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[Tickle] Anyone attempting
to make moonshine

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risks serious
life-threatening injury

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or time in prison.

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So don't try this at home.

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[narrator] This time
on the season finale
of Moonshiners...

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[Ramsey]
Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey.

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We want to do something

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that will chisel our name

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in the same stone

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as some of the best
whiskey makers in the world.

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[Digger] Whoo! We're making
the finest run of liquor

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that the backwoods
has ever seen.

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I just ain't got
no words for this.

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$90 a gallon.

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$90 a gallon?

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My back's against the wall
right here with my restaurant.

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If I don't get the cash money

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to open this place back up,

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we're sunk.

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There's cops
all over the place here.

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They say hiding in plain sight
is the way to go,

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but this could go down
in a bad way real fast.

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See that filling in there?

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King cake moonshine.

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That's dollar bills to me.

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That's Mardi Gras in a jar.

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We're gonna be able to really
make some money with this.

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[Mike] Jerry.

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[Jerry] Where the hell's
the liquor at?

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[Mike] There's only
one other damn person

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who's got the key
to this lock,

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and that's Richard Landry.

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It's adding up.

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[Mike] This is how we make
the moonshine.

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We'll have to commemorate
old Cowboy.

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He was really good to us.

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[Ramsey] He was
real good to us.

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[narrator]
In Cocke County, Tennessee,

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after receiving news

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their longtime friend, Cowboy,
was killed in a car accident,

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Mark and Digger
await the return

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of a full barrel of their
aged Tennessee whiskey

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they'd entrusted to his care.

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Our old buddy,
Cowboy Coward...

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We think you're the only one
that may be able to help us.

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[Digger] ...he was
the old mountain man
in Deliverance that

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put the line
on old Ned Beatty.

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You sure got
a purty mouth, boy.

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[Digger]
Also, he was pretty much

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the gatekeeper
at the old Maggie Valley
ghost town property.

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We got some barrels
we're want to take up there
and let 'em age.

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We're gonna try to set it
somewhere where it'd wobble.

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Right there, Puss.

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That right there is the motion
of the ocean, boys.

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It is.

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-It ought to be
primo damn liquor.
-I'd say it probably...

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-Been there over two years,
ain't it?
-It has.

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Well, we've got
one barrel up there left.

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The way the liquor reacts
with the barometric pressure,

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the wind, it would
move it around.

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You know, this all combined

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to increase

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that aging process

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that it's likened upon
like a 15 to 20-year liquor.

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And that's why
we've sent Daniel up there

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to get that last barrel.

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I mean, Daniel, they've had
to sneak in there 'cause...

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We ain't got no access.

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-Doesn't' have no poor
little Cowboy to let him in.
-No.

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[Ramsey] Hey.

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I see something
covered up, Puss.

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It looks like
the shape of a barrel.

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[whistles]

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[speaking indistinctly]

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I take it from the fact
we didn't get no phone calls,

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there wasn't no issues.

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Tater and I were lucky.

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They haven't hired anybody yet

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to do Cowboy's job,

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so we were able to, uh,

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just sneak in and get
the barrel and get out,

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but it sure was a lot of work.

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[Ramsey] Oh. Help.

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You know, we get
the barrel unloaded
off of Daniel's truck.

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The idea just presents itself.

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We really, really need
to do a toast to Cowboy.

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All right. I can't wait.

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[Digger] Oh, yeah.

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Get your little nose
and hear that, Hattie.

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Did its job, didn't it?

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Yep. Stick her down in there.

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Let's straighten it out
so it don't curl back up

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and you're sucking iron
instead of liquor.

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You know,
we're siphoning it off
a little at a time.

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I mean, I'm just seeing

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a parade of faces
go through my mind,

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and it's old-timers.

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In this moonshine world,
they're legends.

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Hattie boy,

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there's one thing about it.

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This is some fine liquor
before it went in the barrel,

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but there wouldn't be
a drop of it coming out
of this barrel

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if it hadn't been
for old Cowboy.

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-[Daniel] Nope.
Definitely not.
-Nope.

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Cowboy, here's to you,
old-timer.

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-Thank you so much.
-Yep.

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We appreciate you.

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Oh, damn.

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The flavor is complex.

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It's rich.

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You get the oaky finish notes.

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It just makes it
an exceptional whiskey.

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That's a drink
worthy of toasting

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-that little fella with.
-It sure is.

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Hattie boy,
this really got me a-thinking.

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These moonshine legends,
they left a legacy behind.

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They did. They were good men.

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I don't know
that we've done that yet.

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You saying let's do something
to cement our legacy.

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We're gonna have
to do something.

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[Ramsey] Put our name in
the ranks of Jim Tom Hedrick

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and Popcorn Sutton.

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We want people
to say good things about us.

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With a drink
in their hand, hopefully.

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-[Ramsey] Yeah.
-[chuckles]

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At the end of the day,
everything we do,

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it's all about
these mountains behind us.

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It's the folks
that forged the way
through these mountains.

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You know, the guys that really
had more at stake than we did.

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We can go get jobs
if we need to.

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But when these boys were
hammering out the liquor

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in the '40s, '50s, and '60s,

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there were no jobs here
to be had much.

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They did what it took
to survive.

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Well, we wanted
to make a liquor

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that reflects

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the legacy of these old men

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and their families
in these mountains.

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It's our history.
It's our culture.

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When somebody
tastes this liquor,

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we want them to know
that they're tasting

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Appalachian legacy in a jar.

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I think we need to earmark

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something that's
gonna be just that.

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I agree very much.

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We want to do something

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that will chisel our name

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in the same stone

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as some of the best
whiskey makers in the world.

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You get to figuring it.

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I'll damn sure
put it in motion.

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[Tickle]
I've got to do something.

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I've really got
to make this sale happen.

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[narrator]
In Franklin County, Virginia,

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after being forced
to close down

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and re-staff his restaurant,

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Tickle is determined
to sell the moonshine he made

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to raise the funds to reopen.

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We wound up making this
apple and carrot brandy,

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and we were really hoping to
get top dollar for this stuff,

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you know,
it's the middle of winter.

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Brandies are not around.

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And I set up
a sale with this guy,

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but the sale got blown.

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Listen, man, we've been here,
what, ten minutes?

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I don't want
to sit here any longer.

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[Tickle]
That's the damn law, man.

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[bleep] I shouldn't have
been here to start with.

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So I talked to this guy again,

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and he's like, "If you can
bring it to my bar,

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I'm still willing
to buy this from you."

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Where he told me to come,
it's right over here.

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Oh, my God.

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He didn't tell me
his place of business

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was right beside
the police department.

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They're everywhere.

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They're like fleas on a dough.

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This is either
the dumbest sale
I've ever made

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or the most genius.

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[man] Hello there.

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-Look, well, we finally
get to meet up, huh?
-[man] Indeed.

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[Tickle] Is there
a place we can talk
a little more private?

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-[man] Let's go out back.
-All right, sounds good.

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Some place you got here,
I swear I believe I actually

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parked between
two police cars,

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and I got shine out there
in the truck.

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[man] I got
to be honest with you.

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Trying to do
a deal with you guys

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and get some product is...

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I didn't expect it
to be this tough.

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He's upset with us.

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He's the one that
didn't show up there.

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He was late.

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Well, I'll tell you what.
I mean,

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just because of
everything I've been through,

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what it's gonna take to make
this happen is $90 a gallon.

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$90 a gallon?

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I've really got to get

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top price for this brandy
because my back's

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against the wall right here
with my restaurant.

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If I don't get the cash money
to open this place back up,

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Carol and I, we're sunk.

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[man]
It's gonna take $90 to...

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-[Tickle] So you're $90
or nothing, huh?
-$90 or nothing.

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Well, looks like
you get nothing
is what it looks like.

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-[man] All right.
-All right.

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Mike called me and told me
he's got some new ingredients,

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something from Louisiana.

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He said I'm gonna like it, so,

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I'm gonna go over here and see
what they're talking about.

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[narrator] In Maggie Valley,
North Carolina,

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after a disagreement

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about the future
of their partnership

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resulted in Richard

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storming out of Mike
and Jerry's workshop...

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Next season,
get your own still.

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Man, I don't like feeling like
I'm ganged on right here.

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It's just business.
It's nothing personal.

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I'm gonna just go ahead on
and do what I got to do, man.

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Prove myself again.

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[narrator]
...the Louisiana native
reluctantly returns

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to do his part
in one last run.

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It just feels to me
they're gonna
edge me out of this

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some kind of way, like,
they're gonna push me out.

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But I gave my word.

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I said I was gonna
finish out this season,

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and that's
exactly what I'm gonna do.

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I'm gonna finish off
this season strong.

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And next season,

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we'll cross that bridge
when we come to it.

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We'll figure that out
next season.

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But for right now,

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we're gonna
finish this out strong
as we possibly can.

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That's a lot of boxes
of something you got
in your truck.

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We have got some
king cakes, guys.

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-Mardi Gras.
-You already know.

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It's a Mardi Gras-style cake

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that we all eat down south.

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We're gonna make alcohol
out of these things, baby.

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King cake moonshine

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in a clear jar,
that's dollar bills to me.

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-Some family
friends of ours...
-[Richard] Mm-hmm.

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[Mike]
...got one of the biggest
king cake companies.

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They had
a couple hundred left over.

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I got 200 king cakes for like

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250 bucks.

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We're talking about
$2,000 worth of cakes here.

248
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I can't pass that up.

249
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I can triple my money
in a jar.

250
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Like, what all's in there?

251
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Some caramel, pecan praline,

252
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a little cream cheese in it.

253
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-Holy cow.
-[Richard] You see that
filling in there right there?

254
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I'm gonna tell you what.
I can see it.

255
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If we can get that taste
right there in a jar,

256
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we're gonna be set.

257
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If we can make liquor

258
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that tastes like these cakes,
it'll be a sure-fire hit.

