we gotta get this completed, 361 00:13:13,867 --> 00:13:13,906 we gotta get this liquor to Nashville, and make our sale. 362 00:13:13,906 --> 00:13:17,300 we gotta get this liquor to Nashville, and make our sale. 363 00:13:17,367 --> 00:13:19,200 All right, should we go check the twin? 364 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:20,266 [Beaz] Yupper. 365 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:21,667 [Digger] Mash number 2. 366 00:13:23,467 --> 00:13:25,867 To have a safety belt, we've got to produce 367 00:13:25,867 --> 00:13:27,767 over 60 gallons of liquor. 368 00:13:27,767 --> 00:13:29,800 I'm gonna be happier close to 70, 369 00:13:29,867 --> 00:13:32,000 but that being said, 370 00:13:32,066 --> 00:13:34,600 anything under that jeopardizes this order. 371 00:13:34,667 --> 00:13:36,400 You know, it's for 250 jars, 372 00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:39,166 not 249 jars. 373 00:13:39,166 --> 00:13:42,667 That's the limestone water, feel how cold it is. 374 00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:43,906 -Dang. -That's what we needed. 375 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:44,667 -Dang. -That's what we needed. 376 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:46,567 We get 'em all down to temperature 377 00:13:46,567 --> 00:13:48,100 by adding a little more cold water. 378 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:49,867 We have to help it come down to temperature 379 00:13:49,867 --> 00:13:52,266 where it's safe to pitch your yeast and it doesn't kill it. 380 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:53,967 We've got water established. 381 00:13:53,967 --> 00:13:56,266 We've got mash made. 382 00:13:56,967 --> 00:13:58,367 Times two. 383 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,567 We've got both these stills sweetened in and ready to ferment. 384 00:14:01,567 --> 00:14:03,400 And if everything goes good, 385 00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:05,367 in about five days we'll be running this liquor. 386 00:14:05,367 --> 00:14:07,700 And we can't afford for anything else 387 00:14:07,767 --> 00:14:09,100 to get in our way on this. 388 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:10,467 Fall's a coming, and we know it. 389 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:13,567 A 50-degree night could slow us down tremendously. 390 00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:13,906 I am glad to get this done. Good job, buddy. 391 00:14:13,906 --> 00:14:17,900 I am glad to get this done. Good job, buddy. 392 00:14:17,967 --> 00:14:20,767 [Digger] Beaz, we've knocked this day out. 393 00:14:35,567 --> 00:14:38,066 [Mike] We're headed toward Kiln, Mississippi. 394 00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:41,400 This is a 12-mile road, straight as a gun barrel. 395 00:14:41,467 --> 00:14:43,166 As I'm driving down this way, 396 00:14:43,166 --> 00:14:43,906 you know, the plants are getting greener. 397 00:14:43,906 --> 00:14:45,100 you know, the plants are getting greener. 398 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:47,767 There's no fall leaves in sight right now. 399 00:14:47,767 --> 00:14:49,867 It's hot weather, and stuff's still growing. 400 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,567 It feels good to be back home for a little while. 401 00:14:53,567 --> 00:14:55,200 I needed this trip. 402 00:14:55,266 --> 00:14:57,000 I'm headed to my grandpa's property, 403 00:14:57,066 --> 00:15:00,166 where he cultivated and grafted a lot of satsuma trees. 404 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:02,767 My uncle, he told me I could borrow his flat bottom boat. 405 00:15:02,767 --> 00:15:05,500 I'm gonna jump in it, hit the river, go on up, 406 00:15:05,567 --> 00:15:07,266 and see what I can find. 407 00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:09,166 This is where I call home right here. 408 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:10,867 I get stressed out pretty easy, 409 00:15:10,867 --> 00:15:12,467 and I get worked up about a lot of stuff, 410 00:15:12,467 --> 00:15:13,906 especially what's going on now in Maggie Valley. 411 00:15:13,906 --> 00:15:14,700 especially what's going on now in Maggie Valley. 412 00:15:14,767 --> 00:15:16,100 But coming back here to Mississippi, 413 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:19,066 you know, I believe it just help me rest my mind. 414 00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:21,000 Sometimes you just gotta go back home 415 00:15:21,066 --> 00:15:22,867 and do some thinking and just regroup. 416 00:15:22,867 --> 00:15:26,266 Boy, it feels good to be down here on the water for a change. 417 00:15:26,266 --> 00:15:28,100 We on the Jourdan River. 418 00:15:28,166 --> 00:15:30,300 It don't get no more Mississippi than this right here, 419 00:15:30,367 --> 00:15:33,166 cruising around in an old green flat bottom boat up the river. 420 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:35,867 You know, a lot of people don't think of Mississippi 421 00:15:35,867 --> 00:15:37,667 being a moonshine state. 422 00:15:37,667 --> 00:15:39,500 But I have to beg to differ. 423 00:15:39,567 --> 00:15:43,000 This is the river that all the alcohol travelled up and down 424 00:15:43,066 --> 00:15:43,906 from Kiln, Mississippi for sale all over the damn country. 425 00:15:43,906 --> 00:15:47,767 from Kiln, Mississippi for sale all over the damn country. 426 00:15:47,767 --> 00:15:51,100 We are approaching Distiller's Bend right now. 427 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:53,266 And this is where everybody docked their boats. 428 00:15:54,166 --> 00:15:57,166 And loaded up alcohol to ship up north. 429 00:15:57,166 --> 00:15:59,066 The area that we're in right now 430 00:15:59,066 --> 00:16:01,667 was once a moonshine capital of the world. 431 00:16:01,667 --> 00:16:03,800 Al Capone ordered more damn alcohol 432 00:16:03,867 --> 00:16:07,400 from this place than anywhere else in the damn country. 433 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:09,367 You can almost close your eyes and go back to that time 434 00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:12,166 and just imagine them old boats is coming up through here 435 00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:13,906 unloading alcohol every night. 436 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:14,166 unloading alcohol every night. 437 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:19,467 All that up there on the bank, used to be an old wood yard. 438 00:16:19,467 --> 00:16:22,467 A cover up for what was really going on. 439 00:16:22,467 --> 00:16:24,967 And obviously, the law put a stop to it 440 00:16:24,967 --> 00:16:27,567 and took a lot of damn people to jail right in here. 441 00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:29,667 This place right here, Distiller's Bend, 442 00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:32,367 it helped carve America. 