1 00:00:01,230 --> 00:00:03,070 [tense instrumental music] 2 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:06,000 To be a moonshiner, you're risking time in jail 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,029 or, even worse, being hurt. 4 00:00:08,029 --> 00:00:10,170 Don't try this at home. 5 00:00:10,170 --> 00:00:14,030 [narrator] This time on the Moonshinersmid-season premiere... 6 00:00:14,030 --> 00:00:15,700 [Tickle] Gosh, it's the wife. 7 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:17,200 [Carol on phone] Oh, my God, where are you? 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,100 Today is my grand opening of the Tickles Heartline Restaurant. 9 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:23,530 If you needed to get trained, you should've been here for training. 10 00:00:23,530 --> 00:00:25,970 I've got more orders than I know what to do with. 11 00:00:25,970 --> 00:00:28,230 That, right there, is how you make a scrambled egg. 12 00:00:28,230 --> 00:00:29,700 [Carol] Oh, my God. 13 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,530 We wanna discuss hazelnut rum. 14 00:00:32,530 --> 00:00:34,530 We wanna go from silver to gold. 15 00:00:34,530 --> 00:00:37,430 What I'm expecting is nothing more than huge. 16 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:38,870 [Amanda] I like working with the nuts 17 00:00:38,870 --> 00:00:41,700 because you gotta, like, do some work to get flavor out of these things. 18 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:45,730 But when you can do it right, it's something really special. 19 00:00:45,730 --> 00:00:49,230 What? Last time we saw you, we had to pick you up and carry you. 20 00:00:49,230 --> 00:00:50,800 [Josh] I'm getting there. 21 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,030 [Henry] You were not supposed to be walking for a year and a half or something. 22 00:00:53,030 --> 00:00:56,830 The determination Josh has got, it's absolutely amazing. 23 00:00:56,830 --> 00:00:58,530 This flatbed gives me an idea. 24 00:00:59,330 --> 00:01:01,230 We get us an old junk car. 25 00:01:01,930 --> 00:01:03,270 We can load this thing 26 00:01:03,270 --> 00:01:05,970 and we can haul our shine right under the nose of the law. 27 00:01:05,970 --> 00:01:08,070 You're talking about hundreds of gallons of liquor. 28 00:01:08,070 --> 00:01:09,770 [Henry] Rock and roll, baby. 29 00:01:11,170 --> 00:01:14,170 [man] This is how we make the moonshine! 30 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,770 [tense instrumental music] 31 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:20,730 [Digger] Look, he's getting out. 32 00:01:20,730 --> 00:01:22,800 He's getting out of the vehicle, Beaz. 33 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,970 [Killer Beaz on radio]Let me know if he's coming in my direction. 34 00:01:24,970 --> 00:01:28,400 [Mark] He is walking around to the passenger side towards your van. 35 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,630 He's checking it out. 36 00:01:30,630 --> 00:01:33,800 [narrator] Westbound on I-40 in Tennessee, 37 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,030 after a thief stole $11,000 of moonshine 38 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,130 from their bootlegger, Killer Beaz... 39 00:01:39,130 --> 00:01:41,229 -[Killer Beaz speaking] -Beaz. 40 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:44,930 [narrator] ...Mark and Digger are tailing their next shipment 41 00:01:44,930 --> 00:01:48,130 to stop any more of their liquor from being stolen. 42 00:01:48,130 --> 00:01:49,800 [Mark] I promise you, we're not gonna have 43 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,600 another $11,000 worth of liquor stolen from us. 44 00:01:54,370 --> 00:01:56,130 Hey, Beaz, he's coming inside. 45 00:01:56,130 --> 00:01:58,570 [Killer Beaz] Okay, I'm going out this back door. 46 00:01:58,570 --> 00:02:01,430 [Digger] No, no, just wait around in there. Be looking at brochures. 47 00:02:01,430 --> 00:02:04,570 [Mark] Hang around in there and keep an eye on him, see what he does. 48 00:02:06,530 --> 00:02:09,400 [Killer Beaz] He is going into the men's room here. 49 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,400 [Digger] This is the time for us to make our move. 50 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,730 We decided this may be our opportunity to disable this vehicle 51 00:02:15,730 --> 00:02:17,970 and keep him from following Beaz anymore. 52 00:02:17,970 --> 00:02:19,030 I'm gonna move quick, 53 00:02:19,030 --> 00:02:20,900 you let me know if he comes out of the bathroom. 54 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:22,270 [Killer Beaz] Okay, you got it, man. 55 00:02:22,270 --> 00:02:24,500 I got you, I'm gonna stick you in my pocket. 56 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:26,600 [Digger] And I'm keeping an eye on the doors. 57 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:32,700 [suspenseful music] 58 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,300 You know, everybody around here keeps a valve stem remover 59 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:56,770 and extra valve cores in their vehicle. 60 00:02:56,770 --> 00:02:58,870 [air hissing] 61 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:01,670 If we flatten a couple of this guy's tires, 62 00:03:01,670 --> 00:03:03,800 he won't be following Beaz any more tonight. 63 00:03:14,770 --> 00:03:16,670 -[Digger] Did you get him? -[door closes] 64 00:03:16,670 --> 00:03:18,600 I've given him something to think about. 65 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,930 -Hey, Beaz. -[Killer Beaz] Yeah, man? 66 00:03:20,930 --> 00:03:22,970 [Digger] He won't be going anywhere soon. 67 00:03:22,970 --> 00:03:24,970 You cut a chug and get the hell out of here. 68 00:03:24,970 --> 00:03:29,230 I can't be 100% sure that this guy was our liquor thief, 69 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:32,530 but either way, he's not getting a load of liquor tonight. 70 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:34,130 [Killer Beaz] Oh, I see the tires. 71 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:36,430 It's gonna be sad if it's an innocent feller, 72 00:03:36,430 --> 00:03:39,500 but he shouldn't arouse so much suspicion. 73 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,000 [Killer Beaz] Yeah, we're innocent fellers, too, though, so... 74 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,800 Right. Well, the thing about this, our liquor's on the way. It's on the road. 75 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,670 Get your butt to Memphis and be safe. 76 00:03:48,670 --> 00:03:50,930 All right. Back on the Interstate. 77 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:53,730 You know, Beaz, he's on his way to deliver his load of liquor, 78 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:56,500 and if he gets down there and has the luck that I think he will, 79 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:59,100 they made need another 48 cases next week. 80 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,900 So, there's no rest for the weary. 81 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:03,630 [Killer Beaz] All right, thank you, guys. 82 00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:07,900 [upbeat instrumental music] 83 00:04:15,730 --> 00:04:17,769 [instrumental rock music] 84 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:21,130 [Josh] I can't wait to get Henry and Kenny and Tickle. 85 00:04:21,130 --> 00:04:24,000 Wait till they check out my new toy. 86 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,830 [narrator] In Franklin County, Virginia, 87 00:04:25,830 --> 00:04:28,570 just six months after losing the use of his legs 88 00:04:28,570 --> 00:04:30,730 in a devastating motorcycle wreck... 89 00:04:30,730 --> 00:04:32,670 I broke my neck, broke my back. 90 00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:35,170 [narrator] ...moonshiner Josh Owens is hell-bent 91 00:04:35,170 --> 00:04:38,670 on getting back to making money by any means possible. 92 00:04:38,670 --> 00:04:40,870 Because of my accident, I ain't been able to get out 93 00:04:40,870 --> 00:04:42,970 and make the money for making moonshine. 94 00:04:42,970 --> 00:04:44,900 But my cousin was awesome enough to give me a job 95 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:47,530 driving a rollback and still be able to make some money. 96 00:04:47,530 --> 00:04:48,700 I have to make some money. 97 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:51,070 [horn blaring] 98 00:04:51,070 --> 00:04:52,630 I'm back to work! 99 00:04:53,930 --> 00:04:56,500 -[horn honks] -[chuckles] 100 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:57,730 [Henry] Wow, what a nice rig. 101 00:04:57,730 --> 00:04:59,230 Ain't this a nice rollback? 102 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:01,070 -It is a nice rollback. -Hell, yeah. 103 00:05:01,070 --> 00:05:02,830 I mean, what are you doing driving it? 104 00:05:02,830 --> 00:05:04,630 This is what I do now. When I ain't making liquor, 105 00:05:04,630 --> 00:05:06,070 I'm gonna be driving a rollback. 106 00:05:06,070 --> 00:05:07,230 [Henry] How do you get up in there? 107 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:08,370 [Josh] It ain't easy. 108 00:05:08,370 --> 00:05:09,870 [Tickle] What, somebody had to throw you up in there? 109 00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:13,530 [Josh] I got this, though. 110 00:05:15,170 --> 00:05:17,600 [Tickle] Damn, Josh, I'll be jogged. 111 00:05:18,270 --> 00:05:19,070 What? 112 00:05:19,070 --> 00:05:20,500 [Josh] I tell you now, I can't hop. 113 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:23,970 Look, the last time we saw you, we had to pick you up and carry you. 114 00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:26,470 [Henry] You were not supposed to be walking for a year and a half or something. 115 00:05:26,470 --> 00:05:29,270 I gotta have a little help to hold on to, but I'm getting there. 116 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:30,800 Man! Can't believe it. 117 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,600 He's coming along darn well. 118 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,270 The determination that Josh has got 119 00:05:35,270 --> 00:05:37,900 to get himself from where he was a few months ago 120 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:40,170 to where he's at, actually being able to stand up 121 00:05:40,170 --> 00:05:43,730 and walk around today, it's absolutely amazing. 122 00:05:43,730 --> 00:05:45,430 Damn right! 