1 00:00:05,103 --> 00:00:08,827 Anyone making moonshine is risking time in jail or serious injury. 2 00:00:08,827 --> 00:00:10,793 Do not try this at home. 3 00:00:10,793 --> 00:00:13,000 [narrator] This time on Moonshiners... 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,482 [Henry] Josh should be here any minute now. 5 00:00:14,482 --> 00:00:15,482 [Tickle] Well, he needs to hurry up. 6 00:00:15,482 --> 00:00:17,241 We done got this one full. 7 00:00:17,241 --> 00:00:21,586 We're gonna be delivering over 500 gallons of Moonshine in multiple junk cars. 8 00:00:21,586 --> 00:00:23,068 [Josh] I don't see anybody. 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,068 I think we're good. I hope we are. 10 00:00:28,793 --> 00:00:31,310 [man] Hey, man, what's going on? 11 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:33,448 Are we gonna use the corn or the stalk? 12 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:36,793 Who cares about the corn, Tim? 13 00:00:36,793 --> 00:00:38,482 We are here for the stalk. 14 00:00:40,172 --> 00:00:42,275 [Tim] Oh, yeah, it looks good. 15 00:00:42,275 --> 00:00:43,896 -It tastes great, Tim. -I like that. 16 00:00:43,896 --> 00:00:46,689 Normally, rum is made from sugarcane and molasses. 17 00:00:46,689 --> 00:00:48,827 But there's sugar and cornstalk too. 18 00:00:48,827 --> 00:00:50,000 Well, I think we need to taste it. 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,482 -Are you ready? -Damn right, I'm ready. 20 00:00:51,482 --> 00:00:53,379 I've been waiting on all this for weeks. 21 00:00:53,379 --> 00:00:56,586 How the hell are we gonna condense alcohol without water? 22 00:00:57,586 --> 00:00:59,275 [Jerry] As long as we can get enough surface area, 23 00:00:59,275 --> 00:01:01,000 make enough holes in it, 24 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,586 then the air can cool it enough. 25 00:01:03,482 --> 00:01:04,379 Ah, crap. 26 00:01:04,379 --> 00:01:05,896 -We got steam there. -Oh, we got steam. 27 00:01:05,896 --> 00:01:07,482 [Jerry] We got money flying in the air right now. 28 00:01:08,896 --> 00:01:11,551 [man 2] This is how we make the moonshine. 29 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,068 Do y'all know what y'all would like to eat yet? 30 00:01:19,068 --> 00:01:21,724 I would like a country ham and two eggs. 31 00:01:21,724 --> 00:01:23,620 The country ham here is really good. 32 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:25,620 -It's especially country today. -Oh. 33 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:27,310 -All right. -[Tickle] It really is. 34 00:01:27,310 --> 00:01:29,482 [narrator] In Pennsylvania County, Virginia, 35 00:01:29,482 --> 00:01:33,586 under the cover of the grand opening of his new restaurant... 36 00:01:33,586 --> 00:01:35,275 I'm gonna do the Mike sample platter. 37 00:01:35,275 --> 00:01:36,793 [Tickle] Mike sampler platter. 38 00:01:36,793 --> 00:01:38,586 Yeah, well, you get a little bit of everything. 39 00:01:38,586 --> 00:01:42,931 [narrator] ...Tickle finds himself torn between two full time jobs. 40 00:01:42,931 --> 00:01:47,172 It's all business in the front and bootlegging in the back. 41 00:01:47,172 --> 00:01:48,793 [Tickle] Well, Henry, where's Josh at? 42 00:01:48,793 --> 00:01:50,586 -He's gotta come take his thing. -[Henry] He's on the way, man. 43 00:01:50,586 --> 00:01:52,482 [Tickle] 'Cause we ain't gonna get so much in this one. 44 00:01:52,482 --> 00:01:55,723 Today is the day we're gonna really kick into high gear 45 00:01:55,723 --> 00:01:58,827 our bootlegging operation with multiple vehicles. 46 00:01:58,827 --> 00:02:02,068 We're gonna be delivering over 500 gallons of moonshine 47 00:02:02,068 --> 00:02:05,172 in one day in multiple junk cars. 48 00:02:05,172 --> 00:02:06,379 [Paige] Man, looks like y'all busy. 49 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:08,103 [Tickle] Yeah, it's busy as hell out there. 50 00:02:08,103 --> 00:02:10,378 As soon as I get this loaded, I gotta get back in there. 51 00:02:10,378 --> 00:02:11,724 Carol gonna be done kill me. 52 00:02:11,724 --> 00:02:13,793 I'm staying out here too long. 53 00:02:13,793 --> 00:02:16,000 We've got a crazy system worked out here 54 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,275 where we can keep this shine moving constantly. 55 00:02:18,275 --> 00:02:20,689 We've got a little black two-door car in here. 56 00:02:20,689 --> 00:02:22,724 We're gonna fill that thing up with shine. 57 00:02:22,724 --> 00:02:23,689 Josh is gonna come in, 58 00:02:23,689 --> 00:02:25,689 and he's gonna bring a big ole van in here 59 00:02:25,689 --> 00:02:27,896 on a tow truck and drop it off. 60 00:02:27,896 --> 00:02:29,689 While we're filling that with shine, 61 00:02:29,689 --> 00:02:31,379 he's gonna take the black car, 62 00:02:31,379 --> 00:02:33,000 he's gonna go deliver it. 63 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,206 After he delivers that, 64 00:02:34,206 --> 00:02:36,896 he's gonna go pick up this old white Chevy Malibu, 65 00:02:36,896 --> 00:02:38,275 and he's gonna bring it back. 66 00:02:38,275 --> 00:02:39,793 [Henry] Josh should be here any minute now. 67 00:02:39,793 --> 00:02:41,517 Oh, well, he needs to hurry up and come on. 68 00:02:41,517 --> 00:02:42,896 We done got this one full. 69 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:45,275 In the end, he's gonna bring 'em all back here, 70 00:02:45,275 --> 00:02:46,689 and we'll do it again. 71 00:02:46,689 --> 00:02:51,482 [truck beeping] 72 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000 [Josh] Out of all the years of running liquor, 73 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 this is definitely one of the safest ways 74 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,172 I've ever hauled moonshine. 75 00:02:59,172 --> 00:03:01,000 [Henry] You get a whole lot of liquor up in there? 76 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,689 [Josh] Yes, sir. 77 00:03:02,689 --> 00:03:06,482 [Josh] I mean, come on, tow truck is an emergency type vehicle. 78 00:03:06,482 --> 00:03:08,827 Unless you're doing something super stupid, 79 00:03:08,827 --> 00:03:10,482 you're not gonna get pulled over. 80 00:03:10,482 --> 00:03:12,310 And if you do get pulled over, 81 00:03:12,310 --> 00:03:15,758 the chances of 'em climbing up there and looking in that piece of junk 82 00:03:16,172 --> 00:03:17,241 are very slim. 83 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 [Tickle] Now, let's see what we got here. 84 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,379 -You heard of the mystery machine, right? -[Tickle] Oh, yeah. 85 00:03:23,379 --> 00:03:25,344 This has been the love making machine. 86 00:03:26,689 --> 00:03:28,793 -[Tickle] Damn, Josh. -[Josh] I love this thing, man. 87 00:03:28,793 --> 00:03:31,413 [Tickle] I don't know no woman getting naked up in this thing. 88 00:03:31,413 --> 00:03:33,448 -[Josh] Tell me this thing ain't killer, though. -[Tickle] Ah. 89 00:03:34,172 --> 00:03:35,586 Check that out, Big Dog. 90 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:37,689 [Tickle] I see it. They's doing it in the water. 91 00:03:37,689 --> 00:03:38,896 That's bad ass. 92 00:03:38,896 --> 00:03:40,344 This van's probably got crabs. 93 00:03:42,172 --> 00:03:44,827 I need to get back in there and check on this restaurant 94 00:03:44,827 --> 00:03:46,000 -before my wife kills me. -You better, man. 95 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:46,862 Place is packed. 96 00:03:46,862 --> 00:03:48,344 [Tickle] I'll be back in a little bit. 97 00:03:48,344 --> 00:03:49,586 -Y'all run into anything, give me a holler. -[Henry] All right. 98 00:03:51,896 --> 00:03:53,586 [Tickle] Josh is gonna take the black car. 99 00:03:53,586 --> 00:03:55,930 Henry and Paige, they're gonna have to keep loading this van 100 00:03:55,930 --> 00:03:58,517 while I go pay attention to this restaurant. 101 00:03:58,517 --> 00:04:01,827 I know Henry and Paige have got their hands really full. 102 00:04:01,827 --> 00:04:02,896 [Carol] Your order's ready. 103 00:04:02,896 --> 00:04:04,586 [Tickle] My order's ready? I didn't order anything. 104 00:04:04,586 --> 00:04:06,482 But my name is on that sign. 105 00:04:06,482 --> 00:04:09,000 And if people don't see me, they're not gonna be happy. 106 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,827 [Carol] No, the, the order you took is ready. 107 00:04:10,827 --> 00:04:12,517 -[Tickle] Oh, the order I took is ready. -[Carol] On the top. 108 00:04:12,517 --> 00:04:14,310 Now it's really gonna be hard to manage 109 00:04:14,310 --> 00:04:16,689 both my moonshine bootlegging business 110 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:18,172 and the restaurant. 111 00:04:18,172 --> 00:04:20,067 But if I can pull it off, 112 00:04:20,067 --> 00:04:22,793 it's gonna be a win-win for both situations. 113 00:04:22,793 --> 00:04:24,379 And which table is this? 114 00:04:24,379 --> 00:04:25,586 It's the order you took. 115 00:04:25,586 --> 00:04:26,620 Oh, okay. 116 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:28,448 -[Carol] You got it? -[Tickle] Yeah, I got it. 117 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:40,931 [Tim] Bring it right out. Right here. 118 00:04:40,931 --> 00:04:42,724 There you go. Come on. 119 00:04:42,724 --> 00:04:43,793 All right, pop the hood. 120 00:04:43,793 --> 00:04:45,000 Let's see what's going on in there. 121 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 [Howard] Golly, man. 122 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,206 I'm the one with truck problems. 123 00:04:47,206 --> 00:04:48,620 You act like you in a hurry. 124 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:50,517 Guess what? I remember how to open the hood on this truck. 125 00:04:50,517 --> 00:04:52,103 [Howard] Of course you do, this is your truck. 126 00:04:52,103 --> 00:04:53,689 -I bought it from you. -[Tim] Yeah. Yeah. 127 00:04:53,689 --> 00:04:55,689 [Howard] All right, so, look, my check engine light came on. 128 00:04:55,689 --> 00:04:57,275 I don't know what could've caused it. 129 00:04:57,275 --> 00:04:59,620 Well, the check engine light mean it, it picked up something. 130 00:04:59,620 --> 00:05:00,896 [Howard] All right. 131 00:05:00,896 --> 00:05:02,517 -Well... -All we gotta do is take this battery cable loose 132 00:05:02,517 --> 00:05:05,172 and that'll reset the, the, the light. 133 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:06,586 All right, well, let... 134 00:05:06,586 --> 00:05:08,000 -Then you won't have to... -Let's reset this, there's no problem. 