443 00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:34,367 You know, sometimes I can't help but think 444 00:16:34,367 --> 00:16:36,166 that I was born in the wrong era, you know? 445 00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:39,266 My mom always called me a damn old soul in a young man's body. 446 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:43,367 I feel a hundred percent connected to the moonshine heritage here in Mississippi. 447 00:16:43,367 --> 00:16:43,906 And not too far from here right now 448 00:16:43,906 --> 00:16:45,767 And not too far from here right now 449 00:16:45,767 --> 00:16:48,400 is where I cut my teeth on running liquor. 450 00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:53,667 And I'm proud to be a part of American Mississippi damn history. 451 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:56,300 Time to get some satsumas now, baby. 452 00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:10,000 Headed over now to pick up Josh at the airport. 453 00:17:10,066 --> 00:17:12,600 That fire marshal, he's been riding us pretty heavy. 454 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:13,906 Just needs a few questions answered, 455 00:17:13,906 --> 00:17:14,467 Just needs a few questions answered, 456 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:17,166 and we'll be able to wrap all this up and get back to work. 457 00:17:17,166 --> 00:17:20,367 So, I've got to convince Josh to just go on and talk to the guy. 458 00:17:20,367 --> 00:17:21,567 Let's be done with this. 459 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,333 [Josh] See you pulled in. 460 00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:29,166 -What's up, man? -[Henry] Man, oh, man, am I glad to see you. 461 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:30,600 Man, it's good to see you. 462 00:17:30,667 --> 00:17:31,767 Please get me home. 463 00:17:31,767 --> 00:17:33,667 Pulled up and saw my buddy standing there. 464 00:17:33,667 --> 00:17:35,266 It was a sight for sore eyes. 465 00:17:35,266 --> 00:17:37,166 We've been missing him, been missing him a lot. 466 00:17:37,166 --> 00:17:38,600 I'm really glad he's home. 467 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,467 I figured they'd been holding you hostage or something in Brazil. 468 00:17:41,467 --> 00:17:42,700 [Josh] They have been holding me hostage. 469 00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:43,906 You know, the minute you go through TSA, 470 00:17:43,906 --> 00:17:45,100 You know, the minute you go through TSA, 471 00:17:45,166 --> 00:17:48,367 you are prisoner of the frickin' airline system. 472 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:50,266 It's good to finally be back from Brazil. 473 00:17:50,266 --> 00:17:52,000 Didn't really wanna come home, 474 00:17:52,066 --> 00:17:53,967 but it's good to finally be off the plane. 475 00:17:53,967 --> 00:17:57,967 It's even good to see Henry's old codger ass. 476 00:17:57,967 --> 00:18:01,800 You don't know how good it's felt to not really be on the run, though. 477 00:18:01,867 --> 00:18:04,100 On the run, well, your running's over. 478 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:05,600 What do you mean, my running's over? 479 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:07,667 Uh, the fire marshal, man, he's... 480 00:18:07,667 --> 00:18:08,667 He's on us again. 481 00:18:08,667 --> 00:18:11,266 You know, we figured if you took off a while 482 00:18:11,266 --> 00:18:13,867 then all this would just blow over, but it didn't. 483 00:18:13,867 --> 00:18:13,906 The fire marshal called me again. 484 00:18:13,906 --> 00:18:15,500 The fire marshal called me again. 485 00:18:15,567 --> 00:18:17,467 I had to meet him back at the house. 486 00:18:17,467 --> 00:18:19,367 And the bottom line is... 487 00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:22,900 ...he's got to talk to you to close this whole thing out. 488 00:18:22,967 --> 00:18:24,600 Now, before you get too excited here. 489 00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:26,667 Now, I don't know how much we can believe it, 490 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:30,367 but he promised me that there was nothing to it. 491 00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:33,400 He just needed to ask you a couple questions 492 00:18:33,467 --> 00:18:35,767 about where the fire started. 493 00:18:35,767 --> 00:18:38,367 He's the fire marshal. He can't tell where the fire started? 494 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:39,967 [Henry] He wants to hear it from you. 495 00:18:39,967 --> 00:18:41,700 That's the way I took it. 496 00:18:41,767 --> 00:18:43,367 But I mean, I looked him in the eye, 497 00:18:43,367 --> 00:18:43,906 he said, "I just need to check a few boxes." 498 00:18:43,906 --> 00:18:46,100 he said, "I just need to check a few boxes." 499 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:49,000 And it'll be over, it'll be closed, it'll be done. 500 00:18:49,667 --> 00:18:50,900 And that's what we gotta do. 501 00:18:50,967 --> 00:18:54,066 We can't keep on fooling with this guy, 502 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:57,400 and him coming around when we least expect it looking for you. 503 00:18:57,467 --> 00:18:59,567 I'm so sick and tired of thinking about this, 504 00:18:59,567 --> 00:19:02,200 worrying about this, I don't even want to talk about it no more. 505 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:03,500 I just want to put it to bed. 506 00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:04,500 Okay, good. 507 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,567 I wanna get a good meal, I wanna go to bed, 508 00:19:06,567 --> 00:19:08,266 and I'll figure it out tomorrow. 509 00:19:08,266 --> 00:19:09,367 I'll deal with it. 510 00:19:13,567 --> 00:19:15,400 [Digger] All right, Beaz. 511 00:19:15,467 --> 00:19:17,600 Let's hope this worked out, 'cause if it ain't... 512 00:19:18,567 --> 00:19:20,367 ...your order is toast. 513 00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:22,567 -Oh, yeah. -Oh, look at that. 514 00:19:22,567 --> 00:19:25,000 That is...primo. 515 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:30,800 This order has got to be delivered by 4 p.m. tomorrow. 516 00:19:30,867 --> 00:19:32,767 We'll light this then we go check that one. 517 00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:36,767 If everything goes as planned, we may pull this off. 518 00:19:37,567 --> 00:19:38,600 Finished. 519 00:19:38,667 --> 00:19:41,800 Every step in the process from now on 520 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:42,417 has to work without any snafus. 521 00:19:42,417 --> 00:19:45,467 has to work without any snafus. 522 00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:46,467 Go over and get yours ready. 523 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:47,700 Yeah. 524 00:19:47,767 --> 00:19:51,300 We have a chance to run this mash, 525 00:19:51,367 --> 00:19:54,100 jar it up, put our chips in there 526 00:19:54,166 --> 00:19:56,400 to start the aging process. 527 00:19:56,467 --> 00:19:59,667 It's gonna be hard, but I think we can pull it off. 528 00:19:59,667 --> 00:20:01,867 Hey, I'm gonna go ahead and cap this off. 529 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,467 I don't think there's gonna be any heads left now. 530 00:20:04,467 --> 00:20:06,667 [Digger] Go ahead, I dang got mine capped. 