259
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But we can't
mash them in as is.

260
00:09:48,827 --> 00:09:50,275
These cakes have
a lot of things in them,

261
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such as the oils
and the cream cheese.

262
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We got to get those out
or this mash will spoil.

263
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And I've got a great idea
how to do that.

264
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So what I'm thinking
we could do

265
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is actually take a barrel
and we just go down the edge.

266
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On the bottom, we just
drill us a bunch of holes,

267
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-like a lot of holes here.
-[Mike] Yep.

268
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[Jerry] And come up here,
a bunch of holes here.

269
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And then what we do is just
have, like, a car inner tube.

270
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And then we just
lay the air to it

271
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where it's actually
blowing up into the mash.

272
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Whoosh all them juices
out of these holes right here.

273
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If we take a regular screen

274
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and we try to filter
this king cake out
through this screen,

275
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all it's gonna do
is clog up on us.

276
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We're not gonna get
all the good sweet juice
out of it that we need.

277
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There we go.

278
00:10:34,482 --> 00:10:35,793
[Jerry] So, basically,
the idea I've got

279
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is to get a PVC pipe

280
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and put a lot of
small inner tubes on it

281
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to make, like,
a full cylinder bladder
from top to bottom.

282
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The whole idea of this bladder
being inside this tank is to

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basically add
air pressure to it,

284
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and it can squeeze
from the inside out,

285
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pressing all the juice
through the barrel

286
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and getting all of our
good sweet liquid
out the outside of it.

287
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All right, fellas,
moment of truth.

288
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Hope it don't blow out.

289
00:10:55,793 --> 00:10:58,379
[indistinct chatter]

290
00:10:58,379 --> 00:10:59,862
It's not gonna blow.

291
00:11:03,482 --> 00:11:04,793
Here, you hold this son of...

292
00:11:04,793 --> 00:11:07,000
[mumbling]

293
00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,068
That there's fixing to have
a damn coronary, son.

294
00:11:10,793 --> 00:11:12,413
-[shouts]
-[screams] Oh [bleep]

295
00:11:12,413 --> 00:11:14,137
[all laughing]

296
00:11:16,172 --> 00:11:17,551
Oh, boy.

297
00:11:18,275 --> 00:11:19,310
[Jerry] It's gonna work.

298
00:11:19,310 --> 00:11:21,551
This sucker's gonna
squirt like Niagara Falls.

299
00:11:26,482 --> 00:11:28,034
[Ramsey]
What are you doing, Puss?

300
00:11:28,689 --> 00:11:30,482
We're gonna try our best

301
00:11:30,482 --> 00:11:32,896
to make us
a legacy whiskey that's

302
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traditional Appalachia
in a jar.

303
00:11:35,103 --> 00:11:37,000
We need to really make

304
00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000
the most
top-shelf corn whiskey

305
00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,379
we can ever make.

306
00:11:40,379 --> 00:11:42,517
We want to make it
an unaged liquor

307
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that you taste
the raw product,

308
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locally sourced ingredients.

309
00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,310
We're looking
at doing limited runs,

310
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one, maybe two a year.

311
00:11:49,862 --> 00:11:52,068
We want people
to know we're competing

312
00:11:52,068 --> 00:11:53,275
with the folks that make

313
00:11:53,275 --> 00:11:55,482
the $2,000 bottles of liquor.

314
00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:58,689
I've got a grain bill I'm
throwing around in my head.

315
00:11:58,689 --> 00:12:01,310
White corn,
about 80 pounds per barrel,

316
00:12:01,310 --> 00:12:02,379
-and about...
-That's plenty.

317
00:12:02,379 --> 00:12:05,689
...20-pound
of malted six-row barley.

318
00:12:05,689 --> 00:12:08,000
Just plain old-fashioned
backwoods liquor

319
00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,103
when somebody
couldn't afford no sugar.

320
00:12:10,103 --> 00:12:12,103
We feel like that this recipe
that we're gonna use

321
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for our legacy liquor,

322
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that encompasses
all the struggles

323
00:12:16,206 --> 00:12:17,758
and all the successes

324
00:12:17,758 --> 00:12:20,689
that our predecessors
in this craft had to endure.

325
00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:22,275
They didn't have it
as good as we did.

326
00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:25,482
They didn't have sugar
that would boost their volume.

327
00:12:25,482 --> 00:12:27,103
But their liquor was better.

328
00:12:27,103 --> 00:12:29,000
So that's the era
we're going back to.

329
00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000
Can we make it
a little higher proof?

330
00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,862
I'd like to make it

331
00:12:32,862 --> 00:12:35,379
-somewhere around 120 proof.
-[Digger] Yeah.

332
00:12:35,379 --> 00:12:38,103
You can go
a little higher on proof
when you're all grain.

333
00:12:38,103 --> 00:12:40,275
It don't get as fiery.

334
00:12:40,275 --> 00:12:42,068
In the backwoods
liquor business,

335
00:12:42,068 --> 00:12:44,068
100 proof is the benchmark.

336
00:12:44,068 --> 00:12:47,172
But we feel that
the quality of the ingredients

337
00:12:47,172 --> 00:12:48,172
that we're gonna use,

338
00:12:48,172 --> 00:12:50,586
it should drink like 90 proof.

339
00:12:50,586 --> 00:12:53,793
Mark and Digger's
Mountain Legacy Liquor.

340
00:12:53,793 --> 00:12:56,206
This recipe showcases

341
00:12:56,206 --> 00:12:58,310
what we've been taught
over the years.

342
00:12:58,310 --> 00:13:01,206
It may be the greatest recipe
we've had so far.

343
00:13:01,206 --> 00:13:03,758
[Ramsey] You've been
awake all night thinking
about this, ain't you?

344
00:13:03,758 --> 00:13:05,758
[Digger] Well, I wasn't
thinking about much at all

345
00:13:05,758 --> 00:13:07,103
when I was
drinking all that liquor.

346
00:13:07,103 --> 00:13:07,965
[Ramsey chuckles]

347
00:13:15,068 --> 00:13:16,000
[Mike] There we go.

348
00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,793
Ooh. That is moist.

349
00:13:18,793 --> 00:13:20,000
[Jerry] You know,
now that we've got our press,

350
00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,689
it's time to get these
king cakes tore up.

351
00:13:21,689 --> 00:13:23,310
You get them
broke down real fine

352
00:13:23,310 --> 00:13:24,689
where our water can
get into them

353
00:13:24,689 --> 00:13:26,413
and break everything down
like it needs to.

354
00:13:26,413 --> 00:13:27,413
I hadn't done this

355
00:13:27,413 --> 00:13:29,275
since my very first
birthday party.

356
00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:31,000
That's the only time
your mom let you do it, right?

357
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:31,965
Yeah.

358
00:13:31,965 --> 00:13:33,586
We're tearing
all these king cakes apart.

359
00:13:33,586 --> 00:13:35,758
We put them in our pot.
We've got the pecan,

360
00:13:35,758 --> 00:13:37,931
the glaze
that's on the sugars.

361
00:13:37,931 --> 00:13:39,793
Man, we got
so many flavors in here.

362
00:13:39,793 --> 00:13:41,689
This is fixing to be
finger-licking good.

363
00:13:41,689 --> 00:13:43,068
[Jerry] Let's get
some water to it.

364
00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,896
I cannot wait to get some
heat going to them

365
00:13:45,896 --> 00:13:47,068
and boil them out

366
00:13:47,068 --> 00:13:49,172
and get the good squeezings
out of these king cakes.

367
00:13:49,172 --> 00:13:50,862
-[Jerry] Ready?
-[Mike] Let's have it.

368
00:13:52,103 --> 00:13:54,689
There we go, rock and roll.

369
00:13:54,689 --> 00:13:56,103
Heating this king cake up,

370
00:13:56,103 --> 00:13:57,896
all the oils are
coming to the top.

371
00:13:57,896 --> 00:13:59,896
[Richard] You can see the oil,
like, right on the side.

372
00:13:59,896 --> 00:14:01,862
See that there oil on there?

373
00:14:01,862 --> 00:14:03,172
[Mike] That way,
we're left with

374
00:14:03,172 --> 00:14:04,413
everything that we want to use

375
00:14:04,413 --> 00:14:06,793
as far as fermentation goes,
which is the sugars,

376
00:14:06,793 --> 00:14:07,862
the flavors,

377
00:14:07,862 --> 00:14:09,517
everything that we need
to put in the moonshine

378
00:14:09,517 --> 00:14:11,000
and leave the oils behind.

379
00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,655
Let's get us a layer of holes.

380
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,206
We're using rice holes
to trap all of the fats

381
00:14:17,206 --> 00:14:17,931
and the solids.

382
00:14:17,931 --> 00:14:19,310
Everything that we don't need

383
00:14:19,310 --> 00:14:21,206
we leave it behind

384
00:14:21,206 --> 00:14:22,068
inside of that drum.

385
00:14:22,068 --> 00:14:23,172
Then we'll press

386
00:14:23,172 --> 00:14:25,103
and get all the sugars
and stuff that we need

387
00:14:25,103 --> 00:14:26,413
for fermentation.

388
00:14:27,862 --> 00:14:29,931
Now that we've
got it all ready to go,
we're capping it off.

389
00:14:29,931 --> 00:14:31,172
[Mike] Easy, easy.

390
00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,586
[Jerry] As we start
to add the air to it,

391
00:14:33,586 --> 00:14:34,793
we can tell things
are starting to happen.

392
00:14:34,793 --> 00:14:36,413
[Mike]
It's nice crying, ain't it?

393
00:14:36,413 --> 00:14:38,413
Oh, yeah, I've got some
juices coming out over here.

394
00:14:38,413 --> 00:14:40,586
[Mike] That stuff's
pouring out of here,
Richard, look.

395
00:14:40,586 --> 00:14:42,310
You can't ask for
nothing no better than that.

396
00:14:42,310 --> 00:14:43,482
The tubes start expanding.