135 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,689 But I've got, I've got bigger news here 136 00:05:09,689 --> 00:05:11,689 -than just ... my vehicle... -[Tim] What do you mean, what do you mean bigger news? 137 00:05:11,689 --> 00:05:12,793 For once in my life, 138 00:05:12,793 --> 00:05:15,000 -I took the time to do by myself... -[Tim] Right. 139 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,586 -...my own due diligence to research something in life. -[Tim] All right. 140 00:05:17,586 --> 00:05:19,103 [Howard] I've been drinking a little rum lately. 141 00:05:19,103 --> 00:05:20,103 I've been on this little... 142 00:05:20,103 --> 00:05:21,793 I knew it had something to do with drinking. 143 00:05:21,793 --> 00:05:23,000 I know, it always does. 144 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 But great ideas come from drinking. 145 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,896 I was reading back in the 1700s during the Revolutionary time... 146 00:05:27,896 --> 00:05:30,379 -[Tim] Mmm-hmm? -...that molasses wasn't available? 147 00:05:30,379 --> 00:05:31,862 [Tim] Right. 148 00:05:31,862 --> 00:05:33,827 -And, and... -So, how, how'd they make rum? They didn't have molasses. 149 00:05:33,827 --> 00:05:36,172 So, what they did was they used cornstalks. 150 00:05:36,172 --> 00:05:37,793 What do we have here in Virginia? 151 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,068 Cornstalks. 152 00:05:39,068 --> 00:05:41,000 We can extract the sugars or whatever juices-- 153 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,172 So, instead of making corn liquor, 154 00:05:42,172 --> 00:05:43,965 or you're gonna make cornstalk liquor... 155 00:05:44,586 --> 00:05:45,655 Yes. 156 00:05:45,655 --> 00:05:48,310 There's not a backwoods style of rum right now. 157 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:52,413 Why not give the world something from the past to bring to the future? 158 00:05:52,413 --> 00:05:54,172 This is an article I got 159 00:05:54,172 --> 00:05:58,482 that tells us everything about cornstalk molasses in Randolph County. 160 00:05:58,482 --> 00:06:00,379 That's in Virginia, buddy. 161 00:06:00,379 --> 00:06:01,827 This is revolutionary, right? 162 00:06:01,827 --> 00:06:04,586 -[Tim] They took cornstalk molasses and made liquor? -[Howard] Yes. 163 00:06:04,586 --> 00:06:06,827 Normally, rum is made from sugarcane and molasses. 164 00:06:06,827 --> 00:06:09,103 But there's sugar and cornstalk too. 165 00:06:09,103 --> 00:06:10,517 You know, I'm always looking for, 166 00:06:10,517 --> 00:06:12,068 you know, forgotten recipes 167 00:06:12,068 --> 00:06:14,689 and some of these things that we can bring back to life from history. 168 00:06:14,689 --> 00:06:16,724 If we can bring that back and we create it, 169 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:18,344 I can make 'em work today. 170 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:21,586 [narrator] Before the Revolutionary War, 171 00:06:21,586 --> 00:06:23,689 rum was the most popular spirit 172 00:06:23,689 --> 00:06:25,827 in the American colonies. 173 00:06:25,827 --> 00:06:28,000 But when the fighting broke out, 174 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,586 the British blockaded colonial ports, 175 00:06:30,586 --> 00:06:35,482 halting the import of Caribbean molasses needed for rum production. 176 00:06:35,482 --> 00:06:39,896 As rum makers scrambled to find an alternative source of molasses, 177 00:06:39,896 --> 00:06:43,206 New Haven, Connecticut distillers Jacobs and Israel 178 00:06:43,206 --> 00:06:44,689 tried cornstalks. 179 00:06:44,689 --> 00:06:48,586 The most plentiful agricultural byproduct in America. 180 00:06:48,586 --> 00:06:50,103 After several attempts, 181 00:06:50,103 --> 00:06:54,000 they finally extracted enough molasses from the spongy stalks 182 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,482 to produce a convincing rum. 183 00:06:56,482 --> 00:07:00,379 Nevertheless, their groundbreaking product was soon outmoded 184 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:04,896 as the New Republic's taste shifted to whisky made from domestic grains. 185 00:07:04,896 --> 00:07:09,448 And cornstalks once again, remained in farmer's fields to dry. 186 00:07:11,103 --> 00:07:12,137 [Tim] So, how... 187 00:07:12,137 --> 00:07:13,586 I'm, I'm picking up what you're putting down. 188 00:07:13,586 --> 00:07:16,275 But the problem is that corn is out of season right now. 189 00:07:16,275 --> 00:07:18,000 See, that's the beautiful thing about this, Tim. 190 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,103 That's what I was thinking. 191 00:07:19,103 --> 00:07:21,275 Why not take that cornstalk to standing... 192 00:07:21,275 --> 00:07:24,103 -[Tim] Mmm-hmm? -...and turn it into a viable option here? 193 00:07:24,103 --> 00:07:25,862 Maybe cornstalk molasses. 194 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:27,827 [Tim] I've never heard of it. 195 00:07:27,827 --> 00:07:29,000 It's cornstalk rum. 196 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 But, you know, it's, it's very interesting. 197 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,275 It doesn't cost me a thing. It's just cornstalks. 198 00:07:33,275 --> 00:07:35,793 So, we're gonna think of something that they throw away, 199 00:07:35,793 --> 00:07:38,103 and if it comes out, we win. 200 00:07:38,103 --> 00:07:40,517 If it doesn't come out, I haven't lost anything. 201 00:07:40,517 --> 00:07:43,103 Since it's your idea, you cut the corn. 202 00:07:43,103 --> 00:07:45,000 Tim, I'll chop all the corn all day long. 203 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,000 -Okay. -All I wanna do is try to make a true backwoods rum 204 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,517 and bring it back to Virginia. 205 00:08:02,172 --> 00:08:05,000 [Richard] How the hell are we gonna condense alcohol without water? 206 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,931 [Jerry] Well, the whole theory is you gotta dissipate heat somehow or another. 207 00:08:07,931 --> 00:08:10,275 So, I figure as long as we can get enough surface area 208 00:08:10,275 --> 00:08:12,517 where that steam can travel slowly, 209 00:08:12,517 --> 00:08:13,896 then the air can cool it enough. 210 00:08:13,896 --> 00:08:14,758 Well, whatever it takes, 211 00:08:14,758 --> 00:08:16,275 we gotta do it and do it in a hurry. 212 00:08:17,103 --> 00:08:19,379 [narrator] In Haywood County, North Carolina, 213 00:08:19,379 --> 00:08:22,103 Mike, Jerry and Richard have just four days 214 00:08:22,103 --> 00:08:25,206 to deliver $2800 of berry shine 215 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:27,379 in time for a wedding. 216 00:08:27,379 --> 00:08:30,172 [Richard] We ain't got enough water here to put out a campfire. 217 00:08:30,172 --> 00:08:33,379 [narrator] But the creek at their still site ran dry. 218 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:35,206 Now they must come up with a novel way 219 00:08:35,206 --> 00:08:37,688 to distill four barrels of mash 220 00:08:37,688 --> 00:08:39,000 into high proof liquor 221 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,724 without a steady supply of cold water. 222 00:08:41,724 --> 00:08:43,517 [Jerry] The whole idea is, like, we have a piece of pipe 223 00:08:43,517 --> 00:08:45,172 will go, go through like this. 224 00:08:45,172 --> 00:08:48,379 I've never created alcohol without using good cold water. 225 00:08:48,379 --> 00:08:49,586 [Jerry] Once it comes up through it, 226 00:08:49,586 --> 00:08:52,379 then it'll, it'll go out to each one of the coils. 227 00:08:52,379 --> 00:08:53,827 We have to have this by the day of the wedding. 228 00:08:53,827 --> 00:08:55,793 I mean, this can ruin our reputation. 229 00:08:55,793 --> 00:08:57,793 We're literally up a creek without a paddle. 230 00:08:57,793 --> 00:09:00,000 Without water, in this instance. 231 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,586 [narrator] To condense hot alcohol vapor without cold water, 232 00:09:03,586 --> 00:09:06,482 Jerry proposes building a four foot column 233 00:09:06,482 --> 00:09:08,482 to mount on top of their pot. 234 00:09:08,482 --> 00:09:11,068 Then attaching eight coils of copper tubing 235 00:09:11,068 --> 00:09:12,896 to the sides of the column. 236 00:09:12,896 --> 00:09:16,689 At the bottom of each coil, they'll mount a catch jar. 237 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:20,517 As they heat the mash to 172 degrees Fahrenheit, 238 00:09:20,517 --> 00:09:22,896 alcohol vapor will rise up the column 239 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:24,724 into the copper coils, 240 00:09:24,724 --> 00:09:27,586 radiating the heat into the surrounding air. 241 00:09:27,586 --> 00:09:29,310 If enough heat is dissipated, 242 00:09:29,310 --> 00:09:33,379 the alcohol vapor should cool enough to condense it into liquid 243 00:09:33,379 --> 00:09:36,172 before it reaches the open ends of the coils 244 00:09:36,172 --> 00:09:39,448 leaving gravity to pull it back down into the catch jars. 245 00:09:44,103 --> 00:09:45,482 [Richard] In theory, this should work. 246 00:09:45,482 --> 00:09:47,413 But we have to see if we have enough surface area 247 00:09:47,413 --> 00:09:50,103 to turn our alcohol vapor back into a liquid. 248 00:09:50,103 --> 00:09:52,275 [Jerry] Here's the tubes we're gonna stick through these things. 249 00:09:52,275 --> 00:09:53,413 These are gonna be pointing down 250 00:09:53,413 --> 00:09:54,655 just like this right here. 251 00:09:54,655 --> 00:09:57,103 So, the steam will come around and it'll go up these holes. 252 00:09:57,103 --> 00:09:59,000 As it starts to travel around those coils, 253 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,482 it's gonna have more and more surface area 254 00:10:00,482 --> 00:10:01,689 to be able to condense. 255 00:10:01,689 --> 00:10:03,896 Once it starts condensing and rolling back downhill, 256 00:10:03,896 --> 00:10:05,275 and we'll be able to collect it. 257 00:10:05,275 --> 00:10:07,896 [Mike] Every idea Jerry has works on paper. 258 00:10:07,896 --> 00:10:10,413 But not even Jerry knows if it's gonna work 259 00:10:10,413 --> 00:10:11,448 once we get it out there. 