531 00:20:06,667 --> 00:20:09,500 We have zero minutes to waste, 532 00:20:09,567 --> 00:20:11,467 and it's stressing the hell outta me. 533 00:20:11,467 --> 00:20:12,417 When I came up and saw that, uh, the spring was about dry, 534 00:20:12,417 --> 00:20:15,266 When I came up and saw that, uh, the spring was about dry, 535 00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:17,467 I was just about to say no to this. 536 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,600 But this is a big pay day. 537 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:22,300 We don't do this, we've lost $15,000. 538 00:20:22,367 --> 00:20:25,467 She sure is making a show for herself right now. 539 00:20:25,467 --> 00:20:28,500 But she ain't making a racket, she ain't making heat. 540 00:20:29,266 --> 00:20:30,100 Yeah. 541 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:34,567 Oh, I'm running. 542 00:20:36,967 --> 00:20:39,767 -Hey Digger, I'm running, buddy. -[Digger] Good. 543 00:20:39,767 --> 00:20:41,266 -All right. -[Digger] It's what we need. 544 00:20:41,266 --> 00:20:42,417 This is what we've worked so hard for. 545 00:20:42,417 --> 00:20:44,300 This is what we've worked so hard for. 546 00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:47,467 -Oh yeah. We're hot to right here. -[pipes whistling] 547 00:20:47,467 --> 00:20:49,367 We'll be hotted up and ready to go in no time. 548 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:51,166 [Beaz] That's beautiful. 549 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:53,867 -[Digger] Beaz, I got liquor. -[Beaz] Nice. 550 00:20:53,867 --> 00:20:56,367 You know, back in the day, we would make 551 00:20:56,367 --> 00:21:01,066 maybe one run and get six or eight cases of rye whiskey. 552 00:21:01,066 --> 00:21:04,266 Nobody wanted it except for very few people. 553 00:21:04,266 --> 00:21:08,967 Now when it comes to what's happening in today's market, 554 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:10,300 it's on the upswing. 555 00:21:10,367 --> 00:21:12,417 Everybody's coming in. They're wanting different types of ryes. 556 00:21:12,417 --> 00:21:13,066 Everybody's coming in. They're wanting different types of ryes. 557 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:14,767 Catch you a little dose. 558 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:17,467 Right off the worm. 559 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,400 Nose it. 560 00:21:22,166 --> 00:21:23,500 [Beaz] That's amazing. 561 00:21:25,266 --> 00:21:27,300 [Digger] That's as good a rye whiskey as you'll ever taste. 562 00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:29,567 [exhales] Wow. 563 00:21:29,567 --> 00:21:34,900 It's got to be there before 4 o'clock on Saturday. 564 00:21:34,967 --> 00:21:38,000 And we've got to jar up 250 jars. 565 00:21:38,066 --> 00:21:42,166 We've got to put the toasted chips in each bag and then in every jar. 566 00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:42,417 Then, make the three and a half hour drive to Nashville. 567 00:21:42,417 --> 00:21:45,667 Then, make the three and a half hour drive to Nashville. 568 00:21:46,367 --> 00:21:48,300 [Digger] Beaz, 72 gallons. 569 00:21:48,367 --> 00:21:51,467 That should finish us up. Latch that one up. 570 00:21:51,467 --> 00:21:54,266 From this point on, everything's got to work perfectly 571 00:21:54,266 --> 00:21:56,000 or the sale is done. 572 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,600 [Beaz] Let's go tell our wives how hard we worked and stuff like that. 573 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:01,467 [Digger] Let's go tell 'em how much more we're going to work. 574 00:22:01,467 --> 00:22:02,767 Tonight's chip night. 575 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,200 [rustic country music playing] 576 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,600 [Mike] Been a long time since I've been up in here. 577 00:22:17,667 --> 00:22:20,567 I'm getting pretty close to where I need to be to slip through the woods 578 00:22:20,567 --> 00:22:22,967 and make my way up through the briar thickets 579 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:24,867 and get up over to my grandpa's property. 580 00:22:25,867 --> 00:22:27,500 Got a nice little down walk to go. 581 00:22:28,767 --> 00:22:31,400 I see elephant ears still grow around here. 582 00:22:31,467 --> 00:22:33,367 You don't see them in the mountains that far. 583 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:36,066 There's the old creek 584 00:22:37,066 --> 00:22:39,367 where a lot of damn liquor's been made. 585 00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:41,200 Just like I remembered it. 586 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:42,417 Pure sand bottom. 587 00:22:42,417 --> 00:22:43,667 Pure sand bottom. 588 00:22:45,867 --> 00:22:49,367 Liquor that was made right here on this creek ended up in distiller's bin 589 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,166 because this is a natural spring creek. 590 00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:54,467 It's 100% sand filtered. 591 00:22:54,467 --> 00:22:56,767 Makes some of the best liquor in the world. 592 00:22:56,767 --> 00:22:59,000 Here's my granddad's old cabin. 593 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,300 I was raised pretty much by him. 594 00:23:01,367 --> 00:23:03,667 Don't really look the same. It's all growed up. 595 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:10,166 Grandpa's old shack house here he was born in. 596 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,967 This is where he used to sit and open oysters up. 597 00:23:14,967 --> 00:23:16,667 Right here, homemade oyster opener. 598 00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:20,166 Everything's just frozen in time. 599 00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:22,266 You know, left behind. 600 00:23:22,266 --> 00:23:25,600 I could just picture my grandpa out here with his vegetables 601 00:23:25,667 --> 00:23:28,066 and he just loved to grow everything. 602 00:23:28,066 --> 00:23:29,667 All that's left is these trees 603 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:33,100 'cause they come back every year to produce fruit. 604 00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:36,166 Oh hell yeah, buddy. This one right here is loaded now. 605 00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:38,967 [whoops] The more the merrier for this run here. 606 00:23:38,967 --> 00:23:42,417 The more flavor I can get into this pot, the more I want it. 607 00:23:42,417 --> 00:23:42,500 The more flavor I can get into this pot, the more I want it. 608 00:23:42,567 --> 00:23:44,166 Look how juicy. 609 00:23:44,166 --> 00:23:48,667 Liquor coming out of a jar tasting like these is gonna blow people 610 00:23:48,667 --> 00:23:51,800 out of the damn water up in the mountains. 611 00:23:51,867 --> 00:23:53,667 Some of the satsumas are bright yellow. 612 00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:55,266 Some of them's got a lot of green on 'em. 613 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:57,567 That's just strictly from the sun. 614 00:23:57,567 --> 00:23:59,367 Every one of them is good for the picking. 