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We ain't working
with rookies here.
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We got three Master Distillers
out there.
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[Digger] We're gonna see
what true masters of the craft
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can bring us
in the spring variety.
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-[Mike] It's
a real nice bead.
-It's a super nice bead.
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I'm gonna mark him around 95.
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They took springtime,
put it in a jar.
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One of them felt
extra springtime.
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They sure did.
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[narrator] This time
on a special Master Distiller,
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[narrator] This time
on a special Master Distiller,
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it's springtime in Appalachia.
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[Richard] Welcome to paradise.
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[narrator] As the tree
cover returns,
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outlaw shiners head
to the backwoods...
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[Amanda] This is the part
that I've been waiting for
this whole time.
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[narrator] ... with
an abundance
of fresh ingredients
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after a long, hard winter.
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I'll put this
up against anybody's.
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[narrator] It's Richard
versus Amanda
versus Tater.
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Three of the greatest
Master Distiller champions
battle to be crowned
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the king or queen
of spring in Appalachia.
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the king or queen
of spring in Appalachia.
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Five, four,
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three, two, one.
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And damn,
if that wasn't close.
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Lady and gentlemen, welcome
to Master Distiller again.
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Three masters of the craft,
that's what we've got here.
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At the end
of this competition,
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one of y'all will get
your bragging rights
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and something a little special
for your mantle.
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and something a little special
for your mantle.
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We're gonna see
what true masters
of the craft can bring us
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in the spring variety.
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[Mark] You know,
as the weather thaws
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and winter turns into spring,
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that's a sure sign
of shine season.
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You know, it's always easier
to go outside.
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There's more for us
to choose from.
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We don't have to depend
on dry grains
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or cold storage apples.
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Distillers have always
welcomed the springtime.
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Tickle, tell us all about it.
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The coming of spring
means one thing
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The coming of spring
means one thing
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to a backwoods shiner,
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more variety and more money.
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Spring is traditionally
the time when
backwoods shiners
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begin to ramp up
their production,
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with grains and fruit
both being plentiful.
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During the winter months,
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distillers have to rely
on cold-stored grains
and fruits to tide them over,
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and cold-stored fruits don't
make near as much liquor.
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With warmer weather,
you get fresh berries
and grains,
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and everybody knows
that seasonal liquors
fetch higher prices.
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Mmm, limited edition.
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[Digger] All right, guys.
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We got a guy here
who knows a little bit
about spring alcohol.
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Even though there's been
some bad blood between us,
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our guest judge is a master
at using fresh ingredients
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and building some
good quality liquor out of it.
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Mikey?
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I love everything
springtime, man,
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the ramps,
strawberries, dewberries,
the whole nine yards.
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We've asked y'all to bring
your base mash in here.
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You're gonna run that,
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and afterwards, you're gonna
go to the farmstand
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to pick your ingredients
to enhance your spring recipe.
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to pick your ingredients
to enhance your spring recipe.
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I cannot wait to see
what you guys can bring
to the table with this one.
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All right, guys.
Y'all ought to know
the drill by now.
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Three hours is all
you're gonna have.
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Bring us a jar
of spring liquor up here
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that's gonna make us
forget all about that
long hard winter.
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We got that?
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-Yes, sir.
-All right.
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Three hours.
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Your time starts now.
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-Good luck
and get with it, guys.
-[Mark] Get busy, guys.
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-Good luck, boys.
-Good luck.
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So how'd your mash do, Amanda?
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It smells pretty sour.
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My name is Amanda Bryant,
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and I'm from Pocono Lake,
Pennsylvania.
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When I first came
on Master Distiller,
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I was actually a roofer.
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Since then, I have taken on
distilling full time.
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It's a good sign
if the bees like it.
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This is the part that
I've been waiting for
this whole time.
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It's hot,
but it's really smooth.
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It's hot,
but it's really smooth.
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I won my first
Master Distiller
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with my hazelnut light rum.
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I also beat Richard
with a pecan pie
in Thanksgiving.
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[Tim] And Amanda,
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-you get the little piggy.
-Really?
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-[all applauding]
-Aw, thank you, guys.
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I just wanna keep winning.
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[Richard] And what are
you gonna do?
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[Amanda] Wildflowers
and honey.
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[Richard] That's spring
for sure.
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[Amanda] And I got
a traditional corn mash.
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Keep it simple,
stick to the basics.
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Wildflowers and honey.
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When I think of spring,
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I think of fresh flowers,
honey, and honeysuckle.
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So I'm gonna try
to incorporate that
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So I'm gonna try
to incorporate that
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into my spirit
like a spring day.
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[Digger] What kind of honey
is that, Amanda?
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-[Amanda] It's
wildflower honey.
-[Digger] Ooh.
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[Amanda] So this one
has a lot of lavender
and lilac flavor to it.
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I'm trying to heat it up first
with a little bit of warm mash
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so it preps my thumper.
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And once I get this mash
a little bit heated up,
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I'm gonna throw some jasmine,
chamomile in the thumper.
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I'm gonna do everything
that I can to win.
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[Tater] How about
yours, Richard?
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[Richard] It's pretty good.
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I wanna drink some,
but I ain't ate nothing yet.
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[Tater] I wouldn't
drink mine for $10.
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[Richard laughs] Why not?
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[Richard laughs] Why not?
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I don't like what grain beer
does to you.
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I'm Tater.
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I'm a true blue
through and through
backwoods moonshiner,
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born and raised
in East Tennessee,
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and we've got a long history
moonshining and liquor
around here.
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All three of us coming into
this spring fever competition
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have won Master Distiller.
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I have won Applejack
Master Distiller.
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Here you go, feller.
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Tater, you're the next
Master Distiller.
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Congratulations, old buddy.
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So I'm very confident
in my skills in making liquor.
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So what are you making, Tater?
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[Tater] Strawberry-flavored
sweet liquor.
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I started my strawberry brandy
last week.
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I just took strawberries,
got some cane sugar, corn,
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and turned her loose
with some good yeast in it.
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I'm gonna infuse it
through my thumper
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and try to bring out
a good flavor in it.
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Strawberries just represent
spring to me.
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I mean, they're the first
fruits you get here.
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So I'm going to add
strawberry pie filling
to the thumper.
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[Amanda] You made
strawberry liquor before?
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Eh, a time or three.
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You got
strawberry pie filling?
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[Tater] Yes, ma'am, I did.
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The canned ones are more soft.
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They should cook up better
in the thump keg,
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and they do have a lot
of sugar and syrup in them.
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[Mark] Yeah,
them strawberries is going
in that thumper, Tater's.
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You know, Mark Rogers
always told us
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strawberries, you had to be
careful with it,
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because it make
your liquor hot
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because there ain't
no way to get the seeds
out of a strawberry.
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because there ain't
no way to get the seeds
out of a strawberry.
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[Mike] Strawberry can
make a fiery liquor.
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-[Mark] It can.
-Whew!
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One of my favorite memories,
sitting on Granny
and Papaw's porch
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eating strawberry
homemade ice cream.
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Is that what you're gonna
put in your jar,
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strawberry ice cream?
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I don't like to let
my secrets out
till it's over with.
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I'm over here listening,
hoping you do.
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My name is Richard Landry,
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and I'm from New Iberia,
Louisiana.
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I've been on Master Distiller
a bunch of times.
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My first trip here
was cherry bounce.
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Richard, you're the next
Master Distiller, my friend.
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Richard, you're the next
Master Distiller, my friend.
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Congratulations, bro.
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[Richard] I've done apple pie.
I've done Popcorn Sutton
based liquors.
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I've won some. I've lost some.
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But I've gone up
against Amanda
and Tater before,
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and I know they come here
to beat me.
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So I guess I come here
to beat them, too.
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[Amanda] How about
you, Richard?
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What are you bringing
to the party?
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-Pomegranates and blueberry.
-[Amanda] Ooh.
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[Richard] So we're gonna use
this fruit in both stages.
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We're gonna ferment
the pomegranate with the corn,
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and then we're gonna use it
also in distillation.
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So for my spring drink,
I'm just gonna do
something healthy.
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So for my spring drink,
I'm just gonna do
something healthy.
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Pomegranate blueberry
with a corn-based mash.
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I'm gonna do something
a little bit different.
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I always do it different.
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Pomegranates are
a lot of work.
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-All this time...
-But you know why they're
a lot of work, right?
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-'Cause they're delicious.
You gotta work for it.
-'Cause they're so worth it.
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This would be awesome
to win the spring competition.
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I mean, with this win,
I could become
master of spring.
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You've burned one hour.
