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[tense music playing]

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[narrator] <i> On this episode</i>
<i> of</i>  Moonshiners.

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[Solomon] Get ready to run?

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Oh, yeah,

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it taste pretty damn good.

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We've got
Popcorn Sutton's son.

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<i> He may be an ace-in-the-hol</i>
<i> for me and Jerry.</i>

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[Jerry] Sol, I got
a question for you.

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Have you ever been
taught about heads?

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This is the
old J.W. Dant house.

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This man was Richie Rich
in Kentucky in 1836.

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<i> There was a 16-year-old</i>
<i> named J.W. Dant.</i>

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[Wally] They stacked logs
on top of one another.

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[Tim] J.W. Dant pound it out,

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ran that copper
tubing up through it.

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What the heck was so good
about this whiskey

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that make it
spread like wildfire?

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You need
to calm the hell down.

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I need to calm down.
What are you talking about?

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Don't make me roll
your old ass down that hill.

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[bottle clatters]

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[man] <i> This is how</i>
<i> we make a Moonshine.</i>

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[man] That's a big boy,
isn't it.

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I think we need to drag this
thing like a sled in there.

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What are you, a bullock?

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[Josh] We got handles on it.

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[narrator]
<i> In the Blue Ridge Mountains</i>

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<i> after a close call</i>
<i> with an intruder</i>

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<i> near their thousand</i>
<i> gallon still,</i>

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<i> Tickle, Josh, and the Laws</i>

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<i> must devise a way</i>
<i> to camouflage</i>

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<i> their oversized operation.</i>

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I feel like
climbing a rock wall.

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You can climb up a rock wall.

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<i> This thousand gallon pot,</i>

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it is the biggest pot
we have ever made liquor in.

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I can totally see
the still laid out right here.

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The top keg over there,
the worm over there.

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And where do you think
you might be sleeping?

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See, he won't talk
about that yet.

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[Josh] The still
is 10-foot long.

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-You'll sleep on top of it?
-I'll just sleep on the still.

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It'd be nice and warm.

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I've been going through a lot
of [bleep] I lost my house,

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I've had to move out of there.

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<i> With the Law</i>
<i> probably looking for me</i>

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and a fire marshal,
definitely looking for me,

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<i> I'm gonna have to lay low.</i>

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<i> I've got to stay</i>
<i> out here in the woods</i>

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until the coast is clear.

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I'm gonna start digging.

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This thousand gallon
still is massive.

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The top end needs
to come down just a touch.

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<i> So we've got to get</i>
<i> it camo-ed real good.</i>

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We found a little
embankment drops down

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about five or six feet
that's gonna be perfect.

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<i> So, we're gonna go down</i>
<i> and dig back in</i>

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<i> to that embankment.</i>
<i> And by doing that,</i>

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we'll be able to camo this
thing in a whole lot easier

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by using the natural
hillside that's there.

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[Josh] We've got
to hide this good.

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I've got to be hiding good.

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[Henry] <i> We're gonna spend</i>

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<i> a little extra time</i>
<i> on this site.</i>

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Our buddy Josh
is gonna be standing by.

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We do not want him
going to jail.

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All right.

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[Tickle] How's that, Henry?

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[Henry] Here,
let me get my damn seat.

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How about you, what you want?
Hit me with that block?

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Y'all are doing a great job.

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[Tickle] Last blocks
right here, Henry.

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Do you wanna go six?

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I think he's gonna take six.

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[Josh] That's exactly right.

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-[Henry] You think so, Josh?
-[Josh] Yeah.

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Look, if anybody has done
thought about it, it is Josh,

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because he's sure
ain't working.

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All right. Put these blocks

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because they're still on here
on top of the ramp.

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[Josh] <i> I'm a team player.</i>

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I bust my ass. I'm on the run.

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I've paid my dues.
I've been going through hell.

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I'm out here.
I got a couple beers,

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and by God,
I'm going to enjoy it.

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[Henry] Hey, can you get
another shovel?

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-[Josh laughs]
-Where are you going?

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He said something
about a shovel.

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[Tickle] Yeah, I see that.

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[Henry] <i> Josh got a lot</i>
<i> going on right now.</i>

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He doesn't have
anywhere to live.

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<i> He's on the run.</i>
<i> That's stressful, you know,</i>

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physically
and mentally draining.

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<i> But the bottom line</i>
<i> is we better get a grip</i>

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because we got work to do.

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[Kenny speaking]

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[man laughs]

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[banjo music playing]

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For all my hard work, Tim,

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we finally take a little
vacation to the Bourbon Trail.

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Well, I don't know
about the Bourbon Trail

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but we are in the
Bourbon Country, Kentucky.

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I know it keeps
drawing you back.

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-[Tim] <i> Yeah.</i>
-[Howard]
<i> You've been away from me</i>

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<i> but you always come back.</i>

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<i> So why are we here?</i>

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[Tim] I've been doing
some research, Howard.

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I'm looking for different
distillation methods.

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One particular method
that stands out,

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they created
a still out of a log,

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you know, a tree.

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I thought that was
kind of like

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a folklore,
you know, a folktale,

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something that people
just talked about

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back in the day,
drinking out of stump trees.

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When I researched
log distilling,

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everything points to the
Dant family of Kentucky.

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I never heard
of the Dants before.

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Well, in this
region of Kentucky,

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the Dants is pretty popular.

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[narrator] <i> In early</i>
<i> 19th Century of Kentucky,</i>

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<i> copper stills</i>
<i> were unaffordable</i>

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<i> for small time distillers.</i>

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<i> However, in 1836,</i>

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<i> an ingenious 16-year old</i>
<i> named J.W. Dant</i>

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<i> figured out a workaround</i>

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<i> and changed the landscape</i>
<i> of distilling forever,</i>

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<i> when he built</i>
<i> a steam-heated still</i>

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<i> made from hollowed out logs</i>

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<i> using copper</i>
<i> only for the piping.</i>

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<i> People in the region</i>
<i> loved his liquor</i>

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<i> and it became so popular</i>

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<i> it was sold</i>
<i> as far south as New Orleans</i>

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<i> making J.W. a wealthy man.</i>

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<i> By 1870, he had become</i>

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<i> one of the most</i>
<i> successful distillers</i>

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<i> in the region and kicked of</i>

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<i> a family legacy</i>
<i> that's still intact today.</i>

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I want to know
what the heck was so good

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about this whiskey that
make it spread like wildfire.

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[Howard] <i> Oh, there it is,</i>
<i> Log Still Distillery, baby.</i>

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[Tim] <i> Oh, we need</i>
<i> to find Wally Dant.</i>

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-[Howard] Wally Dant.
-Wally Dant.

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<i> Wally Dant and Charles Dant</i>

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<i> are direct descendants</i>
<i> of J.W. Dant.</i>

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They don't distill
in logs anymore.

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<i> But I wanna see if they kno</i>
<i> anything about the design.</i>

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<i> Further, I wanna see</i>
<i> if I can get my hands</i>

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on this recipe,
so I can see for myself

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if it's really that good.

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Looks like a band playing.

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[Howard] This is my type
of celebrate here, Tim.

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-Charles Dant?
-Hey, how are you doing?

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Tim Smith.

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-Nice to meet you, Tim.
-Howard.

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Howard. Very nice
to meet you, my friend.

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-How's it going?
-Well, we actually

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are looking for Wally Dant.

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[Charles] He's right down
the hill here. Come on.

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[Tim] Wally is here.

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<i> He's just getting in to the.</i>

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<i> to the game here.</i>

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He's getting into the party.

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Well, you got nice place here.

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Uh, we're trying.

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We came like 500 miles
to Kentucky to meet Wally,

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<i> and they got like</i>
<i> a party going on.</i>

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<i> It's too loud.</i>

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We've got to find
somewhere where we can talk.

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Welcome. I mean, here
we've got our tasting room.

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Y'all came in and saw that
water tower up here, right?

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-Amazing.
-Yeah.

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[Wally] <i> You know,</i>
<i> that was original</i>

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<i> to the property.</i>

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<i> My great grandfather</i>
<i> built that.</i>

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I do love the water tower,

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but we're here
to learn about log.

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Yeah, I guess... I guess
that's the subject

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why we drove 500 miles.

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[Howard] Yeah,
that's the meat of it.

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We actually got a picture
over here for you.

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-Well, let's see what that is.
-Oh, let's check that out.

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[Wally] So, here,
you could see

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they stacked logs
on top of one another.

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J.W. Dant pound it out,

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ran that copper
tubing up through it.

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He didn't use fire,
obviously. It's wood.

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No. That's right.

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Actually, what they did
was they built a fire

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and they heated up rocks,

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<i> and they transferred</i>
<i> those over into a pot</i>

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<i> and they got that steam</i>

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and they actually
funneled that into the logs

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<i> to heat these things up.</i>

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You know,
the big reason I'm here,

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I'm researching
and we're gonna recreate

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J.W. Dant's whiskey today.

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I mean, some of it
is this picture.

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-I need that.
-[Howard] It is very helpful.

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Uh, and then, also, I mean,

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I really have to get down
to a recipe, too.

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If you're doing
something like that,

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we're all behind you.

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We do have the mash bills

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that were used
here on property.

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So, whether it was
my great grandfather

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or my great, great,
great grandfather,

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we've got their mash bills.

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Oh.

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If you really want history,

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we got something I think
we wanna show you tomorrow

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that will knock
your socks off.

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Me and Howard we'll be
spending the night.

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[Wally] We'll, see you
in the morning.

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-Salud.
-Cheers to
a good night, gentlemen.

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[man] We may have to bump
that back down
a little bit or something.

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-Here you go.
-Here you go. I did it.

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You ate your Wheaties
this morning, didn't you?

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Hell, yeah.

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[narrator] <i> In Haywood County</i>
<i> North Carolina,</i>

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<i> facing new competition</i>
<i> in their own backyard,</i>

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<i> Mike and Jerry</i>
<i> play a wild card</i>

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<i> to raise their profile.</i>

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[Mike] <i> The partnership</i>
<i> with Solomon Sutton,</i>

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<i> I mean, it could be</i>
<i> exactly what we need.</i>

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<i> We got competition</i>
<i> out there this season.</i>

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<i> Richard Landry is here</i>

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from Louisiana
to try to run liq.