615 00:23:59,367 --> 00:24:02,467 If I can just stay out of 'em and not eat 'em. [laughs] 616 00:24:03,867 --> 00:24:05,700 See, if you clip them off like that right there 617 00:24:05,767 --> 00:24:07,567 and not tear into the hull of this, 618 00:24:07,567 --> 00:24:09,667 it keeps for a lot longer time. 619 00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:12,417 They'll go to rotting on you if you tear that top out. 620 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:12,967 They'll go to rotting on you if you tear that top out. 621 00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:15,800 That's gonna make some fine liquor right there, buddy. 622 00:24:15,867 --> 00:24:17,567 I've got a long damn trip ahead of me 623 00:24:17,567 --> 00:24:19,667 to get back to the mountains of North Carolina 624 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:21,467 to make some damn good satsuma shine. 625 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,066 [Mark] I'm gonna go ahead and fire him up. 626 00:24:32,066 --> 00:24:35,667 -Whoo. I can't help but jump when that fires up. -[Amanda chuckles] 627 00:24:35,667 --> 00:24:36,600 Well, you don't want to burn off 628 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:38,200 -your mustache, right? -[Mark] No. 629 00:24:38,266 --> 00:24:39,767 I don't know what you'd look like without a mustache. 630 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,417 -Me neither. -[laughs] 631 00:24:42,417 --> 00:24:42,500 -Me neither. -[laughs] 632 00:24:42,567 --> 00:24:45,800 So I told that we need to make good whiskey. 633 00:24:45,867 --> 00:24:47,600 So I got some really good ingredients. 634 00:24:47,667 --> 00:24:49,266 I'll give them a little education 635 00:24:49,266 --> 00:24:51,000 on the different kinds of grain we're gonna use 636 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,367 and how we're gonna do this. 637 00:24:52,367 --> 00:24:55,100 So for my malt, instead of how you guys have the malted corn, 638 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:58,367 I got a honey malted barley or a honey malt. 639 00:24:58,367 --> 00:24:59,567 It's kind of sweet. 640 00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:04,900 -Mmm boy, it's got a good taste. -[Amanda] Mmm-hmm. 641 00:25:04,967 --> 00:25:07,867 And this is a special rye that I like to use. 642 00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:11,000 So that's a malted rye. So it'll give it a little bit of like a sweeter flavor. 643 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,367 And the fact that it's a danko. 644 00:25:12,367 --> 00:25:12,417 It's the sweetest kind of rye that I could get for you guys. 645 00:25:12,417 --> 00:25:15,000 It's the sweetest kind of rye that I could get for you guys. 646 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,367 Yeah, rye is as good a side if you like it. 647 00:25:17,367 --> 00:25:18,767 But if you don't like it, you don't want it. 648 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,400 You don't like rye either, Huck? 649 00:25:21,467 --> 00:25:23,800 Well, to me it just kind of leaves 650 00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:27,200 a little spicy peppery taste in my mouth. 651 00:25:27,266 --> 00:25:30,166 I didn't realize that Mark and Huck were so anti-rye. 652 00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:33,066 Well, I'm balancing it out with the wheat and the corn. 653 00:25:33,066 --> 00:25:35,000 -So it's not gonna overwhelm. -I mean, somebody else might just, you know, 654 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,433 be crazy about it, but... 655 00:25:36,433 --> 00:25:39,266 I'm gonna try to show them that incorporating a little bit of rye 656 00:25:39,266 --> 00:25:41,200 into my whiskey is a good thing. 657 00:25:41,266 --> 00:25:42,417 But I just went with like, a really traditional whiskey recipe. 658 00:25:42,417 --> 00:25:44,867 But I just went with like, a really traditional whiskey recipe. 659 00:25:44,867 --> 00:25:50,467 To replace the sugar, I'm using roughly three pounds per gallon of grains, 660 00:25:50,467 --> 00:25:52,467 three times as much grains as we would normally use. 661 00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:56,000 But this is the way traditionally farm distillers 662 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,967 and Scots-Irish people would make whiskey. 663 00:25:58,967 --> 00:26:00,667 -It was all grains. -[Mark] Mmm-hmm. 664 00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:03,667 You know, I think if they had a little sugar, they might have used it. 665 00:26:03,667 --> 00:26:05,667 -[Amanda] If they had it. -[laughing] Oh buddy. 666 00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:09,400 The first distillers of whiskey didn't have cane sugar available to them. 667 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:10,800 I'm gonna get the corn in here. 668 00:26:10,867 --> 00:26:12,417 So they would make all-grain whiskeys predominately 669 00:26:12,417 --> 00:26:13,700 So they would make all-grain whiskeys predominately 670 00:26:13,767 --> 00:26:15,500 out of the grains that they had access to. 671 00:26:15,567 --> 00:26:18,266 So this is that rye that you're not too fond of 672 00:26:18,266 --> 00:26:20,100 that I'm gonna change your minds about. 673 00:26:20,166 --> 00:26:23,767 So what I want to do is I want to cook the grains and break down the starches. 674 00:26:23,767 --> 00:26:25,467 Hot stuff. 675 00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:27,266 You can overcook that corn, 676 00:26:27,266 --> 00:26:30,467 but just boil your water and pour it in there. It'll fix it just about right. 677 00:26:31,567 --> 00:26:34,200 Amanda's saying that, you know, we can't use sugar 678 00:26:34,266 --> 00:26:36,700 if we're going to make real whiskey. 679 00:26:36,767 --> 00:26:39,266 What she's done we've tried that years ago. 680 00:26:39,266 --> 00:26:41,567 It just takes a lot more stuff to do it. 681 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:42,417 You don't get as much alcohol. 682 00:26:42,417 --> 00:26:43,567 You don't get as much alcohol. 683 00:26:43,567 --> 00:26:45,266 I did bring a thermometer today, guys. 684 00:26:45,266 --> 00:26:46,900 I know we normally don't use a thermometer in the woods. 685 00:26:46,967 --> 00:26:49,266 -Use your finger? -Can't use my finger this time. 686 00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:51,867 I got to wait for it to get below 150. 687 00:26:51,867 --> 00:26:53,300 And I don't want to keep sticking your finger in there 688 00:26:53,367 --> 00:26:54,867 'cause you won't be able to tell and you'll just get burnt. 689 00:26:54,867 --> 00:26:58,266 I don't want to introduce the malt or the amylase enzyme 690 00:26:58,266 --> 00:27:00,400 to that hot temperature 'cause it will kill the enzymes. 691 00:27:00,467 --> 00:27:03,600 -She's part scientist. You know that. -Yeah, I know that. 692 00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:06,400 [Amanda] You guys know I overcomplicate things, but in the end, it's worth it. 693 00:27:06,467 --> 00:27:08,700 She's setting in, has to wait until it cools 694 00:27:08,767 --> 00:27:10,667 and taking temperature readings. 