Got two left.
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[Tater whistles] It's sooner
[bleep] than I thought.
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Guess what?
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[Amanda] You got liquor?
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Yep.
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Yeah, Bessie, yeah.
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[Amanda] Oh,
you're ripping, huh?
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[Amanda] Oh,
you're ripping, huh?
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I bet you if you smell
off that, you're getting
drunk on a bicycle.
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[Richard] You can smell it?
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You're doggone right, boy.
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It smells good.
You better watch out.
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I'm hoping my strawberry
pie filling should carry
a strawberry flavor.
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Richard, how many
of them pomegranates
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you think you'll have
to shuck out there
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to put in your thumper?
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I'm gonna do three of them.
It's a lot of work.
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[Tater] Where does
pomegranates grow, Richard?
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Ooh...
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At the grocery store.
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[all laughing]
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I know they don't grow
around here,
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I know they don't grow
around here,
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'cause I ain't never seen
a pomegranate tree anywhere.
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[Digger] I know they're
in the Middle East.
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Like Kansas?
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[Digger] Uh, yeah, that.
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-[laughing]
-That's the Midwest.
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We didn't give
any geographic twist
springtime, did we?
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No, we did not.
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[Richard] The thing
about a pomegranate,
it's so healthy.
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I mean, there's a lot
of antioxidants in here.
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-So I'm making
a healthy shine.
-[Amanda] Me too.
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All my flowers I'm using
are really good for anxiety,
stress, insomnia.
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[Mark] Just guessing
over here.
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I'mma say that
anybody that's shooting
for the healthy side of it
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I'mma say that
anybody that's shooting
for the healthy side of it
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ain't gonna be drinking
liquor anyhow.
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Now, I do think
that you can use liquor
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for certain ailments, like...
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Hangovers?
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[laughs] Hangovers, yeah.
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[Tater] Bad chest cold.
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00:09:11,667 --> 00:09:13,567
-[Amanda] You're
at jar number two?
-Mmm-hmm.
239
00:09:14,367 --> 00:09:15,667
My thumper's thumping.
240
00:09:16,867 --> 00:09:17,700
Come on, baby.
241
00:09:19,367 --> 00:09:20,400
I've got liquor.
242
00:09:20,467 --> 00:09:22,100
[Tater] I thought
I smelled something.
243
00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:23,667
I kinda have my jars
timed out.
244
00:09:23,667 --> 00:09:25,467
I know how fast I can run it
245
00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:27,066
and how slow I can run it.
246
00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:28,867
So I'm gonna run it
as slow as I can
247
00:09:28,867 --> 00:09:30,000
and still get
to that sweet jar
248
00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,500
and still get
to that sweet jar
249
00:09:30,567 --> 00:09:31,767
in the three hour
amount of time.
250
00:09:31,767 --> 00:09:34,066
Everybody's doing something
completely different.
251
00:09:34,066 --> 00:09:36,767
We're gonna be tasting three
totally different alcohols,
252
00:09:36,767 --> 00:09:39,600
but by three people
that knows exactly
what they're doing.
253
00:09:39,667 --> 00:09:43,367
-Yeah, and all three of these
have got the skills it takes.
-[Mike] They do.
254
00:09:44,467 --> 00:09:45,467
I'm running.
255
00:09:45,467 --> 00:09:48,567
Guys, got another
newsflash for you.
256
00:09:48,567 --> 00:09:52,000
You burned an hour and a half,
got an hour and a half left.
257
00:09:52,066 --> 00:09:54,000
[Tater] Where are you at,
Amanda? How many, three?
258
00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:56,166
-[Amanda] No, I got two jars.
I'm not on my third jar.
-Two jars?
259
00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:59,400
I haven't even filled up
my first one yet.
260
00:09:59,467 --> 00:10:00,000
You still ain't on one yet?
261
00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,967
You still ain't on one yet?
262
00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:02,367
I'm still not on one yet.
263
00:10:02,367 --> 00:10:04,967
I look around,
and Amanda's got
a couple of jars.
264
00:10:04,967 --> 00:10:07,100
Tater has almost four jars
out right now.
265
00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:08,433
The still is just...
266
00:10:08,433 --> 00:10:10,367
-It's running hot?
-It wants me to run it
real, real high.
267
00:10:10,367 --> 00:10:12,867
It took a long time to get
the pomegranate seeds out.
268
00:10:12,867 --> 00:10:15,166
Plus, I have a lot of mash
in this pot right now,
269
00:10:15,166 --> 00:10:16,300
and inside of the thumper,
270
00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:18,266
I have blueberries
and pomegranates.
271
00:10:18,266 --> 00:10:19,567
So all of this has to heat up,
272
00:10:19,567 --> 00:10:21,166
and I definitely don't want it
running this slow,
273
00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:22,467
not right now
that I'm under the clock.
274
00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:26,467
I'm still at a half a jar
right now.
275
00:10:26,467 --> 00:10:27,667
Are you kidding me?
276
00:10:27,667 --> 00:10:28,767
[Richard] I am
not kidding you.
277
00:10:28,767 --> 00:10:30,000
You ain't leaking propane,
are you?
278
00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:30,400
You ain't leaking propane,
are you?
279
00:10:30,467 --> 00:10:31,867
I should be leaking something.
280
00:10:31,867 --> 00:10:33,300
Something's going on here.
281
00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:37,467
I'm still at a half a jar
right now.
282
00:10:37,467 --> 00:10:38,567
Are you kidding me?
283
00:10:38,567 --> 00:10:39,800
[Richard] I am
not kidding you.
284
00:10:39,867 --> 00:10:41,266
Something's going on here.
285
00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:42,900
I wanted to run this
low and slow
286
00:10:42,967 --> 00:10:45,000
and make sure that I get
a real good flavor profile.
287
00:10:45,066 --> 00:10:47,000
But it's taking a long time
to get this heated up.
288
00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,066
Your flame is lower than ours.
289
00:10:49,066 --> 00:10:50,667
I mean, you could
always turn the flame up.
290
00:10:50,667 --> 00:10:52,200
You got an hour
and a half left, right?
291
00:10:52,266 --> 00:10:53,700
The amount
that you're averaging...
292
00:10:53,767 --> 00:10:55,300
A half a jar in three hours.
293
00:10:55,367 --> 00:10:56,200
That's not...
294
00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,467
Yeah, you gotta
turn it up a little.
295
00:10:57,467 --> 00:10:59,066
[Richard] The solution
is to give it more heat.
296
00:10:59,066 --> 00:11:01,166
So I'm gonna fix the problem
and get it going.
297
00:11:01,166 --> 00:11:02,867
And hopefully,
it can give enough volume
298
00:11:02,867 --> 00:11:03,466
to get that one good jar
right now.
299
00:11:03,466 --> 00:11:04,767
to get that one good jar
right now.
300
00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:05,800
I cranked it up a little bit.
301
00:11:05,867 --> 00:11:07,667
That's giving me
a little bit more.
302
00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:08,767
[Amanda] Get back in the race.
303
00:11:11,066 --> 00:11:12,066
[Mike] What are
you doing, Tater?
304
00:11:12,066 --> 00:11:14,266
[Tater] Uh, trying to make
some damn liquor.
305
00:11:14,266 --> 00:11:16,100
I don't know if I can get
it turned out or not.
306
00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:18,400
I put my strawberries
in my thumper
307
00:11:18,467 --> 00:11:21,200
to try to mellow
the corn flavor out of it.
308
00:11:21,266 --> 00:11:22,500
And I noticed you poured some,
309
00:11:22,567 --> 00:11:24,300
looked like some
strawberry pie filling
310
00:11:24,367 --> 00:11:25,834
-or something in there?
-Yeah.
311
00:11:25,834 --> 00:11:28,967
Yeah, I mixed me
a little bit of my beer
and some pie filling together.
312
00:11:28,967 --> 00:11:31,266
Looks like you're about
at the end of your run,
too, ain't you?
313
00:11:31,266 --> 00:11:33,000
I don't know
if I'm blessed or cursed,
314
00:11:33,066 --> 00:11:33,466
but somehow or another,
I get a lot of liquor
out of my run.
315
00:11:33,466 --> 00:11:35,867
but somehow or another,
I get a lot of liquor
out of my run.
316
00:11:35,867 --> 00:11:36,800
Yeah, buddy.
317
00:11:36,867 --> 00:11:38,166
[Tater] It ain't got
a bad flavor.
318
00:11:38,166 --> 00:11:40,066
Actually, it's picking up
more flavor now,
319
00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:42,200
-but it ain't got
no juice to it.