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Y'all think
this liquor is good?

230
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I can make it better

231
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if I have water

232
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like you guys got here.

233
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So you're wanting

234
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to set up shop

235
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around here
somewhere probably?

236
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Me and Jerry are damn excited.

237
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<i> Popcorn Sutton is a legend</i>
<i> around these parts.</i>

238
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When people find out
that Solomon Sutton,

239
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his son, is running
liquor with us,

240
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it's bound to sell.

241
00:08:28,108 --> 00:08:29,407
[Jerry] I think
that barrel is in a...

242
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in a fine place right there.

243
00:08:30,811 --> 00:08:32,210
I'll tell you what,
me and Mike are gonna start

244
00:08:32,212 --> 00:08:33,945
getting all this pipe
routed and stuff,

245
00:08:34,014 --> 00:08:35,714
how about we're gonna carry it
to the side beside.

246
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And get us that...
The power cord,

247
00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:38,717
and a water hose,

248
00:08:38,719 --> 00:08:40,418
and generator,
and a water pump.

249
00:08:40,420 --> 00:08:41,953
We'll put it
in the creek down here

250
00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,255
and we'll pump
this barrel full.

251
00:08:43,323 --> 00:08:44,356
Sounds like a game plan.

252
00:08:44,424 --> 00:08:45,524
[Jerry] We'll see
you in a bit.

253
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One good thing about this PVC

254
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-that I got, it will bend.
-[Mike] Oh, yeah.

255
00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:52,030
<i> You know, Jerry, come up</i>
<i> with a vacuum pump system</i>

256
00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,999
that'll be totally solid.
It worked at the shop.

257
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It should work here.

258
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-Get that part in?
-[Mike] Uh-huh.

259
00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:59,004
[Jerry] That's good. Zip it.

260
00:08:59,006 --> 00:09:00,572
But it's still
pretty much a gamble.

261
00:09:00,574 --> 00:09:03,041
We got a long way to pull
water up from the creek,

262
00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:05,410
you know, to make it
then create that suction.

263
00:09:05,412 --> 00:09:07,145
[Jerry] Fish me a pipe
right through these bushes

264
00:09:07,214 --> 00:09:08,547
down here on the ground.

265
00:09:08,648 --> 00:09:10,015
<i> You know, it took us</i>
<i> a little bit of time</i>

266
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<i> to get this thing built.</i>

267
00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:13,618
We're not, you know,
so much behind schedule.

268
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[Jerry grunts] Ready?

269
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Dang.

270
00:09:16,189 --> 00:09:18,023
But time is money here.

271
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<i> You got to get</i>
<i> this thing pumping,</i>

272
00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,760
so we can go
to making some money.

273
00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:24,729
Here we go. Pretty solid.

274
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-Here we go, fellas.
-[Mike] All right, bro.

275
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The next steps that we got
to do here at the still site

276
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is to get these pipes
run down to the creek

277
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and hook our pump up
to prime the tank with

278
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to get water in there
and get all the air out.

279
00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,944
Well, it's a straight
down right here.

280
00:09:39,012 --> 00:09:40,211
It's like a ski slope.

281
00:09:41,415 --> 00:09:44,449
[Solomon] Okay, Mike,
start feeding me the PVC!

282
00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:46,952
[Mike] Deep in the country.

283
00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:50,922
We're in the water.

284
00:09:53,493 --> 00:09:54,626
[Jerry] Yeah.

285
00:09:56,229 --> 00:09:58,129
Well, I feel running
another part of the barrel.

286
00:09:58,131 --> 00:09:59,831
I'll get this generator
fired up.

287
00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:01,199
We're ready
to pump some water.

288
00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:03,201
[motor whirring]

289
00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:05,103
It's tough to get
the water uphill

290
00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:06,204
<i> in any circumstances.</i>

291
00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:07,505
[Solomon] It might take
a second

292
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-to pump all that up.
-Oh, that's right.

293
00:10:08,842 --> 00:10:10,041
<i> But once we get</i>
<i> this thing primed</i>

294
00:10:10,077 --> 00:10:11,242
and get it started,

295
00:10:11,311 --> 00:10:12,510
I feel like
we'll be in good shape.

296
00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:14,379
Oh, we're getting
water in here.

297
00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:16,715
-[Mike] We got it coming.
-It's coming.

298
00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:18,750
<i> The water is going</i>
<i> into the barrel fine,</i>

299
00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:19,951
but we got to get
it full enough

300
00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:21,453
<i> and it's got to be airtight</i>

301
00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:23,321
<i> if it's gonna create a vacuu</i>

302
00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:24,623
and give us
a continuous flow of water.

303
00:10:24,625 --> 00:10:26,057
Put that junker off.

304
00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:28,760
All right, Mike, I believe
we're about ready.

305
00:10:28,862 --> 00:10:29,961
[Mike] All right.

306
00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:31,730
Here tells the tail.

307
00:10:34,635 --> 00:10:35,934
We got water.

308
00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:37,435
-Are you pulling water?
-[Jerry] All right.

309
00:10:39,106 --> 00:10:40,505
We got water rolling in.

310
00:10:40,507 --> 00:10:43,508
[Mike] Good day, old man.
We're good to go!

311
00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:44,943
<i> This thing</i>
<i> is working properly.</i>

312
00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:47,045
It's pulling the vacuum
and its feeding water

313
00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:48,546
to the still site
at the same time.

314
00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:50,415
<i> We've got</i>
<i> a continuous flow of water</i>

315
00:10:50,417 --> 00:10:52,050
<i> that's 100 percent solid.</i>

316
00:10:52,119 --> 00:10:53,118
Hell, yeah.

317
00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,719
I've seen a lot, a lot of ways

318
00:10:54,721 --> 00:10:56,221
of getting waters
to the still site,

319
00:10:56,223 --> 00:10:57,956
but I've never seen
nobody physically

320
00:10:58,025 --> 00:10:59,824
<i> soften it up</i>
<i> the side of a cliff,</i>

321
00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:02,060
<i> and then pump it to the</i>
<i> still site with no power.</i>

322
00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:03,161
-We have water.
-Let's go put

323
00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:04,062
our big heads together

324
00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:05,463
and see if we can come up

325
00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:07,399
-with something
to be able to put in here.
-[Jerry] Let's do it.

326
00:11:07,401 --> 00:11:09,034
<i> Me and J has got</i>
<i> to build a still</i>

327
00:11:09,102 --> 00:11:10,201
to get to the still site.

328
00:11:10,203 --> 00:11:11,603
Start making us some money.

329
00:11:11,605 --> 00:11:13,905
<i> ♪ We've got water</i>
<i> At the still site now ♪</i>

330
00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:15,373
[Solomon] That's a nice
little song

331
00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:16,341
you got there, bud.

332
00:11:16,410 --> 00:11:17,942
[Mike] Hell, yeah.

333
00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:19,210
<i> I'm going to Nashville.</i>

334
00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:31,022
[rock music playing]

335
00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,161
Now, I know Josh,

336
00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:38,430
he really is
a team player at heart,

337
00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:39,931
<i> but this right here,</i>

338
00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:42,701
this isn't being
a team player.

339
00:11:42,703 --> 00:11:44,235
[Henry] Now, see what Kenny
is doing right there?

340
00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:45,637
Here's what
you call improvising.

341
00:11:45,739 --> 00:11:47,105
We don't have two shovels,

342
00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:48,907
that's what we do right there
to get the job done.

343
00:11:48,909 --> 00:11:51,409
[Kenny speaking]

344
00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:52,811
I don't have half ass nothing.

345
00:11:52,813 --> 00:11:54,412
When's the last time
you ever seen me

346
00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,014
half assed anything?

347
00:11:56,016 --> 00:11:57,215
[Kenny] You better calm
your damn nerves.

348
00:11:57,217 --> 00:11:58,550
I don't know,
it sure sounded like it.

349
00:11:58,618 --> 00:11:59,717
-[Kenny] Well, you not.
-[Josh] It did.

350
00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:00,952
Well, you're gonna have
to back off a little bit.

351
00:12:01,021 --> 00:12:02,821
I'm down here swinging
and you're standing there

352
00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:04,522
drinking a damn cold beer.

353
00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:07,525
I'm easygoing
not until you push my button.

354
00:12:07,527 --> 00:12:10,061
And then, when it does,
you don't step over the line.

355
00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:11,329
You know what I'm saying here?

356
00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,632
You know, you come
over down here and dig it.

357
00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,602
Josh normally isn't one to run
his mouth to me or Kenny.

358
00:12:17,604 --> 00:12:18,769
What's wrong with you?

359
00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:20,038
[Henry] <i> I've never</i>
<i> saw him like this before.</i>

360
00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,439
I'm beginning
to think the pressure of him

361
00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:23,408
being on the run
is starting to get to him.

362
00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:26,044
[Josh] Don't make me roll
your old ass down that hill.

363
00:12:30,317 --> 00:12:32,117
[suspenseful music playing]

364
00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:33,151
[Kenny] What's wrong with you?

365
00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:34,352
I'm trying to hack
and you won't listen.

366
00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:35,987
[Josh] You're the one
all excited.

367
00:12:35,989 --> 00:12:37,956
You didn't even
seen goddamn excited.

368
00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:39,224
What did I do?

369
00:12:39,226 --> 00:12:40,425
[Kenny] You don't know
until you get

370
00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:41,960
the embankment tubing
in better shape.

371
00:12:41,962 --> 00:12:43,628
-Oh, oh, really?
-[Kenny] Yeah.

372
00:12:43,697 --> 00:12:44,996
So you're just gonna
tell me to dig?

373
00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:46,297
I ain't telling you
a damn thing.

374
00:12:46,299 --> 00:12:47,966
Do what you want.

375
00:12:47,968 --> 00:12:50,201
[Henry] <i> You know,</i>
<i> I can understand</i>
<i> Josh being under pressure,</i>

376
00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:52,237
but we got the still site
we gotta be taken care of,

377
00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:53,805
<i> so he needs to calm down.</i>

378
00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,709
-Do you want the beer?
-No. I don't want a damn beer.

379
00:12:58,812 --> 00:13:00,545
[Henry] All right.
Let's set the still, boys.