695 00:27:10,667 --> 00:27:12,417 150. Now I'm gonna put in the honey and malt. 696 00:27:12,417 --> 00:27:14,100 150. Now I'm gonna put in the honey and malt. 697 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:16,767 I never did like to wait too long on nothing, you know. 698 00:27:16,767 --> 00:27:18,200 I get in a hurry about things. 699 00:27:18,266 --> 00:27:20,467 [Amanda] I'm also gonna add amylase. 700 00:27:20,467 --> 00:27:22,367 Just seemed like a whole lot of extra work. 701 00:27:22,367 --> 00:27:24,367 And anything that the honey malt doesn't convert, 702 00:27:24,367 --> 00:27:25,900 the amylase will take care of. 703 00:27:25,967 --> 00:27:28,266 Now the amylase enzyme is breaking down 704 00:27:28,266 --> 00:27:31,467 the complex sugars in the grains to fermentable sugars. 705 00:27:31,467 --> 00:27:33,900 So that the yeast can eat the sugar and make alcohol. 706 00:27:33,967 --> 00:27:38,000 I'm gonna use a blend of bread yeast and distillers yeast. 707 00:27:38,066 --> 00:27:39,767 Distillers yeast gives you like a little bit more alcohol. 708 00:27:39,767 --> 00:27:41,166 The bread yeast gives you a really good flavor. 709 00:27:43,166 --> 00:27:45,000 -Pretty sweet now, right? -Mmm-hmm. 710 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,600 Something like a bottle of syrup or something, ain't it? 711 00:27:46,667 --> 00:27:49,667 Yeah, if I'd get a whiskey that tastes just as good or better, 712 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:52,367 why'd I need to do all this extra work? 713 00:27:52,367 --> 00:27:55,467 But it may come out with some of the best liquor I've ever drunk. 714 00:27:55,467 --> 00:27:58,166 Really all we can do is just wait and see. 715 00:27:58,166 --> 00:28:00,066 -[Huck] That's a lot of work, ain't it? -[Mark] Yeah. 716 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:03,166 Her meet-and-greet starts at 4 o'clock. 717 00:28:03,166 --> 00:28:06,467 What time does the GPS say we can get there in this traffic? 718 00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:08,800 -4:15. -[sighs] 719 00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:14,000 -[Digger] Beaz? -[Beaz] Yeah, man. 720 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,667 [Digger] I can't stress to you enough. 721 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,200 -Time is of the essence. -[Beaz] Oh, I know. 722 00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:22,066 Right now we're tempering this liquor, 723 00:28:22,066 --> 00:28:26,867 getting it in the jars, stuffing these little bags of toasted oak chips in there. 724 00:28:26,867 --> 00:28:29,200 We're going to finish the job, get it loaded up, 725 00:28:29,266 --> 00:28:32,000 and heading towards Nashville with not a minute to spare. 726 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Well didn't she say she wanted 100 proof 727 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,667 -on the money? -Yep. 728 00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:39,066 Right. Well, I'm gonna bring the money. 729 00:28:39,066 --> 00:28:39,888 You know, this is a madhouse. 730 00:28:39,888 --> 00:28:41,000 You know, this is a madhouse. 731 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000 I'm tempering liquor and jarring it up, 732 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,467 and Beaz is making the little aging bombs. 733 00:28:45,467 --> 00:28:47,000 Come on, Beaz. You better step it up. 734 00:28:47,700 --> 00:28:48,967 We ain't got a lot of minutes. 735 00:28:48,967 --> 00:28:51,000 I mean, it's just an assembly line 736 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,567 with not enough assemblers. 737 00:28:52,567 --> 00:28:55,600 [Beaz] Wow. They're already changing some color in there. 738 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:57,600 That's why they call it rapid aging, Beaz. 739 00:28:58,567 --> 00:29:02,867 In about six months, it'll be deep dark. 740 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,266 In six more months, it'll be even darker. 741 00:29:06,266 --> 00:29:09,367 I'd think people would love to see that stage of it. 742 00:29:09,367 --> 00:29:09,888 Well, of course they would. 743 00:29:09,888 --> 00:29:10,467 Well, of course they would. 744 00:29:10,467 --> 00:29:12,200 You put two in that one, dumbass. 745 00:29:12,266 --> 00:29:13,467 [chuckling] 746 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:16,300 Well, I've always rapid aged liquor, 747 00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:19,266 but I've done it in bigger vessels with chips. 748 00:29:19,266 --> 00:29:23,200 Well, we'll just make a smaller little bag of chips and put one in each jar. 749 00:29:23,266 --> 00:29:25,700 This is basically just a marketing ploy. 750 00:29:25,767 --> 00:29:27,467 It's like a home beer kit. 751 00:29:27,467 --> 00:29:29,300 It's involving them in the process. 752 00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:31,600 Then they can wait to when they want to drink it. 753 00:29:32,567 --> 00:29:34,900 All right, there's 20 cases. 754 00:29:34,967 --> 00:29:39,166 Now we've got to get loaded up, Beaz. 755 00:29:39,767 --> 00:29:39,888 The end is in sight. 756 00:29:39,888 --> 00:29:41,367 The end is in sight. 757 00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:43,500 [Digger] We're right now 30 minutes late. 758 00:29:43,567 --> 00:29:45,767 We are fixing to head out on the road. 759 00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:48,266 If we get there in time, 760 00:29:48,266 --> 00:29:51,400 this will be an absolute touchdown for us. 761 00:29:51,467 --> 00:29:53,400 And this makes 20. 762 00:29:53,467 --> 00:29:55,166 [sighs] Let's get the tarp over it. 763 00:29:55,166 --> 00:29:58,567 You know, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there is no traffic, 764 00:29:58,567 --> 00:30:00,467 no construction between here and Nashville. 765 00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:04,000 -Get locked up and get with it. -Okay. 766 00:30:04,066 --> 00:30:06,667 [Digger] Because that can hold you up bare minimum of 30 minutes. 767 00:30:06,667 --> 00:30:08,600 We don't have 30 minutes to spare, 768 00:30:08,667 --> 00:30:09,888 so we're going to get in this van, we're going to put it in the wind. 769 00:30:09,888 --> 00:30:11,500 so we're going to get in this van, we're going to put it in the wind. 770 00:30:11,567 --> 00:30:14,300 -[Beaz] Tell me we do not need gas. -[Digger] Not at this point, 771 00:30:14,367 --> 00:30:15,667 but we get this liquor delivered 772 00:30:15,667 --> 00:30:17,000 and then we'll worry about gas. 773 00:30:28,667 --> 00:30:30,166 [door closes] 774 00:30:30,166 --> 00:30:32,467 [Amanda] Gonna check my mash and make sure it's done. 775 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:33,767 [Huck] Should be ready. 776 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:37,800 No cap, no bubbles. 777 00:30:38,567 --> 00:30:39,888 Mmm, smells good. 778 00:30:39,888 --> 00:30:40,867 Mmm, smells good. 779 00:30:40,867 --> 00:30:43,667 -[Mark] It's ready, is it? -Yeah, she's worked off. 780 00:30:43,667 --> 00:30:46,100 Checking on my mash today, I see the cap has fallen 781 00:30:46,166 --> 00:30:48,166 and there's basically no activity. 