-[Mike] Right on.
320
00:11:42,266 --> 00:11:44,166
You know, you got
some good competition
321
00:11:44,166 --> 00:11:46,000
-here with you today.
-[Tater] Yeah.
322
00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,166
I don't rag on myself,
323
00:11:47,166 --> 00:11:48,767
but I ain't
no doggone slapjack.
324
00:11:48,767 --> 00:11:50,100
I know you're not.
325
00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:53,166
All you gotta do
is impress the judges
with the final flavor...
326
00:11:53,166 --> 00:11:54,567
-That's it.
-...and that's
all that matter.
327
00:11:54,567 --> 00:11:55,767
That's it.
328
00:11:55,767 --> 00:11:57,500
-Well, keep up
the good work, man.
-All right.
329
00:11:57,567 --> 00:11:59,500
-Well, thank you, man.
-I'm gonna move on over here
330
00:11:59,567 --> 00:12:01,367
-and check these
other ones out.
-All-righty.
331
00:12:01,367 --> 00:12:02,667
Miss Amanda.
332
00:12:02,667 --> 00:12:03,466
-How you doing?
-All right. How you doing?
333
00:12:03,466 --> 00:12:04,300
-How you doing?
-All right. How you doing?
334
00:12:04,367 --> 00:12:06,100
Just getting into my good jar.
335
00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:07,667
-Number six jar?
-Yes, sir.
336
00:12:07,667 --> 00:12:09,100
Starting to smell
and taste some honey.
337
00:12:09,166 --> 00:12:11,066
Oh, I smell it
standing right here.
338
00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:13,767
I can smell the honey.
Smells good.
339
00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:15,100
-[Amanda] Thank you.
-[Mike] What's your plan?
340
00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:17,767
You know, you got
two big-time competitors
here against you.
341
00:12:17,767 --> 00:12:19,767
I'm gonna try to keep them
out of my head...
342
00:12:19,767 --> 00:12:22,367
-Right.
-...and just focus
on my spirit.
343
00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:23,567
-Well, I ain't worried
about you.
-[Amanda chuckles]
344
00:12:23,567 --> 00:12:26,100
You always pull
something out good
any doggone way,
345
00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:27,300
any time I've ever
seen you compete.
346
00:12:27,367 --> 00:12:28,667
You're great at what you do.
347
00:12:28,667 --> 00:12:30,700
-Thank you.
-All right.
You're very welcome.
348
00:12:31,367 --> 00:12:33,000
-Landry.
-Mike Cockrell.
349
00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:33,466
What are you doing, buddy?
350
00:12:33,466 --> 00:12:34,367
What are you doing, buddy?
351
00:12:34,367 --> 00:12:37,467
Oh, I'm making a little
pomegranate blueberry
for you to try.
352
00:12:37,467 --> 00:12:38,867
[Mike] Hey,
I love pomegranates.
353
00:12:38,867 --> 00:12:40,467
You got blueberries
mixed in with it.
354
00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:41,867
This gotta turn out good.
355
00:12:41,867 --> 00:12:44,800
-It should.
-You're rocking and rolling
pretty good on that pot.
356
00:12:44,867 --> 00:12:46,700
You might wanna
turn that down a little bit.
357
00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:48,300
It's shaking.
358
00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,367
Mike is new as a judge to me,
but I've been around Mike
a little bit.
359
00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,367
He's good.
360
00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,200
I like to think I'm better.
361
00:12:55,266 --> 00:12:57,000
That's about all I can say
about Mike.
362
00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,166
-[Digger] Mikey,
bring us up to date.
-Yes, sir.
363
00:13:00,166 --> 00:13:01,667
So who's got your money bet?
364
00:13:01,667 --> 00:13:03,233
[Mike] I don't know.
365
00:13:03,266 --> 00:13:03,466
You know, I told Amanda
she, you know, kinda won
some brownie points with me.
366
00:13:03,466 --> 00:13:05,800
You know, I told Amanda
she, you know, kinda won
some brownie points with me.
367
00:13:05,867 --> 00:13:07,000
I love honeysuckle.
368
00:13:07,066 --> 00:13:08,900
But I love pomegranate.
369
00:13:08,967 --> 00:13:10,467
I just take, bust them out
and [mimics biting]
370
00:13:10,467 --> 00:13:12,500
get in there
and just eat them things.
371
00:13:12,567 --> 00:13:16,700
You know, botanicals usually
carry over better than fruit.
372
00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,166
You know, that being said,
373
00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:20,900
I think Amanda might have
a little edge.
374
00:13:21,266 --> 00:13:22,200
She might.
375
00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,200
[Mark] You know,
I'm a strawberry fanatic,
376
00:13:24,266 --> 00:13:28,000
anything from just
the raw berry itself
377
00:13:28,066 --> 00:13:30,467
to cobblers to ice cream.
378
00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:33,367
If it's got a strawberry
in it, I'm on board with it.
379
00:13:33,367 --> 00:13:33,466
[Digger] Gotta believe him
around the world,
380
00:13:33,466 --> 00:13:34,700
[Digger] Gotta believe him
around the world,
381
00:13:34,767 --> 00:13:36,467
the strawberry milkshake.
382
00:13:36,467 --> 00:13:39,066
One hour left
in your run, guys.
383
00:13:39,066 --> 00:13:43,166
Better be getting
all them buttons pushed
and knobs turned.
384
00:13:43,166 --> 00:13:45,000
Are you catching
your flowers yet?
385
00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,266
-I'm getting honey
on the nose...
-You getting honey?
386
00:13:47,266 --> 00:13:50,100
...and I'm just starting
to get some flowers.
387
00:13:50,166 --> 00:13:51,800
When you're working
with flowers and floral,
388
00:13:51,867 --> 00:13:53,066
it can be kind of tricky
389
00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:55,400
because it can overwhelm it
or give a soapy taste.
390
00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:57,266
So I wanna make sure
it's nicely balanced
with the honey,
391
00:13:57,266 --> 00:13:59,900
so that it's something
that the judges will
all really appreciate.
392
00:13:59,967 --> 00:14:03,466
I got jasmine blossoms
and chamomile blossoms
and honeysuckle.
393
00:14:03,466 --> 00:14:03,667
I got jasmine blossoms
and chamomile blossoms
and honeysuckle.
394
00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:06,000
-They're really
just a nice tea.
-Yeah.
395
00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,700
[Digger] 30 minutes
left, guys.
396
00:14:08,767 --> 00:14:10,867
That wall's closing in.
397
00:14:10,867 --> 00:14:12,100
I don't need to get
to eight or nine.
398
00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:13,467
I just need to get to five.
399
00:14:13,467 --> 00:14:15,867
-[Amanda] You will.
-Number four,
so this will be five.
400
00:14:15,867 --> 00:14:18,200
-We're running the same.
-[Richard] This one tastes
pretty good, too.
401
00:14:18,266 --> 00:14:21,567
I figure this next jar
should be the one.
402
00:14:21,567 --> 00:14:23,166
Pomegranate's a funny thing.
403
00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,867
So I don't know
really a balance
in how it should be.
404
00:14:25,867 --> 00:14:30,667
Blueberry and pomegranate,
everybody's really not used to
in an alcoholic beverage.
405
00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:32,867
Tater, is that strawberry
coming through for you?
406
00:14:32,867 --> 00:14:33,466
I think it's gonna be
a good base to make
the flavor with.
407
00:14:33,466 --> 00:14:35,700
I think it's gonna be
a good base to make
the flavor with.
408
00:14:35,767 --> 00:14:38,867
I was hoping that I'd get
more strawberry flavor
409
00:14:38,867 --> 00:14:40,066
from my end of my liquor,
410
00:14:40,066 --> 00:14:42,467
but it just ain't coming
through like I want to.
411
00:14:43,667 --> 00:14:46,266
[Mark] I believe Tater's
about done his run.
412
00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:49,667
I believe Tater has got
his pick of the litter out.
413
00:14:49,667 --> 00:14:52,467
-I believe that's about as bad
as I ain't mess one up.
-[Mark chuckles]
414
00:14:52,467 --> 00:14:54,667
Gonna bring it to you
and just let you
have it, fellas.
415
00:14:54,667 --> 00:14:56,400
[Digger] Oh, yeah?
416
00:14:56,467 --> 00:14:59,066
You can head on back
to your spot there, Tater.
417
00:14:59,066 --> 00:15:01,266
Clean up,
whatever you need to do.
418
00:15:01,266 --> 00:15:02,700
Just don't get too liquored up
419
00:15:02,767 --> 00:15:03,466
where you can't hear
our verdict when we get back.