397
00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,517
It starts squeezing
out the sides.

398
00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:47,586
-Pure syrup, ain't it?
-Pure syrup.

399
00:14:47,586 --> 00:14:49,482
[Richard] Look how much is
coming out of there, man.

400
00:14:49,482 --> 00:14:53,103
It's bringing it out of
the thousands of holes
that we've got in this tank.

401
00:14:53,103 --> 00:14:54,103
It's dripping.

402
00:14:54,103 --> 00:14:55,689
This is a success.

403
00:14:55,689 --> 00:14:57,241
We're filling up buckets.

404
00:14:57,793 --> 00:14:58,931
You know, we're at the end

405
00:14:58,931 --> 00:15:01,000
of our run here
of cooking this stuff down.

406
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,586
That's a lot of
good juice right there.

407
00:15:02,586 --> 00:15:04,103
All we've got to do is
pitch the yeast

408
00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:05,689
so our mash can work off.

409
00:15:05,689 --> 00:15:07,172
It's time to get some money
in our pockets.

410
00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:08,241
[Jerry grunts]

411
00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,068
[Mike] Let's get these things
to the still site.

412
00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:22,482
Tickle.

413
00:15:22,482 --> 00:15:23,896
[Tickle] What do
you know, Henry? I've got

414
00:15:23,896 --> 00:15:25,758
something I need
to show you, Henry.

415
00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:26,827
[Henry] Oh, yeah?
What'd you bring me?

416
00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:28,586
A strawberry pie from
Tickle Table or something?

417
00:15:28,586 --> 00:15:30,172
No, unfortunately, no.

418
00:15:30,172 --> 00:15:31,827
That's not what I brought you.

419
00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:34,827
[Henry] Hey, I love gifts.

420
00:15:36,482 --> 00:15:38,896
No. That's not the liquor
we hauled the other night,
is it?

421
00:15:38,896 --> 00:15:40,413
It's the exact same liquor.

422
00:15:40,413 --> 00:15:41,517
I mean, I've got

423
00:15:41,517 --> 00:15:43,379
to get my restaurant
back open and running,

424
00:15:43,379 --> 00:15:45,172
and right here
sits the money for it.

425
00:15:46,586 --> 00:15:48,931
When Josh was out of town,
we hired Perry

426
00:15:48,931 --> 00:15:51,068
to supply us
with loads of shine.

427
00:15:51,068 --> 00:15:54,068
[Perry] I just brought you,
like, 20 just for this time.

428
00:15:54,068 --> 00:15:55,172
[Tickle]
All right, that'll do.

429
00:15:55,172 --> 00:15:57,586
Right on it, Perry.
I got you covered right here.

430
00:15:59,103 --> 00:16:00,758
A lot of times, if he's
running a little bit low,

431
00:16:00,758 --> 00:16:03,103
there's a good chance
he'll take this whole load.

432
00:16:03,103 --> 00:16:04,275
We do that a lot.

433
00:16:04,275 --> 00:16:06,689
If the guys in the mountain
run out of liquor,

434
00:16:06,689 --> 00:16:08,758
they call us up,
we try to accommodate them.

435
00:16:08,758 --> 00:16:10,482
And if we run out of liquor
down here,

436
00:16:10,482 --> 00:16:12,172
they try their damnedest
to accommodate us.

437
00:16:12,172 --> 00:16:14,413
It's like a river that
flows both directions.

438
00:16:14,413 --> 00:16:17,310
One moonshiner will help
supply the other one one day,

439
00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:18,413
and the next day,
that moonshiner

440
00:16:18,413 --> 00:16:19,862
might help supply
the other one.

441
00:16:19,862 --> 00:16:21,793
-[Perry speaking over phone]
-Hey. Listen, man.

442
00:16:21,793 --> 00:16:23,793
We've got some brandy,
some damn good brandy,

443
00:16:23,793 --> 00:16:26,103
and we had a buyer,
and the buyer fell through.

444
00:16:26,103 --> 00:16:27,827
And we need some money,
and we need it quick.

445
00:16:28,275 --> 00:16:29,689
[Perry speaking]

446
00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:39,586
Okay, man.

447
00:16:39,586 --> 00:16:42,172
Perry manages some guys
in a wrestling team.

448
00:16:42,172 --> 00:16:43,310
He sells some liquor

449
00:16:43,310 --> 00:16:44,586
at his wrestling matches.

450
00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:46,448
[Perry speaking]

451
00:16:48,413 --> 00:16:50,000
-All right, buddy.
Appreciate you.
-[Perry] All right.

452
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,482
Sounds like
that'll work for me.

453
00:16:51,482 --> 00:16:52,793
As long as we can
get rid of this stuff

454
00:16:52,793 --> 00:16:55,344
and I can get back opened up,
I don't care how we do it.

455
00:17:06,896 --> 00:17:09,000
[Digger] Let's go look
this over a spot or two.

456
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,378
There we go.

457
00:17:10,378 --> 00:17:12,310
It looks
kind of pretty right here.

458
00:17:12,310 --> 00:17:13,792
[Ramsey]
I'll tell you what, Puss.

459
00:17:13,792 --> 00:17:15,896
It's been a minute since
me and you got together

460
00:17:15,896 --> 00:17:18,000
to make another
run of liquor, ain't it?

461
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,413
Me and Mark are
back to my old farm here.

462
00:17:20,413 --> 00:17:22,517
I've got a good
limestone spring on it.

463
00:17:22,517 --> 00:17:25,103
-Right in here.
-This would be
an outstanding spot.

464
00:17:25,103 --> 00:17:26,792
We've got our ingredients.

465
00:17:26,792 --> 00:17:27,931
We're gonna mash in

466
00:17:27,931 --> 00:17:31,482
this all-grain legacy whiskey
that we're gonna make.

467
00:17:31,482 --> 00:17:33,896
[Digger]
It's a known fact that
limestone water makes

468
00:17:33,896 --> 00:17:35,896
the best liquor on the planet.

469
00:17:35,896 --> 00:17:37,793
If you'll turn some gas on,

470
00:17:37,793 --> 00:17:39,482
I'll maybe light that fire.

471
00:17:39,482 --> 00:17:40,275
[Ramsey] Okay.

472
00:17:43,517 --> 00:17:45,000
Oh, that looks good.

473
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,482
Everything we put
in our liquor,

474
00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:49,206
we source right here
in our state of Tennessee.

475
00:17:49,206 --> 00:17:51,310
We do go to great extent

476
00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:53,103
to find the best corn.

477
00:17:53,103 --> 00:17:55,655
[Ramsey] I'll let you
adjust the grind
the way you like it.

478
00:17:56,862 --> 00:17:59,103
Digger likes what he calls

479
00:17:59,103 --> 00:18:00,793
a coarse grit grain.

480
00:18:00,793 --> 00:18:02,551
Let her go
and see what she do.

481
00:18:03,862 --> 00:18:05,103
When it comes to corn,

482
00:18:05,103 --> 00:18:06,689
especially because corn has

483
00:18:06,689 --> 00:18:09,379
so much sugar,
if you get it too fine,
it'll clump up.

484
00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:11,310
Then you've got a corn cake.

485
00:18:11,310 --> 00:18:14,482
If it's too thick, you can't
cook all the carbs out of it.

486
00:18:14,482 --> 00:18:16,689
You have to
pay attention to your grind

487
00:18:16,689 --> 00:18:18,103
or you're not gonna get

488
00:18:18,103 --> 00:18:19,620
good flavor out of your grain.

489
00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:22,517
Then we'll move on
to that malted barley.

490
00:18:22,517 --> 00:18:24,620
[Ramsey] You know,
by cooking this corn longer

491
00:18:24,620 --> 00:18:26,275
and at a hotter temperature,

492
00:18:26,275 --> 00:18:27,793
this is part of
the game changer

493
00:18:27,793 --> 00:18:30,000
that's gonna create
this legacy whiskey.

494
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,172
We want to
cook out the starches.

495
00:18:32,172 --> 00:18:33,689
The more of them
that you cook out,

496
00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:35,586
the more fermentable goody

497
00:18:35,586 --> 00:18:38,793
that you get out of the corn,
that creates sugar.

498
00:18:38,793 --> 00:18:41,000
And then that gives
the yeast something

499
00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000
to enjoy
and turn into alcohol.

500
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,482
Ain't it been good out here?

501
00:18:44,482 --> 00:18:46,586
Just me and you,
like the old days.

502
00:18:46,586 --> 00:18:47,793
I'll be honest with you,

503
00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:50,896
I feel a tiny bit
kind of revitalized.

504
00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:53,172
You know, Mark and I,
we've made a lot

505
00:18:53,172 --> 00:18:55,206
of liquor out of
a lot of different things.

506
00:18:55,206 --> 00:18:56,586
But we've come to realize now,

507
00:18:56,586 --> 00:18:58,896
with this recipe,
simpler is better.

508
00:18:58,896 --> 00:19:00,103
That's cooking. Look how thick

509
00:19:00,103 --> 00:19:01,586
-it's getting now.
-[Ramsey] Yeah, I know it.

510
00:19:01,586 --> 00:19:03,517
So we've eliminated the sugar.

511
00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:05,000
We're back to all grain.

512
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,793
And that gives us more flavor.

513
00:19:06,793 --> 00:19:08,482
It's the purest form
of liquor,

514
00:19:08,482 --> 00:19:11,586
and it's the way
our predecessors
started this craft.

515
00:19:11,586 --> 00:19:12,862
[Ramsey]
Let's grind that barley.

516
00:19:13,620 --> 00:19:14,931
Now, this is six-row.

517
00:19:14,931 --> 00:19:17,000
What's the difference
in two-row and six-row?

518
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,482
[Digger]
There's six rows of grain
on each side of the six-row.

519
00:19:20,482 --> 00:19:22,103
-[Ramsey] Okay.
-[Digger] Now, two-row,

520
00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:24,793
-there's just
two sprouting out.
-Okay.