782 00:30:48,166 --> 00:30:50,700 Now my hard work begins in the straining process. 783 00:30:52,967 --> 00:30:55,266 -[Mark] You brought a mop bucket. -[Amanda] Yes, sir. I did. 784 00:30:55,266 --> 00:30:57,166 [Mark] What are you gonna do with a mop bucket? 785 00:30:57,166 --> 00:30:59,567 I'm gonna strain the alcohol out of my grains. 786 00:30:59,567 --> 00:31:00,767 [Huck] And then you're gonna put it in there 787 00:31:00,767 --> 00:31:02,200 like you would squeeze a mop out? 788 00:31:02,266 --> 00:31:04,667 Yep, I'm gonna ring the grains out. It's called sparging. 789 00:31:04,667 --> 00:31:07,367 I was wondering how she was gonna flavor that rye whiskey. 790 00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:09,888 -[laughing] -[Amanda] You guys are funny. 791 00:31:09,888 --> 00:31:10,266 -[laughing] -[Amanda] You guys are funny. 792 00:31:10,266 --> 00:31:12,600 That Amanda, she's got a whole truck load of stuff 793 00:31:12,667 --> 00:31:14,667 that I ain't never seen at a still site before. 794 00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:18,166 She's got mop buckets, pillow cases, you name it. 795 00:31:19,266 --> 00:31:20,800 I've made liquor all my life. 796 00:31:20,867 --> 00:31:22,967 First mop bucket I've ever seen at a still site. 797 00:31:22,967 --> 00:31:25,300 [laughing] 798 00:31:25,367 --> 00:31:27,467 Here's your liquid. No solids. 799 00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:29,700 She's doing it right, you know. She's doing it good. 800 00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:34,500 She swears it'll be worth it in the end. It may be. 801 00:31:34,567 --> 00:31:37,000 But we'll just have to wait and see. 802 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,200 You can fire it up, Mark. 803 00:31:38,767 --> 00:31:39,888 [flame whooshes] 804 00:31:39,888 --> 00:31:40,133 [flame whooshes] 805 00:31:40,133 --> 00:31:43,300 [singing] Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, please don't let me down. 806 00:31:43,367 --> 00:31:45,200 Double Jim Tom. Jim Tom loved rye whiskey. 807 00:31:45,266 --> 00:31:47,767 Did you guys argue with Jim Tom that much when he made rye whiskey? 808 00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:49,300 Well, that was Jim Tom. 809 00:31:49,367 --> 00:31:51,500 [scoffing laugh] 810 00:31:51,567 --> 00:31:52,867 Still at it, ain't you Amanda? 811 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:54,800 -[laughing] -[Amanda] Yeah, I'm almost done though. 812 00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:56,066 I think it's too much work. 813 00:31:56,066 --> 00:31:58,100 But you guys said you wanted a real whiskey. 814 00:31:58,166 --> 00:31:59,667 Well yeah, I know, but... 815 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:00,800 [Amanda] This is how you do it. 816 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,166 Small batch, high end whiskey in the back woods. 817 00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:06,500 Just a way to kill some time while you're waiting for the pot to heat up. 818 00:32:06,567 --> 00:32:08,200 Yeah, we're definitely killing time. 819 00:32:10,266 --> 00:32:13,400 [Amanda] Finally, everything is done being strained and sparged. 820 00:32:13,467 --> 00:32:14,867 It's time to cap it off. 821 00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:16,600 Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life, right? 822 00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:19,367 -[Mark] I don't know about that. -[Amanda chuckles] 823 00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:20,567 I'm feeling pretty good at this moment. 824 00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:22,300 And when that starts coming out of the worm, 825 00:32:22,367 --> 00:32:24,767 you guys are gonna see what all that effort was for. 826 00:32:24,767 --> 00:32:27,367 I am really excited to get this liquor coming out of the worm. 827 00:32:27,367 --> 00:32:28,567 This whole pipe is hot. 828 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,266 It's like the moonshine limbo. 829 00:32:32,266 --> 00:32:36,100 I just want them to taste it and see what I've been talking about this whole time. 830 00:32:37,166 --> 00:32:38,567 We got whiskey, guys. 831 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,600 -Smells kind of like rubbing alcohol to me. -Mmm-hmm. 832 00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:47,367 -Just messing with you. -Let me see that shovel, Mark. 833 00:32:47,367 --> 00:32:49,567 -Just kidding. -[all chuckling] 834 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:51,266 I think I'm gonna throw out these heads. 835 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,367 -And start collecting. -[Mark] Real stuff's starting. 836 00:32:55,367 --> 00:32:59,000 Well, let it run for a little while and we'll taste that rye. 837 00:32:59,066 --> 00:33:02,667 The rye that's beautifully balanced with wheat and a honey malted barley? 838 00:33:02,667 --> 00:33:05,467 I can taste it. It don't matter what you do to it. 839 00:33:05,467 --> 00:33:07,767 -It's like I had a mouthful of black pepper. -You sound like a little kid 840 00:33:07,767 --> 00:33:08,767 that doesn't want to eat vegetables. 841 00:33:08,767 --> 00:33:09,888 You know that's what you sound like. 842 00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:09,900 You know that's what you sound like. 843 00:33:10,900 --> 00:33:13,100 Go on. It's good. Just try it. 844 00:33:13,166 --> 00:33:14,266 You guys ready for a little sample? 845 00:33:14,266 --> 00:33:15,300 [both] Yeah. 846 00:33:15,367 --> 00:33:18,100 [Mark] If we have to. [laughing] 847 00:33:18,166 --> 00:33:19,967 I guess if we have to, we have to. 848 00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:24,066 -Moment of truth. -It'll all be over, but the crime. 849 00:33:26,266 --> 00:33:28,000 Mmm, I'm happy with that. 850 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:30,000 Tell me what you think, Mark. 851 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,367 I'm really satisfied with it. 852 00:33:32,367 --> 00:33:34,700 I'm used to making these all grain whiskeys 853 00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:36,900 and personally to my palette, 854 00:33:36,967 --> 00:33:38,767 I like the way it tastes all grain. 855 00:33:43,767 --> 00:33:45,567 Well, that is better than I thought it'd be. 856 00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:47,100 Well, thank you. See? 857 00:33:47,166 --> 00:33:49,667 Mark off the bat surprised me. He said it was really good. 858 00:33:50,667 --> 00:33:52,300 [burps] 859 00:33:52,367 --> 00:33:54,467 -But I still can taste the rye. -Mmm-hmm. 860 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:58,100 But then he burped and tasted rye. 861 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:00,100 -It's in there. You're gonna taste it. -[Mark] It's there. 862 00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:01,367 That's a pretty good flavor there. 863 00:34:01,367 --> 00:34:03,266 I thought she was doing really good, 864 00:34:03,266 --> 00:34:04,467 but then there comes the rye. 865 00:34:04,467 --> 00:34:05,900 But it's kind of balanced, right? 