420
00:15:03,466 --> 00:15:04,667
where you can't hear
our verdict when we get back.
421
00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:11,667
Richard, do you got more
pomegranate or more blueberry?
422
00:15:11,667 --> 00:15:13,867
[Richard] Kinda sweet and tart
from the pomegranate.
423
00:15:13,867 --> 00:15:16,700
I'm thinking
this jar right here
is gonna be the jar.
424
00:15:16,767 --> 00:15:18,767
I think they're gonna taste
pomegranate in here
425
00:15:18,767 --> 00:15:20,100
with the blueberry also.
426
00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,900
I'm gonna make sure
I get as much flavor
as I possibly can.
427
00:15:22,967 --> 00:15:24,367
Bring it in here, boss.
428
00:15:24,367 --> 00:15:26,066
They look like twins.
429
00:15:26,066 --> 00:15:28,200
All right, go back there
and clean up, straighten up.
430
00:15:28,266 --> 00:15:29,667
Good luck, my friend.
431
00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:33,466
-All right.
-Amanda, got
five minutes left.
432
00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:33,467
-All right.
-Amanda, got
five minutes left.
433
00:15:33,467 --> 00:15:36,100
Smell honey?
I smell predominant honey.
434
00:15:36,166 --> 00:15:38,700
Hmm, but I smell flowers,
too, though.
435
00:15:38,767 --> 00:15:40,400
Sometimes floral's
not for everyone,
436
00:15:40,467 --> 00:15:42,266
so I wanna make sure
it's nicely balanced
with the honey
437
00:15:42,266 --> 00:15:44,767
so that the judges will
all think of flowers
438
00:15:44,767 --> 00:15:47,100
and bees and pollen and honey
439
00:15:47,166 --> 00:15:48,266
and feel like a spring day.
440
00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:50,266
[Digger] As they say,
the proof's in the pudding.
441
00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:53,166
Well, the proof's
in the Mason jar right here.
442
00:15:53,166 --> 00:15:55,567
-She's done her homework.
-She knows what she's doing.
443
00:15:55,567 --> 00:15:57,400
[Amanda] Now I can
smell the honey.
444
00:15:57,467 --> 00:16:00,066
I know when I taste it,
I can taste flowers.
445
00:16:00,066 --> 00:16:02,066
Now you're down
to two minutes, Amanda.
446
00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:03,466
All right, all right.
447
00:16:03,466 --> 00:16:03,767
All right, all right.
448
00:16:04,767 --> 00:16:05,767
There we go.
449
00:16:05,767 --> 00:16:06,900
[Amanda] That's my best jar.
450
00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:08,367
It's pretty.
451
00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:10,900
And Amanda, you step
on back to your station.
452
00:16:10,967 --> 00:16:13,100
We're gonna go
taste, deliberate.
453
00:16:13,166 --> 00:16:15,266
We'll be back
when we reach a decision.
454
00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:17,467
Good luck to each
and every one of you.
455
00:16:17,467 --> 00:16:19,100
-Thank you.
-Good luck, guys. Thank you.
456
00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,100
We ain't working
with rookies here.
457
00:16:26,166 --> 00:16:28,100
We got three Master Distillers
out there.
458
00:16:28,166 --> 00:16:31,200
[Digger] We're gonna see
what true masters of the craft
459
00:16:31,266 --> 00:16:33,367
can bring us
in the spring variety.
460
00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:33,466
That's old Richard's
going right there.
461
00:16:33,466 --> 00:16:35,066
That's old Richard's
going right there.
462
00:16:35,066 --> 00:16:37,967
Blueberry pomegranate ought
to be pretty interesting.
463
00:16:39,767 --> 00:16:41,266
[Mike] It's a real nice bead.
464
00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:42,900
It's a super nice bead.
465
00:16:42,967 --> 00:16:45,000
I'm gonna mark him around 95.
466
00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,367
Pomegranates are,
sometimes are hard to find.
467
00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:48,166
[Richard] Tell me about it.
468
00:16:48,166 --> 00:16:50,700
Pomegranate is kind of sour,
469
00:16:50,767 --> 00:16:52,600
and that sour
that it puts out...
470
00:16:52,667 --> 00:16:54,033
-[Amanda] It's definitely
a different, yeah, taste.
-Yeah.
471
00:16:54,066 --> 00:16:56,200
A little bit of tartness
complements a lot
of different fruits.
472
00:16:56,266 --> 00:16:56,900
Definitely.
473
00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:58,567
[Mark] Smells good.
474
00:16:58,567 --> 00:16:59,867
Smells really good.
475
00:16:59,867 --> 00:17:01,467
[Mike] It does.
It smells wonderful.
476
00:17:01,467 --> 00:17:03,466
-Dang good drink.
-[Mark] That is
an outstanding drink.
477
00:17:03,466 --> 00:17:04,567
-Dang good drink.
-[Mark] That is
an outstanding drink.
478
00:17:04,567 --> 00:17:07,266
I think I'm getting
a little bit more hint
of a blueberry
479
00:17:07,266 --> 00:17:09,000
-than I am the pomegranate.
-[Digger] Yeah.
480
00:17:09,066 --> 00:17:11,100
I'm getting it on the nose
just a little bit,
481
00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:12,767
but not so much in the taste.
482
00:17:12,767 --> 00:17:15,667
-Yeah, I get that corn
right off the bat.
-[Mark] Right off the bat.
483
00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:16,867
It finishes well.
484
00:17:16,867 --> 00:17:19,000
It don't have any fire
on the back end of it,
does it?
485
00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:19,867
[Mike] No, it's smooth.
486
00:17:19,867 --> 00:17:21,667
[Mark] It's a good drink
of liquor.
487
00:17:21,667 --> 00:17:23,266
[Digger] Let's move on
to Amanda.
488
00:17:23,266 --> 00:17:24,800
[Mike] That's as clear
as it gets.
489
00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:28,900
[Mark] I'm gonna say
she may be a dab higher
proof than Richard.
490
00:17:28,967 --> 00:17:31,400
She's 105 at bare minimum.
491
00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:32,467
-[Mike] Mmm-hmm.
-[Mark] Uh-huh.
492
00:17:32,467 --> 00:17:33,466
I know my proof's
pretty good, but...
493
00:17:33,466 --> 00:17:34,200
I know my proof's
pretty good, but...
494
00:17:34,266 --> 00:17:36,500
I always get, like,
right at 100, a little over,
495
00:17:36,567 --> 00:17:39,100
and I always hope, like,
"I hope it wasn't too hot."
496
00:17:39,166 --> 00:17:42,367
This is the one I can't wait
to taste, 'cause...
497
00:17:42,367 --> 00:17:44,567
[Mark] You're a wildflower
honey man, ain't you?
498
00:17:44,567 --> 00:17:46,066
Wildflower, the honeysuckle,
499
00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,567
buttercup, daffodils...
500
00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:49,166
When they first
start coming up,
501
00:17:49,166 --> 00:17:51,867
you know that spring
is on its way.
502
00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:56,100
Mmm-hmm.
503
00:17:56,166 --> 00:17:58,667
That's 105, 110 proof liquor
504
00:17:58,667 --> 00:18:00,867
coming on the palate
like a 90 proof liquor.
505
00:18:00,867 --> 00:18:01,767
[Mike] Exactly.
506
00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:03,300
[Mark] Got a good nose,
I don't...
507
00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:03,466
[Digger] I'm not getting
that honeysuckle like
I thought I would, though.
508
00:18:03,466 --> 00:18:05,967
[Digger] I'm not getting
that honeysuckle like
I thought I would, though.
509
00:18:05,967 --> 00:18:07,300
I can taste the floral notes,
510
00:18:07,367 --> 00:18:09,066
not so much
as the honeysuckle.
511
00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:11,000
But the honey itself
512
00:18:11,066 --> 00:18:13,100
with the rest of the flowers
coming in...
513
00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:15,567
It's a little fiery
on the back end to me.
514
00:18:15,567 --> 00:18:18,066
-Right, right here.
-Well, that's that little bit
of high proof and the honey.
515
00:18:18,066 --> 00:18:19,367
The high proof and the honey.
516
00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:21,700
-Honey's notorious for that.
-[Mark] And it's
not unpleasant.
517
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:24,066
-I'm not complaining about it.
-No, it's good liquor.
518
00:18:24,066 --> 00:18:25,800
You know you're drinking
a drink of liquor
519
00:18:25,867 --> 00:18:26,700
when you're drinking it.