380
00:13:00,647 --> 00:13:02,814
[Tickle] I agree with Henry.
Let's set the still.

381
00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:04,449
What's wrong with you?

382
00:13:04,518 --> 00:13:05,583
I don't know.

383
00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:07,352
If I did,
I wouldn't be down here.

384
00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:08,920
-You want a beer?
-[Kenny] No.

385
00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:09,821
[Tickle] Let's go boys.

386
00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:11,156
<i> Now, I tell you what,</i>

387
00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:14,225
I have often said
that Josh and Kenny get along

388
00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:16,327
because I didn't know
if it was birds

389
00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:18,530
of a feather
or maniac to maniac.

390
00:13:18,532 --> 00:13:20,198
[Josh] I need
to drink beer with him.

391
00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,401
I know for sure now,
it's maniac to maniac.

392
00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:26,037
All right, buddy. Be careful.

393
00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:28,039
[Kenny] You're looking
good, looking good.

394
00:13:28,041 --> 00:13:29,207
[Josh] That's something--

395
00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:30,441
[Henry] She's in there.

396
00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:31,442
That looks pretty even.

397
00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:34,112
Ah, damn, perfectly level.

398
00:13:34,114 --> 00:13:36,147
-[Tickle] I love it.
-Perfectly level.

399
00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:37,615
[Tickle] I love it.

400
00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:39,617
You know, Josh, he's used
to living out in the woods.

401
00:13:39,719 --> 00:13:41,119
He's used
to toughing things out.

402
00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:42,287
It's perfect level.

403
00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:44,322
But knowing in the back
of your mind

404
00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:46,157
that they're there,
they're coming,

405
00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:47,458
that's the stressful part.

406
00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:49,627
That's the part he's got
to learn to overcome.

407
00:13:49,729 --> 00:13:51,563
I don't know how the [bleep]
did we do that the first time.

408
00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:53,531
[Henry] <i> Experience,</i>
<i> man, experience.</i>

409
00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:54,699
[Tickle] <i> That's amazing.</i>

410
00:13:56,903 --> 00:13:59,871
[sirens wailing]

411
00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:02,907
[dramatic music playing]

412
00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,047
-[Howard] All I see is corn.
-[Tim] Yeah.

413
00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:11,316
I mean, no good
stories start with,

414
00:14:11,318 --> 00:14:13,051
"Come on down here
to the field in the woods.

415
00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:14,252
Let me show you something."

416
00:14:14,321 --> 00:14:15,453
I mean, they don't
end well, usually.

417
00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:16,621
Not that I don't
think I've seen.

418
00:14:16,623 --> 00:14:18,223
[Tim] <i> I see a truck coming.</i>

419
00:14:18,225 --> 00:14:21,359
Wally, he invited us
to come out to a cornfield.

420
00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:22,827
There they are.

421
00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:24,996
Fellas, we thought you sent
us on a wild goose chase,

422
00:14:24,998 --> 00:14:25,964
maybe wrong cornfield.

423
00:14:27,601 --> 00:14:29,500
He's gonna show us
something special.

424
00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,002
Charles, you wanna
make our way through?

425
00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:32,437
Let's do it.

426
00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:35,039
-And where are we going?
-[Tim] Into the dusty woods.

427
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:37,208
I think we're going
somewhere we might not be
coming back from.

428
00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,510
[Howard] Well,
that's a house over there,
it looked like.

429
00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:42,113
[Wally] It ain't been
occupied a long time,
that's for certain.

430
00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:43,615
This is the old
J.W. Dant house.

431
00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:45,049
[Tim] This man was Richie Rich

432
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:46,417
-for his time, wasn't he?
-[Wally] That's right.

433
00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:48,019
-He was one of the--
-[Tim] Back in the 1800s,

434
00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:49,687
1900s you have
a house this big?

435
00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,389
<i> This house is huge.</i>

436
00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:53,258
J.W. must have
made a ton of money.

437
00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:55,126
<i> His liquor must have</i>
<i> been something special</i>

438
00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:56,728
<i> if this is the result.</i>

439
00:14:56,730 --> 00:14:58,062
What was in that stuff?

440
00:14:58,131 --> 00:15:00,798
Once he saturated Marion
and Nelson County,

441
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,801
he built a raft,
floated down to Louisiana,

442
00:15:03,803 --> 00:15:05,803
sold his product,
and then walked back

443
00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:07,538
600 miles
to the Indian country.

444
00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:08,806
-He had to move a lot.
-So, he was trying

445
00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:11,309
to reach out to more customers
outside the region?

446
00:15:11,311 --> 00:15:12,610
Yeah.

447
00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:15,780
To hop in a raft
with barrels of bourbon,

448
00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:18,516
float the river
all the way to New Orleans,

449
00:15:18,518 --> 00:15:22,053
by God, and then walk
600 miles back,

450
00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:23,421
this is one fellow
I wouldn't mess with.

451
00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:24,656
Yeah, you can come on in.

452
00:15:24,658 --> 00:15:26,257
Is there a log still
in there or anything?

453
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:28,226
I don't know what's in there.

454
00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:31,562
So, this is original,

455
00:15:31,631 --> 00:15:32,964
the stuff
that's still in here?

456
00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:35,033
[Wally] Oh, hell, yes, it is.

457
00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:36,601
[Tim] Hey,
the light's back here.

458
00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:40,038
He must not have paid
the power bill lately.

459
00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:43,141
[Howard] So,
this old fireplace here

460
00:15:43,209 --> 00:15:44,342
is where he did
all the cooking?

461
00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:46,511
This is where
the kitchen was, yup.

462
00:15:46,513 --> 00:15:48,513
Could you imagine that man
sitting around the table,

463
00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:50,548
eating his dinner,
tasting something that tastes

464
00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:51,883
really good
on his plate and he's like,

465
00:15:51,885 --> 00:15:53,584
hmm, that's a good flavor
for bourbon.

466
00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:54,886
Probably an old
ground hog or something.

467
00:15:54,888 --> 00:15:56,721
-Mmm-hmm.
-[laughter]

468
00:15:57,857 --> 00:15:59,223
[Wally] We've got
some old bottles

469
00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,159
and stuff
that we found over time.

470
00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:03,328
You know, if you look at this,
its old ceramic bottle, right?

471
00:16:03,330 --> 00:16:05,296
So, prior to good
old glass bottles,

472
00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:06,998
they used to put it
in ceramic.

473
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,599
[Howard] The handwriting
here, it's good.

474
00:16:08,701 --> 00:16:09,867
It's so beautiful.

475
00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:11,235
I mean, I almost don't wanna
hold it, it's so old.

476
00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:12,537
[Wally] Yeah.

477
00:16:12,605 --> 00:16:14,138
Well, I guess
the next question is,

478
00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:15,540
do you have any kind of recipe

479
00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,508
of what they was making
in the very beginning?

480
00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:20,011
Well, what we do know,
all right?

481
00:16:20,013 --> 00:16:21,412
We've got
his yeast recipes, right?

482
00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:24,515
So yeast for distillers
was gold to have.

483
00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,817
And I've got
a picture of it, actually,

484
00:16:25,885 --> 00:16:27,885
his handwritten notes,
all right?

485
00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:31,055
I've got jug yeast,
got night yeast and day yeast.

486
00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:33,424
Wally breaks out,
you know, like a recipe.

487
00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:36,127
<i> It's not the recipe</i>
<i> of what goes into the mash.</i>

488
00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:39,230
This is actually what goes in
to make the yeast

489
00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:43,001
to cultivate, to go into
the mash, to make the product.

490
00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:45,803
I think this is actually
gonna make the big difference.

491
00:16:45,905 --> 00:16:48,306
We've got to go back
and make that.

492
00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:49,507
-[Wally] Absolutely.
-No, that was...

493
00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:50,608
that was really be like
the next test,

494
00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:52,310
then, I guess,
getting something locally.

495
00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:54,512
That way,
we've got that yeast strain

496
00:16:54,514 --> 00:16:56,114
-that's growing here...
-Right.

497
00:16:56,116 --> 00:16:57,148
from the grains.

498
00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,616
You know, one of our farmers

499
00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,218
grew some rye
last year for us.

500
00:17:00,220 --> 00:17:01,886
-Okay.
-Oh. So, you can put us

501
00:17:01,888 --> 00:17:02,987
in touch
with this gentleman, right?

502
00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:04,789
This property is right next
to our distillery.

503
00:17:04,791 --> 00:17:06,457
We're gonna get
these local grains

504
00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,259
<i> so we can propagate</i>
<i> the authentic,</i>

505
00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:10,061
<i> original local yeast.</i>

506
00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:11,496
Then, we'll get
the mashing in,

507
00:17:11,498 --> 00:17:13,464
<i> get it in a log still</i>
<i> and run in</i>

508
00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:15,900
<i> some of J.W. Dant's</i>
<i> original liquor.</i>

509
00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:20,038
[dramatic music playing]

510
00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:32,417
-What's up, buddy?
-What's happening, champ?

511
00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:33,985
Well, I was actually
just cleaning

512
00:17:33,987 --> 00:17:35,119
this whole pot out here.

513
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:37,155
We got to put
a little water in this boiler.

514
00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:38,790
[Mike] It's cleaning itself,
ain't it?

515
00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:40,124
[Jerry] Well,
I've been thinking

516
00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:42,026
-we're gonna need a new still
for the season, right?
-Yeah.

517
00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:43,428
Huge thing.

518
00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:46,631
You're talking about just
cooking alcohol with steam.

519
00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:48,399
What I'm thinking
is take some copper

520
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,301
-and create a tank out of it.
-Mmm-hmm.

521
00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:52,470
[Jerry] Lay it on its side,
and then we put cores,

522
00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:53,704
you know,
all around the bottom.

523
00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,506
We'll be able
to mash right in our pot.

524
00:17:55,508 --> 00:17:57,208
Well, the steam
make no scorch nothing.

525
00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:00,111
-No.
-Hell, let's put this
damn thing together.