866 00:34:05,967 --> 00:34:08,700 [Mark] You made this a little better than I would have made it. 867 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:09,888 -[Amanda] Well, thank you. -[Mark] That's pretty good liquor. 868 00:34:09,888 --> 00:34:11,367 -[Amanda] Well, thank you. -[Mark] That's pretty good liquor. 869 00:34:11,367 --> 00:34:12,967 -Yeah, it's good. -[chuckles] 870 00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:15,400 -[Mark] Want me to swap these buckets out? -[Amanda] Yes. 871 00:34:15,467 --> 00:34:18,100 For me, I feel like this was a really good whiskey. 872 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:19,867 I'm keeping this for myself. 873 00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:21,266 I think that's damn good. 874 00:34:21,266 --> 00:34:24,166 -You still need 25 gallons. -Mmm-hmm. 875 00:34:24,166 --> 00:34:25,967 So the buyer's gonna get a real good whiskey. 876 00:34:25,967 --> 00:34:27,467 But we're gonna have to come back 877 00:34:27,467 --> 00:34:29,867 to make another run to complete the order. 878 00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:33,166 Let's get out of here. Then we'll get back and start again. 879 00:34:33,166 --> 00:34:34,767 -We gotta get it to 'em. -Okey-dokey. 880 00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:48,667 Well, Henry brought me back from the airport and said that 881 00:34:48,667 --> 00:34:51,867 the fire marshal was still wanting to talk to me, 882 00:34:51,867 --> 00:34:53,867 that he's been looking for me. 883 00:34:53,867 --> 00:34:55,867 He just wants to close this case, 884 00:34:55,867 --> 00:34:58,066 but he needs to see me to do that. 885 00:34:58,066 --> 00:35:02,000 You can't trust the law. So I don't know what the hell they're gonna do. We'll see. 886 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:05,166 Oh, here he comes. 887 00:35:06,967 --> 00:35:09,800 [exhales] Squash this damn [bleep] 888 00:35:14,667 --> 00:35:17,166 -What's going on, man? -Oh, not much. 889 00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:19,367 You know, I'm just here to check off a couple boxes, 890 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,867 get the boss man off my back. 891 00:35:21,867 --> 00:35:23,300 And, you know, just talk to you a little bit 892 00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:25,767 about your side of the story on this fire. 893 00:35:25,767 --> 00:35:27,300 I really don't know what happened. 894 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:30,266 The only thing I can figure is the electrical back there caught on fire 895 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:33,467 because we did have a wire that was back there on the back wall. 896 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:35,900 And that's where the fire was on... 897 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:39,266 Started was on the back wall thinking uh... 898 00:35:39,266 --> 00:35:39,888 -I don't know what happened. I really don't. -Yeah. 899 00:35:39,888 --> 00:35:41,500 -I don't know what happened. I really don't. -Yeah. 900 00:35:41,567 --> 00:35:43,900 You can see that one real hot spot area, 901 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:47,266 but I couldn't really get any good pictures of what the structure used to be. 902 00:35:47,266 --> 00:35:49,467 So that's one reason why we kind of just... 903 00:35:49,467 --> 00:35:51,367 Are gonna just kind of write it down as a loss. 904 00:35:51,367 --> 00:35:52,500 You didn't have any flammables 905 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:54,567 -or anything back there, did ya? -No, not really. 906 00:35:54,567 --> 00:35:55,867 Here, let me show you something, Josh. 907 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,100 [car beeps] 908 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,600 I guess moonshining is paying off these days. 909 00:36:15,266 --> 00:36:18,767 Hey Beaz. Look here. It's a woolly caterpillar. 910 00:36:18,767 --> 00:36:21,667 -They predict the winter. -Okay. 911 00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:23,266 [Digger] I looked down and I see a woolly worm 912 00:36:23,266 --> 00:36:26,166 and I thought, "Well, you know, I'll do like my Mama used to do 913 00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:27,533 and let's do a little weather prediction." 914 00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:30,600 If you look, he's got just a little bit of black on each end 915 00:36:30,667 --> 00:36:33,066 -and a great big wide band of brown? -Yep. 916 00:36:33,066 --> 00:36:34,700 [Digger] You know, the old timers used to say 917 00:36:34,767 --> 00:36:36,767 that the wider that band of brown is, 918 00:36:36,767 --> 00:36:38,132 the less harsh the winter's gonna be. 919 00:36:38,132 --> 00:36:38,900 the less harsh the winter's gonna be. 920 00:36:38,967 --> 00:36:42,767 So, this little feller here shows me that we're gonna have a real mild winter. 921 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,100 Which you know what that means. 922 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,567 More time to make liquor. 923 00:36:45,567 --> 00:36:47,567 This woolly worm, he looked like 924 00:36:47,567 --> 00:36:49,867 he'd just been dipped a little bit in black paint. 925 00:36:49,867 --> 00:36:52,200 So, I'm hoping it's a mild winter. 926 00:36:52,266 --> 00:36:54,000 [Beaz] Well, I'm gonna call that a good omen then. 927 00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:01,133 -So what do you think? -Uh, well... 928 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:02,867 I mean, it is what it is. 929 00:37:04,233 --> 00:37:05,967 So you know, man, I'm not... I'm not out here to, 930 00:37:05,967 --> 00:37:08,100 you know, bust your balls or anything like that. 931 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:09,567 I don't really care. 932 00:37:09,567 --> 00:37:11,233 I'm just out here to maybe just 933 00:37:11,233 --> 00:37:12,934 get a couple jars here and there from you. 934 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:14,667 [Josh exhales] 935 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:18,266 You mean to tell me this whole time 936 00:37:18,333 --> 00:37:19,834 you've been trying to track me down 937 00:37:19,834 --> 00:37:21,600 because you want to buy liquor from me? 938 00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:23,500 Man, that stuff tasted awesome. 939 00:37:23,567 --> 00:37:24,679 So what do you think? 940 00:37:24,679 --> 00:37:25,166 So what do you think? 941 00:37:25,233 --> 00:37:27,467 Sounds to me like you just got some, Hoss. 942 00:37:27,467 --> 00:37:30,000 I'm just gonna call you whenever I need some more. 943 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,433 Don't drink it all in one place. 944 00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:34,133 -I may be down there in the creek if that happens. -[laughs] 945 00:37:34,133 --> 00:37:36,133 -Take care, man. -Yep. Take it easy. 946 00:37:36,133 --> 00:37:39,433 You know, you may think I'm one of the most unlucky people in the world, 947 00:37:39,433 --> 00:37:41,834 but today I got lucky. 948 00:37:41,834 --> 00:37:44,000 He really... He had me kind of dead to rights. 