520
00:18:26,767 --> 00:18:28,567
-It's good.
-Yep.
521
00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:31,400
This shows you right there
the value of a thumper.
522
00:18:31,467 --> 00:18:32,367
[Mike] Exactly right.
523
00:18:32,367 --> 00:18:33,466
Well, that's onto young Tater.
524
00:18:33,466 --> 00:18:35,300
Well, that's onto young Tater.
525
00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:37,800
[Mike] See what
Tater's got here.
526
00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:39,100
[Mark] Uh-huh.
527
00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,100
[Mike] I'd say
that's 100 proof,
don't you, Digger?
528
00:18:42,166 --> 00:18:44,867
Mighty close. I'm gonna say
he's still in the 90 range.
529
00:18:44,867 --> 00:18:47,867
Mine just didn't come through
like I really wanted it to.
530
00:18:47,867 --> 00:18:49,967
But you have to have
a crapload of strawberry
531
00:18:49,967 --> 00:18:52,166
-to get strawberry flavors
come through.
-Yeah.
532
00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,100
It didn't taste bad.
It's just...
533
00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:55,667
It wasn't what I was wanting.
534
00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:57,667
I don't get
a lot of strawberry
on the nose.
535
00:18:57,667 --> 00:19:00,066
[Mark] I don't get much
strawberry at all.
536
00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:03,466
-I don't either.
-It's got a sweet taste,
a sweet finish,
537
00:19:03,466 --> 00:19:03,600
-I don't either.
-It's got a sweet taste,
a sweet finish,
538
00:19:03,667 --> 00:19:05,667
but I think that's coming
from the corn and sugar.
539
00:19:05,667 --> 00:19:09,200
Good regular sweet run
of corn mash is what that
tastes like, which is good.
540
00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:10,800
It's the lowest proof
on the table.
541
00:19:10,867 --> 00:19:12,500
-[Digger] Yep.
-[Mike] It's the lowest proof
on the table. I agree.
542
00:19:12,567 --> 00:19:14,166
It's a good drinking proof
right here.
543
00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:15,066
You know, it's...
544
00:19:15,066 --> 00:19:16,367
You get all the flavors.
545
00:19:16,367 --> 00:19:18,867
Plus, it don't put you to bed
as quick.
546
00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:21,300
-You can enjoy it
a little bit longer.
-[Mike] Exactly right.
547
00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:23,567
[Digger] But when you think
about spring liquor,
548
00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:24,800
I don't think of corn.
549
00:19:24,867 --> 00:19:28,000
They're off the chart good
in their own different way.
550
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,767
Well, is everybody
on the same page?
551
00:19:29,767 --> 00:19:31,100
I know where I'm at.
552
00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:32,000
I'm with it.
553
00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:33,466
Let's go bring the news.
554
00:19:33,466 --> 00:19:33,567
Let's go bring the news.
555
00:19:39,467 --> 00:19:40,767
[Digger] Come up
and get your jar.
556
00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:47,100
You brought us spring alcohol.
557
00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,567
You were tasked with creating
your own unique flavors
558
00:19:49,567 --> 00:19:52,967
that would stand out
in a moonshiner's
busiest season.
559
00:19:52,967 --> 00:19:54,567
We're just gonna
cut to the chase.
560
00:19:54,567 --> 00:19:56,100
I'm gonna start off
with Tater.
561
00:19:57,467 --> 00:20:00,900
Find jar of liquor
you turned in, crystal clear.
562
00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:02,400
Hit the palate just right.
563
00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:04,800
Uh, the only negative
I can come up with,
564
00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:05,374
I couldn't find much
strawberry in there anywhere.
565
00:20:05,374 --> 00:20:07,700
I couldn't find much
strawberry in there anywhere.
566
00:20:07,767 --> 00:20:10,600
I believe there was way more
syrup than there was fruit,
567
00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,500
and fruit equals flavor.
568
00:20:12,567 --> 00:20:14,367
But all that considered,
569
00:20:14,367 --> 00:20:15,166
it's a fine jar of liquor.
570
00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:16,567
I'd like to have
a boatload of it.
571
00:20:16,567 --> 00:20:20,100
Tater, your jar of liquor,
smooth as pouring water...
572
00:20:21,467 --> 00:20:23,200
Just a little bit lower proof,
573
00:20:23,266 --> 00:20:24,900
I'm gonna say
around 90 proof on that,
574
00:20:24,967 --> 00:20:27,367
but a great drink
of liquor, man.
575
00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:29,166
Amanda, you brought us
576
00:20:29,166 --> 00:20:32,266
a 105 proof jar of liquor
that hits your palate
577
00:20:32,266 --> 00:20:34,066
like a 90 proof jar.
578
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,374
Your flavor,
floral on the nose,
579
00:20:35,374 --> 00:20:36,567
Your flavor,
floral on the nose,
580
00:20:36,567 --> 00:20:38,000
sweet on the taste.
581
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,100
-Fine jar right there.
-Thank you.
582
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,800
Amanda, I could taste
the floral notes
583
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,800
of all your botanicals,
your flowers, your stuff,
584
00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:45,800
and that honey.
585
00:20:45,867 --> 00:20:47,467
It reminds me of springtime.
586
00:20:47,467 --> 00:20:48,533
I'm just waiting on
587
00:20:48,567 --> 00:20:50,667
the flurry of butterflies
to come through here.
588
00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:51,767
[chuckles]
589
00:20:51,767 --> 00:20:53,767
You was the highest proof
of the three,
590
00:20:53,767 --> 00:20:54,800
but you know,
591
00:20:54,867 --> 00:20:57,467
honey has a tendency
to leave a little fire
592
00:20:57,467 --> 00:20:58,767
on the back of your tongue.
593
00:20:58,767 --> 00:21:00,467
That's the way
it's supposed to be.
594
00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:01,367
You're drinking liquor.
595
00:21:01,367 --> 00:21:02,800
You're not drinking
buttermilk.
596
00:21:02,867 --> 00:21:05,374
Richard,
pomegranate and blueberry.
597
00:21:05,374 --> 00:21:05,500
Richard,
pomegranate and blueberry.
598
00:21:05,567 --> 00:21:07,266
I didn't get
as much pomegranate
599
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,400
as I thought I would,
600
00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:10,000
but I figure
you'll address that
601
00:21:10,066 --> 00:21:11,200
going on down the road,
602
00:21:11,266 --> 00:21:12,767
but all in all,
603
00:21:12,767 --> 00:21:14,467
-fine jar of liquor.
-Thank you.
604
00:21:14,467 --> 00:21:15,967
[Mark] Richard, I don't think
605
00:21:15,967 --> 00:21:18,567
I got any pomegranate
in your spirit,
606
00:21:18,567 --> 00:21:21,200
but I'm a big fan
of blueberries,
607
00:21:21,266 --> 00:21:22,467
which I did get.
608
00:21:22,467 --> 00:21:25,166
The proof is spot-on.
Good job, Richard.
609
00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:26,600
Good job to all three of you.
610
00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:28,867
[Digger] Well,
ain't nobody going home,
611
00:21:28,867 --> 00:21:31,266
just picking the order
you go to the farm stand,
612
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,567
so as it stands right now,
613
00:21:37,667 --> 00:21:39,400
Amanda, you're number one.
614
00:21:39,467 --> 00:21:41,367
Richard, you're number two
through the door.
615
00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:43,166
Tater, you're driving
the caboose, brother.
616
00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:45,100
All righty, then.
617
00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:47,667
That being said,
we'll go to the farm stand,
618
00:21:47,667 --> 00:21:48,967
you pick out your ingredients,
619
00:21:48,967 --> 00:21:51,266
and we'll move on
to the next challenge.
620
00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:52,967
Come on, guys. Follow me.
621
00:21:52,967 --> 00:21:54,567
Go with Tickle, Jr. there.
622
00:21:54,567 --> 00:21:56,266
[imitating Tickle]
Ah, I'll tell you what.
623
00:21:56,266 --> 00:21:57,767
[Digger] You're
in better hands
624
00:21:57,767 --> 00:21:59,700
than you would be normally.
I promise you.
625
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:03,600
[Mark in normal voice]
All right, guys.
626
00:22:03,667 --> 00:22:05,374
Normally,
this is Tickle's job,
627
00:22:05,374 --> 00:22:05,667
Normally,
this is Tickle's job,
628
00:22:05,667 --> 00:22:07,867
but you know,
it is spring fever time.
629
00:22:07,867 --> 00:22:09,500
Maybe he's still
in hibernation.
630
00:22:09,567 --> 00:22:10,800
Let's hope he is.