123 00:05:45,430 --> 00:05:47,200 Yeah. You're actually up right now. 124 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,300 Man, I can't believe it. Damn! 125 00:05:50,170 --> 00:05:51,470 It ain't been that long. 126 00:05:51,470 --> 00:05:54,500 They said that I would be in a wheelchair for a year. 127 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:56,200 But, hell, it ain't been nowhere near that. 128 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,570 Damn, man, it's unbelievable. 129 00:05:57,570 --> 00:05:59,130 [Josh] I'm ready to roll. 130 00:05:59,130 --> 00:06:00,930 [Henry] We're ready to roll, too, aren't we, Tickle? 131 00:06:00,930 --> 00:06:02,230 We got that liquor up on our mountain. 132 00:06:02,230 --> 00:06:04,130 We're ready to do some distributing. 133 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:07,300 [Tickle] We've got a whole lot of liquor we've gotta get shipped out to customers. 134 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:11,030 But we really gotta have a safe way to transport our moonshine 135 00:06:11,030 --> 00:06:13,270 to our bootleggers and our customers. 136 00:06:13,270 --> 00:06:16,430 But, you know what, this flatbed gives me an idea. 137 00:06:18,070 --> 00:06:20,200 How often is one of these ever pulled over? 138 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:21,370 Never. 139 00:06:21,370 --> 00:06:24,170 This tow truck, this just might be the ticket we need. 140 00:06:24,170 --> 00:06:27,230 If we had an old wrecked car we could put on the back of that, 141 00:06:27,230 --> 00:06:29,770 we could fill it full of liquor and transport it. 142 00:06:29,770 --> 00:06:32,030 The odds of you getting checked or pulled over or busted 143 00:06:32,030 --> 00:06:35,230 in this thing are freaking damn, like, a million to one. 144 00:06:35,230 --> 00:06:38,070 Even if you do, they're not gonna look at that car on the back. 145 00:06:38,070 --> 00:06:39,600 [Henry] No, I don't think so. 146 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,000 Even if you get pulled over and get a ticket, they ain't gonna go search it. 147 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,070 Well, even if they do and find the moonshine, 148 00:06:45,070 --> 00:06:47,170 what you tell 'em is, "Look, man, 149 00:06:47,170 --> 00:06:49,800 I just got paid to take this. I picked it up in the field 150 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,530 and I'm taking it to a junkyard. 151 00:06:51,530 --> 00:06:52,730 It's an emergency vehicle. 152 00:06:52,730 --> 00:06:55,200 Have you ever seen one pulled over in your entire life? 153 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,800 That means that we're safe to haul large amounts of moonshine on the highway. 154 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,930 That gives us freedom to get where we need to go. 155 00:07:02,930 --> 00:07:05,030 I'm down with it. We ain't gonna get pulled over, no way. 156 00:07:05,030 --> 00:07:06,630 -[Henry] Right. -[Tickle] Nope. 157 00:07:06,630 --> 00:07:08,330 -You know any places around to get a junk car out here? -That oughta be easy. 158 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:10,870 We get us an old junk car, 159 00:07:10,870 --> 00:07:14,100 maybe darken the windows in on it with some spray paint, 160 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:18,670 take the seats out, we can load this thing all the way completely full. 161 00:07:18,670 --> 00:07:21,500 Well, hellfire. Let's damn do this! I'm ready to go. 162 00:07:24,170 --> 00:07:26,230 [upbeat instrumental music] 163 00:07:29,230 --> 00:07:30,200 [Mike] Well? 164 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:31,830 [Jerry] Tell you what, guys, his name's Jeff. 165 00:07:31,830 --> 00:07:33,970 His daughter will be getting married here in couple of weeks, 166 00:07:33,970 --> 00:07:36,500 and he wants some shine to give to everybody. 167 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:39,900 It could make a very good potential for us to make a lot of money. 168 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:42,230 [narrator] In Haywood County, North Carolina, 169 00:07:42,230 --> 00:07:46,170 after a fight over the selling price of their melon shine... 170 00:07:46,170 --> 00:07:50,330 My two idiot partners sold it for nothing, basically. 171 00:07:50,330 --> 00:07:53,400 [narrator] ...Mike, Jerry, and Richard are seeking common ground 172 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,870 on their next sale. 173 00:07:54,870 --> 00:07:56,170 [Jerry] Very high-end customer, 174 00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:58,170 he has got his daughter's wedding coming up 175 00:07:58,170 --> 00:07:59,570 and he wants something really special. 176 00:07:59,570 --> 00:08:03,170 Basically, a four-berry shine for, like, a gift at the wedding. 177 00:08:03,170 --> 00:08:04,600 There's gonna be a lot of people, 178 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,930 so we can potentially have a lot of customers, 179 00:08:06,930 --> 00:08:09,730 even more money to make after the fact. 180 00:08:09,730 --> 00:08:12,130 On this deal, I'm gonna do the negotiation. 181 00:08:12,130 --> 00:08:15,000 -You gonna haggle with him? -I'm gonna show you how it's done, Richard Landry. 182 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,870 -[Richard] All right, let's do it. -[Jerry] All right. 183 00:08:16,870 --> 00:08:20,930 Mike's still bitter about the $75 we took for the watermelon shine. 184 00:08:20,930 --> 00:08:22,770 So, we're gonna let him take the lead on this. 185 00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:24,770 It's beautiful in here. Look at this. 186 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,230 -It's a pretty place, ain't it? -Yeah. 187 00:08:26,230 --> 00:08:27,830 -How you doing, man? Good to see ya. -Doing pretty good. 188 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:29,030 This is Mike and Richard. 189 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:30,700 -Hey, man. How's it going? -Nice to meet you guys. 190 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:32,100 Nice to meet you, too. 191 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:34,830 -We hear you got a daughter getting married. -I sure is, absolutely. 192 00:08:34,830 --> 00:08:38,100 -Congratulations, man. She marrying a good fella? -[Jeff] Absolutely. 193 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:39,799 -[all laughing] -Looking good. 194 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,299 Need a little something for the wedding? 195 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:44,070 Yeah. I'm looking for some... About 20 gallons. 196 00:08:44,070 --> 00:08:46,670 And if I can get berry, it would be awesome. 197 00:08:46,670 --> 00:08:47,630 We could do that, couldn't we? 198 00:08:47,630 --> 00:08:49,100 Maybe get some of that. 199 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:51,730 If it's not fruity, she's not gonna like it, for sure. 200 00:08:51,730 --> 00:08:55,100 Well, I tell you what, it's gonna cost you $160 a gallon. 201 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:56,530 [Jeff] Oo-wee. 202 00:08:56,530 --> 00:08:58,930 That's way, way, way too high. 203 00:08:59,630 --> 00:09:01,530 Special occasion and everything. 204 00:09:01,530 --> 00:09:04,000 This guy has spent a lot of money 205 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,400 to rent this place out for his daughter's wedding. 206 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,570 He's already got deep pockets. 207 00:09:08,570 --> 00:09:10,200 I'm sure we can make the price right. 208 00:09:11,570 --> 00:09:12,730 What do you guys thing? 209 00:09:12,730 --> 00:09:14,100 [Mike] I tell you what, let's you and me walk over here 210 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:16,530 and negotiate a deal. We'll leave these guys here. 211 00:09:16,530 --> 00:09:18,230 We'll make a deal. 212 00:09:18,230 --> 00:09:20,970 If I continue to let Jerry talk and negotiate, 213 00:09:20,970 --> 00:09:24,000 we're gonna end up selling this alcohol for $75 a gallon. 214 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,500 I'm not standing for it. 215 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:28,900 Anyway, man, I need $160 a gallon. 216 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:32,400 We work hard at what we do. We stand behind our alcohol. 217 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,600 That's a specialty thing, man. I gotta have $160 a gallon. 218 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,770 [Jeff] Well, if you look around here, I've had to pay for all this. 219 00:09:38,770 --> 00:09:41,470 -$100 is all I can I do. -[Mike] A hundred what? 220 00:09:41,470 --> 00:09:43,230 -[Jeff] $100 a gallon. -[Mike] $100? 221 00:09:43,230 --> 00:09:45,670 You are a long way from $160 a gallon. 222 00:09:45,670 --> 00:09:47,000 [Jeff] $100's the best I can do. 223 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,270 All right, there's no way I can possibly do $100 a gallon. 224 00:09:50,270 --> 00:09:52,070 -$100? -[Jeff] That's all I can do, $100. 225 00:09:52,070 --> 00:09:54,030 We can't make a deal, buddy. 226 00:09:54,030 --> 00:09:57,670 You have a nice day, and I'm sorry we couldn't come together and make a deal. 227 00:09:57,670 --> 00:10:00,130 -Hope your daughter's wedding turns out great. -[Jeff] You have a good day. 228 00:10:00,130 --> 00:10:01,200 Yes, sir. 229 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,800 Come on, guys, get out of here. 230 00:10:06,670 --> 00:10:08,630 That was some good negotiating skills, Mike. 231 00:10:08,630 --> 00:10:10,300 We in the truck without the sale. 232 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:13,830 Did I not push the whole thing of, like, we were gonna have some high-end people here? 233 00:10:13,830 --> 00:10:15,200 You did. You did. 234 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,070 -So, we got good potential of making money down the road. -Trust me. 235 00:10:18,070 --> 00:10:21,970 Stand strong in what you believe in and don't back down. 236 00:10:21,970 --> 00:10:25,000 I believe we're gonna be broke 'cause we just missed this sale. 237 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,870 -We in negotiation class, Jerry. -[chuckles] 238 00:10:27,870 --> 00:10:29,430 We're learning how to negotiate. 239 00:10:30,270 --> 00:10:32,770 What'd I tell you guys? There he comes. 240 00:10:32,770 --> 00:10:35,230 He's coming out here for a damn reason, too. 241 00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:38,230 Well, did you change your mind on me? 242 00:10:38,230 --> 00:10:39,300 [Jeff] I tell you what, 243 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:42,930 this being such a special occasion, I can do $130. 244 00:10:42,930 --> 00:10:44,770 There's a couple of stipulations on that. 245 00:10:44,770 --> 00:10:46,330 $130 ain't gonna cut it, man. 246 00:10:46,330 --> 00:10:50,870 And, listen, I ain't trying to sell my alcohol at too high of a price. 247 00:10:50,870 --> 00:10:53,830 I know what our alcohol's worth. We're in the business. 