526
00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:02,046
[narrator] <i> To evenly heat</i>
<i> their fermented mash</i>

527
00:18:02,048 --> 00:18:03,548
<i> without scorching it,</i>

528
00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:06,250
<i> Mike and Jerry will</i>
<i> build a steam pipe still.</i>

529
00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:08,786
<i> As water is heated</i>
<i> in a separate boiler,</i>

530
00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:10,421
<i> it turns to steam,</i>

531
00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:13,958
<i> which will then travel</i>
<i> through 24 individual</i>
<i> copper pipes</i>

532
00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,294
<i> lining the interior</i>
<i> of the pot.</i>

533
00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:18,262
<i> The setup provides even hea</i>

534
00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:20,631
<i> without the need</i>
<i> for a direct burner.</i>

535
00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:21,966
<i> The result?</i>

536
00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:25,136
<i> Smooth scorch-free</i>
<i> liquor every run.</i>

537
00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:28,339
[rock music playing]

538
00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,441
[Jerry] Roll gold
right there, son.

539
00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:32,310
-That is for damn sure.
-Roll gold.

540
00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,045
This copper
has just gotten outrageous.

541
00:18:34,047 --> 00:18:36,514
Eleven and five,
it's where it need to be.

542
00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:38,783
<i> It's getting hard to get</i>
<i> and it's very expensive.</i>

543
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,918
If we're not gonna start this
cutting without measuring,

544
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,954
<i> make a mistake,</i>
<i> that means we're gonna have</i>

545
00:18:42,956 --> 00:18:44,689
<i> to go back</i>
<i> and buy more materials.</i>

546
00:18:44,691 --> 00:18:46,057
And that's just something
that we ain't got time

547
00:18:46,059 --> 00:18:47,358
or money
to be doing right now.

548
00:18:47,427 --> 00:18:48,693
It won't be long.

549
00:18:48,695 --> 00:18:50,528
We'll be putting some tubes
through here, won't we?

550
00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:52,163
It is...
It is rolled right here,

551
00:18:52,232 --> 00:18:53,464
we'll be off to the races.

552
00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:56,534
I tell you what, man,
with 25 tubes,

553
00:18:56,603 --> 00:18:58,970
you know that's
gonna heat up in a hurry.

554
00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,004
It's gonna get hot quick.

555
00:19:00,106 --> 00:19:01,305
<i> You know,</i>
<i> this idea I've came up with</i>

556
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,141
a little bit more
on the complicated side

557
00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:05,143
as far as the build,
but it's really gonna

558
00:19:05,244 --> 00:19:07,211
<i> make things move a lot</i>
<i> quicker in the woods.</i>

559
00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,247
Ain't nothing like a
hair on a biscuit, brother.

560
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:10,948
Most of the times
with your stills,

561
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:12,617
<i> you can't heat them</i>
<i> too fast because if you do,</i>

562
00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:14,018
<i> you're gonna worry</i>
<i> about scorching your mash.</i>

563
00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,720
<i> But running thing through it</i>

564
00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:17,622
<i> we're gonna be able to heat</i>
<i> the mash a lot quicker</i>

565
00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:19,724
and really evenly throughout
the whole entire pot.

566
00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,993
<i> We're gonna be able</i>
<i> to make a much smoother,</i>

567
00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:24,328
much more powerful alcohol.

568
00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:25,730
All right.

569
00:19:25,732 --> 00:19:27,398
Twenty-two more to go
and we'll be set.

570
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,601
[rock music playing]

571
00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,904
My God, that's it right there
on the bottom, brother.

572
00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:38,309
[Jerry] I tell you what, man,
I'm pretty dadgum

573
00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:39,510
satisfied with that.

574
00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:42,413
Me and Mike's finally
got the heat exchanger done.

575
00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:44,949
We're going to piece
two sheets of copper together,

576
00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:46,450
actually, to make
a tube out of it,

577
00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,052
<i> and then slide</i>
<i> the heat exchanger into it.</i>

578
00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:54,892
We're all but home free now.

579
00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:56,994
Snug as a bug
in a damn, damn rug.

580
00:20:02,135 --> 00:20:03,401
[Jerry] You know
something I thought about?

581
00:20:03,403 --> 00:20:04,535
If we ever got busted,

582
00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:06,037
they wouldn't tear up
our damn stills.

583
00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:07,271
[Mike] Hell no.

584
00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:08,773
They'd have to carry
over some kind of damn museum

585
00:20:08,775 --> 00:20:10,208
or something
because they wouldn't know

586
00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:11,776
if I wanna
make like that again.

587
00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:13,044
So damn won't.

588
00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:14,412
<i> When it comes</i>
<i> to building stills,</i>

589
00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:16,113
me and Jerry
are unlike anybody else

590
00:20:16,115 --> 00:20:17,415
in the moonshine world.

591
00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:21,919
Boo-yah, boy.

592
00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:25,056
We are the type of people
that walks out on the lam.

593
00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:27,992
<i> We like to build</i>
<i> something cool,</i>

594
00:20:27,994 --> 00:20:29,727
<i> something new, something nea</i>

595
00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:31,262
<i> Sure, we're going to the woo</i>

596
00:20:31,364 --> 00:20:33,431
<i> to make alcohol and to put</i>
<i> money in our pockets.</i>

597
00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:35,399
<i> But there's nobody else</i>
<i> out there</i>

598
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:36,601
<i> doing what me and Jerry does</i>

599
00:20:36,702 --> 00:20:39,036
[Jerry] We're better to take
it neck of the woods, man.

600
00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:39,970
Yes, sir.

601
00:20:39,972 --> 00:20:42,907
Porthole, thermostat,
air ventilation.

602
00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,442
We got a heat exchanger
right here in the end.

603
00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:45,710
[Mike] A whole nine yards.

604
00:20:46,546 --> 00:20:48,145
Yeah, buddy.

605
00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:49,814
That little
gentleman's heavy, son.

606
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,015
Thank God for a handle.

607
00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:56,153
[man] That rigged camo
went up?

608
00:20:56,222 --> 00:20:57,788
[Henry] Man, the paint
it's gonna take

609
00:20:57,790 --> 00:20:58,956
to camo this great big pot,

610
00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:00,424
it'll probably be
15 pounds heavier

611
00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:01,993
by the time we get done.

612
00:21:01,995 --> 00:21:05,630
[Josh] I've just been holding
my breath, about to pass out.

613
00:21:06,899 --> 00:21:09,100
Take a look
at it from back here.

614
00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:10,201
It's huge.

615
00:21:10,203 --> 00:21:12,503
I don't know if it's really
blending in that good.

616
00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:14,505
[Josh] <i> There's a lot</i>
<i> on the line right here.</i>

617
00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,307
If I got to hide out
and I got to stay out here

618
00:21:16,309 --> 00:21:17,775
in the woods,
it's really important

619
00:21:17,777 --> 00:21:19,910
<i> that we get this still</i>
<i> totally camouflaged.</i>

620
00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:21,412
[Henry] But it's so big.

621
00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:22,680
You can't help
but see the damn thing.

622
00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:23,814
It is massive.

623
00:21:23,916 --> 00:21:24,882
Well, we're gonna have
to come up

624
00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:26,117
with something different,
ain't we?

625
00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:29,220
Brushing it in
like we normally do,

626
00:21:29,222 --> 00:21:30,421
we had to take that down

627
00:21:30,423 --> 00:21:31,722
and put it back up
every time we leave.

628
00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:34,058
Yeah. Good job.

629
00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,626
What if we take it
and make a wall

630
00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:38,362
that's movable
and just move the wall?

631
00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:39,463
A wall?

632
00:21:39,565 --> 00:21:40,665
A wall on a bush.

633
00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:42,500
You will move
the whole wall or--

634
00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:43,701
[Tickle] Some kind of way.

635
00:21:43,703 --> 00:21:45,102
Why don't we just leave it?

636
00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:46,404
It can't be
locked in like that.

637
00:21:46,406 --> 00:21:47,672
I got... You got to be able
to see that man coming up.

638
00:21:47,674 --> 00:21:49,607
Yeah. If you can't see,
you go in prison.

639
00:21:49,609 --> 00:21:50,808
-[Henry] At least you can't--
-Simple as that.

640
00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:52,443
If you get raids
and the jumpman comes in,

641
00:21:52,512 --> 00:21:53,844
you got to be able to see him.

642
00:21:53,846 --> 00:21:56,113
You just can't put up a wall
where you can't see out.

643
00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:59,216
We need to get it
where we can move it easily.

644
00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:00,418
If we get some pulleys,

645
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:01,752
we can help counteract
the weight.

646
00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:03,120
[Kenny] What are these
pulleys for?

647
00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:05,122
We're gonna build a wall

648
00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:07,725
and then we're just gonna
pick it up out of our way.

649
00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:09,527
I truthfully think
y'all know already that, huh?

650
00:22:09,529 --> 00:22:11,529
I swear to God,
y'all are so high,

651
00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:13,130
it ain't even making sense.

652
00:22:13,132 --> 00:22:14,632
They're talking
about building this, like,

653
00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:17,501
curtain thing
and cranking it up in the air

654
00:22:17,503 --> 00:22:19,904
and, you know,
making some camouflage

655
00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:22,306
we can lower down
when I leave the still site.

656
00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:24,041
We put a pulley up top.

657
00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:25,209
I just don't understand.

658
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:26,577
[Henry] This will be
your main one.

659
00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:28,045
This will be
the bottom of your wall.

660
00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:29,513
To mount the pulleys
on these things,

661
00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:30,548
drop a string down.

662
00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:32,149
And then
when you pull that rope,

663
00:22:32,251 --> 00:22:33,951
this comes right up
and comes right here.

664
00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:35,119
Y'all wanna build
some curtains in the wood?

665
00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:36,253
That's what you're telling me?

666
00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:37,287
Camo.

667
00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:38,789
This is gonna be
a bunch of whole [bleep]

668
00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:40,624
put the mental
picture together

669
00:22:40,626 --> 00:22:41,992
with what
they're talking about.

670
00:22:41,994 --> 00:22:43,361
You're gonna have ropes
and pulleys

671
00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,229
and [bleep]
hanging all over the place.

672
00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:47,465
How the hell you're
gonna ever camouflage that?

673
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,200
Josh, me and you,
we're the same age,

674
00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,802
probably been moonshining
about the same amount of time.