631
00:22:10,867 --> 00:22:12,367
[all chuckling]
632
00:22:12,367 --> 00:22:14,400
[Mark] You guys are here
to go in the farm stand.
633
00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:15,467
You got three minutes.
634
00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,467
Grab any ingredients
that you need,
635
00:22:17,467 --> 00:22:19,767
think you can use
to add additional flavor
636
00:22:19,767 --> 00:22:21,000
to your distillate.
637
00:22:21,066 --> 00:22:22,166
You ready, Amanda?
638
00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:25,400
-I'm ready.
-Your three minutes
starts now.
639
00:22:25,467 --> 00:22:27,166
Get with it, girl.
640
00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,600
[Amanda] Well, this is
the first time I've ever been
641
00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,166
first pick on the farm stand,
642
00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:31,000
and I feel pretty proud.
643
00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:33,800
Orange extract?
644
00:22:33,867 --> 00:22:34,967
I'm gonna keep it simple.
645
00:22:34,967 --> 00:22:35,374
I need honey,
and some orange blossom water,
646
00:22:35,374 --> 00:22:37,166
I need honey,
and some orange blossom water,
647
00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:38,867
and some dried orange.
648
00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:40,967
Honey.
649
00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:43,667
Take all the time
you need, Amanda,
650
00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:45,266
as long as it isn't
over two minutes.
651
00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:46,667
[Amanda] All righty.
Thank you.
652
00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:48,600
Pretty much trying
to embody what spring is.
653
00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:49,967
Spring's the best time to run
654
00:22:49,967 --> 00:22:51,467
ingredients
that we can't access
655
00:22:51,467 --> 00:22:52,567
in the wintertime,
656
00:22:52,567 --> 00:22:54,200
so I want to make sure
that my ingredients are
657
00:22:54,266 --> 00:22:55,667
light, floral, and bright,
658
00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:57,867
and I don't need a lot.
659
00:22:57,867 --> 00:22:59,500
You have 30 seconds, Amanda.
660
00:23:00,467 --> 00:23:01,500
I'm gonna keep it simple.
661
00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:02,467
-Yep.
-[Amanda] I don't want
to screw up
662
00:23:02,467 --> 00:23:03,800
-a good thing, right?
-Nope.
663
00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:04,600
[Mark] All right.
664
00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:05,374
Sir Richard,
665
00:23:05,374 --> 00:23:05,800
Sir Richard,
666
00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:08,800
your three minutes starts now.
667
00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:11,900
This shouldn't be too long.
668
00:23:11,967 --> 00:23:13,066
Tater, hold on.
669
00:23:13,066 --> 00:23:13,967
-You'll be in here
in a second.
-[Mark chuckles]
670
00:23:13,967 --> 00:23:15,300
Well, the judges said
they tasted
671
00:23:15,367 --> 00:23:17,367
a lot of blueberry,
and not a lot of pomegranate,
672
00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:18,800
so I'm gonna pick something
673
00:23:18,867 --> 00:23:20,767
that would really help me
with my flavor profile.
674
00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:22,400
[Mark] Kiwis, is it?
675
00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:23,867
Yes, sir.
676
00:23:23,867 --> 00:23:25,667
And there's kiwis,
and dried fruit,
677
00:23:25,667 --> 00:23:26,967
and all kinds of stuff
in here,
678
00:23:26,967 --> 00:23:29,266
so I grab the lemon,
the dehydrated lemon,
679
00:23:29,266 --> 00:23:30,400
the dehydrated orange,
680
00:23:30,467 --> 00:23:32,500
because
this citrusy kiwi flavor
681
00:23:32,567 --> 00:23:34,467
might help me bring through
the pomegranate flavor
682
00:23:34,467 --> 00:23:35,166
a little bit more.
683
00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:35,374
Richard, you used a minute.
684
00:23:35,374 --> 00:23:37,166
Richard, you used a minute.
685
00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:39,166
They do have blueberries.
686
00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:41,767
I know I need pomegranate
so I'll be able to give them
687
00:23:41,767 --> 00:23:43,166
real good pomegranate flavor.
688
00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:46,500
-Pomegranate.
-[Mark] Lookee there!
689
00:23:48,066 --> 00:23:49,767
Richard, 45 seconds.
690
00:23:49,767 --> 00:23:51,667
[Richard] I got
everything I need.
691
00:23:51,667 --> 00:23:53,967
All right, Sir Tater.
692
00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:56,266
Your three minutes will start
693
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:57,767
now.
694
00:23:59,767 --> 00:24:01,667
Tater, your strawberries
didn't come through
695
00:24:01,667 --> 00:24:02,667
like you want to.
696
00:24:02,667 --> 00:24:04,367
I mean,
you can jazz it up again,
697
00:24:04,367 --> 00:24:05,374
however you see fit.
698
00:24:05,374 --> 00:24:05,500
however you see fit.
699
00:24:05,567 --> 00:24:07,100
I absolutely have to get
700
00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:08,467
strawberries
at the farm stand,
701
00:24:08,467 --> 00:24:09,400
because if I don't,
702
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,166
I'm gonna have to come up
with a new plan.
703
00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:12,500
Strawberries.
704
00:24:14,467 --> 00:24:15,967
Oh, them look good.
705
00:24:15,967 --> 00:24:17,800
Today was fresh strawberries.
706
00:24:17,867 --> 00:24:19,567
They looked
a little bit green for me,
707
00:24:19,567 --> 00:24:21,467
so I kind of veered
away from them.
708
00:24:21,467 --> 00:24:23,467
They had some
that was in a jar
709
00:24:23,467 --> 00:24:24,967
that looked like
they might have had
710
00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:25,867
sugar in them.
711
00:24:25,867 --> 00:24:27,767
That's the ones
I went for, mostly.
712
00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:29,367
Y'alls do have the cream.
713
00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:31,567
That should get me
the flavoring that I need
714
00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:32,867
for the post-flavoring.
715
00:24:32,867 --> 00:24:35,374
The cream that I found
should end up tasting like
716
00:24:35,374 --> 00:24:35,900
The cream that I found
should end up tasting like
717
00:24:35,967 --> 00:24:37,367
Granny's homemade ice cream.
718
00:24:37,367 --> 00:24:39,667
I'm gonna call it
all in, and all done.
719
00:24:39,667 --> 00:24:42,100
You only used
45 seconds, man.
720
00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:43,567
I think I'm good, Mark.
721
00:24:43,567 --> 00:24:45,600
[Mark] All right. Okay, guys.
722
00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:47,900
Bring us the magic
that you do so well.
723
00:24:47,967 --> 00:24:49,467
Let's go get started.
724
00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:03,900
Y'all happy
with your spring haul?
725
00:25:03,967 --> 00:25:04,867
-Oh, yeah.
-Yep.
726
00:25:04,867 --> 00:25:05,374
Good,
'cause I cannot wait to see
727
00:25:05,374 --> 00:25:07,767
Good,
'cause I cannot wait to see
728
00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,066
where you take these jars.
729
00:25:10,867 --> 00:25:12,266
[Mark] At the farm stand,
730
00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:14,100
you done selected
your ingredients.
731
00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,600
Now that you've got them,
we're gonna have 30 minutes
732
00:25:16,667 --> 00:25:19,467
to add
even more springtime flavor
733
00:25:19,467 --> 00:25:20,700
to that jar of liquor.
734
00:25:20,767 --> 00:25:22,767
We're looking
at three masters of the craft,
735
00:25:22,767 --> 00:25:24,367
but you can take
736
00:25:24,367 --> 00:25:26,667
a really, really good jar
of whiskey,
737
00:25:26,667 --> 00:25:29,166
and mess it up
really, really fast.
738
00:25:29,166 --> 00:25:30,600
Don't mess up this liquor.
739
00:25:30,667 --> 00:25:32,800
All three jars are great.
740
00:25:32,867 --> 00:25:35,374
Bring us your best
before 30 minutes passes.
741
00:25:35,374 --> 00:25:35,567
Bring us your best
before 30 minutes passes.
742
00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,467
Your time starts now.
743
00:25:41,467 --> 00:25:42,734
[Richard] Tater?
744
00:25:42,734 --> 00:25:45,667
-Yes, sir?
-Bring that strawberry,
like you said you would.
745
00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:50,000
[Mark] Tater has got
more strawberries.
746
00:25:50,066 --> 00:25:52,000
Whenever I think
of springtime,
747
00:25:52,066 --> 00:25:54,667
I think of sitting
on Granny's porch
748
00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:56,700
eating
homemade strawberry ice cream,
749
00:25:56,767 --> 00:25:59,767
so I'm gonna try to make
a strawberry sipping cream.