248 00:10:53,830 --> 00:10:55,130 It's a lot of hard work. 249 00:10:55,130 --> 00:10:56,770 I tell you what I'm gonna do, 250 00:10:56,770 --> 00:10:59,870 I'll come to $140 a gallon. 251 00:10:59,870 --> 00:11:02,230 That is final, or I drive away. 252 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:07,500 [Jeff] Tell you what, I'll do that one for you. 253 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,930 Only, it has to be bottled up separate. 254 00:11:11,930 --> 00:11:15,130 -[Mike] What do you mean, like quart jars? -Quart jars. 255 00:11:15,130 --> 00:11:16,930 -Two weeks. -[Jerry] Two weeks. 256 00:11:16,930 --> 00:11:19,770 You know what? I love a good challenge. You're on. 257 00:11:19,770 --> 00:11:21,000 -[Jeff] All right, well, see ya. -[Mike] See ya. 258 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,900 -[Jeff] Thank you. -[Mike] Appreciate ya. 259 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:24,930 -[Jerry] I'll be damned. -[laughs] 260 00:11:24,930 --> 00:11:27,530 Who negotiated what, now? Huh? 261 00:11:27,530 --> 00:11:29,300 We ain't never gonna hear the end of this one. 262 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:31,070 [Jerry] Oh, look at his head, it's already swelling. 263 00:11:31,070 --> 00:11:34,070 His hat ain't gonna fit in, like, ten minutes. 264 00:11:34,070 --> 00:11:36,670 What Jeff, nor Richard or Jerry knows, 265 00:11:36,670 --> 00:11:40,070 I had $140 in my mind the whole time. 266 00:11:40,070 --> 00:11:42,600 Can we have a "Congratulations, partner Mike"? 267 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,230 -[Jerry] Good job, Mike. -[Richard] Good job, Mike. 268 00:11:44,230 --> 00:11:46,270 [Jerry] I'm tickled to death we got a good order. 269 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:47,630 Now comes the stressful part. 270 00:11:47,630 --> 00:11:50,570 We've only got two weeks, so we gotta get our butts in gear. 271 00:11:50,570 --> 00:11:52,100 [Richard] I didn't think this one was gonna happen. 272 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:54,130 [Mike] Y'all recognize me for a minute. 273 00:11:59,130 --> 00:12:01,030 [instrumental guitar music] 274 00:12:01,030 --> 00:12:02,530 [Digger] What do you wanna drink, Hattie? 275 00:12:02,530 --> 00:12:05,030 -[Mark] I don't care. -[Digger] How about a little Angel Wings? 276 00:12:05,930 --> 00:12:08,000 We just have enough to ward off evil spirits. 277 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,630 I don't need to get too deep in the bottle today. 278 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:12,930 [Mark] You know, that's really good, 279 00:12:12,930 --> 00:12:15,740 but it ain't no better than some of ours that we've done. 280 00:12:15,740 --> 00:12:16,630 Yeah. 281 00:12:16,630 --> 00:12:19,100 You know, after I got this diagnosis, 282 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:21,700 I've put a sense of urgency on everything. 283 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:24,870 I've wanted to go from one end of this state to the other for liquor. 284 00:12:24,870 --> 00:12:28,800 I've got a better diagnosis now that they've dove in a little deeper. 285 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,470 Things aren't as urgent as they were initially, 286 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:33,740 but that's not gonna make me stop doing what we're doing. 287 00:12:33,740 --> 00:12:35,840 We're not looking towards the end of this year now, 288 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,670 we're looking on down the next ten years. 289 00:12:37,670 --> 00:12:40,670 So, at the end of the day, you know, it's not just about building an empire, 290 00:12:40,670 --> 00:12:43,170 we want to make things bigger and better. 291 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:47,270 -[Digger] And up jumped the devil. -[Mark] There they are. 292 00:12:47,270 --> 00:12:50,070 -Gentlemen! -[Mark] Hello, Joe, Amanda. 293 00:12:50,070 --> 00:12:51,840 Oh, well, here we go. 294 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,130 Y'all gonna drink what we drink, just so you know. 295 00:12:54,130 --> 00:12:57,170 We're not getting too deep, we got a lot of work to do today. 296 00:12:57,170 --> 00:13:00,130 This is just to warm your heart up a little bit. 297 00:13:00,130 --> 00:13:01,300 Well, guys, I'm gonna tell you what, 298 00:13:01,300 --> 00:13:03,170 you're looking at two fellers who couldn't be happier 299 00:13:03,170 --> 00:13:04,800 with what y'all are turning out. 300 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,740 -I mean, you are at the head of your game right now. -[exhales] Okay. 301 00:13:08,740 --> 00:13:10,100 That better than I thought it was gonna be. 302 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:12,530 Yeah, you did so many pours of your drink to break up with you... 303 00:13:12,530 --> 00:13:14,740 pouring your drink for celebration. 304 00:13:14,740 --> 00:13:18,270 Really and truly, I mean, we're talking exceptional work. 305 00:13:18,270 --> 00:13:22,670 [Mark] We're gonna put you two in charge of research and development 306 00:13:22,670 --> 00:13:26,370 -on potential new flavors, new recipes. -[Digger] Yeah. 307 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:30,000 40, 50 years ago, corn liquor was all you needed. 308 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,840 -It ain't that way now. -[Digger] It ain't your papaw's game anymore. 309 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,740 Well, guys, on that note, we wanna discuss hazelnut rum. 310 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:40,970 That's my ballpark. 311 00:13:40,970 --> 00:13:45,430 It's never been a secret that one of our most popular recipes is the hazelnut rum. 312 00:13:45,430 --> 00:13:47,430 But the only thing that stays the same 313 00:13:47,430 --> 00:13:49,330 are the facts that things change. 314 00:13:49,330 --> 00:13:53,000 There may be a whole new field of clients out there 315 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,170 that want something different than the same old same old. 316 00:13:56,170 --> 00:14:01,000 Mark and Digger may be ready for a different hazelnut rum. 317 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,270 [Digger] Just because something's great don't mean it can't be better. 318 00:14:04,270 --> 00:14:08,030 We're talking going from, like, silver to gold. 319 00:14:08,030 --> 00:14:09,370 We wanna go to platinum. 320 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:10,500 We want a high-end... 321 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,970 We want a high-end that we can hawk as high-end. 322 00:14:12,970 --> 00:14:15,970 Well, I do have the perfect still for it, pretty much. 323 00:14:15,970 --> 00:14:18,740 It's got two thumpers, infusion chambers, 324 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:21,200 and it's big enough to do a decent sized run on. 325 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,100 The only problem is it's back home in Pennsylvania. 326 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:28,200 [Mark] Hmm. Kinda hadn't went that far in my thinking. 327 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,700 No, but liquor still don't know it's not in Tennessee. 328 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:36,230 We can meet up up in PA and run some research and development. 329 00:14:36,230 --> 00:14:39,840 At the end of the day, what I'm expecting out of Joe and Amanda 330 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,470 is nothing more than huge. 331 00:14:42,470 --> 00:14:45,430 -Well, looks like we got a drive ahead of us. -Yes, we do. 332 00:14:45,430 --> 00:14:48,630 It's gonna be astronomical, what they're gonna do when they pair off. 333 00:14:48,630 --> 00:14:50,970 [Joe] Cheers. To moving forward. 334 00:14:53,130 --> 00:14:55,170 [instrumental guitar music] 335 00:15:00,570 --> 00:15:03,230 [Richard] Four berries and one mash. 336 00:15:03,230 --> 00:15:04,230 That's right. 337 00:15:04,230 --> 00:15:06,000 [Jerry] We gotta get to work on this, son. 338 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,130 I happened to lock in a big order for a guy's daughter's wedding, 339 00:15:09,130 --> 00:15:10,530 a four-berry shine. 340 00:15:10,530 --> 00:15:13,400 Me and this guy negotiated $140 per gallon. 341 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,170 That's $2,800 total for the 20 gallons that he's buying. 342 00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:18,330 That's a good profit. 343 00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:20,030 [Jerry] Let's get these caps cut off these strawberries. 344 00:15:20,030 --> 00:15:22,070 Rest of it, we'll just throw on the ground and grind up. 345 00:15:22,070 --> 00:15:24,700 But he needs it in time for his daughter's wedding. 346 00:15:24,700 --> 00:15:26,100 That's the deadline, 347 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:29,000 and that's the pressure that's gonna be on me, Jerry, and Richard. 348 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,200 You know what, you guys got $75 for the last batch on the gallon. 349 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,300 I got almost double for this run. 350 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:37,530 Well, how y'all like me now? 351 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:38,840 -Huh? -You done good, Mike. 352 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,300 Oh, yes! Can I hear you say it? 353 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:44,500 We're keep each and every one of these berries separate in these mash piles. 354 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:48,200 When they blend together is when they go over into our four-chamber pot, 355 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,630 ready for distillation. 356 00:15:50,630 --> 00:15:53,400 [Jerry] You know, our berries are very sweet. They got lots of sugar in 'em. 357 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,370 And they're almost overripe at this point. 358 00:15:55,370 --> 00:15:57,470 -[Richard] Let's do some blackberry right here. -[Jerry] All right. 359 00:15:57,470 --> 00:15:59,600 We're right here in the very end of the berry season. 360 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,170 If we mess this up, we're liable not to get no more berries of any kind. 361 00:16:04,170 --> 00:16:07,370 -Last but not least... -[Richard] This is our raspberry right here. 362 00:16:08,970 --> 00:16:10,130 [Mike] Stir it in. 363 00:16:10,130 --> 00:16:11,740 You know, berries has got sugar. 364 00:16:11,740 --> 00:16:13,500 They'll make alcohol by their selves. 365 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:16,670 But we gotta add additional sugar to up the alcohol content, 366 00:16:16,670 --> 00:16:18,870 so we'll have enough alcohol to go around. 