521
00:19:24,793 --> 00:19:27,379
But the thing
about six-row barley,

522
00:19:27,379 --> 00:19:30,689
it's got ten times more
amylase content in it,

523
00:19:30,689 --> 00:19:33,000
so its
diastatic power's higher.

524
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,379
-Okay.
-So we're getting

525
00:19:34,379 --> 00:19:37,586
more of what we need
to help break this grain down
in six-row.

526
00:19:37,586 --> 00:19:39,482
-[Ramsey] Hence more flavor.
-[Digger] Yep.

527
00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:42,758
The flavor we're gonna get
just because of that
little bitty tiny sprout,

528
00:19:42,758 --> 00:19:44,793
that's what's gonna
set this liquor apart.

529
00:19:44,793 --> 00:19:47,000
-That's why we need six-row.
-Okay.

530
00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:50,206
Now, does this grind
about the same grind?

531
00:19:50,206 --> 00:19:52,206
[Digger] It'll be
a little bit finer than corn.

532
00:19:52,206 --> 00:19:54,482
If everything
works out right, Hattie,

533
00:19:54,482 --> 00:19:57,310
this 20% to 80% ratio,

534
00:19:57,310 --> 00:19:59,275
that's gonna
balance it out just fine.

535
00:19:59,275 --> 00:20:02,000
-Right.
-Now, this ought
to start with corn,

536
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,689
have barley, that nice
earthy note in there

537
00:20:04,689 --> 00:20:06,793
in the middle, and then
finish off sweet again.

538
00:20:06,793 --> 00:20:08,068
If that's what we get,

539
00:20:08,068 --> 00:20:11,103
then that's what's gonna
make this 120 proof liquor

540
00:20:11,103 --> 00:20:12,517
drink like 90 proof.

541
00:20:12,517 --> 00:20:15,413
That and the fact we're gonna
charcoal filter it.

542
00:20:15,413 --> 00:20:17,586
All right. Where are we at
after dumping?

543
00:20:17,586 --> 00:20:20,379
[Digger] 143 and just
a little bit of change.

544
00:20:20,379 --> 00:20:24,068
That's good enough to be
dumping that barley in there.

545
00:20:24,068 --> 00:20:25,862
It's very important
to add the barley

546
00:20:25,862 --> 00:20:27,000
at the right temperature.

547
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,103
If you add it too hot,

548
00:20:28,103 --> 00:20:30,482
it will kill
the natural enzymes

549
00:20:30,482 --> 00:20:31,931
that's on the malted barley.

550
00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:34,379
-That's just smelling
so good, ain't it?
-Oh, I'm telling you.

551
00:20:34,379 --> 00:20:36,206
And we're making, hopefully,

552
00:20:36,206 --> 00:20:37,586
the finest run of liquor

553
00:20:37,586 --> 00:20:39,448
that the backwoods
has ever seen.

554
00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:46,793
It's right.
It's the right temperature.

555
00:20:46,793 --> 00:20:48,551
-It's still pretty warm.
-It is warm.

556
00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:49,586
It's bathwater warm.

557
00:20:49,586 --> 00:20:52,068
This legacy liquor,
the grain bill in it,

558
00:20:52,068 --> 00:20:53,586
hopefully, will secure us

559
00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,827
a seat at the table
with the greats.

560
00:20:57,551 --> 00:20:59,793
So now that
the mash has cooled down,

561
00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:01,551
the enzymes have
broke the sugars

562
00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:03,172
down into smaller chains,

563
00:21:03,172 --> 00:21:05,275
it's down to about 90 degrees,

564
00:21:05,275 --> 00:21:07,862
we're gonna put
just regular old
bread yeast in here

565
00:21:07,862 --> 00:21:09,758
because that's all
our predecessors

566
00:21:09,758 --> 00:21:11,448
would have had access to.

567
00:21:11,448 --> 00:21:13,000
That ought to be pretty good.

568
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,034
That ought to do her.

569
00:21:14,034 --> 00:21:15,655
It works just fine,

570
00:21:15,655 --> 00:21:18,103
and it does have
a unique flavor.

571
00:21:18,103 --> 00:21:20,103
-Taste that.
-Boy, it's soured, ain't it?

572
00:21:20,103 --> 00:21:22,241
Now all we gotta do is
let Mother Nature do her work,

573
00:21:22,241 --> 00:21:24,172
produce us a little alcohol,
and we'll come

574
00:21:24,172 --> 00:21:26,034
cook it out of the mash
in a few days.

575
00:21:26,034 --> 00:21:28,689
I kind of feel
a little revitalized,
I promise you.

576
00:21:28,689 --> 00:21:30,172
Mountain Legacy
Corn Whiskey, Puss.

577
00:21:30,172 --> 00:21:31,586
-Here we go.
-How we doing?

578
00:21:31,586 --> 00:21:34,689
Ah, making it
with my best buddy
on the whole damn planet.

579
00:21:34,689 --> 00:21:36,137
How could it be any better?

580
00:21:47,241 --> 00:21:48,793
[Mike] Oh, my God.

581
00:21:48,793 --> 00:21:49,758
Whoo!

582
00:21:49,758 --> 00:21:51,172
This king cake moonshine,

583
00:21:51,172 --> 00:21:53,137
I mean, this is
the embodiment of Louisiana.

584
00:21:53,137 --> 00:21:55,241
I'm ready to pump it over
and get it going, baby.

585
00:21:55,241 --> 00:21:57,241
[Richard] It's fun.
It's a tradition.

586
00:21:57,241 --> 00:21:58,344
It's heritage.

587
00:21:58,344 --> 00:22:00,793
It's a party
all going in one jar.

588
00:22:00,793 --> 00:22:02,586
I mean, that's what
I'm excited about.

589
00:22:02,586 --> 00:22:03,586
Play it to it, son.

590
00:22:03,586 --> 00:22:04,862
[Jerry] It's coming your way.

591
00:22:04,862 --> 00:22:07,758
-It smells like a bakery
next to a brewery.
-It does.

592
00:22:07,758 --> 00:22:09,344
Two things great
right together.

593
00:22:09,344 --> 00:22:11,172
We are pumping mash now, baby.

594
00:22:11,172 --> 00:22:14,206
Pecan praline
brown sugar moonshine.

595
00:22:15,068 --> 00:22:16,793
You know what
"comment ça va" means?

596
00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:18,172
-[Richard] Comment ça va?
-I'm afraid to even ask.

597
00:22:18,172 --> 00:22:19,172
[Richard] CÇa va bien.

598
00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:20,896
[Mike] Comment ça va
is "How you doing?"

599
00:22:20,896 --> 00:22:22,482
I'll tell you what.
Hanging out with you guys,
I'm gonna have to

600
00:22:22,482 --> 00:22:24,344
buy me a whole new dictionary.

601
00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:25,689
[both laugh]

602
00:22:25,689 --> 00:22:27,896
-What language is that?
-[Mike] Cajun French.

603
00:22:27,896 --> 00:22:29,448
Where we come from,

604
00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,344
the Acadians,

605
00:22:30,344 --> 00:22:31,965
they got expelled
from Nova Scotia for

606
00:22:31,965 --> 00:22:33,965
not wanting to pledge
allegiance to the queen.

607
00:22:34,793 --> 00:22:36,379
They wound up
in South Louisiana.

608
00:22:36,379 --> 00:22:39,586
They bought
all these traditions
we jumping on right now,

609
00:22:39,586 --> 00:22:42,000
Mardi Gras, king cake,
and all that stuff.

610
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,793
So the way the Acadians
bought crawfish

611
00:22:43,793 --> 00:22:45,793
and all their culture
to Louisiana,

612
00:22:45,793 --> 00:22:47,793
we're bringing some
king cakes to North Carolina.

613
00:22:47,793 --> 00:22:49,551
Bringing the king cakes up.

614
00:22:49,551 --> 00:22:51,793
I grew up in Louisiana,
so I know the nostalgia

615
00:22:51,793 --> 00:22:53,034
associated with Mardi Gras.

616
00:22:53,034 --> 00:22:55,862
And Mardi Gras
is real, real serious
where I come from.

617
00:22:55,862 --> 00:22:59,379
So to be able to do something
like a king cake moonshine

618
00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:00,655
in a jar,

619
00:23:00,655 --> 00:23:02,344
it's serious to me.

620
00:23:02,344 --> 00:23:04,482
Baby, turn that gauge to it.

621
00:23:04,482 --> 00:23:07,000
What's another one
they say, Richard, down south?

622
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,586
Laissez le bon temps rouler.

623
00:23:08,586 --> 00:23:10,793
[Mike] Laissez
le bon temps rouler, baby.

624
00:23:10,793 --> 00:23:13,000
Let the good times roll.

625
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,482
[Richard]
And they about to roll.

626
00:23:14,482 --> 00:23:16,172
[Mike exclaiming] Yeah!

627
00:23:16,689 --> 00:23:18,103
My God, they both lit.

628
00:23:18,103 --> 00:23:19,068
Yee-haw!

629
00:23:19,862 --> 00:23:21,000
Tell you what, I can't wait

630
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,241
to see them
dribbly drip drips.

631
00:23:25,655 --> 00:23:26,655
That's the drip.

632
00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:29,034
We got a drip right there
in that jar, baby.

633
00:23:29,034 --> 00:23:30,862
Look at that top one.
It's dripping like crazy.

634
00:23:30,862 --> 00:23:32,965
They're all starting to move,
ain't they?

635
00:23:32,965 --> 00:23:34,689
[Jerry] This still, the way
it was designed,

636
00:23:34,689 --> 00:23:37,793
to be kind of a more of
an air-cooled still.

637
00:23:37,793 --> 00:23:39,482
[Mike] Get rid
of these old heads.

638
00:23:39,482 --> 00:23:41,275
We don't have no other
thumpers to go through,

639
00:23:41,275 --> 00:23:42,655
so we're not gonna
strip any flavors out.