750
00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:02,000
My base spirit is
corn all the way,
751
00:26:02,066 --> 00:26:04,467
so I've got to add
a lot of strawberry flavor
752
00:26:04,467 --> 00:26:05,374
to get my result
that I'm desiring.
753
00:26:05,374 --> 00:26:07,266
to get my result
that I'm desiring.
754
00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:09,000
[Mark] You know,
the thing about it is,
755
00:26:09,066 --> 00:26:10,667
time of the year
for strawberries,
756
00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:14,467
and Tater didn't really pick
the fresh berries.
757
00:26:14,467 --> 00:26:16,700
Fresh strawberries,
sometimes they'll end up
758
00:26:16,767 --> 00:26:18,367
making something bitter,
759
00:26:18,367 --> 00:26:20,667
so I'm gonna go with the ones
that's in the glaze.
760
00:26:22,367 --> 00:26:23,500
That should get me
761
00:26:23,567 --> 00:26:26,100
the strawberry flavor
in there.
762
00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:27,967
I do feel like
I do have an edge,
763
00:26:27,967 --> 00:26:30,567
because there ain't nothing
more spring than strawberries.
764
00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:34,400
[Mike] He got him
another pomegranate.
765
00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:35,374
Complemented with some kiwis.
766
00:26:35,374 --> 00:26:36,767
Complemented with some kiwis.
767
00:26:36,767 --> 00:26:38,867
[Richard] I got
a Louisiana 'palachian
768
00:26:38,867 --> 00:26:40,500
springtime going on right now.
769
00:26:40,567 --> 00:26:41,667
"'palachian" sounds
770
00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:43,467
a whole lot
like "pollution," though.
771
00:26:43,467 --> 00:26:45,000
[Richard] I was thinking
of the Appalachians.
772
00:26:45,066 --> 00:26:47,400
Is that orange peels?
Dehydrated oranges?
773
00:26:47,467 --> 00:26:49,300
That's oranges
and lemons in here.
774
00:26:49,367 --> 00:26:51,200
Along with the pomegranates
and blueberries,
775
00:26:51,266 --> 00:26:53,567
I'm gonna give them
a citrusy kiwi flavor.
776
00:26:54,667 --> 00:26:56,400
That over there,
that's gonna be a good drink.
777
00:26:56,467 --> 00:26:58,000
[Mark] I do like kiwis.
778
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,100
Yeah, but like I say,
it's a delicate balance.
779
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:02,600
[Richard] The kiwi is
very, very faint,
780
00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:04,200
but it's only meant
to be a binder,
781
00:27:04,266 --> 00:27:05,374
and I think it binds
all of this
782
00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:05,600
and I think it binds
all of this
783
00:27:05,667 --> 00:27:06,667
together pretty well,
784
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:08,000
and I think
it will really help me
785
00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:09,300
with my flavor profile.
786
00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:12,867
[Mark] What you see
on her table there,
787
00:27:12,867 --> 00:27:14,967
those three or four
little items, is all she got.
788
00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:20,567
[Amanda] The judges were
really clear that we had
789
00:27:20,567 --> 00:27:21,767
really excellent base spirits,
790
00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:23,200
and they really liked mine
off the bat,
791
00:27:23,266 --> 00:27:25,000
so I want to make sure
that my ingredients
792
00:27:25,066 --> 00:27:25,867
bring out more spring.
793
00:27:25,867 --> 00:27:27,166
I'm gonna sweeten it
with honey,
794
00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:29,867
and bring back a little bit
of that floral into it.
795
00:27:29,867 --> 00:27:31,000
It doesn't get
much more spring
796
00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:32,500
than flowers and honey, right?
797
00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:33,867
[Mark] She's cutting
them peelings
798
00:27:33,867 --> 00:27:35,374
off of them dehydrated fruits.
799
00:27:35,374 --> 00:27:36,300
off of them dehydrated fruits.
800
00:27:36,367 --> 00:27:37,133
[Mike] Mmm-hmm.
801
00:27:37,133 --> 00:27:38,200
I don't know
if she's gonna use
802
00:27:38,266 --> 00:27:40,266
the peelings
or the gut side of it.
803
00:27:40,266 --> 00:27:43,667
Amanda, is you rehydrating
those oranges, or...
804
00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:44,467
A little bit.
805
00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:46,066
So, I used
orange blossom water...
806
00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:47,400
-[Mark] Uh-huh.
-[Amanda] ...and honey.
807
00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:49,166
Put a tiny bit
of orange in there,
808
00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:50,600
so you'll get
a little hint of orange,
809
00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:52,667
and you'll be like, "Okay,
yes, orange blossom."
810
00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:55,667
The floral notes sometimes
come in an off flavor.
811
00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:57,867
It's really all about
how you balance it.
812
00:27:57,867 --> 00:27:59,700
[Mark] What was
in the little eyedropper?
813
00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:01,166
[Amanda] Honeysuckle.
814
00:28:01,166 --> 00:28:02,166
-[Mark] Honeysuckle?
-Extract.
815
00:28:02,166 --> 00:28:02,900
[Mike] Honeysuckle.
816
00:28:02,967 --> 00:28:04,066
-[Mark] Ohhh.
-[Digger] Ooh.
817
00:28:04,066 --> 00:28:05,066
[Mike] Hey, hey.
818
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:05,374
It's really good
when it's sweetened up enough,
819
00:28:05,374 --> 00:28:06,867
It's really good
when it's sweetened up enough,
820
00:28:06,867 --> 00:28:09,367
so I just gotta be
prepared for that.
821
00:28:09,367 --> 00:28:11,367
You've got
15 minutes left, guys.
822
00:28:15,767 --> 00:28:17,467
Orange peel or lemon peel,
823
00:28:17,467 --> 00:28:18,967
if you ain't had
a lot of practice,
824
00:28:18,967 --> 00:28:21,367
you can screw liquor up
real quick with it.
825
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:22,400
In a heartbeat.
826
00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:24,000
It'll be so bitter
you can't drink it.
827
00:28:24,066 --> 00:28:24,700
Yep.
828
00:28:28,867 --> 00:28:29,867
[Mark] There goes Tater.
829
00:28:29,867 --> 00:28:31,800
He's jarring up
some of that cream.
830
00:28:31,867 --> 00:28:32,667
[Tater] I'm trying to hit
831
00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:34,800
that strawberry
ice cream flavor.
832
00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:35,374
That's how come I'd add
a few chunks
833
00:28:35,374 --> 00:28:36,467
That's how come I'd add
a few chunks
834
00:28:36,467 --> 00:28:37,467
of strawberries in it.
835
00:28:37,467 --> 00:28:38,700
-[Digger] Yeah.
-[Mark] Oh, my.
836
00:28:38,767 --> 00:28:40,767
'Cause that'll add
your texture to it
837
00:28:40,767 --> 00:28:41,900
on your finish.
838
00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:44,800
They ain't many people
that don't like strawberries,
839
00:28:44,867 --> 00:28:47,066
so maybe I can hit
everybody's palate,
840
00:28:47,066 --> 00:28:47,967
and come through with it.
841
00:28:47,967 --> 00:28:49,000
Amanda, are you getting
842
00:28:49,066 --> 00:28:51,000
your flavor close
to what you want?
843
00:28:51,066 --> 00:28:52,166
I think it's pretty good.
844
00:28:52,166 --> 00:28:53,266
I like it.
845
00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:55,367
I'm so happy
with the spirit that I made.
846
00:28:55,367 --> 00:28:57,767
The floral notes
come together cohesively.
847
00:28:57,767 --> 00:28:59,600
It tastes and smells
like spring,
848
00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:01,100
and makes you feel
like a spring day.
849
00:29:02,767 --> 00:29:03,767
[Richard] This jar
I'm turning in
850
00:29:03,767 --> 00:29:04,967
is kind of complicated.
851
00:29:04,967 --> 00:29:05,374
There's a lot
of flavors going on...
852
00:29:05,374 --> 00:29:06,600
There's a lot
of flavors going on...
853
00:29:06,667 --> 00:29:08,000
How about you,
Richard-Bob?
854
00:29:08,066 --> 00:29:09,166
Uh,
855
00:29:09,867 --> 00:29:10,567
I'm hunting it.
856
00:29:10,567 --> 00:29:11,500
...and I'm gonna bring them
857
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,100
the most beautiful jar
of 'shine,
858
00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:14,667
and strain
as much particulates
859
00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:16,100
out of this
as I possibly can.