367 00:16:18,870 --> 00:16:20,630 [Jerry] This water's good and cold. 368 00:16:20,630 --> 00:16:23,600 [Mike] Luckily, we got some of the best water a man can ask for 369 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,630 right here at the still side. 370 00:16:25,630 --> 00:16:28,430 Now, all we gotta do is pitch the yeast and we're outta here. 371 00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:29,870 [Jerry] So, we'll give this stuff about a week. 372 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:33,100 Fellas, I think that's a job well done on this four-berry mash. 373 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:35,930 [Mike] Cap 'em off and get the heck out of Dodge. 374 00:16:35,930 --> 00:16:38,270 It oughta be a damn good payday coming. 375 00:16:38,270 --> 00:16:39,330 You got that right. 376 00:16:39,330 --> 00:16:42,070 You know, finally, we're gonna make a huge profit, 377 00:16:42,070 --> 00:16:43,870 everybody's gonna be happy, 378 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:47,000 and we all get to go out with a bang on this one. 379 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:54,570 [instrumental rock music] 380 00:16:54,570 --> 00:16:57,270 [Tickle] We can go out there and scout, see what we can find, 381 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:01,470 and then, just let you know where you needed to go. 382 00:17:01,470 --> 00:17:03,230 All right. 383 00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:07,839 We're out here trying to find the right car for us to be hauling this liquor on. 384 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:09,530 Henry's got this mechanic buddy 385 00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:11,369 that he's got some parts from before, 386 00:17:11,369 --> 00:17:14,069 and he's got all kinds of junk cars around his property. 387 00:17:14,069 --> 00:17:15,170 What do you think about this one? 388 00:17:15,170 --> 00:17:17,369 That's the last thing Josh Owens needs. 389 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:19,530 Well, I mean, it ain't got no motor in it, it's perfect for him. 390 00:17:19,530 --> 00:17:21,700 [Henry] He'd put a motor in it. You know him. 391 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:24,200 [Tickle] Hey, look, he can haul lot of liquor in a school bus. 392 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,670 -[Henry] Yeah. It's too big. -[Tickle] What are you thinking about that? Too big? 393 00:17:28,170 --> 00:17:29,330 Yeah. 394 00:17:29,330 --> 00:17:30,430 [Henry] I can put you in that barrel right there, too, 395 00:17:30,430 --> 00:17:33,100 -and let you go over Niagara Falls. -[both laugh] 396 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,030 The car's gotta look like a junk car. 397 00:17:35,030 --> 00:17:37,470 It's gotta look like something that needs to be towed, 398 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:39,100 probably to a scrapyard. 399 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:41,430 Something nobody's gonna take a second look at. 400 00:17:41,430 --> 00:17:42,800 [Henry] Oh, hold up here. 401 00:17:44,130 --> 00:17:46,800 -[Tickle] Look, boy, the trunk on this thing, too. -[Henry] Oh, yeah. 402 00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:50,370 [Tickle] You can fit all kinds of moonshine up in that. 403 00:17:50,370 --> 00:17:52,430 [Henry] You know what, we can take out the back seat out, maybe, 404 00:17:52,430 --> 00:17:53,770 and take the front seat out, too. 405 00:17:53,770 --> 00:17:55,200 We can have the whole thing. 406 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,840 -All the way through it? -All the way through it. 407 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,030 And if we're gonna have it on that car haul... 408 00:17:59,030 --> 00:18:00,070 [Tickle] Nobody'll ever see it. 409 00:18:00,070 --> 00:18:01,170 ...you ain't gonna be able to see it. Exactly. 410 00:18:01,170 --> 00:18:02,570 We'll still put a blanket over it. 411 00:18:02,570 --> 00:18:04,430 We found this old Malibu, 412 00:18:04,430 --> 00:18:07,530 and I tell you, I think it is perfect for our purposes. 413 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:08,770 [Henry] We found a nice one. 414 00:18:08,770 --> 00:18:11,230 -Take me in there. -[Tickle] All right, follow us on in. 415 00:18:11,230 --> 00:18:14,030 We're gonna take this junk car and we're gonna bring it to my shop 416 00:18:14,030 --> 00:18:15,930 which is loaded with liquor. 417 00:18:15,930 --> 00:18:20,430 Now, that shop is attached to the restaurant that me and my wife are opening soon. 418 00:18:20,430 --> 00:18:23,800 This shop is big enough to pull any vehicle in. 419 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,470 We're gonna take this junk car, 420 00:18:25,470 --> 00:18:27,330 then we're gonna load it full of shine. 421 00:18:27,330 --> 00:18:30,270 Josh can come in with his tow truck, pull the car out, 422 00:18:30,270 --> 00:18:31,840 and head right down the road with it. 423 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,270 All right, we're ready. 424 00:18:36,030 --> 00:18:38,170 [Josh] This car's gonna make us a lot of money 425 00:18:38,170 --> 00:18:39,700 'cause this son of a bitch is huge 426 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:41,900 and nobody's ever gonna think to look at it. 427 00:18:43,670 --> 00:18:44,800 We got it now, boys. 428 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,970 Just gotta lock it up in place and we're good. 429 00:18:47,970 --> 00:18:51,770 Now that we've got this car, our next step is getting it full of shine, 430 00:18:51,770 --> 00:18:53,200 and getting it to our buyers. 431 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,840 [Henry] This is a job well done, boys. 432 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,640 [instrumental guitar music] 433 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,200 [Joe] I found the only flat spot in Western Pennsylvania. 434 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,440 -Let's do it. -[Amanda] Yeah. 435 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,140 Of course, I landed in a dang bramble thicket over here. 436 00:19:12,140 --> 00:19:15,070 JJ and I drove up to Pittsburgh to run the rum on my still. 437 00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:18,300 We're both originally from PA, and Joe knows a great spot 438 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:20,870 about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh, deep in the woods. 439 00:19:20,870 --> 00:19:22,770 It's gonna be the perfect place to run our liquor. 440 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:24,800 [Joe] I'm not a stickler for accuracy, but... 441 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,570 Not a stickler, but you brought a measuring tape... 442 00:19:26,570 --> 00:19:28,270 -[Joe laughing] -...to the woods. 443 00:19:28,270 --> 00:19:31,400 -Listen, I brought one, too. It's all good. -[both laugh] 444 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,170 I'm really excited to do this with JJ. 445 00:19:33,170 --> 00:19:35,670 [Joe] My chiropractor's gonna be mad at me after this. 446 00:19:35,670 --> 00:19:37,240 Well, just don't tell him. 447 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:38,900 We both have a little bit of a different background 448 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:40,670 in what we're bringing to the spirit. 449 00:19:40,670 --> 00:19:44,700 [Joe exhales] I wanna incorporate our traditional Jamaican-style rum. 450 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:45,700 [Amanda] I love that. 451 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:46,840 [Joe] All right. 452 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,400 I have Polish roots with my recipe, 453 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,940 he has a really nice Caribbean rum. 454 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:53,770 So, bring that together and I think it's gonna make something pretty awesome. 455 00:19:53,770 --> 00:19:56,740 [Joe] She's got all the brains and all the brawn. 456 00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:58,040 [Amanda laughs] 457 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,500 -Copper, copper. -[Joe laughs] 458 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,740 [Joe] All the bronze. "It's copper!" 459 00:20:05,740 --> 00:20:09,700 When Digger suggested that JJ and I should work together to make a rum, 460 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:12,170 my first thought was, "I have to use my still." 461 00:20:12,170 --> 00:20:15,040 [Joe] All right, so you school me up on how all of this goes together. 462 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,070 All right, man. 463 00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:18,840 See, I got her seasoned in with rum. 464 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,800 I literally designed this still with rum in mind. 465 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,200 Wiggle it just a little bit and, then, they all fit. 466 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,700 I have a double retort, which is a two-thumper system. 467 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:32,200 I have two-inch piping that runs all the way through. 468 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,070 It's built for flow, it's built for flavor. 469 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,640 I have a 100-gallon pot that goes to a 30-gallon thumper 470 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,670 into a 20-gallon thumper. 471 00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:46,170 It's already been seasoned with blackstrap molasses runs very many times. 472 00:20:46,170 --> 00:20:49,370 So, it has that good rum seasoning, that flavor in the copper already. 473 00:20:49,370 --> 00:20:51,800 Those big thumpers are gonna pick up a ton of flavor 474 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,370 from incorporating the hazelnuts in there. 475 00:20:53,370 --> 00:20:56,600 There's nothing else that I could even think that would make better rum 476 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,600 than this pot still. 477 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:58,870 [Joe] That's awesome. 