640
00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:44,655
And I don't mind sitting here
watching these drips.

641
00:23:44,655 --> 00:23:47,551
I know every drip is a nickel
or a penny or something.

642
00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:48,896
With a mash like this,

643
00:23:48,896 --> 00:23:50,896
our drip's
almost dollars, man.

644
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:52,896
-He ain't never lying.
-[Richard] Mm-hmm.

645
00:23:52,896 --> 00:23:55,103
This is gonna be good flavor,

646
00:23:55,103 --> 00:23:56,551
and we're gonna
get a lot out of it.

647
00:23:59,793 --> 00:24:01,482
Looks like we got
full jars, guys.

648
00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:02,793
[Jerry] About right time
to start taking them down

649
00:24:02,793 --> 00:24:05,586
-and dumping them.
-[Mike] Yeah, you right, baby.

650
00:24:05,586 --> 00:24:07,172
[Jerry] We go ahead and make
our first dump, just to

651
00:24:07,172 --> 00:24:10,275
kind of get the little bit of
higher proof stuff off of it.

652
00:24:10,275 --> 00:24:11,862
We go to make the second dump.

653
00:24:11,862 --> 00:24:13,448
I wanted to try this.
I was really excited

654
00:24:13,448 --> 00:24:14,758
to see if these
flavors came out.

655
00:24:15,379 --> 00:24:16,724
I'm gonna taste this one.

656
00:24:17,379 --> 00:24:20,206
Jerry, how'd we all do, son?

657
00:24:21,379 --> 00:24:22,241
Well...

658
00:24:23,448 --> 00:24:24,448
I'm gonna tell you...

659
00:24:25,758 --> 00:24:27,689
-that [bleep] is good.
-[Mike] Is it good?

660
00:24:27,689 --> 00:24:29,000
[Richard laughing]

661
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,344
[Mike] The pecan is
straight up and forward

662
00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:34,896
in this alcohol.

663
00:24:34,896 --> 00:24:37,000
That's Mardi Gras in a jar.

664
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,896
It's got
a cream-based taste to it

665
00:24:38,896 --> 00:24:40,379
without even being creamy.

666
00:24:40,379 --> 00:24:42,275
All the way
down to the sprinkles that

667
00:24:42,275 --> 00:24:45,068
was on top of the king cake
is coming through this jar.

668
00:24:45,068 --> 00:24:46,379
Man, I'm so tickled with it.

669
00:24:46,379 --> 00:24:48,137
I can't wait to get it
out there on the market,

670
00:24:48,137 --> 00:24:49,137
get it sold.

671
00:24:49,137 --> 00:24:51,379
But can we sell that taste

672
00:24:51,379 --> 00:24:54,344
to somebody here that's
never had the experience?

673
00:24:54,689 --> 00:24:56,000
I sure do hope so.

674
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,862
All right, guys. That's about
our fifth bucket right there.

675
00:24:57,862 --> 00:24:58,931
Get her capped off.

676
00:24:58,931 --> 00:25:01,965
We'll be ready to go out
and put it on the market.

677
00:25:10,482 --> 00:25:11,379
[Tickle] All right.

678
00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:13,068
[Henry] A lot of people here.

679
00:25:13,068 --> 00:25:15,137
Being as we couldn't
get rid of this liquor...

680
00:25:17,103 --> 00:25:19,448
Perry said he's gonna
have a lot of people here

681
00:25:19,448 --> 00:25:21,172
that are looking
to buy some moonshine.

682
00:25:21,793 --> 00:25:22,758
[Henry] Wow.

683
00:25:22,758 --> 00:25:23,827
[people cheering]

684
00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:36,551
There's an actual
wrestling match going on.

685
00:25:36,551 --> 00:25:38,551
I mean,
ring setup, everything.

686
00:25:45,758 --> 00:25:48,000
-That's our man right there.
-[Henry] That's our man
right there.

687
00:25:48,689 --> 00:25:50,241
Stands out a little bit, huh?

688
00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:54,793
Perry and Henry go way back.

689
00:25:54,793 --> 00:25:57,379
So instead of Perry
buying this from us wholesale,

690
00:25:57,379 --> 00:25:58,862
he's gonna let us sell

691
00:25:58,862 --> 00:26:01,000
to the customers
for top price,

692
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,068
and hopefully give me
the money that I need

693
00:26:03,068 --> 00:26:04,586
to open the doors back up

694
00:26:04,586 --> 00:26:06,655
on mine
and my wife's restaurant.

695
00:26:06,655 --> 00:26:08,034
I got a place, a loading dock

696
00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:10,344
where we can pull around back
and unload it.

697
00:26:10,344 --> 00:26:12,344
Yeah, I got it back there
in the back right now.

698
00:26:12,344 --> 00:26:14,172
All right. That's where
you need to be anyway.

699
00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:15,827
-All right.
-All right.

700
00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:17,517
[Tickle] To be honest,

701
00:26:17,517 --> 00:26:20,137
I'm a little nervous to see
how this is gonna turn out.

702
00:26:20,137 --> 00:26:21,448
I'm skeptical coming up here

703
00:26:21,448 --> 00:26:23,000
trying to sell
this shine right here

704
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,034
at a public event like this,

705
00:26:25,034 --> 00:26:26,655
especially right here
where we're at.

706
00:26:31,379 --> 00:26:34,172
They say hiding in plain sight
is the way to go.

707
00:26:34,172 --> 00:26:36,068
[Henry] Where we gonna
unload the stuff at,
right here?

708
00:26:36,068 --> 00:26:37,068
[Perry] Right in here.

709
00:26:37,068 --> 00:26:39,241
But needless to say,
this could go down,

710
00:26:39,241 --> 00:26:42,241
and it could go down
in a bad way real fast.

711
00:26:42,241 --> 00:26:43,241
[Henry] Let's roll with it.

712
00:26:50,896 --> 00:26:53,034
This guy Jeff,
he knows a lot of people,

713
00:26:53,034 --> 00:26:55,379
and he don't mind
potentially paying

714
00:26:55,379 --> 00:26:57,241
a high price for good alcohol.

715
00:26:57,241 --> 00:26:59,482
So I'm gonna
meet him right now

716
00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:02,448
and see if I can pitch this
king cake recipe to him

717
00:27:02,448 --> 00:27:04,344
and see if he want
to take a bite on it.

718
00:27:08,068 --> 00:27:11,310
I sure hope I can get him
for this, $150 a gallon.

719
00:27:17,896 --> 00:27:19,000
What's up, Jeff?

720
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:19,827
[Jeff] How you been, brother?

721
00:27:19,827 --> 00:27:21,586
[Mike] Oh, man.
Just hanging in there.

722
00:27:21,586 --> 00:27:23,482
-[Jeff] Good to see you.
Good to see you.
-[Mike] You too, brother.

723
00:27:23,482 --> 00:27:25,137
-You too, man.
-[Jeff] So what
do you got for me?

724
00:27:25,137 --> 00:27:27,275
[Mike] You ever heard
of a king cake?

725
00:27:27,275 --> 00:27:28,896
[Jeff] Never heard
of king cake.

726
00:27:28,896 --> 00:27:30,586
[Mike] You ever heard
of Mardi Gras?

727
00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:32,000
[Jeff] Oh, yeah.
I've seen that on TV.

728
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,034
[Mike] Yeah. And king cake
goes hand in hand
with Mardi Gras time.

729
00:27:35,034 --> 00:27:38,172
We put those king cakes
in a mason jar.

730
00:27:38,172 --> 00:27:40,827
Take yourself
and see what you think of it.

731
00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:47,586
[Jeff] Very different,
but it has a great taste.

732
00:27:47,586 --> 00:27:48,551
[Mike] It's good, ain't it?

733
00:27:48,551 --> 00:27:50,551
[Jeff] What's the price
on this king cake?

734
00:27:50,551 --> 00:27:53,551
[Mike] We've got to have
$150 a gallon.

735
00:27:54,689 --> 00:27:55,620
[Jeff] I tell you,

736
00:27:55,620 --> 00:27:58,103
a hundred's about all
I can spend on it.

737
00:27:58,344 --> 00:27:59,758
Up this way,

738
00:27:59,758 --> 00:28:02,103
a lot of people up here
ain't even heard
about Mardi Gras.

739
00:28:02,103 --> 00:28:03,068
He loves it.

740
00:28:03,068 --> 00:28:05,172
He said, "But, man,
this is Maggie Valley.

741
00:28:05,172 --> 00:28:07,689
I don't even know
what a king cake is.

742
00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:10,034
Nobody else is gonna
know what a king cake is."

743
00:28:10,034 --> 00:28:11,965
Is there one favor
you can do for me?

744
00:28:11,965 --> 00:28:12,896
[Jeff] Absolutely.

745
00:28:12,896 --> 00:28:14,344
[Mike]
Put the word out for me?

746
00:28:14,344 --> 00:28:15,275
[Jeff] Absolutely.

747
00:28:15,275 --> 00:28:16,793
[Mike] Maybe you find somebody

748
00:28:16,793 --> 00:28:19,000
that might be interested
in it, give me a shout.

749
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,275
[Jeff] I will. I'll call you.

750
00:28:20,275 --> 00:28:21,448
-[Mike] I appreciate you.
-[Jeff] Thank you.

751
00:28:21,448 --> 00:28:22,551
[Mike] All right.
Thank you, brother.

752
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,482
You know, I've been out
all day long trying

753
00:28:27,482 --> 00:28:30,137
to sell this
daggum king cake alcohol.

754
00:28:30,137 --> 00:28:31,862
For the high price
that we need,

755
00:28:31,862 --> 00:28:33,551
I've got to go
back to the shop,

756
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,275
tell the guys that

757
00:28:36,275 --> 00:28:37,862
old Mike has failed today.

758
00:28:38,689 --> 00:28:40,379
He offered a hundred bucks.