260 00:10:11,931 --> 00:10:13,000 [Jerry] There you go. 261 00:10:17,172 --> 00:10:19,724 -[Richard] The condenser cap. -[Mike] Pretty much. 262 00:10:19,724 --> 00:10:20,931 [Jerry] One thing's for sure. 263 00:10:20,931 --> 00:10:22,379 If we're doing this without water, 264 00:10:22,379 --> 00:10:24,068 we're gonna need a whole lot of coil. 265 00:10:27,689 --> 00:10:29,482 Typically, your most common condenser coil 266 00:10:29,482 --> 00:10:31,482 is gonna be about 25 to 30 feet long. 267 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:33,034 Oh, that's curious. 268 00:10:33,034 --> 00:10:34,586 Whole roll back here to the table and cut that off. 269 00:10:34,586 --> 00:10:35,793 We're gonna make eight of these coils. 270 00:10:35,793 --> 00:10:36,931 They're, they're gonna be a little bit shorter, 271 00:10:36,931 --> 00:10:38,034 but they're gonna be eight of 'em. 272 00:10:39,586 --> 00:10:41,103 In reality, once we're all said and done, 273 00:10:41,103 --> 00:10:46,000 we're gonna have about 117 to 120 feet of actual length of pipe. 274 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,275 Like five times more than a normal condenser. 275 00:10:49,275 --> 00:10:50,793 Just like any other condenser, 276 00:10:50,793 --> 00:10:52,275 the ends are open. 277 00:10:52,275 --> 00:10:54,413 But the air should cool with no problem 278 00:10:54,413 --> 00:10:56,827 before the alcohol vapor comes out of the top. 279 00:10:56,827 --> 00:10:58,586 Let's start at the top and work our way down. 280 00:10:58,586 --> 00:10:59,620 What do you think? 281 00:11:02,068 --> 00:11:03,586 It's like everything else that we've built. 282 00:11:03,586 --> 00:11:06,275 It's got a lot of tiny, intricate pieces to it. 283 00:11:06,275 --> 00:11:08,620 There's jars everywhere, there's valves everywhere, 284 00:11:08,620 --> 00:11:10,413 there's coils running everywhere. 285 00:11:10,413 --> 00:11:12,586 We have utilized every piece of surface area 286 00:11:12,586 --> 00:11:14,724 that we possibly can to condense this alcohol. 287 00:11:14,724 --> 00:11:16,379 So, we're hoping this works. 288 00:11:16,379 --> 00:11:18,758 If it don't, it's back to square one. 289 00:11:19,482 --> 00:11:20,551 That's the end of it. 290 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,379 It looks good, don't it? 291 00:11:23,379 --> 00:11:26,172 -[Jerry] You done a good job. -But is it gonna work? 292 00:11:26,172 --> 00:11:29,103 There's a lot of money riding on this whole daggone thing. 293 00:11:29,103 --> 00:11:30,517 Not just the build, 294 00:11:30,517 --> 00:11:32,482 but you know, the mash that we've got to run up. 295 00:11:32,482 --> 00:11:35,896 This has got to happen, and it's got to work properly. 296 00:11:35,896 --> 00:11:37,379 It's ready to rock and roll, man. 297 00:11:37,379 --> 00:11:38,758 Let's get her to the woods. 298 00:11:39,896 --> 00:11:42,068 [fire crackling] 299 00:11:51,206 --> 00:11:53,379 The beautiful thing about this restaurant 300 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,379 is it's a family restaurant. 301 00:11:55,379 --> 00:11:58,379 Not only is it friendly for families to come in and eat, 302 00:11:58,896 --> 00:12:00,724 but families running it. 303 00:12:00,724 --> 00:12:02,000 Carol's working here, 304 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,896 our daughters are working here. 305 00:12:03,896 --> 00:12:05,000 All right. 306 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,896 And who's back here washing dishes? 307 00:12:07,103 --> 00:12:08,172 My mama. 308 00:12:08,172 --> 00:12:09,896 Okay, so I just do this? 309 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:12,000 -Boy, that's hot. -[Lois speaking] 310 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,103 It's wonderful working with my mom. 311 00:12:14,103 --> 00:12:18,172 -[Lois speaking] -I guess I could, couldn't I? 312 00:12:18,172 --> 00:12:21,413 For one, I always know if I need help on a recipe, 313 00:12:21,413 --> 00:12:22,793 where can I go? 314 00:12:22,793 --> 00:12:24,275 The person that taught me. 315 00:12:24,275 --> 00:12:26,000 Ain't that what your dishwasher's for? 316 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,586 -[Lois speaking] -Oh. 317 00:12:27,586 --> 00:12:29,068 -Okay. -[Lois speaking] 318 00:12:29,068 --> 00:12:32,068 On the other hand, if I need to be put in my place... 319 00:12:32,068 --> 00:12:34,689 -This is the way I like washing dishes. -[Lois speaking] 320 00:12:34,689 --> 00:12:35,965 ...I know who's gonna do it. 321 00:12:37,068 --> 00:12:38,241 Hey, uh, Mama? 322 00:12:38,241 --> 00:12:40,310 -[Lois speaking] -I got something I gotta go take care of 323 00:12:40,310 --> 00:12:41,551 out in the shop. 324 00:12:42,827 --> 00:12:43,586 What? 325 00:12:43,586 --> 00:12:44,655 Uh, but Mama, I just-- 326 00:12:45,896 --> 00:12:47,482 No, Mama, I got something. 327 00:12:47,482 --> 00:12:50,000 I'll be right back in just a minute, all right? 328 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,172 I, I've got to run to the shop. 329 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:53,793 I'll be right back, all right? 330 00:12:53,793 --> 00:12:55,068 [Lois speaking] 331 00:12:55,068 --> 00:12:56,620 [Tickle] Well, Mama, I'll be right back. 332 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:58,137 -[Lois speaking] -[Tickle] I will. 333 00:13:08,275 --> 00:13:10,482 -[Tickle] How's it going, fellas? -[Paige speaking] 334 00:13:10,482 --> 00:13:11,931 [Tickle] Are we taking this side right here? 335 00:13:11,931 --> 00:13:13,896 -[Henry] Yeah. -[Tickle] All right. 336 00:13:13,896 --> 00:13:16,172 -[Henry] Looks like he get it up under there. -[Tickle] All right. 337 00:13:16,793 --> 00:13:18,000 Oh, man. 338 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,586 -All right. -[Tickle] All right, Henry. 339 00:13:19,586 --> 00:13:21,000 It's gonna be good. [indistinct] 340 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,310 Might have to go in the side door. 341 00:13:22,310 --> 00:13:24,068 -You have to, to start going in the side door? -[Henry] Yeah. 342 00:13:24,068 --> 00:13:25,758 All right, I'll start taking 'em around. 343 00:13:27,103 --> 00:13:30,275 I've got this great big bootlegging operation going on 344 00:13:30,275 --> 00:13:32,034 right beside my restaurant. 345 00:13:32,482 --> 00:13:33,586 [grunts] 346 00:13:33,586 --> 00:13:36,068 This might not have been the best idea. 347 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,793 If somebody happens to notice 348 00:13:38,793 --> 00:13:40,862 that this truck is pulling in and out, 349 00:13:40,862 --> 00:13:42,862 in and out with different vehicles 350 00:13:42,862 --> 00:13:44,206 at multiple times, 351 00:13:44,206 --> 00:13:46,206 this could be a recipe for disaster. 352 00:13:46,206 --> 00:13:48,896 Fellas, I hate to do this, but I gotta run back in there. 353 00:13:48,896 --> 00:13:50,137 [Henry] All right. 354 00:13:50,137 --> 00:13:52,172 [Tickle] I, I told Mama I wouldn't be gone but a minute. 355 00:13:52,172 --> 00:13:53,379 -[Henry] Yeah, we got it. -[Tickle] All right. 356 00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:54,965 This place is hectic today. 357 00:13:55,620 --> 00:13:56,793 Thank y'all. 358 00:13:56,793 --> 00:13:58,275 [Henry] Tell me, Paige, it's going smooth, man. 359 00:13:58,275 --> 00:13:59,586 Really smooth. I really like this. 360 00:14:02,310 --> 00:14:04,482 [Josh] We've been hauling a lot of liquor, 361 00:14:04,482 --> 00:14:06,103 moving some cars. 362 00:14:06,103 --> 00:14:08,275 And it looks it's all we're doing, 363 00:14:08,275 --> 00:14:09,275 is hauling cars 364 00:14:09,275 --> 00:14:12,000 and doing something 100% legitimate. 365 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,931 But we're making a lot of money, 366 00:14:13,931 --> 00:14:15,896 and we're doing it very incognito, 367 00:14:15,896 --> 00:14:17,379 right up under everybody's nose. 368 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:21,827 [truck beeping] 369 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,482 I have three major deliveries to make today. 370 00:14:25,482 --> 00:14:28,551 First, I gotta take the black car, drop it off. 371 00:14:30,482 --> 00:14:32,586 Two, I've gotta come back and pick up the van, 372 00:14:32,586 --> 00:14:33,482 which they were getting ready 373 00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:34,965 while I was hauling the black car. 374 00:14:35,862 --> 00:14:37,482 Three, come back with the Malibu, 375 00:14:37,482 --> 00:14:39,896 get it loaded, haul it and drop it off, 376 00:14:39,896 --> 00:14:41,310 and then big payday. 377 00:14:41,310 --> 00:14:42,689 [truck beeping] 378 00:14:54,896 --> 00:14:58,103 -[Howard] Look at all that cornstalk molasses, baby. -[Tim] Yeah. 379 00:14:58,103 --> 00:15:00,068 If we can use the cornstalks that are available... 380 00:15:00,068 --> 00:15:01,482 -[Tim] Yeah. -...I think we can make something. 381 00:15:01,482 --> 00:15:02,793 I mean, at least try. 382 00:15:02,793 --> 00:15:04,172 [Tim] For Howard, 383 00:15:04,172 --> 00:15:06,310 it's a little bit unusual for him to bring a recipe to light. 384 00:15:06,310 --> 00:15:09,103 And especially something that I've never heard of before. 385 00:15:09,103 --> 00:15:12,482 And I think it will really create an interesting flavor. 386 00:15:12,482 --> 00:15:13,896 So, I'm gonna run with Howard. 387 00:15:13,896 --> 00:15:15,275 Uh, I mean, I'm gonna support him. 388 00:15:15,275 --> 00:15:17,655 He'll support me if I had a crazy idea. 389 00:15:18,620 --> 00:15:20,172 [Howard speaking] 390 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,758 I see that everything looks dry. 391 00:15:28,758 --> 00:15:31,206 But this corn is still absorbing water, y'all. 392 00:15:31,206 --> 00:15:32,758 Hey, Tim. [groans] 393 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:36,482 -[Tim] Huh? -We talked about "out of season." 394 00:15:37,482 --> 00:15:39,689 We've got edible corn here. 395 00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:41,310 You see that? 396 00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:42,413 [Tim] That's pretty corn. 397 00:15:42,413 --> 00:15:45,379 That means there is flavor in these stalks, huh? 398 00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:46,931 I know I'm right about something, Tim, 399 00:15:46,931 --> 00:15:49,448 -for once in my life-- -So, are we gonna use the corn or the stalk? 400 00:15:52,068 --> 00:15:53,758 Who cares about the corn, Tim? 401 00:15:53,758 --> 00:15:55,068 We are here for the stalk. 402 00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:04,103 [Tim] I'm not sure why the corn is still standing, 403 00:16:04,103 --> 00:16:06,103 but it's got some nice ears of corn on it. 404 00:16:06,103 --> 00:16:09,068 So, maybe there's some moisture still in the, in the stalks. 