675
00:22:51,804 --> 00:22:54,705
I'm gonna go with the voice
of experience right here.

676
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:57,341
And that's Henry
and Kenny right here.

677
00:22:57,410 --> 00:23:00,044
If I don't stand my ground
and I just go along with it,

678
00:23:00,146 --> 00:23:02,446
as soon as it's done,
y'all find out it's ridiculous

679
00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:03,914
and I'll say,
"Well, I tried to tell you."

680
00:23:03,916 --> 00:23:05,816
You're gonna say, "Why didn't
you say something, son?"

681
00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,251
Well, I'm saying something.

682
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,453
Josh is getting worked up
for no reason at all.

683
00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:11,455
The bottom line
is we want the still site

684
00:23:11,524 --> 00:23:13,691
and Josh to be
as safe as possible.

685
00:23:13,693 --> 00:23:14,692
Well, let's just see

686
00:23:14,694 --> 00:23:16,327
if this is something
we can do or not.

687
00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:20,231
-Just go home.
-[man] I know, I know I just--

688
00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:22,400
Leave you all
with this cockamamie idea

689
00:23:22,402 --> 00:23:23,501
and drink a lot of beer.

690
00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:30,107
[dramatic music playing]

691
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:36,347
[Tim] Old Finney farm.

692
00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:38,115
This is where
Charles said to come in.

693
00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:39,884
We got some silos, so...

694
00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:42,219
Oh, we got a hell of a silo
system, it looks like.

695
00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:45,055
<i> Howard and I,</i>
<i> we're gonna recreate</i>

696
00:23:45,057 --> 00:23:47,558
<i> J.W. Dant's</i>
<i> log and still whiskey.</i>

697
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,160
We actually have a recipe
in making

698
00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,162
a type of yeast
that they was using.

699
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:52,830
<i> The yeast is where it's at.</i>

700
00:23:52,898 --> 00:23:54,265
<i> The yeast is what's so speci</i>

701
00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:55,900
<i> about this Dant whiskey.</i>

702
00:23:55,902 --> 00:23:57,301
All right. Surprise, surprise.

703
00:23:57,303 --> 00:23:59,603
And in order for me
to make this type of yeast

704
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:01,806
that they made
during their period of time,

705
00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:04,408
<i> we need barley,</i>
<i> rye, and we need corn.</i>

706
00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:05,709
-Are you Clint?
-Yes, sir.

707
00:24:05,711 --> 00:24:07,344
-Tim Smith.
-Pleasure.

708
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:10,347
Even though I've got all these
ingredients back in Virginia,

709
00:24:10,416 --> 00:24:11,682
<i> I've got to get</i>
<i> the ingredients</i>

710
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:16,053
from this area so I can
recreate that type of yeast.

711
00:24:16,055 --> 00:24:18,722
We're trying to recreate
the log style stilling.

712
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:21,025
We've got down
to where we need

713
00:24:21,027 --> 00:24:24,528
the yeast that we can get
from the grains.

714
00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:25,463
Come on in here.

715
00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:26,663
I've got some corn
ready to go into a bag.

716
00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:29,233
<i> The type of yeast you use</i>
<i> in making whiskey</i>

717
00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:30,701
is one of the biggest factors

718
00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:32,536
on how the final product
turns out.

719
00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:34,605
[Clint] I'll get you
a bag of corn.

720
00:24:34,674 --> 00:24:36,006
[Tim] <i> I think</i>
<i> the yeast is gonna be</i>

721
00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:37,675
<i> the most important part</i>
<i> of the mash beer.</i>

722
00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:38,876
[Howard] That's quick.

723
00:24:38,878 --> 00:24:40,678
It's going to allow us
to faithfully

724
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,314
recreate Dant's
original whiskey.

725
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:44,915
So this should be
good milling.

726
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:47,351
[Tim] <i> Wild yeast pretty muc</i>
<i> exists on everything</i>

727
00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:49,320
in environment,
even in the grains.

728
00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:51,021
[Howard] That's why
they call it Corn-tucky.

729
00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:52,223
[laughs]

730
00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,158
<i> Now, with this Kentucky grai</i>

731
00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:55,626
we've got the native yeast

732
00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:57,228
that J.W. Dant was using.

733
00:24:57,230 --> 00:25:00,164
[sealer whirring]

734
00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:01,499
[Howard] Holy cow.

735
00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:02,600
[Clint] Don't get
your finger caught in it.

736
00:25:02,602 --> 00:25:03,601
Yeah. No joke.

737
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:05,202
Hey, this guy
has got what we need.

738
00:25:05,204 --> 00:25:07,137
I mean, he's got corn,
he's got rye,

739
00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:09,440
<i> and he had barley</i>
<i> growing right here.</i>

740
00:25:09,509 --> 00:25:11,141
So, you can't get
no more local than that.

741
00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:12,776
Let's put it
right in the truck, Howard.

742
00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:14,812
No worry. I got you.

743
00:25:14,881 --> 00:25:16,413
[Tim] <i> Right now,</i>
<i> we've got a history,</i>

744
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,949
<i> we've got a story,</i>
<i> we've learned the process.</i>

745
00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:21,619
<i> We've got our three yeast</i>
<i> ingredients in the truck.</i>

746
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:23,521
<i> You know, me and Howard,</i>
<i> all we got to do now</i>

747
00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:25,155
is get on the road,
get back to Virginia

748
00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:27,458
and go to work,
making some yeast,

749
00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:29,727
<i> mashing in, making the still</i>

750
00:25:29,729 --> 00:25:32,029
distilling it,
and making some Dant whiskey.

751
00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:36,667
[dramatic music playing]

752
00:25:42,508 --> 00:25:44,775
[Mike] First mash in
for the season right here.

753
00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:48,045
[Jerry] Corn liquor.

754
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,713
You're ready to put
the corn pot, ain't you?

755
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:53,517
I'm ready to get the dadgum
ball rolling this season, son.

756
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:54,652
Yeah. This is the start
of the season.

757
00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:56,720
Me and Jerry, we're gonna
mash in a corn run.

758
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:59,089
I know we're doing this
right here for the first run

759
00:25:59,091 --> 00:26:00,524
but I don't know
about you, man,

760
00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:02,526
I can't... I can't afford
them grains all year long.

761
00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:03,426
No.

762
00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:04,461
[Mike]
<i> Because of the inflation,</i>

763
00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:06,063
<i> everything that's happened</i>
<i> in the world,</i>

764
00:26:06,132 --> 00:26:08,499
ingredients that we need
is out the road from process.

765
00:26:08,501 --> 00:26:09,800
I'm glad we had a little bit

766
00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:11,035
of that leftover
from last year.

767
00:26:11,037 --> 00:26:13,037
We had some corn
left over from last year.

768
00:26:13,138 --> 00:26:15,205
<i> We figured,</i>
<i> let's go ahead and do that</i>

769
00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:16,707
for the first run
of the season,

770
00:26:16,776 --> 00:26:19,109
get some money in our pockets
and move on down the road.

771
00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:21,245
All right. I'm gonna dump
a little corny corn to it.

772
00:26:21,314 --> 00:26:22,546
[Jerry] You know it'll be hot.

773
00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:24,615
Well hell, let's get...
Let's get it hot.

774
00:26:24,684 --> 00:26:26,016
Every time we do this,

775
00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:27,818
it's always
a different process.

776
00:26:27,853 --> 00:26:28,919
It don't matter.

777
00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:31,055
It's all going in
the same hole, I promise you.

778
00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:32,489
Have you ever
got in the car before?

779
00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:33,624
Yeah, several times.

780
00:26:33,726 --> 00:26:34,558
Which door do you get in?

781
00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:35,859
I... Driver side.

782
00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:37,428
Every once in a while,
I climb through the back seat.

783
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:39,697
Well, that don't
surprise me in the damn least.

784
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:40,998
[Mike chuckles]

785
00:26:43,336 --> 00:26:44,702
[Mike] She's rolling, baby.

786
00:26:46,005 --> 00:26:47,905
Set her down, down, down.

787
00:26:47,907 --> 00:26:49,540
Now we're doing
the steeping, baby.

788
00:26:49,609 --> 00:26:52,242
-By God, keep stirring it.
-[Jerry] Oh, I will.

789
00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:53,510
[Mike] I don't
wanna let it stick.

790
00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:54,511
It ain't sticking. I got it.

791
00:26:54,513 --> 00:26:56,347
[Mike] There you go, man.
All right.

792
00:26:56,415 --> 00:26:57,915
I tell you what,
this is gonna be a good run.

793
00:26:57,917 --> 00:26:59,216
I already feel it.

794
00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:00,417
Yeah, boy.

795
00:27:00,419 --> 00:27:02,920
We got to start this damn
season off with a bang, son.

796
00:27:02,922 --> 00:27:04,221
I'm glad you said that.

797
00:27:04,223 --> 00:27:05,522
You know, I've been
thinking about something,

798
00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:07,424
you know,
we brought old Sollie.

799
00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:09,927
I mean, he should be
a one hell of a liquor maker.

800
00:27:09,929 --> 00:27:11,061
Yeah.

801
00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:11,996
You know,
if he's gonna be a...

802
00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:12,962
be a part of this,

803
00:27:13,032 --> 00:27:14,565
we let him try this first run,
you know.

804
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,500
He knows as much
as his ancestors do.

805
00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:18,402
Now, that's gonna
do nothing but help us.

806
00:27:18,404 --> 00:27:19,503
All right.

807
00:27:19,505 --> 00:27:21,505
Well, hey,
we'll bring him in here.

808
00:27:21,507 --> 00:27:23,107
I wanna see what he's made of.

809
00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:25,309
<i> Popcorn Sutton's son,</i>
<i> he may have a trick</i>

810
00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:27,511
up his sleeve that we don't
know nothing about.

811
00:27:27,513 --> 00:27:30,447
He's gonna run a recipe
that's yellow cracked corn.

812
00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:31,515
-Sugar and water.
-[Mike] Sugar and water.

813
00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:32,516
And yeast.

814
00:27:32,518 --> 00:27:33,751
I would say
this would be the perfect

815
00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:36,553
little recipe
for Solomon to try to run.

816
00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:38,522
Oh, Tommy run right here.

817
00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:41,125
I got it swelled up, ain't it?