478 00:20:58,870 --> 00:21:02,540 If Popcorn Sutton walked gingerly up into this site right now, 479 00:21:02,540 --> 00:21:05,900 he'd be like, "Oh, what is this steampunk, 480 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:07,940 newfangled still doing out here?" 481 00:21:07,940 --> 00:21:09,940 Would he even know what steampunk is? 482 00:21:09,940 --> 00:21:13,170 -[both laughing] -Probably not. 483 00:21:13,170 --> 00:21:16,240 I've been making hazelnut rum for, I mean, years now. 484 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,940 I love the recipe, but incorporating the flavor of nuts onto a spirit 485 00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:21,600 is kinda hard to do. 486 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,270 They don't really have a lot of flavor, 487 00:21:23,270 --> 00:21:26,100 but you wanna taste that in your spirit at the end. 488 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,970 All right, let me fire this puppy up. 489 00:21:27,970 --> 00:21:29,470 [car starts] 490 00:21:29,470 --> 00:21:33,870 -Oh. We got water, and some good pressure, too. -[Joe laughing] 491 00:21:33,870 --> 00:21:35,340 If it's a challenge, I'm all for it. 492 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:38,340 And it just became a recipe I adopted. 493 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:40,900 [Joe] Let's get this puppy lit. 494 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:43,600 Hazelnut rum is one of my favorite spirits to make. 495 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:44,870 I think I'm pretty good at it. 496 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:47,100 We'll get our water heated up 497 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,440 -so that we can melt down that molasses. -Mmm-hmm. 498 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,500 -Get it dumped into those barrels. -[Amanda] Yeah. 499 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:53,500 -And then, pour the hot water over it. -Okay. 500 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:58,240 And what I've been cultivating recently, is a muck pit. 501 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,900 So, when you're talking about muck pits, 502 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:03,800 there's a couple of different names for 'em. Muck pit, dunder pit. 503 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,400 I've heard some even more disgusting names for them. 504 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,640 We're gonna put it in the ground, so that it's temperature-controlled. 505 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,770 The bottom line is it's backset from a previous rum run 506 00:22:13,770 --> 00:22:17,070 that you let get taken over by other bacteria. 507 00:22:17,070 --> 00:22:21,600 What that bacteria does is, when it's introduced with the acids in the muck pit, 508 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,340 it creates a certain amount of esterification, 509 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:28,570 which is where you get all of your banana flavor, your pineapple. 510 00:22:28,570 --> 00:22:32,800 All the fruity flavors that you expect in a traditional island rum. 511 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,800 We are going to add the muck to the pot on our first run. 512 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,170 -[Amanda] During the run? -[Joe] During the run. 513 00:22:37,170 --> 00:22:39,400 I see some steam. Oh, yeah, she's getting hot. 514 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:40,640 We gotta crush up the hazelnuts. 515 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,440 I wanna cook them up as much as possible. 516 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,370 [Joe] Oh, yeah! That's to get them oils out of 'em. 517 00:22:45,370 --> 00:22:47,040 Yeah. I mean, the more you cook 'em, 518 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,040 the more you're extracting the flavors from them and... 519 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,740 -Nice! -[Amanda] Then, I roasted these. 520 00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:54,240 -And then, I got vanilla bean. -[Joe] Nice. 521 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,570 So, we're gonna go with, like, a traditional hazelnut liqueur kind of a recipe. 522 00:22:58,570 --> 00:23:01,500 What I do when I make hazelnut rum is I try to incorporate the hazelnuts 523 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,840 into, like, every step of the process that I can. 524 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,370 -[Joe] They crush pretty easy. -[Amanda] Yeah, they become super-brittle. 525 00:23:06,370 --> 00:23:07,370 It goes in the mash. 526 00:23:09,970 --> 00:23:14,300 And we're gonna mash in this molasses and get these hazelnuts in here. 527 00:23:14,300 --> 00:23:17,140 And then, we're gonna put them in the thumper when we run it. 528 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,340 Anywhere we can squeeze a hazelnut in to get out more flavor, 529 00:23:22,340 --> 00:23:23,800 that's what we're gonna do. 530 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,070 -To hazelnut rum. -To hazelnut rum. 531 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:34,070 [mooing] 532 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:40,140 Right on around to the back, boss. 533 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,070 We've got us a good gameplan. 534 00:23:43,070 --> 00:23:45,740 I'm trying to open a restaurant up with my wife. 535 00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:49,770 But this restaurant also, it used to be an old truck stop. 536 00:23:49,770 --> 00:23:50,940 [truck beeping] 537 00:23:50,940 --> 00:23:52,940 So, not only does it have a restaurant, 538 00:23:52,940 --> 00:23:55,840 it has a huge shop on one side of it. 539 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:56,700 [Henry] Nice and pretty. 540 00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:58,670 It's the perfect stash site. 541 00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:01,740 We'll pull a vehicle in here, load it down with shine, 542 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,140 and nobody's none the wiser. 543 00:24:05,270 --> 00:24:06,900 Shoot, they fit right in there, don't they? 544 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:08,440 [upbeat instrumental music] 545 00:24:10,570 --> 00:24:13,240 We've got 250 gallons of liquor. 546 00:24:14,140 --> 00:24:15,700 That's 40 gallons in the trunk. 547 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:18,440 We're gonna fill this thing, start shipping out big time. 548 00:24:20,340 --> 00:24:22,500 -[Josh] Try that, see if it moves. -[Tickle] All right. 549 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,300 Dope. 550 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,700 All right. 551 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:30,570 We're gonna paint these windows on the inside of this car, 552 00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:34,870 so the paint inside just blocks anybody from being able to see in. 553 00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:37,500 [Henry] I think this is gonna do it. Hell to the yeah. 554 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:40,270 You can't see crap in there. I mean, nothing. 555 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:41,600 [grunts] Yeah. 556 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,740 We can stack this car with moonshine all the way to the roof... 557 00:24:46,470 --> 00:24:48,800 that we can haul at one shot. 558 00:24:50,870 --> 00:24:53,440 Now that our car's loaded, Josh, Henry, and Paige 559 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,170 are gonna deliver this shine to our bootleggers. 560 00:24:57,940 --> 00:24:59,940 -[cell phone ringing] -Gosh, it's the wife. 561 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:02,900 -Hello? -[Carol on phone] Oh, my God, where are you? 562 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:06,200 I just got a few things I'm finishing up over here in the shop, honey. 563 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,770 [Carol] We've got a huge list of stuff to do before we open. 564 00:25:08,770 --> 00:25:11,300 I know, honey. I'm just finishing up a couple of things 565 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:12,940 and I'll be right in. 566 00:25:12,940 --> 00:25:15,400 [Carol] Get over here. I need this restaurant to be more of a priority, honey. 567 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,070 [Tickle] I would really like to go 568 00:25:17,070 --> 00:25:19,940 and see how our new method of delivering moonshine is working out, 569 00:25:19,940 --> 00:25:22,540 but I've gotta stick back here at this restaurant 570 00:25:22,540 --> 00:25:25,200 because our grand opening is right around the corner. 571 00:25:26,070 --> 00:25:28,070 We're gonna drop this bitch off. 572 00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:29,640 Henry's got this bootlegger guy 573 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,300 that's wanting a big load of moonshine. He's gonna be our first customer. 574 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:35,640 If we haul two or three different vehicles, 575 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,340 you're talking about hundreds and hundreds of gallons of liquor. 576 00:25:38,340 --> 00:25:39,470 [Henry] Rock and roll, baby. 577 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,100 [Josh] This could be really huge. 578 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:44,840 We could be dropping off multiple junk cars full of jugs 579 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,940 to multiple people at the same time. 580 00:25:46,940 --> 00:25:48,340 This is gonna be epic. 581 00:25:53,270 --> 00:25:54,740 [soft instrumental music] 582 00:25:54,740 --> 00:25:58,240 So, Digger, this old feller is named Steve. He's got himself this vineyard 583 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,740 that he can't take care of. 584 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,000 He's got some heart issues going on. 585 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:02,970 [Digger] I can relate to that. 586 00:26:02,970 --> 00:26:04,800 [Kelly] He said this property is overdrawn. 587 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,100 If it's what he says, it'll be really really good for us. 588 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:11,340 [narrator] In Cocke County, Tennessee, 589 00:26:11,340 --> 00:26:15,770 master dealmaker Kelly is taking Digger to a local farm 590 00:26:15,770 --> 00:26:19,700 where a variety of grapes are grown, including muscadines, 591 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:21,900 a species native to Appalachia. 592 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:25,570 Well, you know Kelly, he's always got something up his sleeve. 593 00:26:25,570 --> 00:26:31,670 He's found a vineyard and they have a bounty of unripened raisins. 594 00:26:31,670 --> 00:26:32,700 Grapes. 