405 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:10,758 -[Howard] Tim? -[Tim] Yeah? 406 00:16:10,758 --> 00:16:12,517 [Howard] Look at this for a second. 407 00:16:12,517 --> 00:16:14,448 You're worried about those being dried corn. 408 00:16:15,793 --> 00:16:16,827 But check this out here. 409 00:16:17,482 --> 00:16:18,482 Feel that. 410 00:16:20,206 --> 00:16:21,793 That's where the molasses comes from. 411 00:16:21,793 --> 00:16:24,620 That's got moisture in it, that means absorbing. 412 00:16:24,620 --> 00:16:26,379 It feels like a sponge. 413 00:16:26,379 --> 00:16:28,793 [Howard] When I open it up, It is really moist inside. 414 00:16:28,793 --> 00:16:32,310 I'm seeing that there is a lot of pulp here, 415 00:16:32,310 --> 00:16:36,000 that it's possible to make a corn style molasses. 416 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,586 I mean, I really feel like we have something we can work with. 417 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,275 And this is a perfect example of don't judge a corn by it's cob. 418 00:16:43,275 --> 00:16:45,758 -Buckle up, baby, it's the law. -[beeping] 419 00:16:45,758 --> 00:16:47,586 [Tim laughs] Yeah, we don't wanna be breaking the law. 420 00:16:47,586 --> 00:16:48,793 [beeping stops] 421 00:16:48,793 --> 00:16:50,758 You know, rum is nothing that we made in the backwoods. 422 00:16:50,758 --> 00:16:53,482 No one talks about making rum where I'm from. 423 00:16:53,482 --> 00:16:55,689 But if I came out of the woods 424 00:16:55,689 --> 00:16:57,689 with something that was called a rum 425 00:16:57,689 --> 00:17:00,655 made from cornstalks, I mean, it could be the new thing. 426 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,068 [Jerry] It's almost too high for you right there, Mike. 427 00:17:13,068 --> 00:17:14,275 [Mike speaking indistinctly] 428 00:17:14,275 --> 00:17:15,517 You know, we got this four-berry shine, 429 00:17:15,517 --> 00:17:17,068 It's due for this wedding in a few days, 430 00:17:17,068 --> 00:17:18,689 and this is a real big deal for us. 431 00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:22,172 This waterless condenser, we don't know of anybody that's ever tried this. 432 00:17:22,172 --> 00:17:23,896 This is something we have to have right now. 433 00:17:23,896 --> 00:17:26,275 We got this deadline. We have no water. 434 00:17:26,275 --> 00:17:28,413 We've got to make this happen one way or the other. 435 00:17:28,413 --> 00:17:31,310 [Mike] Oh, you gonna act like you're taller than I am or something. 436 00:17:31,310 --> 00:17:33,758 -Very stretching. -[Richard] Right. 437 00:17:33,758 --> 00:17:35,482 -Cotton? -[Mike] It's pretty enough. 438 00:17:35,482 --> 00:17:36,931 [Jerry] It's pretty, that's for sure. 439 00:17:38,172 --> 00:17:39,275 [Mike] You know, this waterless condenser's 440 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:40,931 got eight different coils on it. 441 00:17:40,931 --> 00:17:42,586 A hundred and seventeen feet 442 00:17:42,586 --> 00:17:44,793 with eight jars hanging from it as well. 443 00:17:44,793 --> 00:17:46,689 -We gotta put some mash in it and... -[Richard] Yep. 444 00:17:46,689 --> 00:17:48,931 [Mike] ...see if we can't get it going on. 445 00:17:48,931 --> 00:17:49,931 This has gotta work. 446 00:17:49,931 --> 00:17:52,206 We've got four different types of berries 447 00:17:52,206 --> 00:17:53,551 in eight different barrels. 448 00:17:54,310 --> 00:17:55,758 [both] Whoa. 449 00:17:55,758 --> 00:17:58,586 [Mike] Raspberry, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. 450 00:17:58,586 --> 00:18:00,482 This is a very expensive mash, 451 00:18:00,482 --> 00:18:02,793 and we only have so much of it to go around. 452 00:18:02,793 --> 00:18:05,000 Fingers crossed, we got a lot riding on this. 453 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,689 My trust is going in Jerry. 454 00:18:06,689 --> 00:18:08,689 It's either gonna go up in smoke 455 00:18:08,689 --> 00:18:09,793 or it's gonna work. 456 00:18:09,793 --> 00:18:10,689 [Jerry] Let's light her up. 457 00:18:12,931 --> 00:18:14,620 So, we all got a lot riding on this. 458 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:17,000 But myself, I feel like has even more. 459 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,689 You know, I've convinced these guys that this will actually work. 460 00:18:19,689 --> 00:18:22,275 But we'll know if it works if we start seeing liquor in these jars. 461 00:18:22,275 --> 00:18:23,310 -[Jerry] Yeah. -[Mike] That's right. 462 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:24,896 Mike's trusted me over the years 463 00:18:24,896 --> 00:18:26,689 to come up with some crazy things, 464 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:29,275 and we've had pretty good success of making things work. 465 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:30,862 And I feel like this is gonna no different. 466 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,482 It's just now gotten to the T in that one. 467 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:37,931 Oh, [bleep], we got steam there. 468 00:18:37,931 --> 00:18:38,931 [Mike] Oh, we got steam, buddy. 469 00:18:38,931 --> 00:18:40,931 -[Jerry] Ah, crap. -[Richard] We got steam. 470 00:18:40,931 --> 00:18:43,758 -[Mike] That ain't no good there. -[Richard] No. 471 00:18:43,758 --> 00:18:45,896 We got steam blowing all over the place. 472 00:18:45,896 --> 00:18:47,448 -[Mike] This ain't good, Jerry. -That's money. 473 00:18:47,448 --> 00:18:49,068 [Jerry] Man, we got, we got money flying in the air right now, right now. 474 00:18:49,068 --> 00:18:50,034 [Mike] Too much. 475 00:18:50,034 --> 00:18:51,586 We got mash in here that we're wasting, man. 476 00:18:51,586 --> 00:18:53,379 I realize that, I understand that. 477 00:18:53,379 --> 00:18:54,379 This is disheartening, man. 478 00:18:54,379 --> 00:18:55,793 I'm looking up at this thing. 479 00:18:55,793 --> 00:18:56,758 That's our product, 480 00:18:56,758 --> 00:18:59,068 that's our expensive berry mash. 481 00:18:59,068 --> 00:19:00,068 That's the customer's. 482 00:19:00,068 --> 00:19:02,172 Everything's just going up in smoke. 483 00:19:02,172 --> 00:19:04,793 Well, we better shut it down and get the hell out of here. 484 00:19:04,793 --> 00:19:06,862 The damn birds are getting drunk. 485 00:19:06,862 --> 00:19:08,551 [Jerry] Wait, wait. Hold on a second. 486 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,896 Guys, did you happen to notice something? 487 00:19:20,896 --> 00:19:23,275 A little bit of a breeze come through just a second ago? 488 00:19:23,275 --> 00:19:24,931 How it just, like, it stopped steaming... 489 00:19:24,931 --> 00:19:27,000 -[Mike] It started condensing. -..and condensing. 490 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,275 -[Jerry] Look at that, man. -[Mike] That is starting to fill the jars up. 491 00:19:29,275 --> 00:19:31,482 Just that little bit of air, a little bit of breeze, man, 492 00:19:31,482 --> 00:19:32,896 is, is making that thing condense. 493 00:19:32,896 --> 00:19:34,896 All of a sudden, a breeze comes by 494 00:19:34,896 --> 00:19:38,000 and the leaves starts moving, the trees starts blowing, 495 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,689 starts right back to condensing. 496 00:19:39,689 --> 00:19:41,689 We're this close. We're close to having it. 497 00:19:41,689 --> 00:19:44,068 But we can't make the damn wind blow all the time. 498 00:19:44,068 --> 00:19:45,068 [Jerry] Well, I mean, we can. 499 00:19:45,068 --> 00:19:46,931 I mean, I think I know a way we can actually, 500 00:19:46,931 --> 00:19:48,172 put us some fans on here. 501 00:19:48,172 --> 00:19:49,413 [Mike] Gotta have electricity. 502 00:19:49,413 --> 00:19:51,482 Yeah, you do. You got to have power. 503 00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:52,896 Let's run back to the shop. 504 00:19:52,896 --> 00:19:55,620 I got, I got some little, little, uh, Hobby Fans in there. 505 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:56,482 Get 'em installed, I like that. 506 00:19:56,482 --> 00:19:57,344 We need to figure out something. 507 00:19:57,344 --> 00:19:59,000 Right now, we need to kill this thing 508 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,413 and quit wasting our mash. 509 00:20:00,413 --> 00:20:02,344 -[Jerry] We go to the shop and get this done. -[Mike] Let's get it. 510 00:20:07,586 --> 00:20:10,379 Well, Phyllis, kind of our last resort here. 511 00:20:10,379 --> 00:20:12,448 [Mike] And it, by God, better work too. 512 00:20:12,448 --> 00:20:14,137 [Jerry] This waterless condenser, 513 00:20:14,137 --> 00:20:15,689 this is something we have to have right now. 514 00:20:15,689 --> 00:20:18,068 We got this deadline. We have no water. 515 00:20:18,068 --> 00:20:21,000 We've gotta make this happen one way or the other. 516 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,241 All we gotta have is just a little bit more airflow. 517 00:20:23,241 --> 00:20:24,965 You know, I'm thinking if we just put one motor 518 00:20:24,965 --> 00:20:28,379 and one fan on each coil right at the top, 519 00:20:28,379 --> 00:20:31,758 and we're blowing the cool air from above down onto it, 520 00:20:31,758 --> 00:20:32,965 I think that's all we're gonna need. 521 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:35,137 We've only got a few days left to get this done. 522 00:20:35,137 --> 00:20:37,793 So we're gonna fix us up some fans and make this system work. 523 00:20:37,793 --> 00:20:39,172 [Richard] Where are we gonna get the electricity from? 524 00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:40,896 We're gonna put this on a bunch of batteries? 525 00:20:40,896 --> 00:20:42,586 We could. But I think it'll be very costly. 526 00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:44,758 And we'll be changing batteries all the damn time. 527 00:20:44,758 --> 00:20:46,379 You ever heard of the Peltier cell? 528 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,896 So I come up with an idea to use the Peltier cell. 529 00:20:48,896 --> 00:20:50,655 As long as you can keep one side of it hot 530 00:20:50,655 --> 00:20:52,172 and one side of it cold, 531 00:20:52,172 --> 00:20:54,344 it will actually move electrons and produce power. 532 00:20:54,344 --> 00:20:57,275 And these are, like, a volt and a half per pad. 533 00:20:57,275 --> 00:20:58,586 -[Mike] Okay. -[Jerry] Got eight motors, 534 00:20:58,586 --> 00:21:00,551 but we're gonna need 16 of these things. 