818
00:27:41,127 --> 00:27:43,360
Popcorn Sutton's a damn legend
for his corn liquor.

819
00:27:43,429 --> 00:27:45,262
<i> Solomon is Popcorn's son,</i>

820
00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:46,964
<i> so I'm thinking</i>
<i> this should be fairly easy.</i>

821
00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:48,766
There we go.

822
00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:50,434
Well, it smells like good
corn liquor, don't it?

823
00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:52,236
[Jerry] It sure does.
Pot's good and hot,

824
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:53,303
melting that stuff
down real good.

825
00:27:53,305 --> 00:27:54,705
[Mike] It is melting.

826
00:27:54,774 --> 00:27:56,707
I haven't had some good
corn liquor in a while.

827
00:27:56,776 --> 00:27:57,808
I'd like to try some of it.

828
00:27:57,810 --> 00:27:59,243
Ain't nothing wrong
with doing a good

829
00:27:59,311 --> 00:28:00,678
old fashioned run
every once in a while.

830
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,811
[Jerry] Yeah.

831
00:28:01,813 --> 00:28:03,914
We know plenty old-timers
here drink it, won't we?

832
00:28:03,916 --> 00:28:05,516
And grab our magic dust to it.

833
00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:07,418
Magic dust
right here, brother.

834
00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:08,719
I'll tell you what,
I'm excited to see

835
00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:10,220
how this whole thing
will work out for us.

836
00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:11,522
Yeah, me and you, both.

837
00:28:11,524 --> 00:28:12,823
We've got the first run.

838
00:28:12,892 --> 00:28:14,124
The corn run, mashed in.

839
00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:15,926
-[Jerry] You got it?
-[Mike] I got at it.

840
00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:17,728
<i> We're gonna bring</i>
<i> Solomon in here</i>

841
00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:19,229
and see if some of his old
daddy's tricks

842
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:20,330
rubbed off on him.

843
00:28:20,332 --> 00:28:21,832
-[Jerry] Good job.
-[Mike] Yeah.

844
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:22,700
Let's get out of here.

845
00:28:22,768 --> 00:28:23,901
Start of the season, baby.

846
00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:29,406
[banjo music playing]

847
00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:30,974
[Josh] <i> I ain't trying</i>
<i> to be negative.</i>

848
00:28:30,976 --> 00:28:33,110
<i> I just needed to get away</i>
<i> from this right here</i>

849
00:28:33,112 --> 00:28:34,645
because I already knew
what don't work.

850
00:28:34,647 --> 00:28:36,146
I do rigging for a living.

851
00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:37,981
I know Josh
is really feeling pressure,

852
00:28:37,983 --> 00:28:39,450
but he's gonna have
to get a grip

853
00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:40,350
and he's gonna get it fast.

854
00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:41,518
We've got work to do.

855
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,253
I've been trying
to chew on something.

856
00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:45,322
Tell me if you think
this will work or not.

857
00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:47,791
We got
all this mountain laurel

858
00:28:47,793 --> 00:28:49,359
that goes
all the way around the creek.

859
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:51,061
What if we cut a bunch
of mountain laurel

860
00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:53,831
way up the creek make up there
where it's out of sight,

861
00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:55,132
nobody's gonna notice
any difference.

862
00:28:55,201 --> 00:28:56,600
What if we make
that mountain laurel

863
00:28:56,602 --> 00:28:58,535
like a... Like a gate almost?

864
00:28:59,705 --> 00:29:00,804
I mean, in a worse
that it won't work.

865
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:01,771
-[Henry] Well, it sounds good.
-[Tickle] Yeah.

866
00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,307
-Let's do it.
-It sounds good, Josh.

867
00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:04,408
You know, Josh is the one

868
00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:05,442
who's going to be
staying there.

869
00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:06,677
I think we need to concentrate

870
00:29:06,679 --> 00:29:08,679
on what makes him happy,

871
00:29:08,681 --> 00:29:10,114
should make
the rest of us happy

872
00:29:10,116 --> 00:29:11,815
because he's the one
taking the highest risk here.

873
00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:15,052
<i> Josh has got</i>
<i> a pretty good idea.</i>

874
00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:16,720
We're gonna take
a lot of this mountain laurel

875
00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:19,123
and we're gonna put it
on ropes.

876
00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:21,024
[Josh] Put a screw
in that tree right there.

877
00:29:21,026 --> 00:29:22,059
[Tickle] All right.

878
00:29:22,061 --> 00:29:23,360
Tie all the limbs
together inside.

879
00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:24,828
But hopefully
they'll all stay together

880
00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:27,030
and be able to drag it
right out of the way.

881
00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:29,433
By using a rope,
we're able to not only camo

882
00:29:29,502 --> 00:29:32,002
the still site in,
but able to take it down.

883
00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:33,403
All right.
Let me see that rope.

884
00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,405
Now while we're working
we have a much better view

885
00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:38,208
around the still site
where if the laws comes in,

886
00:29:38,210 --> 00:29:40,310
we'll have a much
better chance to getting away.

887
00:29:42,515 --> 00:29:43,814
There we go.

888
00:29:43,816 --> 00:29:46,016
We're gonna see
what it's gonna look like.

889
00:29:47,353 --> 00:29:49,453
Don't they look good.

890
00:29:49,522 --> 00:29:51,054
[Tickle] They look good
as I can get it.

891
00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:55,626
We keep going with it,
I think this is actually

892
00:29:55,628 --> 00:29:57,628
-gonna do what we want.
-[Henry] Me, too.

893
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,263
It don't have
to be completely,

894
00:29:59,364 --> 00:30:01,365
completely solid.

895
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:02,666
Actually, that's thick enough.

896
00:30:02,668 --> 00:30:04,001
[Tickle] Fine idea there,
Josh.

897
00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:05,502
I'm right here in a good spot.

898
00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:06,703
Now come back with an idea.

899
00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:07,771
[Henry] What do you think?

900
00:30:07,773 --> 00:30:09,339
I think
it's almost time to try it.

901
00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:10,607
[Henry] Oh, yeah.
Let's unhook it.

902
00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:11,809
We're taking it down.

903
00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:13,277
Hold it tight,
keep them tight.

904
00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:15,612
-Now just--
-[Josh] Now it just
fell right over.

905
00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:16,847
[Tickle] Hey, we can just
leave it lying there.

906
00:30:16,849 --> 00:30:18,148
[Josh] Yeah.

907
00:30:18,217 --> 00:30:19,082
We've got this thing
put together

908
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:20,317
that Josh came up with.

909
00:30:20,319 --> 00:30:21,885
-I could see.
-Uh-huh.

910
00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:24,087
That's my main concern,
so I can see something

911
00:30:24,089 --> 00:30:25,355
coming through there.

912
00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:26,323
That worked good.

913
00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:27,524
And he's unbelievable.

914
00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:28,959
[Josh] If you didn't know
that pot was there,

915
00:30:28,961 --> 00:30:31,128
you'd never walk by there
and say it was there.

916
00:30:31,130 --> 00:30:32,462
[Henry] You can't
see anything.

917
00:30:32,531 --> 00:30:34,097
It blends in perfect.

918
00:30:34,099 --> 00:30:36,099
Exactly what
I was hoping it would do.

919
00:30:36,101 --> 00:30:38,602
Josh looked like he's feeling
a whole lot better.

920
00:30:38,671 --> 00:30:40,070
<i> I just hope</i>
<i> he can keep it together</i>

921
00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:41,438
<i> because we got a lot</i>
<i> of money to make.</i>

922
00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:45,976
[country music playing]

923
00:30:52,151 --> 00:30:53,417
[Howard] Rye,
corn, and barley.

924
00:30:53,419 --> 00:30:54,818
This is gonna make the yeast.

925
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,220
That's what they say.

926
00:30:56,222 --> 00:30:58,722
So, Howard and I,
we spent some time in Kentucky

927
00:30:58,791 --> 00:31:00,557
learning about log distilling

928
00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:03,227
and a little bit about
the Dant family history.

929
00:31:03,229 --> 00:31:05,229
<i> We do have</i>
<i> a written down recipe</i>

930
00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:06,964
<i> of a spontaneous yeast</i>

931
00:31:06,966 --> 00:31:08,699
<i> from J.W. Dant himself.</i>

932
00:31:08,701 --> 00:31:10,300
We picked up
some corn, some barley,

933
00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:12,402
and some rye
grown in Kentucky.

934
00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:14,705
Those grains is gonna
bring us that yeast

935
00:31:14,707 --> 00:31:16,974
that they was using
in that particular region.

936
00:31:16,976 --> 00:31:19,009
Okay. Get one bucket.

937
00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:20,410
I can't read cursive, Tim.

938
00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,112
-You can't read cursive?
-No, everything...

939
00:31:22,114 --> 00:31:23,614
You know, what is that?

940
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:24,882
Which?

941
00:31:24,884 --> 00:31:26,483
[Howard] it looks
like it says legal.

942
00:31:26,485 --> 00:31:29,319
-[Tim] Nope.
-That's L-E-G-A-L.

943
00:31:29,321 --> 00:31:33,357
Howard, listen,
take six gallon

944
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:37,027
of boiling hot water.

945
00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:38,562
I've never made
no yeast in my life.

946
00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:40,264
<i> I usually just</i>
<i> take a pack, open it up,</i>

947
00:31:40,332 --> 00:31:41,431
<i> pour it in, and I'm done.</i>

948
00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:43,100
I mean, this is something
I've never seen before.

949
00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:45,068
<i> I'm kinda curious to see</i>
<i> if it's even gonna work.</i>

950
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:48,405
[narrator] <i> Wild yeast</i>
<i> is present on everything</i>

951
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:51,308
<i> in the environment,</i>
<i> including grains.</i>

952
00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:53,877
<i> To make J.W. Dant's</i>
<i> original recipe,</i>

953
00:31:53,879 --> 00:31:56,046
<i> they need to propagate or gr</i>

954
00:31:56,048 --> 00:31:57,681
<i> enough of the local wild yea</i>

955
00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,449
<i> to ferment their mash.</i>

956
00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:00,984
<i> This is accomplished</i>

957
00:32:00,986 --> 00:32:03,086
<i> by cooking</i>
<i> a portion of the grains.</i>

958
00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:05,055
<i> Then, once the mixture</i>
<i> is cooled,</i>

959
00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:06,523
<i> the remainder of the grains</i>

960
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,225
<i> which are covered</i>
<i> in the wild yeast</i>

961
00:32:08,227 --> 00:32:11,495
<i> are added to the pot</i>
<i> where they will multiply.</i>

962
00:32:11,497 --> 00:32:15,866
The yeast is what's so special
about this Dant recipe.