759
00:28:40,379 --> 00:28:43,103
He said, "Around here,
this stuff won't fly.
Nobody knows what it is."

760
00:28:43,103 --> 00:28:45,275
We can't sell that
for $100 a gallon.

761
00:28:45,275 --> 00:28:47,034
I know this liquor is special.

762
00:28:47,034 --> 00:28:48,068
Not everyone can get this.

763
00:28:48,068 --> 00:28:50,275
We have the only
king cake moonshine

764
00:28:50,275 --> 00:28:51,758
probably in the world.

765
00:28:51,758 --> 00:28:54,448
This is something that
we cannot just give away.

766
00:28:54,448 --> 00:28:56,758
He is gonna
put the word out for us.

767
00:28:58,379 --> 00:28:59,793
I guess my spirit's broken.

768
00:28:59,793 --> 00:29:01,551
I don't know what else to do.

769
00:29:02,275 --> 00:29:04,137
I trust Jeff.
Jeff's a great guy.

770
00:29:04,137 --> 00:29:05,655
I think we'll just give
it a couple of days,

771
00:29:05,655 --> 00:29:07,068
and let's see if maybe
the word gets out.

772
00:29:07,068 --> 00:29:08,793
I'm so ready
to get rid of this stuff

773
00:29:08,793 --> 00:29:11,241
and make us some money, man.
You just don't know.

774
00:29:19,379 --> 00:29:20,896
[Tickle] It's been
a long drive up here.

775
00:29:20,896 --> 00:29:23,172
I need to get top dollar
for this brandy.

776
00:29:23,172 --> 00:29:24,758
I don't have the money I need

777
00:29:24,758 --> 00:29:27,275
to open my restaurant,
and I've got to make it now.

778
00:29:27,275 --> 00:29:29,344
I've been trying
to sell this brandy twice,

779
00:29:29,344 --> 00:29:31,000
and it hadn't worked out.

780
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,275
I've got to get
the money from this sale.

781
00:29:33,275 --> 00:29:34,689
Our plan is, being as

782
00:29:34,689 --> 00:29:36,344
we don't know these buyers,

783
00:29:36,344 --> 00:29:39,241
Perry is gonna let them know
to go with Henry.

784
00:29:39,241 --> 00:29:41,172
Come on over here, big dog.

785
00:29:41,172 --> 00:29:43,172
[Tickle] Henry's gonna
bring them to a back room

786
00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:44,862
where Josh and I are located.

787
00:29:44,862 --> 00:29:46,551
We've got some
good brandy right here,

788
00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,103
Buck-25 a gallon.

789
00:29:51,655 --> 00:29:52,655
[Tickle] About six gallons?

790
00:29:52,655 --> 00:29:53,482
-[man 1] Yeah.
-All right. All right.

791
00:29:53,482 --> 00:29:56,275
At buck-25 a gallon,
that's, um,

792
00:29:56,275 --> 00:29:58,482
that's about 750 bucks.
Are you good for that?

793
00:29:58,482 --> 00:30:00,034
-[man 1 speaking]
-[Tickle] All right.

794
00:30:00,034 --> 00:30:01,689
Perry, things are
going great, man.

795
00:30:01,689 --> 00:30:02,689
Going real good.

796
00:30:02,689 --> 00:30:04,724
Just wait right in here,
and I'll be right back.

797
00:30:07,586 --> 00:30:09,172
I got what you're after
right here.

798
00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:10,862
Introduce you to somebody.

799
00:30:11,379 --> 00:30:12,517
[wrestler grunts]

800
00:30:13,758 --> 00:30:15,379
[Tickle] How's it
going there, boss man?

801
00:30:15,379 --> 00:30:16,896
All right. Look.
How many gallons you want?

802
00:30:16,896 --> 00:30:18,482
-What you can get in there?
-[man 2 speaking]

803
00:30:18,482 --> 00:30:19,551
That looks like four.

804
00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:20,862
[Tickle] We'll see
what we can do.

805
00:30:21,965 --> 00:30:22,931
[Perry] Hey, buddy.

806
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:24,620
I got something for you.

807
00:30:25,689 --> 00:30:26,965
-Hey, buddy.
-[man 3] Yeah.

808
00:30:26,965 --> 00:30:28,344
[Perry] I got something
for you. Come on.

809
00:30:32,068 --> 00:30:33,379
[Henry] You know, it's been
a great day today,

810
00:30:33,379 --> 00:30:34,689
but the best part of it all is

811
00:30:34,689 --> 00:30:36,275
we made a lot of money,

812
00:30:36,275 --> 00:30:38,379
and it's gonna really help
my buddy Tickle out.

813
00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:39,586
I'll tell you what.
If that don't say

814
00:30:39,586 --> 00:30:41,241
there's enough money
right yonder,

815
00:30:41,241 --> 00:30:42,793
I don't guess nothing does.

816
00:30:42,793 --> 00:30:44,000
I've got the money that I need

817
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,344
to open the doors
back on my restaurant.

818
00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,000
I appreciate y'all
doing this for me.

819
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,689
That's what family's for,
brothers are for,

820
00:30:49,689 --> 00:30:51,344
-buddies are for. Whatever.
-100%.

821
00:30:51,344 --> 00:30:52,482
And not to mention,

822
00:30:52,482 --> 00:30:54,241
we got to see a little bit
of good wrestling.

823
00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:55,793
[crowd cheering]

824
00:30:55,793 --> 00:30:56,655
[man] Yeah!

825
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,034
This was all I could do

826
00:31:00,034 --> 00:31:02,344
not to jump in there
and jump on the dude myself.

827
00:31:02,344 --> 00:31:03,620
[bell ringing]

828
00:31:04,379 --> 00:31:05,241
God!

829
00:31:05,241 --> 00:31:07,551
Just smash the [bleep]
out of somebody.

830
00:31:07,551 --> 00:31:08,758
[grunts]

831
00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:11,965
[man] That's it, man!

832
00:31:20,551 --> 00:31:22,689
[line ringing]

833
00:31:22,689 --> 00:31:23,896
[man over phone] Talk to me.

834
00:31:23,896 --> 00:31:25,931
[Richard] I got
three words for you.

835
00:31:26,655 --> 00:31:28,586
King cake moonshine.

836
00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:30,793
I got 30 gallons
of that stuff, Paul.

837
00:31:30,793 --> 00:31:31,793
[Paul] That's a lot.

838
00:31:31,793 --> 00:31:33,482
I'm trying to get about

839
00:31:33,482 --> 00:31:34,965
150 a gallon.

840
00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:39,758
[Paul] Man, when you can
get down here with that?

841
00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:41,689
One phone call.

842
00:31:41,689 --> 00:31:44,655
He said, "Bring it to me."

843
00:31:44,655 --> 00:31:46,862
I'm about to shoot
to New Orleans real quick,

844
00:31:46,862 --> 00:31:48,172
and I'm making a move.

845
00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:50,068
I'll let 'em know that
when I get back.

846
00:31:57,172 --> 00:31:58,482
[Mike] I tell you what, man.

847
00:31:58,482 --> 00:32:00,379
We've got to get over there
to the stash house,

848
00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:02,068
get this alcohol loaded up,

849
00:32:02,068 --> 00:32:03,586
get it over to Jeff
and his buddy

850
00:32:03,586 --> 00:32:06,068
to get it sold
for that $110 a gallon.

851
00:32:06,068 --> 00:32:07,379
I think that's
the best we'll get.

852
00:32:07,379 --> 00:32:08,793
[Jerry] No doubt, man.

853
00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:10,103
We got good news.

854
00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:11,793
Jeff actually
gave me a call back.

855
00:32:11,793 --> 00:32:14,275
He's got a guy
that's very interested

856
00:32:14,275 --> 00:32:15,655
in our king cake moonshine.

857
00:32:15,655 --> 00:32:18,275
Me and Jerry's just
gonna load this liquor up,

858
00:32:18,275 --> 00:32:19,275
get it over there,

859
00:32:19,275 --> 00:32:20,758
and make a sale
with Jeff and his friend.

860
00:32:20,758 --> 00:32:23,034
[Jerry] I'll tell you what,
couldn't have come
at a better time, man.

861
00:32:28,896 --> 00:32:29,758
[Mike] Jerry.

862
00:32:31,862 --> 00:32:33,137
[Jerry] Where the hell's
the liquor at?

863
00:32:33,896 --> 00:32:35,137
[Mike] We walk in the door,

864
00:32:35,137 --> 00:32:37,482
all the stash is gone.

865
00:32:37,482 --> 00:32:39,275
There's only one other
damn person that's got the key

866
00:32:39,275 --> 00:32:41,241
to this lock,
and that's Richard Landry.

867
00:32:41,241 --> 00:32:42,517
Maybe Richard did this

868
00:32:42,517 --> 00:32:45,241
'cause we were
so at each other's
throats last year.

869
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,482
We want your asses
out of here.

870
00:32:47,482 --> 00:32:48,620
Well, we ain't trying
to go nowhere.

871
00:32:49,689 --> 00:32:51,000
[Mike] I guarantee you

872
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,448
every bit of their damn liquor
is in that frigging building.

873
00:32:53,448 --> 00:32:54,931
Let's tear
this son of a gun down.

874
00:32:56,793 --> 00:32:58,034
[Mike exclaims]

875
00:32:58,034 --> 00:32:59,931
Adiós, Richard and Craig.

876
00:33:00,655 --> 00:33:03,034
Well, the way I see it,
one plus one,

877
00:33:03,034 --> 00:33:04,689
it's equaling up to Richard.

878
00:33:04,689 --> 00:33:07,172
We don't want to think
this dude has stole from us,

879
00:33:07,172 --> 00:33:10,172
but maybe he's out there
just trying to get revenge.

880
00:33:10,172 --> 00:33:11,344
It's adding up.

881
00:33:23,275 --> 00:33:24,586
[Ramsey]
Boy, it smells good, Puss.