535 00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:02,793 So we got plenty of heat off the still. 536 00:21:02,793 --> 00:21:05,137 The idea is we're gonna take and put a motor 537 00:21:05,137 --> 00:21:07,379 and a propeller on each coil. 538 00:21:07,379 --> 00:21:10,586 It should be able to move enough air keep this thing cool. 539 00:21:10,586 --> 00:21:12,275 We'll heat this little block of metal up, 540 00:21:12,275 --> 00:21:13,896 before it rips into the heat of our still. 541 00:21:13,896 --> 00:21:16,172 This heat sink is gonna keep the one side cool, 542 00:21:16,172 --> 00:21:18,103 and this is gonna be our warm side here. 543 00:21:18,103 --> 00:21:20,896 We've got a big heat sink with fins on it on the outside. 544 00:21:20,896 --> 00:21:22,793 Keep it cool to be able to dissipate the heat 545 00:21:22,793 --> 00:21:23,827 via the air. 546 00:21:25,103 --> 00:21:26,241 We'll have that heat on there. 547 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:33,068 Told you it'll work. [laughs] 548 00:21:33,068 --> 00:21:34,379 How is that even possible? 549 00:21:34,379 --> 00:21:35,620 [Jerry] Moving electrons. 550 00:21:36,655 --> 00:21:39,551 So Jerry's gonna take at least 16 Peltier cells 551 00:21:39,551 --> 00:21:41,000 and bolt them together 552 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,551 and then stick it to the side of the still column. 553 00:21:43,551 --> 00:21:45,758 It'll generate power to make the fans work. 554 00:21:45,758 --> 00:21:47,379 Keep enough airflow going around 555 00:21:47,379 --> 00:21:49,758 this waterless condenser system that we've got 556 00:21:49,758 --> 00:21:51,379 to create good alcohol. 557 00:21:51,379 --> 00:21:52,275 Let's go get it hooked up. 558 00:21:52,275 --> 00:21:54,034 We ain't got no more damn time to burn. 559 00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:54,862 I know that. 560 00:22:08,689 --> 00:22:10,517 -[Howard] Tim! -[Tim] Howard! 561 00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:13,689 The season just changed overnight. 562 00:22:13,689 --> 00:22:16,034 Today is not your typical rum weather. 563 00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:17,862 Didn't know it was gonna rain and get cold like this. 564 00:22:17,862 --> 00:22:18,931 It's almost like snowing. 565 00:22:18,931 --> 00:22:22,068 [Howard] But this is backwoods Virginia style. 566 00:22:22,068 --> 00:22:25,137 So we're gonna make rum today regardless of the weather. 567 00:22:25,137 --> 00:22:27,689 I'm just glad we got that corn before the rain came. 568 00:22:27,689 --> 00:22:29,379 Well, it might have gave it a little more moisture. 569 00:22:29,379 --> 00:22:31,172 Might have even absorbed a little more sugar. 570 00:22:31,172 --> 00:22:32,172 Well... 571 00:22:32,172 --> 00:22:34,000 that's what I was thinking about last night. 572 00:22:34,482 --> 00:22:35,586 You see what I got? 573 00:22:35,586 --> 00:22:36,793 Uh-huh. 574 00:22:36,793 --> 00:22:37,965 I got a pot of water cooking. 575 00:22:37,965 --> 00:22:40,137 Instead of squeeze it out, let's cook it out. 576 00:22:40,137 --> 00:22:43,103 This does not feel like a-a true rum Caribbean style here. 577 00:22:43,103 --> 00:22:45,482 I'm just thinking about what works. 578 00:22:45,482 --> 00:22:47,482 In order to make this corn stalk molasses, 579 00:22:47,482 --> 00:22:49,241 traditionally, he started oppressing it. 580 00:22:49,241 --> 00:22:53,172 Rolling and extracting the flavors and juices from the corn stalk. 581 00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:56,344 [Tim] I don't think you're gonna get much juice out of the stalk. 582 00:22:56,344 --> 00:22:58,068 We should cook it down. 583 00:22:58,068 --> 00:23:01,344 That way, we get all the juice that we can, possibly in it. 584 00:23:01,344 --> 00:23:02,758 All the sugars, the starches. 585 00:23:02,758 --> 00:23:04,586 Everything's gonna come out into the water. 586 00:23:04,586 --> 00:23:07,862 And then we'll take this and put it in a-in a barrel to ferment. 587 00:23:07,862 --> 00:23:10,000 -All right. I like the way this is going. -Okay. 588 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,655 All right. I'm gonna get the truck. I'll be right back. 589 00:23:12,379 --> 00:23:13,896 [Tim] Howard would've got a press 590 00:23:13,896 --> 00:23:15,034 and he would have tried to press 591 00:23:15,034 --> 00:23:17,275 the juices out. You know, like a traditional rum. 592 00:23:17,275 --> 00:23:19,586 There you go. Come on. Come on. 593 00:23:19,586 --> 00:23:20,586 But, you know, with me, 594 00:23:20,586 --> 00:23:22,758 coming from the backwoods, uh, moonshining, 595 00:23:22,758 --> 00:23:25,068 we cook the corn to get starch converging 596 00:23:25,068 --> 00:23:27,620 so we can get all the sugars to release. 597 00:23:28,586 --> 00:23:31,034 So we-we gotta get this out here. 598 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:33,172 This stuff here you don't need. 599 00:23:33,172 --> 00:23:35,241 -[Howard] Oh, that's the good stuff. -And an ear of corn. 600 00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:36,862 You can shell that up. Yeah. 601 00:23:36,862 --> 00:23:39,551 -Shell it. Shuck it and shell it. -Shell it. Shuck it. 602 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:41,655 A lot of these stalks have corn on them. 603 00:23:41,655 --> 00:23:42,965 You want to put the whole thing in the pot? 604 00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:44,068 No. Here. 605 00:23:44,068 --> 00:23:45,137 See this? Look. 606 00:23:45,137 --> 00:23:47,586 And they're-they're really nice ears of corn. 607 00:23:47,586 --> 00:23:50,172 So I'm thinking we'll just enhance the flavor more. 608 00:23:50,172 --> 00:23:51,448 All right. Get your cutter. 609 00:23:53,137 --> 00:23:54,793 -Uh-huh. Uh-huh. -Uh-huh! 610 00:23:54,793 --> 00:23:56,068 Come on in there Get in there. 611 00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:57,241 -[Howard straining] -Just-just cut it. 612 00:23:57,241 --> 00:23:59,379 I'm getting... I'm... It's getting cold out here. 613 00:23:59,379 --> 00:24:01,137 You're getting tired. Is that what you're about telling me? 614 00:24:01,137 --> 00:24:02,275 I'm not getting tired. 615 00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:03,517 -I'm just... -'Cause there's no way you get tired. 616 00:24:03,517 --> 00:24:04,379 -I'm the one doing all the work. -I'm not getting tired, 617 00:24:04,379 --> 00:24:05,965 you're just taking too much time. 618 00:24:06,758 --> 00:24:08,172 You know, looking at these corn stalks, 619 00:24:08,172 --> 00:24:10,034 I wish they was a little bit greener. 620 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,931 I ain't worried that it won't make a decent amount of alcohol. 621 00:24:15,068 --> 00:24:16,965 You know, I think we need some sugar. 622 00:24:17,862 --> 00:24:19,275 We're gonna have to add some sugar. 623 00:24:19,275 --> 00:24:22,689 And if you want rum taste, we've got to put brown sugar. 624 00:24:22,689 --> 00:24:24,103 So we're not gonna be able to yield 625 00:24:24,103 --> 00:24:25,586 what we need just off the corn stalk. 626 00:24:25,586 --> 00:24:27,000 We're gonna have to add something. 627 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,586 [Tim] I mean, I don't... I don't think so, Howard. 628 00:24:28,586 --> 00:24:30,000 [Howard] Corn stalk molasses. 629 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,275 It's only corn stalk. 630 00:24:31,275 --> 00:24:32,482 [Tim] Put a little bit in there. 631 00:24:32,482 --> 00:24:33,896 [Howard] But with Tim's spin on it, 632 00:24:33,896 --> 00:24:35,586 brown sugar's gonna give the pop we need 633 00:24:35,586 --> 00:24:38,172 to actually make something that tastes like a regular rum. 634 00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:39,379 I'll tell you what, Tim. 635 00:24:39,379 --> 00:24:41,517 We got something right here. We've got a concoction. 636 00:24:43,103 --> 00:24:44,172 I smell the sweetness. 637 00:24:44,172 --> 00:24:45,689 -I smell the corn stalk. -Yeah. 638 00:24:45,689 --> 00:24:48,034 [Howard] I smell, like... It's amazing. 639 00:24:48,034 --> 00:24:50,482 [Tim] I think I'm good to cut the heat off. 640 00:24:50,482 --> 00:24:52,551 [Howard] That's what we're looking for right there, right? 641 00:24:52,551 --> 00:24:54,965 -You want all this to break down and come out of it. -Yeah. Break it down. 642 00:24:55,482 --> 00:24:56,344 [Howard] What's next then? 643 00:24:56,344 --> 00:24:57,655 [Tim] I would dump it in the barrel. 644 00:24:58,068 --> 00:24:59,379 Let it cool down. 645 00:24:59,379 --> 00:25:01,000 Sprinkle a little yeast on it. 646 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:01,931 Let it work. 647 00:25:10,655 --> 00:25:12,000 [Tickle] All right, fellas. 648 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,275 -So we got another one. -[Henry] Yup. 649 00:25:14,275 --> 00:25:16,482 [Tickle] Yeah. If it keeps going the way it is, 650 00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:18,344 we're gonna have to have a junkyard out here. 651 00:25:21,689 --> 00:25:24,241 We had a really rough start to our season this year. 652 00:25:24,241 --> 00:25:25,551 With Josh being hurt 653 00:25:25,551 --> 00:25:27,241 and Kenny being out of commission, 654 00:25:27,241 --> 00:25:28,413 that set us way back. 655 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,689 But now the restaurant's going 656 00:25:31,689 --> 00:25:33,172 and it's bringing in money. 657 00:25:33,172 --> 00:25:35,068 And our bootlegging operation, 658 00:25:35,068 --> 00:25:37,275 well, we've got that in full swing, too. 659 00:25:37,275 --> 00:25:40,275 I just hope we can keep both of these things going together. 660 00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:42,000 All right. Went in. 661 00:25:43,379 --> 00:25:46,103 Everything been going all right with these transports? 662 00:25:46,103 --> 00:25:47,965 Oh, my God, dude, this is phenomenal. 663 00:25:49,482 --> 00:25:51,586 In the past, we went through a lot of great lengths 664 00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:54,413 to be able to make liquor, hide liquor, haul liquor. 665 00:25:55,482 --> 00:25:57,793 This roll back and the junk cars, 666 00:25:57,793 --> 00:26:00,655 it's just done right up under everybody's nose. It's great. 667 00:26:01,172 --> 00:26:02,241 Hell, yeah. 668 00:26:07,344 --> 00:26:08,896 [Tickle] All right. 