595 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:34,270 You haven't obligated to nothing yet, have you? 596 00:26:34,270 --> 00:26:38,100 No, I didn't promise him nothing except that we'd come and look at it. 597 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:41,500 Me and Mark, we've got several teams in place right now. 598 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:44,470 We've got Joe and Amanda on the hazelnut rum. 599 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:46,740 They're the new dream team, in my opinion. 600 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:49,440 Then, we've got Beaz that's taking all the liquor he can 601 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,340 and getting it out to these deep-pocketed buyers. 602 00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:53,700 We're right where we need to be. 603 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:55,870 [Kelly] Maybe he'll just let us have a heck of a deal. 604 00:26:55,870 --> 00:26:59,400 [Digger] Good deals increase your bottom line. That's what I'm after. 605 00:27:02,940 --> 00:27:04,540 [Kelly] How you doin', Steve? 606 00:27:04,540 --> 00:27:06,240 [Steve] Doing fine. How y'all doing? 607 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,800 [Kelly] We're doing great. 608 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,200 There's a lot of grapes here, but about a month or so ago, 609 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,770 I had some health issues come up and I haven't been able to keep up with it. 610 00:27:14,770 --> 00:27:17,870 [Digger] Anything that'll make a little alcohol, we're all about it. 611 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:21,700 Last year, we got, like, 30,000 pounds off of this field. 612 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,300 I mean, you can see there's nice clusters here. 613 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:26,000 Yeah, the vineyard's a little overgrown 614 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,940 but these grapes are in fantastic shape. 615 00:27:28,940 --> 00:27:31,300 Now, this vine got so heavy, it fell off. 616 00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:34,440 There's a lot of weeds and stuff here competing with the grapes, 617 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,640 so they're fighting for sunshine and water 618 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,070 and everything that a grape needs. 619 00:27:39,070 --> 00:27:41,900 Steve, I see a lot of your leaves here eaten plumb up. What-- 620 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:44,170 [Steve] That's the damn Japanese beetles. 621 00:27:44,170 --> 00:27:48,370 The leaves are real important, that's why we gotta hurry up and get this under control. 622 00:27:48,370 --> 00:27:50,940 There's gotta be something done with these Japanese beetles 623 00:27:50,940 --> 00:27:52,800 or there won't be any grapes here left. 624 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,000 [Digger] Steve, let me ask you this, you're kinda up a stump here. 625 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,870 How many pounds do you usually yield per row of these vines? 626 00:27:59,870 --> 00:28:03,170 [Steve] Well, 600 to 1,000 pounds per row. 627 00:28:03,170 --> 00:28:05,270 If we get in here and get this cleaned up for you, 628 00:28:05,270 --> 00:28:08,370 would you obligate two rows of your harvest to us? 629 00:28:08,370 --> 00:28:10,000 [tense instrumental music] 630 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:16,770 Yes, yes, yes. Most definitely. 631 00:28:16,770 --> 00:28:19,800 I think this is a good plan, Steve. We sure do appreciate it. 632 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,070 You know, ultimately, this is gonna be a whole lot of work. 633 00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:23,800 It's a big ol' task to take on. 634 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,400 But I'm willing to do it, just so we can get the grapes and help a neighbor out. 635 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,000 We may end up with more liquor than we know what to do with. 636 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,170 -I ain't never been in that predicament. -[laughing] 637 00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:34,500 And when you get the liquor done, I want a jar. 638 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:37,040 -We can certainly do that. -For sure. 639 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,670 [dramatic instrumental music] 640 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:51,970 If it's worked off, we'll get to running this puppy. 641 00:28:51,970 --> 00:28:54,100 So, we're back at the still site to make a hazelnut rum. 642 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:57,140 The next step is to check on that mash to make sure it's worked off. 643 00:28:57,140 --> 00:28:58,200 -Oh, my God. -Oh, yeah. 644 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,070 -Oh, yeah! -Look at that oil. 645 00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:02,000 [Joe] It's crazy how it pulls those oils. 646 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,070 Like with, you know... 647 00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:05,170 Oh, my God, taste that. 648 00:29:06,570 --> 00:29:09,000 Tastes like roasted hazelnuts, right? 649 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,500 That's fire. 650 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:12,770 [Amanda] Obviously, we'll strain the mash, throw it in the pot. 651 00:29:12,770 --> 00:29:15,240 We have good alcohol content in our mash. 652 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,770 A ton of hazelnut oil come out through the fermentation. 653 00:29:17,770 --> 00:29:19,170 I think it's gonna make some excellent rum. 654 00:29:19,170 --> 00:29:22,270 -[mimicking Mark] There's some alcohol in there, Puss. -[chuckles] 655 00:29:22,270 --> 00:29:24,140 [Joe] I'm really excited to work with Amanda. 656 00:29:24,140 --> 00:29:25,340 She's a great distiller. 657 00:29:25,340 --> 00:29:27,000 She has a super-refined palate. 658 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:32,270 I mean, she knows a lot of different scientific stuff that I couldn't even imagine. 659 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:35,170 -Hell of a pour, Amanda. -This is a messy job. 660 00:29:35,170 --> 00:29:37,570 Moonshining ain't easy. 661 00:29:37,570 --> 00:29:39,570 Well, speaking about a miss... 662 00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:41,940 -What the muck you got going on in there? -[laughs] 663 00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:43,770 -What the muck? -[Amanda] I wanna see it. 664 00:29:43,770 --> 00:29:45,070 Come on, baby. 665 00:29:45,070 --> 00:29:46,870 We got 100 gallons of mash in that pot. 666 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:49,070 -[exhales sharply] -That's a little funky. 667 00:29:49,070 --> 00:29:51,240 She grew a little something on top. 668 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,200 All that's left is for us to incorporate the muck. 669 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,840 Usually, it should be about one gallon per 20 gallons of mash. 670 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,140 So I figure, if we get at least five gallons into this run, 671 00:30:00,140 --> 00:30:01,940 -I think we're gonna be good to go. -[Amanda] Mmm-hmm. 672 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,200 Give it a smell. 673 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,870 Do you smell how acidic it is? It's kind of got a vinegar smell to it. 674 00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:10,170 Oh, yeah, it does. 675 00:30:10,170 --> 00:30:13,270 -That's just all of the acids that's been produced. -Yeah. 676 00:30:13,270 --> 00:30:14,600 Smells pretty interesting. 677 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,140 Not as bad as I thought it was gonna smell. 678 00:30:16,140 --> 00:30:18,500 It's kinda fruity, it's definitely a little funky. 679 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,440 [straining] And here we go with the muck, baby. 680 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,470 [Amanda] That's precious stuff right there. 681 00:30:24,470 --> 00:30:27,170 This is the first time I'm working with a muck pit in this style. 682 00:30:27,170 --> 00:30:29,270 [burner ignites] 683 00:30:29,270 --> 00:30:32,370 So, I'm really excited to see what kind of flavors it's gonna bring to our rum. 684 00:30:32,370 --> 00:30:34,400 While that's heating up, I think we should take all those hazelnuts 685 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,500 -and put them in the thumpers. -Yeah. 686 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,600 The plan is, pick up as much hazelnut flavor as we can 687 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:39,900 through the distillation process. 688 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:43,500 I like working with the nuts because they are a challenge. 689 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:45,470 It's not like brandy, you can put fruit in there and get a lot of flavor. 690 00:30:45,470 --> 00:30:47,300 -Yeah. -[Amanda] You gotta, like, do some work 691 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:48,600 to get flavor out of these things. 692 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,900 But when you can do it right, it's something really special. 693 00:30:56,470 --> 00:30:58,540 I can kinda smell it, smell the liquor. 694 00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:00,540 It's wafting, like, right over at us. 695 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:02,470 Holy... 696 00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:03,670 Do you see that? 697 00:31:03,670 --> 00:31:05,340 -[Amanda] We got drips? -[Joe] It's dripping! 698 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:07,500 Think we're about to start making some liquor. 699 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:10,800 We freaking did it. That's what I'm talkin' about! 700 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,600 I mean, running your hands like this, stick your finger in, 701 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,440 and if you're about a knuckle deep, you got enough heads. 702 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,770 I'm gonna toss these heads. Get ready with that other bucket. 703 00:31:18,770 --> 00:31:20,000 -[Amanda] Do it. -[Joe] All right. 704 00:31:23,670 --> 00:31:25,670 It's flowing good, I'll tell you that much. 705 00:31:25,670 --> 00:31:28,570 -What are you thinking? Are you ready to taste it? -I'm ready to taste it. 706 00:31:28,570 --> 00:31:30,200 Here's the true test. 707 00:31:32,570 --> 00:31:33,640 I'll let you go first. 708 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,340 [Amanda] Why, thank you. What a gentleman. 