963
00:32:15,868 --> 00:32:18,201
-Oh, look at it rye, baby.
-Mmm-hmm.

964
00:32:18,203 --> 00:32:20,070
So, what did...
What I tell you was?

965
00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:21,438
-A quart.
-Uh, a quart, a quart of rye.

966
00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:22,472
A quart.

967
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:23,707
So we're gonna actually
try to follow

968
00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:26,076
this recipe word for word

969
00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:27,911
from how J.W. Dant
written it down.

970
00:32:27,913 --> 00:32:29,246
All right. There's one quart.

971
00:32:29,315 --> 00:32:31,148
And I think
this is actually gonna make

972
00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:33,116
<i> the big difference</i>
<i> in the mash bill.</i>

973
00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:36,286
This is a yeast.

974
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:38,789
We just gotta make it
so we can cultivate it.

975
00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:42,626
So we're gonna have corn
and rye mixed right here.

976
00:32:42,728 --> 00:32:43,927
What temperature is that?

977
00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:45,529
[Howard] one-six-three.

978
00:32:45,531 --> 00:32:46,830
[Tim] Get your
stirring stick ready.

979
00:32:46,899 --> 00:32:48,365
[Howard] My stirring stick
stays ready, Tim.

980
00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,866
[Tim] Stir it, Howard.

981
00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:51,134
[Howard] Oh,
you wanna stir it as you go?

982
00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:52,602
[Tim] I don't want
a lump in that.

983
00:32:52,604 --> 00:32:54,905
[Howard] We should
automate this process, Tim.

984
00:32:54,907 --> 00:32:56,206
[Tim] What do you mean
automate it?

985
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:57,541
I mean, we should get,
like, a robotic arm

986
00:32:57,609 --> 00:32:58,976
who'll just sits here
and does this for us.

987
00:32:58,978 --> 00:33:00,243
I got you to do that.

988
00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:04,715
<i> The step by step recipe</i>
<i> to make this yeast,</i>

989
00:33:04,783 --> 00:33:05,849
<i> this was something</i>

990
00:33:05,851 --> 00:33:07,217
<i> that was handed down</i>
<i> through generations.</i>

991
00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:08,452
[Howard] So,
this is the malt and barley.

992
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,053
[Tim] This is the malt
and barley.

993
00:33:10,055 --> 00:33:12,255
They stopped using it
because it's very hard.

994
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:14,424
<i> It's difficult</i>
<i> to keep this going.</i>

995
00:33:14,426 --> 00:33:16,560
[Howard] This is gonna get
like pancake mix up here.

996
00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:18,362
A little thick on there.

997
00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:19,629
After we hit 148,

998
00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:21,198
it killed all that
live yeast in there.

999
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,933
<i> Once it cools down, son,</i>

1000
00:33:22,935 --> 00:33:25,202
we add a bit of the ground
Kentucky grain,

1001
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:27,037
<i> which has the native yeast</i>
<i> in it</i>

1002
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:28,772
and this will start
the propagation.

1003
00:33:28,774 --> 00:33:34,311
It says ready for use
in 18 or 20 hours.

1004
00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:38,682
[country music playing]

1005
00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:46,823
[Mike] This is gonna feel
damn weird,

1006
00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:49,026
letting old Solomon
do this instead of us.

1007
00:33:49,028 --> 00:33:50,227
[Jerry] It is gonna be weird.

1008
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:52,829
You know, this season we got
some competition in town.

1009
00:33:52,831 --> 00:33:54,197
We got Richard Landry

1010
00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:56,867
<i> trying to sell liquor</i>
<i> in our territory.</i>

1011
00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:57,968
Get ready to run?

1012
00:33:57,970 --> 00:33:59,703
Oh, yeah.
Taste pretty damn good.

1013
00:33:59,772 --> 00:34:02,005
But we've got
Popcorn Sutton's son.

1014
00:34:02,007 --> 00:34:03,974
<i> He maybe an ace-in-the-hole</i>
<i> for me and Jerry.</i>

1015
00:34:03,976 --> 00:34:06,676
<i> We're deciding to let Solomo</i>

1016
00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:09,312
run our first run
on our new still that we have.

1017
00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:11,948
<i> You know, I'm sure he's got</i>
<i> tricks up his sleeves.</i>

1018
00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:14,284
Magic touches
from, you know, his family.

1019
00:34:14,286 --> 00:34:16,420
<i> Something that'll work for u</i>
<i> so we can stay</i>

1020
00:34:16,422 --> 00:34:18,455
above the competition
this season.

1021
00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:21,091
[Solomon] Boy,
it sure ain't simple

1022
00:34:21,093 --> 00:34:22,526
like it used to be, is it?

1023
00:34:22,528 --> 00:34:24,327
I don't use
all this fancy [bleep]

1024
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,465
Take your time.
We ain't no hurry.

1025
00:34:28,533 --> 00:34:30,133
Just get it together
and fire it up.

1026
00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:32,803
[Solomon] How do you all
lock this thing?

1027
00:34:32,805 --> 00:34:34,938
You can tell right off the bat
he not real comfortable

1028
00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:37,207
<i> or real knowledgeable about</i>
<i> the still that we've got.</i>

1029
00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:38,141
There's something that goes

1030
00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:39,309
between that part
and that part there.

1031
00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:41,611
I'm guessing it's gonna be
this hose right here.

1032
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,713
[Mike] He's used
to the old style of stills.

1033
00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:44,714
Probably what he learned on.

1034
00:34:44,716 --> 00:34:45,949
Mmm-hmm.

1035
00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:47,818
Why do you all have to build
this fancy contraption?

1036
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:49,519
Does this make your process
faster or something?

1037
00:34:49,521 --> 00:34:50,554
[Mike] It helps. It heat--

1038
00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:51,922
There's multiple thing
it does.

1039
00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:53,256
It heats really fast.

1040
00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:54,724
You can mash inside the pot.

1041
00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:55,926
It don't scorch it.

1042
00:34:55,928 --> 00:34:57,260
He's been taught the old way,

1043
00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:58,361
which is nothing wrong
with that.

1044
00:34:58,463 --> 00:34:59,529
Fire in the hole.

1045
00:35:00,632 --> 00:35:03,100
<i> But we need him to be able</i>
<i> to step up</i>

1046
00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:04,668
and do what me and Jerry does

1047
00:35:04,670 --> 00:35:06,236
on an everyday basis
all his own,

1048
00:35:06,338 --> 00:35:07,804
all by his self.

1049
00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:09,673
This thing is a whole lot
faster to put together.

1050
00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:10,907
[Mike] Yeah, buddy.

1051
00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:13,210
[Solomon] It's just like
three fittings and it's done.

1052
00:35:13,212 --> 00:35:14,778
Now, you don't have to worry
about 53 fittings again.

1053
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:16,913
Making this, and putting
center blocks on it

1054
00:35:16,915 --> 00:35:18,815
so it don't go
to the moon or anything.

1055
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,717
Right? None of that no more.

1056
00:35:20,786 --> 00:35:22,452
Well, fellas,
we got steam coming out.

1057
00:35:22,521 --> 00:35:23,687
[Mike] We sure do.

1058
00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:25,088
There you go.

1059
00:35:26,425 --> 00:35:28,291
You know you got to do things
a little bit different

1060
00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:29,826
to make things
a little bit better,

1061
00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,027
a little bit faster.

1062
00:35:31,029 --> 00:35:32,362
There's more competition
out there

1063
00:35:32,431 --> 00:35:33,964
in these days
than it used to be.

1064
00:35:33,966 --> 00:35:36,032
If you're gonna stay
in the Moonshine business,

1065
00:35:36,034 --> 00:35:37,501
you've got to change
with the times

1066
00:35:37,503 --> 00:35:38,802
or you will go broke.

1067
00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:40,670
That's kind of nice
and all to have to train

1068
00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:41,705
for all that mashing
to the still

1069
00:35:41,773 --> 00:35:42,706
-and all of that.
-[Mike] Solomon--

1070
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:43,907
That saves a lot of time, too.

1071
00:35:43,909 --> 00:35:45,675
Hey, you might
wanna pay attention.

1072
00:35:47,412 --> 00:35:48,678
[Solomon] Oh, she's running.

1073
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,714
You've got liquor, brother.

1074
00:35:51,884 --> 00:35:53,316
What's it smell like?

1075
00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:54,518
Smells like
a good corn liquor.

1076
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:55,785
[Mike] Yeah, buddy.

1077
00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:57,087
You must have done
a pretty good mash.

1078
00:35:57,089 --> 00:35:58,722
You got a little
spitting going on there.

1079
00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,357
Do you wanna take my pecker
and stick in there?

1080
00:36:00,425 --> 00:36:01,791
A what?

1081
00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,059
My pecker.

1082
00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:04,094
[Solomon] Yeah.

1083
00:36:05,631 --> 00:36:06,730
Put that pecker in.

1084
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,365
It's good luck
sticking your pecker in it.

1085
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:10,767
[Solomon] Oh, God.

1086
00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,035
[Mike] It helped out son,
didn't it?

1087
00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:12,969
[Solomon] Yeah.

1088
00:36:14,773 --> 00:36:16,806
[Jerry] Looks like
you got you first jar.

1089
00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:18,241
[Solomon] Yeah, buddy.

1090
00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:27,517
<i> He's catching the first jar</i>

1091
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,352
which is the heads,
and he turns around

1092
00:36:29,388 --> 00:36:31,621
and pours it right over
into a fresh catch bucket.

1093
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,256
Why the hell
did he just do that

1094
00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:35,225
instead of just pitching
the heads off?

1095
00:36:35,227 --> 00:36:36,693
[Jerry] Sol,
I got a question for you.

1096
00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:37,693
What's that?