669 00:26:08,896 --> 00:26:10,241 We've got one out and one in. 670 00:26:10,241 --> 00:26:12,241 I'm gonna have to go over there and check on everything. 671 00:26:12,241 --> 00:26:13,689 Make sure it's running smoothly. 672 00:26:13,689 --> 00:26:15,862 -Keep it rolling. -But I'll be back as quick as I can, all right? 673 00:26:15,862 --> 00:26:17,620 -Take your time, man. Take your time. -All right. 674 00:26:22,379 --> 00:26:24,517 [cell phone ringing] 675 00:26:28,862 --> 00:26:29,655 [Henry] Hello? 676 00:26:30,275 --> 00:26:32,448 -[man on phone] Mr. Law? -Yeah. 677 00:26:32,448 --> 00:26:33,896 [man] Where's my stuff? 678 00:26:33,896 --> 00:26:35,137 What you mean where's your stuff? 679 00:26:35,137 --> 00:26:37,172 It should be there. I should have been there an hour ago. 680 00:26:37,172 --> 00:26:38,241 -You been there? -[man] Uh, 681 00:26:38,758 --> 00:26:40,379 been here all day. 682 00:26:40,379 --> 00:26:41,620 Let me call you back in a few minutes. 683 00:26:42,172 --> 00:26:43,206 What the hell? 684 00:26:44,758 --> 00:26:46,241 Give Josh a call here. 685 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,172 [line ringing] 686 00:26:52,965 --> 00:26:54,172 Somebody's got it. 687 00:26:54,172 --> 00:26:55,241 Our man don't have it. 688 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,862 [line continues ringing] 689 00:27:01,862 --> 00:27:03,103 -[Josh on phone] Hey, buddy. -Josh. 690 00:27:03,551 --> 00:27:04,896 Listen, man. 691 00:27:04,896 --> 00:27:06,482 The guy that we made delivery to 692 00:27:06,482 --> 00:27:09,344 just contacted me and said that, uh, there's no vehicle there. 693 00:27:09,344 --> 00:27:11,689 [Josh laughing] Yeah, right, man. It's there. I promise. 694 00:27:11,689 --> 00:27:13,793 The black car. The man's called... 695 00:27:13,793 --> 00:27:16,862 [Josh] I just told you everything's like it's supposed to be. 696 00:27:16,862 --> 00:27:18,413 Well, it should be there. 697 00:27:20,586 --> 00:27:21,793 Where'd you take it to? 698 00:27:21,793 --> 00:27:24,241 Went to 38, Doe Run. 699 00:27:24,241 --> 00:27:25,448 No. 68. 700 00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:29,379 You need to get over and get that vehicle. 701 00:27:29,379 --> 00:27:31,689 If the landowner found it and saw the liquor in it, 702 00:27:31,689 --> 00:27:33,620 the law could be waiting on you when you get there. 703 00:27:34,758 --> 00:27:36,689 -[Henry] Josh, did you hear what I said? -[Josh] I did. 704 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:38,068 [Henry] All right. Be careful. 705 00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:39,448 [line disconnects] 706 00:27:44,758 --> 00:27:46,379 [Mike] Damn, these fans better work, Jerry. 707 00:27:46,379 --> 00:27:47,379 Don't like tea. 708 00:27:47,379 --> 00:27:49,689 [Jerry] I got faith in them, man. 709 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:52,137 You know, the last time that we done this run, this water was condensing. 710 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:54,172 We needed just a little bit more airflow. 711 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:55,758 So Jerry's come up with the idea 712 00:27:55,758 --> 00:27:57,482 to install some fans on this thing. 713 00:27:57,482 --> 00:27:59,689 I feel good about it. I mean, we've got a system that's 714 00:27:59,689 --> 00:28:01,068 very unique. 715 00:28:01,068 --> 00:28:03,379 And the way the system works is you have to keep one side hot, 716 00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:05,896 which we've already got and put it against the still, 717 00:28:05,896 --> 00:28:07,172 and the other side just needs to be cool, 718 00:28:07,172 --> 00:28:08,482 which I've got a big heat sink. 719 00:28:08,482 --> 00:28:10,241 We're just gonna sandwich all this together. 720 00:28:10,241 --> 00:28:12,689 Once it heats up the heat sink should keep it cool 721 00:28:12,689 --> 00:28:14,034 and the system should work. 722 00:28:14,034 --> 00:28:15,379 [Mike] All I can tell you is this mash 723 00:28:15,379 --> 00:28:18,275 has got to be run off today or it's gonna miss the wedding. 724 00:28:18,275 --> 00:28:19,793 What side we want this on? 725 00:28:19,793 --> 00:28:21,862 -The back side? Okay. -It goes on the back side over there. 726 00:28:21,862 --> 00:28:24,068 So we've got eight electric fan blades 727 00:28:24,068 --> 00:28:25,862 that we're gonna install on each coil. 728 00:28:25,862 --> 00:28:27,172 Man, it looks like we're trying to build 729 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:28,896 a CB talking tower. 730 00:28:28,896 --> 00:28:30,689 -[Jerry laughing] -With all these wires. 731 00:28:30,689 --> 00:28:33,689 But I'm thinking these little fans may have just enough airflow 732 00:28:33,689 --> 00:28:35,758 to actually make this thing condense alcohol. 733 00:28:35,758 --> 00:28:38,896 You know, even on the hottest day in the summer in South Mississippi, 734 00:28:38,896 --> 00:28:41,793 if the wind blows, you're gonna get cooled off. 735 00:28:41,793 --> 00:28:44,034 Same concept right here at the still site. 736 00:28:44,034 --> 00:28:45,965 Do or die time. Fire in the hole. 737 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,241 [mimics explosion] There it is. 738 00:28:49,241 --> 00:28:50,965 This has got to daggone work. 739 00:28:50,965 --> 00:28:52,689 If it don't, we are up the creek 740 00:28:52,689 --> 00:28:54,103 without a paddle, that's for sure. 741 00:28:54,103 --> 00:28:56,000 You know, right now we're watching everything with an eagle eye. 742 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,034 Our plate's starting to get pretty warm back here. 743 00:28:58,034 --> 00:28:59,137 This thing's getting hot. 744 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,448 I'm hoping these fans will start up at any second 745 00:29:01,448 --> 00:29:02,896 and, you know, this Peltier system 746 00:29:02,896 --> 00:29:03,896 will actually work. 747 00:29:03,896 --> 00:29:05,655 It's starting to drip, guys. 748 00:29:05,655 --> 00:29:06,689 The first few drips we're getting, 749 00:29:06,689 --> 00:29:07,896 they're starting to come out kind of blue. 750 00:29:07,896 --> 00:29:09,758 We're not worried about this being discolored at all. 751 00:29:09,758 --> 00:29:10,758 This is just the heads. 752 00:29:10,758 --> 00:29:12,482 This is what we expect in a brand new system. 753 00:29:12,482 --> 00:29:13,551 It needed to be cleaned properly, 754 00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:15,172 and that's what it's doing right now. 755 00:29:15,172 --> 00:29:16,241 Come on, fans. 756 00:29:17,551 --> 00:29:18,689 Time to get movin'. 757 00:29:18,689 --> 00:29:20,655 You know, just like last time here, 758 00:29:20,655 --> 00:29:21,862 everything's heating up, 759 00:29:21,862 --> 00:29:23,965 alcohol is starting to drip in the jars. 760 00:29:23,965 --> 00:29:25,482 But these fans are not working. 761 00:29:25,482 --> 00:29:26,689 That one's steaming. 762 00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:29,068 Damn, it's steaming out all them sons of bitches now. 763 00:29:29,068 --> 00:29:30,448 You just can't see it. 764 00:29:30,448 --> 00:29:33,000 You know, if all these fans don't start turning, 765 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,862 the steam is gonna go up through the air, 766 00:29:34,862 --> 00:29:36,551 just like last time. 767 00:29:36,551 --> 00:29:38,655 The plate's getting hot like we anticipated it. 768 00:29:39,275 --> 00:29:41,137 But it heated up so slow, 769 00:29:41,137 --> 00:29:43,068 it's allowed everything to get hot 770 00:29:43,068 --> 00:29:45,068 before these things actually started working. 771 00:29:45,068 --> 00:29:46,586 The damn fans ain't working. 772 00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:48,068 We got less than 24 hours. 773 00:29:48,068 --> 00:29:50,586 You know, we may never get to sell liquor in this daggone town again 774 00:29:50,586 --> 00:29:52,000 if we don't make this order for this wedding. 775 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,241 This is a small place. 776 00:29:53,241 --> 00:29:55,862 What the hell are we gonna do to make it stop steaming up? 777 00:30:01,896 --> 00:30:03,620 [insects trilling] 778 00:30:12,448 --> 00:30:15,172 [Josh] We done dropped the doggone car off at the wrong spot. 779 00:30:15,172 --> 00:30:17,241 Hopefully, nobody hasn't seen anything or... 780 00:30:18,896 --> 00:30:21,206 chances are, though, that's very slim. 781 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,379 Henry calls me, tells me that 782 00:30:23,379 --> 00:30:25,448 the liquor is dropped off at the wrong place. 783 00:30:26,689 --> 00:30:27,896 I'm sick. 784 00:30:27,896 --> 00:30:29,896 My biggest fear about all this is I'm gonna pull up 785 00:30:29,896 --> 00:30:31,448 and the cops are gonna be there. 786 00:30:32,896 --> 00:30:33,827 If I pull up 787 00:30:33,827 --> 00:30:35,793 and there's nobody around, nobody saw it, 788 00:30:35,793 --> 00:30:36,793 and I can load it back up, 789 00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,172 we're gonna be good. 790 00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:40,000 But who knows what's gonna happen? 791 00:30:43,103 --> 00:30:44,551 I don't see anybody. 792 00:30:45,068 --> 00:30:46,172 I think we're good. 793 00:30:48,793 --> 00:30:49,965 I hope we are. 794 00:30:56,172 --> 00:30:57,551 Luckily, there's no cops. 795 00:30:57,551 --> 00:30:59,586 It don't look like anybody's been here. 796 00:30:59,586 --> 00:31:00,379 [whirring] 797 00:31:00,379 --> 00:31:01,793 It looks like I got by this one 798 00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:04,172 by the skin of my damn teeth right here, buddy. 799 00:31:04,172 --> 00:31:05,758 I'm telling you right now. 800 00:31:05,758 --> 00:31:07,241 We're gonna get it, and we're gonna run. 801 00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:11,172 [whirring] 802 00:31:14,482 --> 00:31:15,344 [man] Hey, man. 803 00:31:15,896 --> 00:31:17,172 What the hell is going on? 804 00:31:19,655 --> 00:31:20,793 What is this piece of crap? 805 00:31:20,793 --> 00:31:22,137 I was wondering the same thing. 806 00:31:22,137 --> 00:31:24,000 I was wondering why in the world was I dropping 807 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,896 this piece of crap off at such a nice house. 