709 00:31:35,340 --> 00:31:36,840 I like to be a gentleman. 710 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,500 [Amanda] God, this smells really really good. 711 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:40,900 I'm getting the molasses, I'm getting the hazelnuts. 712 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,900 I'm getting, like, vanilla. 713 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,000 [suspenseful instrumental music] 714 00:31:49,370 --> 00:31:50,440 Is that good? 715 00:31:57,370 --> 00:31:58,940 Ah! 716 00:31:58,940 --> 00:32:01,370 -That's freaking delicious. -I'm gonna have to get in there and live in it. 717 00:32:01,370 --> 00:32:03,270 This is like liquid gold right here. 718 00:32:03,270 --> 00:32:04,970 We really made something special here. 719 00:32:04,970 --> 00:32:08,470 It is buttery, and fruity, and hazelnut-y. 720 00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:10,540 This is the best hazelnut rum I've ever made. 721 00:32:10,540 --> 00:32:13,700 Mark and Digger bringing us together to make hazelnut rum, 722 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:15,000 I think they knew... 723 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,500 -Yeah, we're not gonna make their... -This is our hazelnut rum. 724 00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:20,770 So, right now, I have to get back to Tennessee, 725 00:32:20,770 --> 00:32:22,670 drop this rum off to Mark and Digger, 726 00:32:22,670 --> 00:32:25,200 and get back to work on another project with Kelly. 727 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,040 [Joe laughing] 728 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,100 [instrumental country music] 729 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,240 [Mike] Well, reckon the old berry shine's ready to rock and roll? 730 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,770 -[Jerry] I'm ready too. Let's go. -Heck, yeah. 731 00:32:40,770 --> 00:32:43,600 [Mike] We are heading into the woods today to run our four-berry shine. 732 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:44,940 The mash oughta be ready. 733 00:32:44,940 --> 00:32:47,370 Tell you what, this is a high-end order. We gotta get this done. 734 00:32:47,370 --> 00:32:49,040 Our deadline's coming up here pretty soon. 735 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,170 This dude ain't gonna pay us if we don't get her done on time. 736 00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:52,770 Yeah. 737 00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,640 So, this is for a big shot guy here in Maggie Valley for his daughter's wedding. 738 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,000 Do we get to go to the wedding? 739 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,940 This four-berry shine's gonna be a gift for the wedding guests. 740 00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:02,940 That's gonna be potential buyers. I mean, it's a win-win. 741 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:04,600 We're getting paid for this run, 742 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,240 and we're gonna get paid later on. 743 00:33:07,340 --> 00:33:09,100 Whoa, buck. [exhales sharply] 744 00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:10,440 God. 745 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:11,800 So, we checked the mash, it's ready to go. 746 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,270 -Let's do it. -Check the water meter. Might just have pumped over. 747 00:33:14,270 --> 00:33:16,100 We've got one week to get the alcohol to the customer. 748 00:33:16,100 --> 00:33:18,700 That's plenty of time, man, for us to jar it up, 749 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:21,000 put all the nice, pretty little bows on it. 750 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,340 Let her fly, Jerry. 751 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,570 -[Richard] Hey, guy. -Yo! 752 00:33:24,570 --> 00:33:25,940 [Richard] Well, we got a problem. 753 00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:27,700 -What's up? -[Richard] Y'all gotta come and see this. 754 00:33:27,700 --> 00:33:30,870 Oh, hell. Let's get up and see what he's got going on. 755 00:33:30,870 --> 00:33:32,570 [Jerry] Just get the water started. 756 00:33:35,940 --> 00:33:39,770 [Mike and Jerry grumbling indistinctly] 757 00:33:41,070 --> 00:33:42,940 [Richard] Welcome to our worst nightmare. 758 00:33:42,940 --> 00:33:45,170 We ain't got no water in here. 759 00:33:45,170 --> 00:33:46,670 [Mike] This ain't looking good, is it? 760 00:33:46,670 --> 00:33:49,670 [Richard] We ain't got enough water in here to put out a camp fire. 761 00:33:49,670 --> 00:33:51,500 What the hell are we gonna do now? 762 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,540 What can we do? We're stuck! 763 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,940 -[doorbell dings] -Y'all, come check this out. 764 00:34:04,940 --> 00:34:08,540 Tickles Heartline Restaurant! Me and my wife did all of the work ourselves. 765 00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:10,940 -Hey, Carol. How you doing, honey? -Hi, honey. 766 00:34:10,940 --> 00:34:13,070 A lot of hard work has gone into this. 767 00:34:13,070 --> 00:34:16,469 We're going for, like, the 1950s diner thing. 768 00:34:16,469 --> 00:34:17,639 -[smacks] -Did y'all get that on there? 769 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:18,900 [Carol] No! 770 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,040 -Boy! -[laughs] 771 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:25,170 -You go ahead. -Did y'all get that on there? [giggles] 772 00:34:25,170 --> 00:34:27,100 [Tickle] This right here will be our breakfast grill. 773 00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:28,300 You know how I know that? 774 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,440 Because it has eggs and cheese beside it. 775 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,699 They'll be calling out orders, they'll be coming out of that machine, 776 00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:36,570 they'll be putting 'em up here. 777 00:34:36,570 --> 00:34:38,500 They'll be reading 'em, they'll be flipping 'em. 778 00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:41,670 I think this is for cleaning, but I don't know. 779 00:34:41,670 --> 00:34:43,840 All right. So scrambled, it is. 780 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,100 I like my eggs scrambled better anyway. 781 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:48,570 When you get good with this, you can do tricks with 'em. 782 00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:49,639 You know? 783 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:51,800 Oh, I know what this is for now. 784 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,270 So, that right there is how you make a scrambled egg 785 00:34:54,270 --> 00:34:55,770 at the Tickles Heartline Restaurant. 786 00:34:55,770 --> 00:34:57,400 [Carol] Oh, my God. 787 00:35:00,940 --> 00:35:03,240 It's dry as a damn powder house, nearly. 788 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:04,870 [Richard] I ain't never ran out of water. 789 00:35:04,870 --> 00:35:07,110 We walk up, no water to be found. 790 00:35:07,110 --> 00:35:08,640 In order to run this liquor out, 791 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,610 we need cold water to run our condenser. 792 00:35:10,610 --> 00:35:13,540 How in the heck are we gonna run alcohol without cold water, though? 793 00:35:13,540 --> 00:35:15,470 -[Jerry] We can't. -That's virtually impossible. 794 00:35:15,470 --> 00:35:17,210 We're on a deadline. We gotta get this stuff done 795 00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:19,410 or we're gonna be out a [bleep] ton of money. 796 00:35:19,410 --> 00:35:20,900 This is definitely a wet weather spring. 797 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,440 Basically, that means, in the spring, the water's just flowing perfectly. 798 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:24,840 And then, as the summer goes on, 799 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,370 the heat will actually dry up some of these creeks. 800 00:35:27,370 --> 00:35:29,900 Jerry, we've got to come up with something, brother. 801 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:32,010 We got mash ready to run right now. 802 00:35:32,010 --> 00:35:34,010 [Richard] We can't up and move the still site. 803 00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:38,540 [Jerry] We've gotta cool a condenser. 804 00:35:38,540 --> 00:35:40,640 Water is the number one way, of course. 805 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,510 Basically, we gotta figure out a way to make a run without water. 806 00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:45,740 Without water. 807 00:35:45,740 --> 00:35:47,970 [Jerry] I think I've got an idea that might just work. 808 00:35:47,970 --> 00:35:49,610 I don't know that it'll work, 809 00:35:49,610 --> 00:35:51,970 but in my mind, it'll work perfect. 810 00:35:51,970 --> 00:35:53,970 You know, there's lots of ways of dissipating heat. 811 00:35:53,970 --> 00:35:55,640 You know, water's only one of them. 812 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:57,210 Tell you what, if we got a pipe a mile long, 813 00:35:57,210 --> 00:35:58,540 you've got a steam running through it, 814 00:35:58,540 --> 00:36:00,470 -what's cooling it? -Air. 815 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,070 So, let's use air. 816 00:36:03,070 --> 00:36:05,140 [Richard] How are we gonna use the air? How are we gonna cool it down? 817 00:36:05,140 --> 00:36:08,040 [Richard] I gotta think about it a little more to kinda really refine it. 818 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,700 I'll put it on paper, but I think it might work. 819 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:13,740 Well, we can't be standing here and do nothing. We gotta try something. 820 00:36:13,740 --> 00:36:15,510 You know, Jerry, he's always been good 821 00:36:15,510 --> 00:36:17,740 about coming up with cool ideas, you know? 822 00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:20,040 But condensing that amount of alcohol without water, 823 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,870 this is a new one on me. 824 00:36:21,870 --> 00:36:24,610 We got less than a week to get this alcohol to our customer. 825 00:36:24,610 --> 00:36:27,210 We gotta figure some way out of condensing alcohol. 826 00:36:34,270 --> 00:36:36,970 [Kelly] Amanda, this vineyard, it's a beautiful place. 827 00:36:36,970 --> 00:36:39,570 -We gotta do a little cleanup. -[Amanda] Right. 828 00:36:39,570 --> 00:36:41,770 I'm back in Pennsylvania after making a special hazelnut rum 829 00:36:41,770 --> 00:36:42,870 for Mark and Digger. 