882
00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:26,862
-[Digger] I'm telling you.
-[Ramsey] Oh, yeah.

883
00:33:26,862 --> 00:33:29,379
Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey.

884
00:33:29,379 --> 00:33:31,689
You know, Digger and I,
we're really excited today.

885
00:33:31,689 --> 00:33:33,137
We're down here.
We're checking

886
00:33:33,137 --> 00:33:35,758
the mash for
the all grain legacy whiskey.

887
00:33:36,482 --> 00:33:38,172
I'm telling you one thing.

888
00:33:38,172 --> 00:33:39,896
There's some damn
alcohol in it, too.

889
00:33:39,896 --> 00:33:41,275
It's got plenty of alcohol.

890
00:33:41,275 --> 00:33:43,344
Hell, it's loaded up.

891
00:33:43,344 --> 00:33:45,172
I love it. I love it.

892
00:33:45,172 --> 00:33:48,448
If we get
what we're looking for
out of this legacy liquor,

893
00:33:49,068 --> 00:33:50,896
this will secure me and Mark

894
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:53,655
a seat at the table
with the greats of this craft.

895
00:33:55,965 --> 00:33:57,034
Woo!

896
00:33:58,103 --> 00:33:59,793
You know, it's going on,

897
00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:01,586
God, over a year

898
00:34:01,586 --> 00:34:03,275
that me and Mark built a mash,

899
00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:04,482
just me and Mark.

900
00:34:04,482 --> 00:34:06,000
And honest to Pete,

901
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,688
I'd rather never make
another run of liquor again
than have to

902
00:34:08,688 --> 00:34:11,757
make a run of liquor
without my best friend,
Mark Wayne Ramsey.

903
00:34:12,793 --> 00:34:14,275
Are we gonna
charge that thump keg

904
00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:15,862
with anything
or just let it run?

905
00:34:15,862 --> 00:34:18,275
[Ramsey] We can put
a little of that mash in it
if you want to.

906
00:34:18,275 --> 00:34:19,965
-It can't hurt.
-[Ramsey] No.

907
00:34:19,965 --> 00:34:21,862
Let me get us a bucket full.

908
00:34:21,862 --> 00:34:24,068
On these
bottom-fired still pots,

909
00:34:24,068 --> 00:34:26,655
we can't take the chance
of scorching the grain.

910
00:34:26,655 --> 00:34:28,793
So we just put some grain

911
00:34:28,793 --> 00:34:30,379
and a little bit
of the liquid mash

912
00:34:30,379 --> 00:34:31,585
in the thump keg...

913
00:34:31,585 --> 00:34:33,103
[Digger] That's what
we're looking for.

914
00:34:33,103 --> 00:34:34,103
[Ramsey] That's what we want.

915
00:34:34,103 --> 00:34:36,137
...and just infuse it.
So all the steam

916
00:34:36,137 --> 00:34:37,688
that comes over from the pot

917
00:34:37,688 --> 00:34:39,655
going in the thump keg,
it'll pick up

918
00:34:39,655 --> 00:34:41,275
the grain notes even more.

919
00:34:41,275 --> 00:34:42,757
[Digger] Yeah, that'd be
plenty right there.

920
00:34:42,757 --> 00:34:44,482
And there's plenty
of grain in there.

921
00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:46,379
Yeah, we want to give this
every chance in the world

922
00:34:46,379 --> 00:34:49,275
to be the best corn whiskey
that's ever been.

923
00:34:49,275 --> 00:34:50,275
I just have to tell you,

924
00:34:50,275 --> 00:34:52,275
my heart's beating
in my chest.

925
00:34:52,275 --> 00:34:53,757
I can't wait
to run this liquor.

926
00:35:03,965 --> 00:35:07,896
What in the name of sense
are you doing now?

927
00:35:07,896 --> 00:35:11,344
Well, I'm gonna put me and you
a podcast together.

928
00:35:11,344 --> 00:35:14,275
Do you even know
how to do a podcast?

929
00:35:14,793 --> 00:35:15,724
[Digger] Maybe.

930
00:35:17,310 --> 00:35:20,793
These is all round.
That's a rectangle.

931
00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:22,413
There ain't
no hole on there that

932
00:35:22,413 --> 00:35:24,965
-that plugs into.
-No.

933
00:35:24,965 --> 00:35:27,137
Well, your education was
worth every damn penny.

934
00:35:27,137 --> 00:35:28,724
[Ramsey] It is, ain't it?

935
00:35:28,724 --> 00:35:30,413
Break one nine,
good buddy of mine,

936
00:35:30,413 --> 00:35:32,793
you got a Smokey
in a plain white wrapper.
[mimics radio static]

937
00:35:32,793 --> 00:35:33,758
[Digger] Hmm.

938
00:35:33,758 --> 00:35:35,344
[Ramsey]
There's some kind of cord.

939
00:35:35,344 --> 00:35:36,413
[Digger] That's for a printer.

940
00:35:36,413 --> 00:35:37,620
Well, you know,
I really thought

941
00:35:37,620 --> 00:35:40,103
that I had a notion
what I was doing,

942
00:35:40,103 --> 00:35:42,068
but then when I
looked at all this...

943
00:35:43,068 --> 00:35:44,758
How about if we just
box this back up

944
00:35:44,758 --> 00:35:46,793
and let's just
tend to making liquor?

945
00:35:52,724 --> 00:35:55,551
The restaurant's been
shut down for a little while.

946
00:35:55,551 --> 00:35:57,827
I got the sign
painted over, honey.

947
00:35:57,827 --> 00:36:00,206
It now just says,
"The Tickles Restaurant."

948
00:36:00,206 --> 00:36:01,448
But now that we got this money

949
00:36:01,448 --> 00:36:03,655
from selling this
apple carrot brandy,

950
00:36:03,655 --> 00:36:05,413
we're opening back up
and we've got

951
00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:07,344
a whole entire new crew now.

952
00:36:07,344 --> 00:36:09,344
-Is this y'all's
first time here?
-Yeah, yeah.

953
00:36:09,344 --> 00:36:10,448
[Tickle] It is.

954
00:36:10,448 --> 00:36:12,758
Well, I've got some guests,
my tables aren't full.

955
00:36:12,758 --> 00:36:14,413
I've got to find
a way to get people

956
00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:15,517
into this restaurant

957
00:36:15,517 --> 00:36:17,413
so this restaurant
can start making money.

958
00:36:17,413 --> 00:36:19,655
Did you see
the Burger Challenge on there?

959
00:36:19,655 --> 00:36:21,172
To get people in the door,

960
00:36:21,172 --> 00:36:23,517
you've got to have
some sort of attraction.

961
00:36:23,517 --> 00:36:25,965
Well, we have
the Tickles Burger Challenge.

962
00:36:25,965 --> 00:36:29,000
So I hear somebody here is
gonna do the Burger Challenge.

963
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,275
It's the big guy?

964
00:36:30,275 --> 00:36:32,068
That's kind of
what I was thinking.

965
00:36:32,068 --> 00:36:33,034
Let me size you up here.

966
00:36:33,034 --> 00:36:34,724
Let's see
what you got going on.

967
00:36:36,379 --> 00:36:38,172
-Well...
-[all laughing]

968
00:36:39,137 --> 00:36:40,172
Okay, down.

969
00:36:40,172 --> 00:36:42,551
The rules for this
Burger Challenge are simple.

970
00:36:43,551 --> 00:36:44,758
You've got one hour

971
00:36:44,758 --> 00:36:46,241
to eat everything.

972
00:36:46,241 --> 00:36:47,827
If you win
this Burger Challenge,

973
00:36:47,827 --> 00:36:50,103
you get to eat
all this food for free.

974
00:36:50,103 --> 00:36:52,137
And also, you get your picture

975
00:36:52,137 --> 00:36:54,655
on my wall of champions.

976
00:36:54,655 --> 00:36:57,137
But you have
to swallow it all.

977
00:36:58,413 --> 00:37:01,517
We have got
the first person to accept

978
00:37:01,517 --> 00:37:04,068
the Tickles Burger Challenge.

979
00:37:04,068 --> 00:37:07,172
I'm going live because I've
gotta do everything I can

980
00:37:07,172 --> 00:37:09,551
to cause a buzz,
to draw attention

981
00:37:09,551 --> 00:37:11,206
to the Tickles
Table Restaurant.

982
00:37:11,206 --> 00:37:14,379
We got 180 people
right now rooting you on.

983
00:37:14,379 --> 00:37:16,413
There's a lot
of people watching.

984
00:37:16,413 --> 00:37:19,034
I'm also seeing shares
go through the roof.

985
00:37:19,034 --> 00:37:21,000
This is really
creating a stir.

986
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,862
This right here is exactly
what the Tickles Table needs.

987
00:37:23,862 --> 00:37:25,482
He's done slowed down
a little bit,

988
00:37:25,482 --> 00:37:26,586
but I believe in him.

989
00:37:26,586 --> 00:37:28,137
He's got this.

990
00:37:31,241 --> 00:37:33,344
How many pounds is that meal?

991
00:37:34,724 --> 00:37:36,655
All right.

992
00:37:36,655 --> 00:37:39,103
-That was it.
-[Tickle] That was it?

993
00:37:39,103 --> 00:37:42,379
Unfortunately, Mason
did not finish the challenge.

994
00:37:42,379 --> 00:37:45,034
Everybody, let's give
Mason a round of applause.

995
00:37:45,034 --> 00:37:46,344
Fine job, Mason.

996
00:37:46,344 --> 00:37:48,241
Mason, he got me
a lot of publicity

997
00:37:48,241 --> 00:37:49,758
on my reopening day.

998
00:37:49,758 --> 00:37:52,241
This is not only just
gonna be a restaurant,

999
00:37:52,241 --> 00:37:54,379
this place
is a destination now.

1000
00:38:00,413 --> 00:38:02,172
[Richard]
So I don't know what's
gonna happen right here.