808 00:31:26,896 --> 00:31:28,068 But they called me a while ago 809 00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:30,000 and told me I hit the wrong address. So... 810 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,379 here I am, picking it up, I'm moving it. 811 00:31:32,379 --> 00:31:34,620 -My apologies. -[man] Man, get this piece of crap and get out of here. 812 00:31:37,482 --> 00:31:38,655 [Josh] Apologize, man. 813 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,172 From now on, whoever the buyer is, 814 00:31:44,172 --> 00:31:45,344 they're gonna have to be there 815 00:31:45,344 --> 00:31:47,103 to make sure that the frickin' product 816 00:31:47,103 --> 00:31:49,172 is where it's supposed to be. 817 00:31:49,172 --> 00:31:50,896 Even if I don't gotta talk to them, 818 00:31:50,896 --> 00:31:53,172 they just come out and wink their [bleep] eye at me or something. 819 00:31:53,689 --> 00:31:55,655 Whatever it might be. 820 00:31:55,655 --> 00:31:57,724 I'm never gonna allow this to happen again. 821 00:32:05,551 --> 00:32:07,241 [Jerry] All right, guys. Moment of truth. Here we go. 822 00:32:07,241 --> 00:32:08,586 Let's see if this works. 823 00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:10,379 We're bypassing the Peltier system, 824 00:32:10,379 --> 00:32:12,344 and hooking a battery straight to the fans 825 00:32:12,344 --> 00:32:13,655 and hoping that works. 826 00:32:13,655 --> 00:32:14,965 [Richard] Keep your fingers crossed. 827 00:32:16,586 --> 00:32:17,689 [Mike] Whoo-hoo! 828 00:32:17,689 --> 00:32:19,655 We got daggone fan power, baby! 829 00:32:19,862 --> 00:32:21,068 Boom! 830 00:32:21,068 --> 00:32:23,034 Jerry hooks it to the battery. These things are turning. 831 00:32:23,034 --> 00:32:24,172 They're running wide open. 832 00:32:24,172 --> 00:32:25,620 We're happy as all get out. 833 00:32:27,689 --> 00:32:29,965 But, you know, the thing that I'm thinking about is, 834 00:32:29,965 --> 00:32:33,137 is he gonna move enough air to keep this rig cool enough 835 00:32:33,137 --> 00:32:35,344 to keep it condensing down into these jars 836 00:32:35,344 --> 00:32:37,172 without going up into the air. 837 00:32:37,172 --> 00:32:38,896 That's a lot of wind coming off of there. 838 00:32:38,896 --> 00:32:41,137 All that does is keep that air moving around them coils, 839 00:32:41,137 --> 00:32:42,413 and we're gonna be in good shape. 840 00:32:43,586 --> 00:32:45,551 Hey, y'all, we're dripping, right there. 841 00:32:45,551 --> 00:32:47,379 -[Jerry] Sure. -We got alcohol. 842 00:32:47,379 --> 00:32:49,379 We're starting to fill up our jars with alcohol. 843 00:32:49,379 --> 00:32:51,275 We dumped all of our heads out of the jars, 844 00:32:51,275 --> 00:32:52,448 screwed them back on. 845 00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:53,758 The alcohol is nice and clear. 846 00:32:53,758 --> 00:32:55,586 It's getting into the jars now. 847 00:32:55,586 --> 00:32:58,275 Fingers crossed. I'm hoping we get through this whole run. 848 00:32:58,275 --> 00:33:00,586 It's cooling good. It's condensing really good. 849 00:33:00,586 --> 00:33:02,275 [Mike] Them jars is filling up, guys. 850 00:33:02,275 --> 00:33:04,896 This thing's working the way it's supposed to now, baby. 851 00:33:04,896 --> 00:33:06,172 The true test, though, is... 852 00:33:06,172 --> 00:33:07,344 how this tastes. 853 00:33:12,068 --> 00:33:13,379 I'm going to tell y'all something right now. 854 00:33:13,379 --> 00:33:16,379 That's the best berry fruity brandy 855 00:33:16,379 --> 00:33:18,862 I believe we've ever made, son. 856 00:33:18,862 --> 00:33:21,344 But it definitely needs tempering down. 857 00:33:21,344 --> 00:33:24,000 It's high proof and you can taste the berries in it. 858 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,448 The flavor is just incredible. 859 00:33:25,448 --> 00:33:26,862 I had a real strong, like, almost like 860 00:33:26,862 --> 00:33:29,137 a blackberry taste on the front side of it. 861 00:33:29,137 --> 00:33:31,172 This four-berry brand we produced 862 00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:32,482 has turned out to be top shelf. 863 00:33:32,482 --> 00:33:34,482 I think that's gonna be a wedding specialty, right there. 864 00:33:34,482 --> 00:33:37,344 Oh, man! Somebody's getting pregnant tonight! 865 00:33:37,689 --> 00:33:38,655 [all laughing] 866 00:33:38,655 --> 00:33:40,896 Me and the guys knocked it out of the park. 867 00:33:40,896 --> 00:33:43,000 [Mike] We got it going on now. 868 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,137 With this system we built, you can run liquor without water. 869 00:33:46,137 --> 00:33:48,586 This opens up a whole lot more possibilities. 870 00:33:48,586 --> 00:33:50,137 You know, the good thing is, we're gonna keep being able 871 00:33:50,137 --> 00:33:52,068 to run this still site, stay here, 872 00:33:52,068 --> 00:33:53,689 and keep on running the rest this season. 873 00:33:53,689 --> 00:33:56,758 Let's kill this son of a gun, get the heck out of here and go make some money. 874 00:33:56,758 --> 00:33:58,689 You know what? We've pulled this run off. 875 00:33:58,689 --> 00:34:02,034 We've got 20 gallons of alcohol to go temper down 876 00:34:02,034 --> 00:34:03,000 to get to our customer. 877 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,689 You gotta hand it to old Jerry. 878 00:34:04,689 --> 00:34:06,862 He comes up with a lot of crazy ideas. 879 00:34:06,862 --> 00:34:08,551 They may not work right at first, 880 00:34:08,551 --> 00:34:10,000 but he keeps piddling with it, 881 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,757 by God, till it does. 882 00:34:11,757 --> 00:34:12,551 [Jerry] Let's get out of here. 883 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:13,585 [Mike] Let's go make a payday. 884 00:34:13,585 --> 00:34:14,965 [Richard] Let's go make some bows. 885 00:34:24,447 --> 00:34:27,447 Fellas, what are we doing around here today? 886 00:34:27,447 --> 00:34:29,585 Anytime I'm dealing with any kind of flavors, 887 00:34:29,585 --> 00:34:30,965 I call my man, Howard. 888 00:34:30,965 --> 00:34:32,310 You have tasted 889 00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:35,275 probably whatever alcohol has ever been produced in the world. 890 00:34:35,275 --> 00:34:37,068 It's called alcoholism on the slide, 891 00:34:37,068 --> 00:34:39,344 but I mean, whatever you want to... how you want to deal this. 892 00:34:40,034 --> 00:34:42,000 Howard drinks all the time. 893 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,172 Smells like passion fruit. 894 00:34:43,172 --> 00:34:44,896 I feel like passion's in there. 895 00:34:44,896 --> 00:34:46,034 Passion fruit? 896 00:34:46,034 --> 00:34:47,275 He's a secret weapon here. 897 00:34:47,275 --> 00:34:49,344 -That's a little butterscotch-y. -Butterscotch? 898 00:34:49,344 --> 00:34:50,655 I mean, is that lard? 899 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:52,103 He knows really what's out there. 900 00:34:52,103 --> 00:34:53,862 He knows what people are drinking. 901 00:34:53,862 --> 00:34:56,585 Mmm. This one smells naughty. 902 00:34:56,585 --> 00:34:59,862 This right here smells like bad decisions on a Friday night. 903 00:34:59,862 --> 00:35:01,000 Only problem with this bottle, 904 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,448 I'mma have to do something to earn it. 905 00:35:03,689 --> 00:35:05,000 -[exclaims] -I knew that was gonna happen. 906 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:05,965 Okay. 907 00:35:05,965 --> 00:35:07,793 [Tim] We only broke one bottle. 908 00:35:07,793 --> 00:35:08,793 Not too bad. 909 00:35:08,793 --> 00:35:10,034 I mean, we did want Howard here. 910 00:35:10,034 --> 00:35:11,862 So was that a good bottle or bad bottle? 911 00:35:11,862 --> 00:35:13,655 [Howard] It was a great bottle at one time. 912 00:35:20,862 --> 00:35:24,068 [Josh scoffs] Who the hell parked in the damn way? 913 00:35:25,137 --> 00:35:27,448 Some son of a bitch done pulled the truck 914 00:35:27,448 --> 00:35:29,758 right in the way of the garage, and we can't even pull up 915 00:35:29,758 --> 00:35:31,310 to get the car. I don't get it. 916 00:35:35,448 --> 00:35:36,551 [horn tooting] 917 00:35:39,275 --> 00:35:41,793 Right behind that door is a Malibu. 918 00:35:41,793 --> 00:35:44,413 Loaded down with shine, ready to go. 919 00:35:44,413 --> 00:35:45,965 And I'm waiting to be able to get in 920 00:35:45,965 --> 00:35:47,896 to be able to haul it and drop it off. 921 00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:49,068 [horn tooting] 922 00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:50,689 Come on, man. Damn! 923 00:35:50,965 --> 00:35:51,758 [horn tooting] 924 00:35:52,793 --> 00:35:55,034 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 925 00:35:55,896 --> 00:35:57,689 Boss man, I got 100 people in there. 926 00:35:57,689 --> 00:35:59,448 We gotta lay off that horn, man. 927 00:35:59,448 --> 00:36:01,413 First of all, whose truck is in the way? 928 00:36:01,413 --> 00:36:02,793 Why is it blocking the door? 929 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:05,206 Second of all, where's Henry and everybody at? 930 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:06,724 Josh, I-I don't have an answer. 931 00:36:06,724 --> 00:36:09,068 Just lay off the horn, and give me a minute. 932 00:36:09,068 --> 00:36:10,482 -All right? -I'm just trying to get her done and be gone. 933 00:36:10,482 --> 00:36:11,689 I know, I know. Me, too. 934 00:36:11,689 --> 00:36:13,310 -All right? All right. -[Josh] Right on. 935 00:36:13,310 --> 00:36:16,137 I have a restaurant packed full of people. 936 00:36:16,137 --> 00:36:19,172 Now I've gotta try to figure out whose truck this is? 937 00:36:19,172 --> 00:36:20,448 I've got enough to contend with. 938 00:36:21,896 --> 00:36:24,793 Yeah. We're not really working on trucks anymore. 939 00:36:24,793 --> 00:36:27,586 I'm just using this mainly as storage. 940 00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:30,482 Turns out this guy's truck was just giving him problems, 941 00:36:30,482 --> 00:36:32,379 and he thought this was a working shop. 942 00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:34,413 [engine starts] 943 00:36:35,413 --> 00:36:37,379 This could pose as problems in the future. 944 00:36:38,517 --> 00:36:40,379 [truck dings] 945 00:36:40,379 --> 00:36:42,206 -All right. -[brake hissing] 946 00:36:42,206 --> 00:36:44,586 He said he was just trying to get his truck worked on. 947 00:36:44,586 --> 00:36:46,896 Thought he could kill two birds with one stone. 