1097
00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:39,629
Have you ever
been taught about heads?

1098
00:36:42,768 --> 00:36:44,167
[country music playing]

1099
00:36:47,439 --> 00:36:49,706
You about ready
to have a damn joke now?

1100
00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:52,309
Why did the golfer bring two
pair of pants to the range?

1101
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:53,410
I don't know.

1102
00:36:53,412 --> 00:36:54,678
In case he got a hole in one.

1103
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,447
[laughter]

1104
00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:58,882
Why does
the duck have feathers?

1105
00:36:58,884 --> 00:37:00,951
To cover his butt-quack.

1106
00:37:00,953 --> 00:37:02,085
His butt-quack.

1107
00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:03,220
[laughter]

1108
00:37:03,222 --> 00:37:05,922
Why did the Oreo
go to the dentist?

1109
00:37:05,924 --> 00:37:06,990
Oh, I don't know.

1110
00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:08,358
He lost his filling.

1111
00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:10,193
[laughter]

1112
00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:11,828
Solomon, you got any jokes?

1113
00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:13,430
On the top of mind, I don't.

1114
00:37:13,432 --> 00:37:14,898
I'm usually
full of them, though.

1115
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,099
Yeah. You're full of something
all right.

1116
00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:17,367
[laughs]

1117
00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:20,403
My teachers always told me
I'm procrastinating too much.

1118
00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:22,806
I told him you just wait.

1119
00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:24,241
[laughter]

1120
00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:25,442
Let's get out of here.

1121
00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:30,013
<i> He's catching the heads</i>
<i> and he turns around</i>

1122
00:37:30,015 --> 00:37:32,515
and pours it right over
into a fresh catch bucket.

1123
00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:34,084
[Jerry] Sol,
I've got a question for you.

1124
00:37:34,086 --> 00:37:35,118
What's that?

1125
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,053
Have you ever been told
about heads?

1126
00:37:38,991 --> 00:37:40,890
[Solomon] Well,
they in that bucket.

1127
00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:45,128
<i> If Jerry</i>
<i> would have never said a word</i>

1128
00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:47,697
<i> he would have poured</i>
<i> that second jar</i>
<i> on top of them heads.</i>

1129
00:37:47,699 --> 00:37:49,599
Pitch them damn heads
up through there.

1130
00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:51,067
There you go.

1131
00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:52,502
<i> Me and Jerry</i>
<i> figured, you know,</i>

1132
00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:54,170
with him
having the last name Sutton,

1133
00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:55,205
he would know
what he was doing

1134
00:37:55,207 --> 00:37:56,273
on running liquor.

1135
00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:57,674
[Jerry] It looks good
and clear.

1136
00:37:57,676 --> 00:37:59,342
But the real test is to...

1137
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:00,710
Is to see it
for your own eyes.

1138
00:38:00,712 --> 00:38:04,614
And the first rule
is to pitch your heads.

1139
00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:07,284
Proof it out for us now, Sol.

1140
00:38:07,286 --> 00:38:08,985
Tell us what you think we got.

1141
00:38:11,223 --> 00:38:12,622
[Solomon] Uh...

1142
00:38:17,095 --> 00:38:18,561
About 140, right?

1143
00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:20,530
I'd say 145, 150, even.

1144
00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:21,731
That's close.

1145
00:38:23,602 --> 00:38:24,901
Here's the real test
of it there.

1146
00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:27,604
That's got damn good
corn notes to it.

1147
00:38:33,612 --> 00:38:35,912
You know, this liquor
came out pretty damn good.

1148
00:38:35,914 --> 00:38:37,947
You're close right there
to 10 gallon of liquor.

1149
00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:39,849
I think we're done, son.

1150
00:38:39,851 --> 00:38:43,053
But it's just simply because
of our still and our mash.

1151
00:38:43,055 --> 00:38:45,221
Just let it run
out in that jar
and finish off it?

1152
00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:46,523
That's right, yup,
and kill your fire.

1153
00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:47,357
[Solomon] Yeah.

1154
00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:48,892
You know,
Solomon's a good kid.

1155
00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:49,926
I love him to death.

1156
00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:51,027
-Shut her down.
-[Jerry] Shut her down.

1157
00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:52,228
We're good to go.

1158
00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:53,997
But he's not gonna be touching
our still for a while.

1159
00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:55,031
He just don't have
the experience

1160
00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:56,132
that we thought he had.

1161
00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:57,100
[Jerry] Let's get this thing
covered back up.

1162
00:38:57,102 --> 00:38:58,802
[Mike] Get it covered back up.

1163
00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:00,170
[Solomon] Yeah, buddy.

1164
00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:02,005
You know, he put methanol
into the jars.

1165
00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:05,809
We wanna beat our competition,
not kill our customers.

1166
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,110
[Solomon] Well, let me know
if y'all need me

1167
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:08,712
-any time soon or anything.
-[Mike] We will.

1168
00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:11,281
Me and Jerry might gonna bring
you back in for something.

1169
00:39:11,283 --> 00:39:14,417
[tense music playing]

1170
00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,525
[Tim] Now,
let's check that yeast.

1171
00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:23,626
[Howard] It should be doing

1172
00:39:23,628 --> 00:39:24,828
what it's supposed to do
by now.

1173
00:39:26,832 --> 00:39:28,431
-Yeah.
-[Tim] Oh, God.

1174
00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:29,332
That's yeast.

1175
00:39:29,434 --> 00:39:30,166
[Howard] Yeah.

1176
00:39:31,269 --> 00:39:32,168
Mmm-hmm.

1177
00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,203
Yeah.

1178
00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:35,338
Howard and I, we're recreating

1179
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,208
J.W. Dant's
original log still whiskey.

1180
00:39:38,210 --> 00:39:39,709
<i> We obtained a yeast we need</i>

1181
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:41,911
<i> by propagating it</i>
<i> from his recipe,</i>

1182
00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:43,313
and now we're gonna mash it.

1183
00:39:43,315 --> 00:39:44,814
We're just gonna make
a small batch.

1184
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:46,182
We're gonna have rye,
barley, and corn.

1185
00:39:46,184 --> 00:39:47,283
Mmm-hmm.

1186
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:48,985
We've got the barley
and we've got corn,

1187
00:39:48,987 --> 00:39:50,286
but we don't have enough rye.

1188
00:39:50,288 --> 00:39:51,321
We've got
to get some more rye.

1189
00:39:51,323 --> 00:39:53,022
The rye we need
is in the field,

1190
00:39:53,024 --> 00:39:54,357
ready to be harvested,

1191
00:39:54,426 --> 00:39:55,792
<i> and we're gonna get that</i>
<i> right now.</i>

1192
00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:57,594
That's the rye field
right there.

1193
00:39:57,596 --> 00:39:59,329
So we got plenty of rye.

1194
00:39:59,331 --> 00:40:00,529
[Tim] Field of dreams,
old boy.

1195
00:40:00,532 --> 00:40:01,664
[Howard] Let's go right down
and then see what happens.

1196
00:40:01,666 --> 00:40:03,199
[Tim] Cut down
some damn rye here.

1197
00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:05,769
<i> We're doing all of this</i>
<i> just to make a small batch.</i>

1198
00:40:05,771 --> 00:40:08,405
<i> They did this</i>
<i> as a way of life.</i>

1199
00:40:08,407 --> 00:40:10,073
They was doing this every day,

1200
00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:12,942
<i> cutting this stuff by hand</i>
<i> and harvesting it.</i>

1201
00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:16,212
This is a lot of work
just to get the seeds.

1202
00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:17,514
[Howard] I'm gonna
keep thrashing,

1203
00:40:17,516 --> 00:40:19,516
so the cows come home.

1204
00:40:19,518 --> 00:40:20,817
All this thrashing
to get this little bit

1205
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:23,219
of rye in here,
all this cutting.

1206
00:40:23,321 --> 00:40:24,687
<i> If I had to do this every da</i>

1207
00:40:24,689 --> 00:40:27,123
just to make alcohol,
I'd be sober.

1208
00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:28,458
-You reckon that work?
-[Howard] I think it work.

1209
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,727
I mean, that's as fresh
as you can get.

1210
00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:31,795
Yeah.

1211
00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:32,896
That's what I'm talking about.

1212
00:40:32,898 --> 00:40:34,330
-[Tim] Yes, yes.
-Oh.

1213
00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:36,032
Oh, I can say I've done it.

1214
00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:37,400
And I can also say for certain

1215
00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:38,601
that I don't
wanna do it again.

1216
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:40,770
We did enough hard work
just to get the grain

1217
00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:42,872
and get it back
to where we wanna work it.

1218
00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:45,308
<i> All we gotta do</i>
<i> is grind it up, the rye,</i>

1219
00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:46,976
<i> the barley, the corn,</i>

1220
00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:48,812
<i> maybe an hour and we're done</i>

1221
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:51,347
Hit that button
and turn this thing on.

1222
00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:55,051
<i> Well, we got this mash bill</i>
<i> from the Dant family.</i>

1223
00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:56,453
<i> It's pretty simple mash bil</i>

1224
00:40:56,554 --> 00:40:58,321
because we're using
the same grains as I do,

1225
00:40:58,323 --> 00:41:01,057
as in climax Moonshine
is barley, rye, and corn.

1226
00:41:01,059 --> 00:41:03,026
<i> But this is gonna</i>
<i> be something special.</i>

1227
00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:05,195
We've got spontaneous yeast

1228
00:41:05,197 --> 00:41:07,297
with the same grains
that came from Kentucky.

1229
00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:09,032
<i> This is gonna be</i>
<i> a total different mash bill</i>

1230
00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:10,600
<i> that I've ever did.</i>

1231
00:41:10,602 --> 00:41:13,603
The yeast is what's so special
about this Dant recipe.

1232
00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:16,072
[upbeat music playing]

1233
00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:20,109
We've got a lot to do.

1234
00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:21,311
<i> We haven't even found</i>
<i> a log yet,</i>

1235
00:41:21,313 --> 00:41:23,947
<i> but we've got to hustle</i>
<i> to build this log still</i>

1236
00:41:23,949 --> 00:41:25,615
before this mash works off.

1237
00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:28,418
Let's go to the sawmill
and get a piece of wood.