1001
00:38:02,172 --> 00:38:03,724
And we're gonna let
the chips fall where they may.

1002
00:38:03,724 --> 00:38:05,827
I mean,
that's about all I can do
with this situation.

1003
00:38:09,689 --> 00:38:11,344
All right.
Let's see what they got.

1004
00:38:21,379 --> 00:38:23,448
[Mike] Oh, my God,
look what's got

1005
00:38:23,448 --> 00:38:25,551
the damn nerve
to walk up in this shop.

1006
00:38:25,551 --> 00:38:27,965
-[Richard] What's
going on, gentlemen?
-Richard Landry.

1007
00:38:28,241 --> 00:38:29,379
Yeah.

1008
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:30,965
What's happening?

1009
00:38:31,413 --> 00:38:32,517
Where the hell you been?

1010
00:38:32,517 --> 00:38:34,275
I've been taking care
of business, man.

1011
00:38:34,275 --> 00:38:35,206
Look, when I left here,

1012
00:38:35,206 --> 00:38:36,862
I could barely
make it drizzle.

1013
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,241
Now I can make it rain.

1014
00:38:39,241 --> 00:38:41,482
Where in the hell did you
get that wad of cash from?

1015
00:38:41,482 --> 00:38:43,586
-What is that?
-$4,300.

1016
00:38:43,586 --> 00:38:46,655
That's what
$145 a gallon looks like.

1017
00:38:46,655 --> 00:38:47,758
So I got this deal done,

1018
00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:50,310
and I took this long ride down
and long ride back.

1019
00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:52,034
I went to New Orleans, baby.

1020
00:38:52,034 --> 00:38:53,758
When I slapped
that wad of cash on the table,

1021
00:38:53,758 --> 00:38:56,068
you should have seen
Mike and Jerry's eyes.

1022
00:38:56,655 --> 00:38:58,379
I like seeing 'em like that.

1023
00:38:58,379 --> 00:38:59,724
And why in the hell

1024
00:38:59,724 --> 00:39:02,137
did you not discuss this
with me and Jerry?

1025
00:39:02,137 --> 00:39:04,448
Man, y'all said,
"Prove yourself."

1026
00:39:04,448 --> 00:39:06,103
[Mike] I was worried that
you was getting us back

1027
00:39:06,103 --> 00:39:07,724
for what happened
last year, man.

1028
00:39:07,724 --> 00:39:10,448
Oh, y'all know
that ain't happening. [bleep]

1029
00:39:12,103 --> 00:39:13,793
I don't know what to say, man.

1030
00:39:13,793 --> 00:39:15,517
For the first time,

1031
00:39:16,586 --> 00:39:19,379
I'm glad that Richard Landry
got in the stash house.

1032
00:39:19,379 --> 00:39:20,758
[all laughing]

1033
00:39:20,758 --> 00:39:21,931
[Mike] You know what I mean?

1034
00:39:21,931 --> 00:39:24,275
My hat's off
to Richard Landry.

1035
00:39:24,275 --> 00:39:26,379
He's got us all
feeling very good,

1036
00:39:26,379 --> 00:39:28,551
very confident, and positive

1037
00:39:28,551 --> 00:39:30,448
for our run-in
for next season.

1038
00:39:30,448 --> 00:39:32,793
-Let's have a drink
to celebrate, what do you say?
-Heck yeah.

1039
00:39:32,793 --> 00:39:34,103
I ain't gonna say no to that.

1040
00:39:34,103 --> 00:39:36,517
If we could just get
out of our own way
for a few minutes,

1041
00:39:36,517 --> 00:39:38,241
we probably could
work together.

1042
00:39:38,241 --> 00:39:39,827
But for next season,

1043
00:39:39,827 --> 00:39:42,000
I'm just gonna keep
all my options open.

1044
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,068
-[Mike] Yeah, baby.
-Let's get out of here.

1045
00:39:51,896 --> 00:39:53,241
Oh. We got a little drip.

1046
00:39:53,241 --> 00:39:54,689
-Here we go.
-[Digger] It's heating up.

1047
00:39:55,620 --> 00:39:57,379
It starts running off
a little bit.

1048
00:39:57,379 --> 00:39:59,413
We've pitched
just a little bit of heads.

1049
00:40:01,689 --> 00:40:03,310
There's the first
of it coming.

1050
00:40:03,862 --> 00:40:05,448
Hot dog. Here we come.

1051
00:40:05,448 --> 00:40:07,655
Mountain Legacy Corn Whiskey.

1052
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:08,758
[Ramsey] Yeah, boy.

1053
00:40:09,724 --> 00:40:12,310
You know, Puss,
one of these days,
years from now,

1054
00:40:12,310 --> 00:40:14,517
I hope there's some
really, really good

1055
00:40:14,517 --> 00:40:16,620
up and coming
young distillers out there.

1056
00:40:16,620 --> 00:40:19,517
And, you know, I hope
we've influenced them

1057
00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:20,793
the way some of the old timers

1058
00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,413
-influenced me and you.
-Yeah.

1059
00:40:22,413 --> 00:40:23,896
You know,
one of the funniest fellas

1060
00:40:23,896 --> 00:40:26,310
we ever got to have
any dealings with was Jim Tom.

1061
00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:28,310
I'm pretty good
on this rye whiskey.

1062
00:40:28,310 --> 00:40:29,896
Oh, I know, you're the best.

1063
00:40:29,896 --> 00:40:31,241
We're fortunate enough
back in the day,

1064
00:40:31,241 --> 00:40:33,275
we saved us up
some Jim Tom rye,

1065
00:40:33,275 --> 00:40:36,482
and we have some
popcorn Sutton
corn liquor put up.

1066
00:40:36,482 --> 00:40:37,724
How about that?

1067
00:40:37,724 --> 00:40:39,896
[Ramsey]
You know, occasionally,
we'll twist the lid off

1068
00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:41,000
of one of the jars,

1069
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,551
and just the smelling
and the tasting of it,

1070
00:40:44,551 --> 00:40:46,517
it brings back a memory

1071
00:40:46,517 --> 00:40:47,758
of each of those fellas.

1072
00:40:47,758 --> 00:40:49,379
Careful. [bleep] Watch it.

1073
00:40:51,275 --> 00:40:52,172
Whoo!

1074
00:40:52,172 --> 00:40:54,448
Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey,
come on out.

1075
00:40:54,448 --> 00:40:56,827
I'm-a craving whiskey
with my spout.

1076
00:40:56,827 --> 00:40:59,034
I'm gonna drink a drink
and sit right down.

1077
00:40:59,034 --> 00:41:01,448
Imagine I'm in Texas
with my gal.

1078
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,344
[chuckles]

1079
00:41:03,344 --> 00:41:06,620
[Ramsey] We've got damn near
two gallon of liquor.

1080
00:41:06,620 --> 00:41:09,655
I'm a saying this ought
to be dead in the hearts.

1081
00:41:09,655 --> 00:41:10,448
Well, I'm gonna give you

1082
00:41:10,448 --> 00:41:12,344
the benefit
of the first taste.

1083
00:41:28,413 --> 00:41:31,586
I tell you, I just ain't
got no words for this.

1084
00:41:31,586 --> 00:41:32,931
I mean, there's corn,

1085
00:41:32,931 --> 00:41:34,689
and there's that bread note

1086
00:41:34,689 --> 00:41:36,862
that that barley brings in.

1087
00:41:36,862 --> 00:41:38,931
Then it finishes corn again.

1088
00:41:38,931 --> 00:41:42,034
But it's frigging sweet
on the finish.

1089
00:41:42,034 --> 00:41:43,137
It's not pretentious.

1090
00:41:43,137 --> 00:41:45,827
It's not trying to be
something that it's not.

1091
00:41:46,413 --> 00:41:48,482
It's just Appalachia in a jar.

1092
00:41:48,482 --> 00:41:49,620
The best you can get it.

1093
00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:52,241
This truly, truly is
our legacy.

1094
00:41:52,241 --> 00:41:53,310
All I can think about is

1095
00:41:53,310 --> 00:41:55,931
calling every team
we've got working right now.

1096
00:41:55,931 --> 00:41:58,241
Tell them to meet us,
and we're fixing to grind up

1097
00:41:58,241 --> 00:42:00,793
all the white corn
and the malted barley

1098
00:42:00,793 --> 00:42:02,620
we can get our hands on,

1099
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,517
and they go to producing this.

1100
00:42:04,517 --> 00:42:05,827
Wouldn't it be sad

1101
00:42:05,827 --> 00:42:08,068
to limit it
to just a select group?

1102
00:42:08,068 --> 00:42:09,379
If it's this good,

1103
00:42:09,379 --> 00:42:11,931
you want to share
good stuff with good people.

1104
00:42:11,931 --> 00:42:13,206
Let's go call the guys.

1105
00:42:13,206 --> 00:42:16,862
[Digger] My hope and dream is
that people that drink this,

1106
00:42:16,862 --> 00:42:18,655
I want them
to want the next step of it,

1107
00:42:18,655 --> 00:42:21,034
because my plan
is to ramp up production

1108
00:42:21,034 --> 00:42:22,965
and barrel up
as much of it as we can.

1109
00:42:22,965 --> 00:42:24,793
And we're hoping that it'll be

1110
00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:26,517
some of the best bourbon
that's ever been,

1111
00:42:26,517 --> 00:42:27,689
and be able
to compete with these

1112
00:42:27,689 --> 00:42:30,413
$1,500, $2,000 jars of liquor.

1113
00:42:30,413 --> 00:42:31,689
Hattie boy,

1114
00:42:31,689 --> 00:42:34,482
I feel like I've run my first
run of liquor all over again.

1115
00:42:34,482 --> 00:42:37,034
[Ramsey]
Kind of like the first time
you kissed a girl.

1116
00:42:37,034 --> 00:42:39,586
-[Digger] I believe it's
a little better than that.
-[both laugh]