948 00:36:46,896 --> 00:36:47,965 [Henry] That was a close call. 949 00:36:47,965 --> 00:36:50,448 Hey, on the bright side, he said he loved the food. 950 00:36:50,448 --> 00:36:51,862 -That's good. -So you got a few dollars off of it? 951 00:36:51,862 --> 00:36:53,206 Yeah. I at least got that. 952 00:36:53,206 --> 00:36:54,620 [whirring] 953 00:36:54,620 --> 00:36:56,172 It was one thing to be using this 954 00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:58,034 while this restaurant wasn't open. 955 00:36:58,034 --> 00:37:00,068 But now that this place is so busy, 956 00:37:00,068 --> 00:37:01,862 it's just too many eyes around. 957 00:37:03,586 --> 00:37:04,965 You got that back chain up? 958 00:37:04,965 --> 00:37:07,655 -All that stuff ready to go? -Yeah. 959 00:37:07,655 --> 00:37:09,758 My wife and I have put everything we've got 960 00:37:09,758 --> 00:37:11,517 into getting this restaurant open. 961 00:37:11,517 --> 00:37:14,068 Our entire life is invested in this. 962 00:37:14,068 --> 00:37:16,862 I've got to pull the plug on this operation. 963 00:37:18,034 --> 00:37:20,034 Henry, this ain't gonna work, man. 964 00:37:20,034 --> 00:37:21,000 [Henry] It's not gonna work? 965 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,034 It's too hot right here. 966 00:37:22,034 --> 00:37:23,620 There's too many people right here. 967 00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:24,965 Damn, Tickle, we've got a lot in it, man. 968 00:37:24,965 --> 00:37:26,103 We've got two guys. They know where to come 969 00:37:26,103 --> 00:37:27,689 to make the delivery for our liquor. 970 00:37:27,689 --> 00:37:28,896 We've got the vehicles set up. 971 00:37:28,896 --> 00:37:30,793 I mean, I thought it worked smooth as hell. 972 00:37:30,793 --> 00:37:33,068 I mean, it was a great idea 973 00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:34,862 until I got this restaurant open. 974 00:37:34,862 --> 00:37:36,103 I've got 100 people in there 975 00:37:36,103 --> 00:37:38,172 in the parking lot full, waiting to get in. 976 00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:39,758 What if that guy came up and looked in here 977 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,137 and saw y'all loading the car? 978 00:37:41,137 --> 00:37:42,586 -What... What... -No matter where he goes, it's gonna be what ifs. 979 00:37:42,586 --> 00:37:46,000 I mean, I get that, Henry, but you got to look at it from my side. 980 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,620 I've got everything I own in that restaurant. 981 00:37:48,620 --> 00:37:51,586 If I lose that, I'm probably gonna lose my wife. 982 00:37:51,586 --> 00:37:53,758 We put a whole lot of work in this operation. 983 00:37:53,758 --> 00:37:56,448 You know, I like it. It's really working out real well. But... 984 00:37:56,448 --> 00:37:58,620 the bottom line is, this is tickles building. 985 00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:01,000 If he wants us to move out, we've got to move out. 986 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,620 We're just gonna have to come up with something else. 987 00:38:12,896 --> 00:38:14,793 [Howard] Tim, I'm pretty confident in this right here, man. 988 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,517 I think everything's gonna come out perfect. 989 00:38:16,517 --> 00:38:19,482 You know, today's the day. We gotta check to see if this mash came through for us. 990 00:38:19,482 --> 00:38:21,103 I hope everything pans out like it should 991 00:38:21,103 --> 00:38:23,000 to prove Tim that I could do the research 992 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,344 and bring a good recipe to the plate. 993 00:38:26,034 --> 00:38:27,551 [Tim] Oh, yeah. 994 00:38:27,551 --> 00:38:29,206 -[Howard] Look at that. -[Tim] Looks good. 995 00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:30,655 Looks good. Smells good. 996 00:38:31,758 --> 00:38:33,379 -[Tim] Smells good. -It tastes great, Tim. 997 00:38:33,379 --> 00:38:35,620 You can taste the actual corn stalks. Flavor's there. 998 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:37,689 [Tim] I mean, that's a very unique flavor. 999 00:38:37,689 --> 00:38:39,068 And if it tastes this good, 1000 00:38:39,068 --> 00:38:41,620 just imagine what it's gonna taste like when we distill it. 1001 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:43,241 What type of still you think we should run for this? 1002 00:38:43,241 --> 00:38:45,517 Well, I'm thinking about that sotol still. 1003 00:38:45,517 --> 00:38:48,241 You know, this still, it's a Mexican style still. 1004 00:38:48,241 --> 00:38:49,689 It was a still that we built 1005 00:38:49,689 --> 00:38:52,517 to make a rum called sotol from Mexico. 1006 00:38:52,517 --> 00:38:55,034 Sotol is a plant-based mash. 1007 00:38:55,034 --> 00:38:57,620 This is plant-based because we're using corn stalks. 1008 00:38:57,620 --> 00:38:59,448 So it's the same process, I think, 1009 00:38:59,448 --> 00:39:01,000 and I think it would go well. 1010 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,689 Well, let's get this still and get to goddang operating. 1011 00:39:03,689 --> 00:39:05,482 When making a rum, you've got two things going on. 1012 00:39:08,206 --> 00:39:10,862 You want that rich, deep flavor of the rum. 1013 00:39:10,862 --> 00:39:12,344 And also, you want that alcohol. 1014 00:39:12,344 --> 00:39:13,379 You want some power behind it. 1015 00:39:13,379 --> 00:39:15,586 When you drink some rum, you get the feeling. 1016 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:16,896 You get the effects from it. 1017 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:18,689 -Don't lose it, Howard. -[Howard] I ain't losing it. 1018 00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:20,206 -All right. -[Tim] Get it. Watch it. Get it under there. 1019 00:39:20,206 --> 00:39:21,896 The sotol still actually will double 1020 00:39:21,896 --> 00:39:24,241 or even triple that alcohol volume there. 1021 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:25,344 So when it comes out, 1022 00:39:25,344 --> 00:39:27,793 we're gonna have flavor, and we're gonna have fruit. 1023 00:39:27,793 --> 00:39:29,103 Let's get this thing fired up. 1024 00:39:35,758 --> 00:39:37,172 [Howard] I'm almost done over here, old buddy. 1025 00:39:37,172 --> 00:39:38,206 I've got to seal it up. 1026 00:39:38,206 --> 00:39:39,517 [Tim] We got the still all set up. 1027 00:39:39,517 --> 00:39:41,275 We got the mash in the still. 1028 00:39:41,275 --> 00:39:42,896 We got some heat under this thing. 1029 00:39:42,896 --> 00:39:44,793 Right now it's time to just see what happens. 1030 00:39:44,793 --> 00:39:47,241 Well, think about it, Howard. It is actually like a cap, 1031 00:39:47,241 --> 00:39:48,896 and another cap, another cap. 1032 00:39:48,896 --> 00:39:50,482 So it's actually redistilling. 1033 00:39:50,482 --> 00:39:53,689 That's real important because it's raising the proof. 1034 00:39:53,689 --> 00:39:57,000 I mean, we may be looking at 110, 115 proof coming out. 1035 00:39:57,586 --> 00:39:58,793 Howard, we got liquor running. 1036 00:39:58,793 --> 00:40:00,034 [Howard] Yes, we do. 1037 00:40:00,034 --> 00:40:01,206 [Tim] I just can't wait till we get through these heads 1038 00:40:01,206 --> 00:40:02,310 -so we can taste it. -[Howard] Yeah. 1039 00:40:02,310 --> 00:40:05,344 So, you know, after this, we'll use the old filter 1040 00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:07,344 and built it for the next jar. 1041 00:40:07,344 --> 00:40:09,793 This corn stalks was almost dried out. 1042 00:40:09,793 --> 00:40:11,586 They didn't have any juice in them at all, 1043 00:40:11,586 --> 00:40:13,862 but because we soaked them in the water, 1044 00:40:13,862 --> 00:40:16,103 I mean, we getting corn stalk liquor. 1045 00:40:16,103 --> 00:40:17,103 I mean, this is incredible. 1046 00:40:17,103 --> 00:40:18,310 Howard, look at that. 1047 00:40:18,310 --> 00:40:21,068 -And feel it. And I can smell it. -[Howard laughing] 1048 00:40:21,068 --> 00:40:22,517 That brown sugar's coming through 1049 00:40:22,517 --> 00:40:24,896 -just like it was a rum made from molasses. -Yeah. 1050 00:40:24,896 --> 00:40:26,862 [Tim] Howard, let's do a switcheroo here. 1051 00:40:26,862 --> 00:40:28,034 [Howard] Well, I think we need to taste it. 1052 00:40:28,034 --> 00:40:29,793 [Tim] I think we do. Are you ready? 1053 00:40:29,793 --> 00:40:31,793 Damn right, I'm ready. I've been waiting on all this for weeks. 1054 00:40:34,896 --> 00:40:36,068 Huh? 1055 00:40:36,068 --> 00:40:38,517 -Howard, we got something right there. -Let-Let me try. 1056 00:40:39,620 --> 00:40:41,103 -I mean, this is good. -I understand. 1057 00:40:41,103 --> 00:40:43,413 -I don't know. I-I mean... -Just hold on here. 1058 00:40:43,413 --> 00:40:44,965 Hold on. Let me make sure it's right. 1059 00:40:49,344 --> 00:40:51,413 I mean, I made a whole lot of liquor in my days. 1060 00:40:51,413 --> 00:40:53,482 I never ever would've even thought 1061 00:40:53,482 --> 00:40:56,275 that this would've came from corn stalks. 1062 00:40:56,275 --> 00:40:58,655 I mean, it's corn liquor. It's rum. 1063 00:40:58,655 --> 00:40:59,827 It just tastes good. 1064 00:41:02,241 --> 00:41:03,862 -Oh, God. It's smooth, too. -[Tim] Yeah. 1065 00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:04,931 -No burn. -No. 1066 00:41:04,931 --> 00:41:07,862 No one's ever tasted anything like this, Howard. 1067 00:41:07,862 --> 00:41:09,793 If they have, they dead. 1068 00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:11,068 [laughing] 1069 00:41:11,793 --> 00:41:13,655 People are just going to go crazy over this. 1070 00:41:13,655 --> 00:41:15,206 I mean, I'm crazy over it right now. 1071 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:17,068 This has such a unique flavor profile. 1072 00:41:17,068 --> 00:41:18,862 I did not imagine that this taste 1073 00:41:18,862 --> 00:41:20,344 would come out of some corn stalk. 1074 00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:21,310 So you believe me now? 1075 00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:22,586 I do believe in you. 1076 00:41:22,586 --> 00:41:25,000 And I believe we got something we need to take to the market. 1077 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,965 I'm pretty proud of myself for finding this recipe. 1078 00:41:26,965 --> 00:41:29,758 It was him that came back and kind of found all the solutions 1079 00:41:29,758 --> 00:41:33,344 and extra additives and make this actually turn into something great. 1080 00:41:33,344 --> 00:41:36,724 But we can't take away from the fact that it was my idea. 1081 00:41:36,724 --> 00:41:38,103 [Tim] We got something to work with right there.