830 00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:45,240 And now, it's on to my next big project with Kelly. 831 00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:46,270 This is pretty cool. 832 00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:47,770 If we can clean up this vineyard, 833 00:36:47,770 --> 00:36:50,370 we have an opportunity to score a couple of rows of grapes. 834 00:36:50,370 --> 00:36:53,110 -Buckets and buckets of grapes. -I wanna taste one. 835 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:55,470 I don't know how they'll taste yet. [chuckles] 836 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:58,700 -Sour. -[Kelly] I figured. 837 00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:00,510 But they taste good. 838 00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:01,870 Look at this, Kelly. 839 00:37:01,870 --> 00:37:03,240 [Kelly] Oh, the Japanese beetles? 840 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,970 Look at how many are on this one leaf. 841 00:37:04,970 --> 00:37:07,040 If we don't do something about these beetles, 842 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,110 we're gonna lose, like, the whole crop of grapes. 843 00:37:09,110 --> 00:37:11,310 It's a mess, but I see the potential. 844 00:37:11,310 --> 00:37:14,010 Well, let's get started. 845 00:37:14,010 --> 00:37:17,670 The first thing we're gonna do is start mowing and getting these weeds out of here. 846 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,240 [instrumental country music] 847 00:37:20,970 --> 00:37:22,170 I'm gonna drive the tractor here 848 00:37:22,170 --> 00:37:24,310 and get all the stuff straightened out that we can. 849 00:37:24,310 --> 00:37:26,770 Oh, this is really overgrown. 850 00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:31,940 There's a huge group of these beetles here, and they're mating. 851 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:33,340 Oh, gosh. 852 00:37:33,340 --> 00:37:35,610 If we don't get some good growth on these plants, 853 00:37:35,610 --> 00:37:37,170 I'm afraid these grapes might not really develop 854 00:37:37,170 --> 00:37:38,770 much more than where they're at. 855 00:37:38,770 --> 00:37:40,470 Leave our grapes alone. 856 00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:43,510 Oh, they're attacking me! [laughs] 857 00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:47,040 What I'm gonna do is put down some milky spore. 858 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,510 It's like Ebola for Japanese beetles, right? 859 00:37:49,510 --> 00:37:51,900 So, if they touch this stuff, it kills them. 860 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:54,410 So, the whole point is to keep them from repopulating 861 00:37:54,410 --> 00:37:55,700 and spreading through our field. 862 00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:57,440 You know, this is not a pesticide, 863 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,070 so it won't hurt the crop. 864 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:02,270 It's just a natural spore that kills these bugs. 865 00:38:02,270 --> 00:38:05,110 This is a lot of work, but if we stick with it 866 00:38:05,110 --> 00:38:06,870 and we really care for these grapes, 867 00:38:06,870 --> 00:38:09,340 then we should have a huge harvest in a couple of weeks 868 00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:10,410 to make a lot of liquor. 869 00:38:10,410 --> 00:38:11,700 Give 'em the best life they can, 870 00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:14,240 so they can make the most amount of sugar for us. 871 00:38:16,140 --> 00:38:17,800 [train horn blowing] 872 00:38:19,770 --> 00:38:21,840 [instrumental country music] 873 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,210 [indistinct chatter] 874 00:38:24,210 --> 00:38:25,310 Can I get you some more coffee? 875 00:38:25,310 --> 00:38:27,370 -[man] Yeah. -Yeah. 876 00:38:27,370 --> 00:38:31,410 Today is my grand opening of the Tickles Heartline Restaurant. 877 00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:32,900 It's going great! 878 00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:36,170 The restaurant's booming. We got a packed house. 879 00:38:36,170 --> 00:38:39,310 Just as soon as one customer leaves, another one's coming in. 880 00:38:39,310 --> 00:38:40,740 Y'all follow me. 881 00:38:40,740 --> 00:38:43,070 I'm really hoping everything goes great today, 882 00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:46,370 because there's a lot of money been invested in this. 883 00:38:46,370 --> 00:38:48,740 A lot of love. A lot of time. 884 00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:49,800 [bell dings] 885 00:38:50,540 --> 00:38:51,470 All right. 886 00:38:51,470 --> 00:38:53,610 The restaurant being busy, on top of that, 887 00:38:53,610 --> 00:38:55,870 I got my buddies out here in the shop. 888 00:38:55,870 --> 00:38:57,610 [Henry] Let's get this liquor loaded up. 889 00:38:57,610 --> 00:39:00,670 [Tickle] Our delivery with our junk car went so well 890 00:39:00,670 --> 00:39:02,870 that we've decided to expand our operation. 891 00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:05,040 Henry's found us another junk car that we can use. 892 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,110 We're gonna keep filling this shop up with shine 893 00:39:07,110 --> 00:39:08,870 and emptying it out with these junk cars. 894 00:39:08,870 --> 00:39:11,970 -I'm really happy about seeing it packed. -[Carol laughs] 895 00:39:11,970 --> 00:39:14,570 -[Carol] I know. -[Tickle] How's it going, y'all? Keeping up? 896 00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:15,670 All right. 897 00:39:16,470 --> 00:39:18,240 It's breakfast all day long. 898 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:21,570 You can get burgers, you can get dogs, meatloafs, chicken. 899 00:39:21,570 --> 00:39:24,110 You can get barbecue, which I actually make myself. 900 00:39:24,110 --> 00:39:25,840 -[bell dings] -Order up. 901 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,870 -[cell phone beeps] -All right. 902 00:39:27,870 --> 00:39:29,870 Lord, keeping me busy. 903 00:39:29,870 --> 00:39:32,610 I'm constantly getting text messages, "Hey, Tickle, we need you." 904 00:39:32,610 --> 00:39:34,870 [grunting] 905 00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:37,040 [Henry] Damn fire. Where's Tickle? 906 00:39:38,170 --> 00:39:39,900 Who had the country ham? 907 00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:42,700 -Oh, shoot, that's right. -Oh! 908 00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:45,240 -[Tickle] All right. -[cell phone beeps] 909 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:47,010 "Hey, Tickle, can you come look at this?" 910 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:50,010 "Hey, Tickle, look, this is what we got going on." 911 00:39:50,010 --> 00:39:53,840 -All right. -Honey! Where are you going with that ticket? 912 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,670 No, no, no, no, no! That's not... No, no, no, honey! 913 00:39:56,670 --> 00:39:59,410 That is not how you do it. You can't do it like that! 914 00:39:59,410 --> 00:40:01,700 -What are you talking about? -You have to do it the same way 915 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,310 I've trained everybody else! 916 00:40:03,310 --> 00:40:04,800 [Tickle] You didn't train me! 917 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,640 Well, if you needed to get trained, you should've been here for training. 918 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,640 You have to put it in the system. 919 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:10,840 Oh, my God. 920 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,410 Carol comes up and tells me, "Look, we're falling behind." 921 00:40:13,410 --> 00:40:15,010 We're running as fast as we can, 922 00:40:15,010 --> 00:40:16,870 but we got so many customers. 923 00:40:16,870 --> 00:40:20,370 Right now, I've got more orders than I know what to do with. 924 00:40:20,370 --> 00:40:23,140 Every booth, every table, the bar, 925 00:40:23,140 --> 00:40:25,110 they have been constantly full. 926 00:40:25,110 --> 00:40:28,470 Not only am I trying to get this restaurant running and keep it going, 927 00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:29,900 what I'm also doing is trying to keep 928 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:33,240 this shine-moving business we got in the shop going. 929 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:34,670 Can I get you to put this order in? 930 00:40:34,670 --> 00:40:35,870 I've got to get out to the shop. 931 00:40:35,870 --> 00:40:37,370 -Honey, you gotta use the computer. -[Tickle] I know. 932 00:40:37,370 --> 00:40:39,870 I've got to get out to the shop. I've got something going on, all right? 933 00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:42,900 -[Carol] Are you serious? -[Tickle] Yes. Yes. All right. Thank you, dear. 934 00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:44,840 I gotta keep up with both of these things. 935 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,410 You know what, at the end of the day, 936 00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:48,540 I believe I might oughta save a jar for myself. 937 00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:52,570 All right, fellers. What we got going on now? 938 00:40:54,270 --> 00:40:56,210 Carol's gonna kill me, Henry. 939 00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:01,040 [Henry] Josh will be here in a minute now. 940 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,510 Oh, well, he needs to hurry up, we done got this one full. 941 00:41:03,510 --> 00:41:08,470 We're gonna be delivering over 500 gallons of moonshine in multiple junk cars. 942 00:41:08,470 --> 00:41:11,040 [Henry on radio] The guy that we delivered to just contacted me 943 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:12,440 and said that there's no vehicles allowed. 944 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,240 You need to get over and get that vehicle. 945 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:15,470 [Josh] I see you, buddy. 946 00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,610 Damn, good. I hope we good. 947 00:41:21,370 --> 00:41:24,310 [man] Hey, man. What the hell's going on? 948 00:41:24,310 --> 00:41:28,170 How the hell are we gonna condense alcohol without water? 949 00:41:28,170 --> 00:41:31,410 [Jerry] As long as we can get enough surface area, make enough coils in it, 950 00:41:31,410 --> 00:41:33,070 then the air can cool it enough. 951 00:41:34,370 --> 00:41:36,700 -Oh, crap. We got steam. -We got steam. 952 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:38,410 We got money flying in the air right now.