949 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,166 He had my liquor, he got it off the grounds, 950 00:37:46,166 --> 00:37:48,166 he could have got me just for that. 951 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:50,600 I'm really just happy that this whole damn thing is over. 952 00:37:50,667 --> 00:37:52,266 I can put this thing to bed 953 00:37:52,266 --> 00:37:54,679 and me and the boys can go back to making liquor 954 00:37:54,679 --> 00:37:54,867 and me and the boys can go back to making liquor 955 00:37:54,867 --> 00:37:56,000 and do what we do best. 956 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:10,667 [Beaz] Her meet and greet starts at 4 o'clock. 957 00:38:10,734 --> 00:38:11,867 Yeah, and I mean, look right there. 958 00:38:11,934 --> 00:38:13,266 What time does it tell us 959 00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:15,667 the GPS says we can get there in this traffic? 960 00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:17,433 4:15. 961 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:19,834 [sighs] 962 00:38:19,834 --> 00:38:23,166 This is a VIP event that we're making this liquor for. 963 00:38:23,233 --> 00:38:24,679 They're gonna have these swag bags ready to pass out 964 00:38:24,679 --> 00:38:25,600 They're gonna have these swag bags ready to pass out 965 00:38:25,667 --> 00:38:27,367 when these folks come through with Raelyn. 966 00:38:27,367 --> 00:38:29,066 If she don't have these jars of liquor in the bags, 967 00:38:29,066 --> 00:38:31,767 they ain't worth a damn to these folks and her either one. 968 00:38:31,767 --> 00:38:34,033 And if we'd have finished this up yesterday, 969 00:38:34,033 --> 00:38:37,033 -we'd have been more comfortable. -Oh, I know. 970 00:38:37,033 --> 00:38:39,333 But Digger, we worked till we dropped, man. 971 00:38:44,066 --> 00:38:48,734 Beaz? [chuckles] Look. Look what just happened. 972 00:38:48,734 --> 00:38:50,333 -It took that-- -We went to Central Time! 973 00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:52,266 -Oh, man. -We've got plenty of time. 974 00:38:52,266 --> 00:38:53,333 Dang. 975 00:38:54,567 --> 00:38:54,679 -[laughing] -I feel like a total dumbass. 976 00:38:54,679 --> 00:38:57,333 -[laughing] -I feel like a total dumbass. 977 00:38:58,734 --> 00:39:00,066 -Golly. -[exhales] 978 00:39:00,066 --> 00:39:01,734 We have just been strung out, 979 00:39:01,734 --> 00:39:05,367 worrying about the logistics on getting this done. 980 00:39:05,367 --> 00:39:10,166 We totally forgot that coming from the Smokey Mountains to Nashville 981 00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:13,333 we gain a freaking hour. 982 00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:16,367 I've never been so happier to be stupid. 983 00:39:16,367 --> 00:39:20,100 -[chortles] -It has never worked out in my favor. 984 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:24,467 Digger, we made it here. 985 00:39:24,467 --> 00:39:24,679 [Digger] Well, we haven't... We made it to Nashville. 986 00:39:24,679 --> 00:39:26,867 [Digger] Well, we haven't... We made it to Nashville. 987 00:39:26,867 --> 00:39:29,166 We haven't made it to the venue yet. Give us a few minutes. 988 00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:31,667 We're pulling in to the Nashville area 989 00:39:31,734 --> 00:39:35,233 and it's like, Dorothy and them making it to Oz. 990 00:39:35,233 --> 00:39:38,266 We see the finish line. 991 00:39:39,266 --> 00:39:42,266 Close, close call. Tough fought battle. 992 00:39:42,266 --> 00:39:44,867 But Digger and I have come out ahead again. 993 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,734 -Yeah. Hello -There you are. 994 00:39:53,734 --> 00:39:54,679 -[Digger] We apologize for the late arrival. -Hey, buddy. 995 00:39:54,679 --> 00:39:55,767 -[Digger] We apologize for the late arrival. -Hey, buddy. 996 00:39:55,767 --> 00:39:57,233 How you doing, man? 997 00:39:57,233 --> 00:39:59,133 -JB. Nice to meet you, man. -Digger. Good to meet you. 998 00:39:59,133 --> 00:40:02,166 [Beaz] Man, sorry we cut it so close, guys. 999 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,834 Hey, I mean, it's show business. Nothing ever starts on time. 1000 00:40:04,834 --> 00:40:06,834 -You know that. -[Beaz] I do know that. 1001 00:40:06,834 --> 00:40:08,300 -Well... -Train comes in anyway. 1002 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:13,266 -Guys, this is outstanding. -Wait till you see what we got for you. 1003 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:14,767 -Oh my God. -Look at it already. 1004 00:40:14,834 --> 00:40:16,867 We just... We just jarred this up 1005 00:40:16,934 --> 00:40:19,667 -five hours? Five, six hours ago. -Six hours. Yeah, yeah. 1006 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:23,266 I mean, that right there gives your people ownership in their liquor. 1007 00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:24,679 Mmm, it's beautiful. 1008 00:40:24,679 --> 00:40:25,233 Mmm, it's beautiful. 1009 00:40:25,233 --> 00:40:26,433 -Shall we taste? -Yes. 1010 00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:28,266 [Digger] I highly encourage it. 1011 00:40:29,567 --> 00:40:30,467 [JB] Mmm. 1012 00:40:34,567 --> 00:40:37,467 -Mmm. -Is that crazy good or what? 1013 00:40:37,467 --> 00:40:39,266 -So good. -Crazy good. 1014 00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:43,266 It's been known to make child birth a pleasure and tooth aches go away. 1015 00:40:44,367 --> 00:40:47,133 -[laughing] -[JB] Our fans are gonna be ecstatic. 1016 00:40:47,133 --> 00:40:49,367 -Yes. -Well, I hope so. 1017 00:40:49,433 --> 00:40:51,667 It's the surprise part of the VIP package. 1018 00:40:51,734 --> 00:40:53,266 So I really appreciate you guys. 1019 00:40:53,266 --> 00:40:54,679 -Fellas, thank you so much for doing this. -Yeah, we're glad to do it. 1020 00:40:54,679 --> 00:40:55,467 -Fellas, thank you so much for doing this. -Yeah, we're glad to do it. 1021 00:40:55,467 --> 00:40:57,133 -We certainly appreciate it. -Hey, we appreciate 1022 00:40:57,133 --> 00:40:58,867 the opportunity to make a little money. 1023 00:40:58,867 --> 00:41:01,867 I can't tell you how excited I am about this. 1024 00:41:01,867 --> 00:41:06,967 I mean, we've got this liquor in the Nelson family of Willie Nelson's hands. 1025 00:41:06,967 --> 00:41:08,233 And it's going to their fans. 1026 00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:09,834 Well, that's all they're going to be talking about. 1027 00:41:11,367 --> 00:41:12,567 Got the money. It's all there. 1028 00:41:12,567 --> 00:41:14,033 -[Beaz] Oh, thank you. -[Raelyn] Thank you guys so much. 1029 00:41:14,033 --> 00:41:15,400 [Beaz] Here, brother. Take that. 1030 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,600 And, you know, there's a great big bonus at the end of this. 1031 00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:21,567 We got a pocket full of money to go back to East Tennessee with 1032 00:41:21,567 --> 00:41:23,967 and start making more aged dry whiskey 1033 00:41:23,967 --> 00:41:24,679 and triple grain whiskey. 1034 00:41:24,679 --> 00:41:25,834 and triple grain whiskey. 1035 00:41:25,834 --> 00:41:27,166 -We did it, buddy. -[Beaz] Let's get out of here. 1036 00:41:27,233 --> 00:41:28,266 That was great.