860
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:18,367
Richard, I don't mean
to make you panic,
861
00:29:18,367 --> 00:29:20,367
but we got one minute left.
862
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,467
Well, you're making me panic.
863
00:29:30,567 --> 00:29:31,667
[Richard] Come on, baby.
864
00:29:31,667 --> 00:29:33,467
You gotta strain for me.
I ain't got much time left.
865
00:29:33,467 --> 00:29:35,967
I'm trying to strain
every bit of pulp
866
00:29:35,967 --> 00:29:37,166
outta here that I can.
867
00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:39,500
Richard, I don't mean
to make you panic,
868
00:29:39,567 --> 00:29:41,500
but we got one minute left.
869
00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:42,734
I'm getting down to the wire,
870
00:29:42,734 --> 00:29:44,667
so I'm gonna have to just use
a metal strainer,
871
00:29:44,667 --> 00:29:46,767
and strain it that way
into the jar.
872
00:29:46,767 --> 00:29:48,200
Thirty seconds, guys.
873
00:29:48,266 --> 00:29:49,900
You gotta have them
on the table up here.
874
00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:55,867
But no worries over there.
875
00:29:55,867 --> 00:29:56,097
I think you've got this,
876
00:29:56,097 --> 00:29:57,000
I think you've got this,
877
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,100
but we want a full jar,
just so you know.
878
00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,867
I'm so happy
with the spirit that I made.
879
00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:04,867
It's sweet,
and floral, and bright.
880
00:30:04,867 --> 00:30:07,367
I think spring shines through
in the final jar.
881
00:30:07,367 --> 00:30:09,367
[Tater] My strawberry
sipping cream
882
00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:10,800
tastes real good to me.
883
00:30:10,867 --> 00:30:12,700
It's a beautiful spring pink,
884
00:30:12,767 --> 00:30:14,667
with the strawberries
floating in it.
885
00:30:14,667 --> 00:30:17,367
It well reminds you of eating
strawberry ice cream.
886
00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:21,100
[Digger] Ten,
887
00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:21,867
nine,
888
00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:23,100
eight,
889
00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,166
seven,
890
00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:25,100
six,
891
00:30:25,166 --> 00:30:26,097
five,
892
00:30:26,097 --> 00:30:26,100
five,
893
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,266
four,
894
00:30:27,667 --> 00:30:28,500
three,
895
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:29,567
two,
896
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,266
one,
897
00:30:31,266 --> 00:30:33,066
and damned
if that wasn't close.
898
00:30:34,767 --> 00:30:37,166
All right, guys.
You know the drill.
899
00:30:37,166 --> 00:30:38,266
Y'all go back,
and hang out,
900
00:30:38,266 --> 00:30:39,667
clean up your messes,
901
00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:40,800
and we're gonna come back
902
00:30:40,867 --> 00:30:43,567
and name us a spring champion.
903
00:30:46,166 --> 00:30:48,367
That's some springtime colors
right there.
904
00:30:48,367 --> 00:30:49,467
Yes, it is.
905
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:50,967
'Cause
you've got strawberries,
906
00:30:50,967 --> 00:30:54,066
you've got the color
of honeysuckle sap,
907
00:30:54,066 --> 00:30:55,867
and you got
pomegranate juice.
908
00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:56,097
-They're pretty, ain't they?
They look good.
-[Mike] They look nice.
909
00:30:56,097 --> 00:30:57,800
-They're pretty, ain't they?
They look good.
-[Mike] They look nice.
910
00:30:57,867 --> 00:30:58,734
Let's get busy.
911
00:30:58,734 --> 00:31:00,900
Let's go
with these chilled ones first.
912
00:31:00,967 --> 00:31:02,300
[Mike] Let's do it to it.
913
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:03,900
Let's see
what Tater's got here.
914
00:31:03,967 --> 00:31:06,667
Thing about it is,
proofs can change drastically
915
00:31:06,667 --> 00:31:08,000
in these sipping creams.
916
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,000
They're usually somewhere
around 40 to 50 proof.
917
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,233
I love them.
918
00:31:13,233 --> 00:31:14,467
-[Mike] I do, too.
-[Digger] Oh, yeah,
and they say,
919
00:31:14,467 --> 00:31:17,166
-"Oh, you can't keep them
on the shelf."
-[Mark] No.
920
00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:18,767
We know it's strawberry,
don't we?
921
00:31:18,767 --> 00:31:20,467
We know
that it ain't green apple,
922
00:31:20,467 --> 00:31:22,467
what he was a-spewing
there for awhile, don't we?
923
00:31:22,467 --> 00:31:23,700
Exactly right.
924
00:31:23,767 --> 00:31:25,667
Yeah, you can't proof that
by shaking it.
925
00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:26,097
It's more
of a processed proof,
926
00:31:26,097 --> 00:31:27,467
It's more
of a processed proof,
927
00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:28,567
that stuff.
928
00:31:28,567 --> 00:31:30,000
I added
the strawberries in it
929
00:31:30,066 --> 00:31:32,166
for the texture
of the homemade ice cream.
930
00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:33,200
[Amanda] It was a good visual,
931
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,100
-and it looked just like...
-Yeah, beautiful.
932
00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:35,367
...strawberry ice cream
in a jar,
933
00:31:35,367 --> 00:31:36,867
and it tasted seriously good.
934
00:31:36,867 --> 00:31:38,567
I was tickled
at how it stayed afloat.
935
00:31:38,567 --> 00:31:39,700
-How it suspended itself.
-Mmm-hmm.
936
00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:40,700
I was afraid that it was gonna
937
00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:42,266
all set to the bottom,
and look like
938
00:31:42,266 --> 00:31:43,100
a big, great glob.
939
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,767
Well, I'm gonna shock
you fellers.
940
00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:49,100
There's strawberry in there.
941
00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:50,400
[Mike] Yeah, buddy.
942
00:31:50,467 --> 00:31:51,567
[Digger] All over the nose.
943
00:31:52,467 --> 00:31:53,800
[Mark] Oh, my.
944
00:31:54,767 --> 00:31:56,097
If that ain't
melted ice cream,
945
00:31:56,097 --> 00:31:56,667
If that ain't
melted ice cream,
946
00:31:56,667 --> 00:31:57,700
I ain't a-sitting here.
947
00:31:57,767 --> 00:31:59,000
[chuckles]
948
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,100
-[Digger] I'm not lying.
-And there's
liquor in it, too.
949
00:32:00,166 --> 00:32:02,100
It smells like
a melted milkshake
950
00:32:02,166 --> 00:32:04,800
that had a shot of whiskey
put in it.
951
00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:07,367
[Mike] Oh, and I'm getting
a few of those little chunks.
952
00:32:07,367 --> 00:32:10,000
-It's 50 proof,
at least, here.
-[Mike] At least.
953
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,900
It's as high a proof
of sipping cream
954
00:32:11,967 --> 00:32:13,166
as I believe I've tasted.
955
00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:14,000
[Mike] Me and you both.
956
00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:15,300
On Tater's first run,
957
00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:17,166
there was no taste
of strawberry nowhere.
958
00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:18,266
-[Mark] No.
-[Digger] Mmm-mmm.
959
00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:20,667
But he didn't come up short
today on this, did he?
960
00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:22,266
I actually thought
about grabbing
961
00:32:22,266 --> 00:32:23,400
all them strawberries, Tater.
962
00:32:23,467 --> 00:32:25,166
You know, Richard,
you might have liked
963
00:32:25,166 --> 00:32:26,097
-your kneecaps left on, too.
-[laughs]
964
00:32:26,097 --> 00:32:27,367
-your kneecaps left on, too.
-[laughs]
965
00:32:27,367 --> 00:32:28,467
You know?
966
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,166
'Cause I didn't have
nowhere else to go with mine.
967
00:32:30,166 --> 00:32:32,166
You know, you've gotta find
that happy medium
968
00:32:32,166 --> 00:32:33,400
in proof and flavor.
969
00:32:33,467 --> 00:32:34,300
That's right.
970
00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:36,467
And Tater has nailed
both of them.
971
00:32:36,467 --> 00:32:39,000
-On the head.
-[Digger] Yeah.
He knocked it out of the park.
972
00:32:39,066 --> 00:32:40,567
Moving on
to the next chilled one.
973
00:32:40,567 --> 00:32:41,600
[Mike] And it's Amanda.
974
00:32:41,667 --> 00:32:43,800
[Digger] This right here
is gonna be interesting.
975
00:32:43,867 --> 00:32:44,834
It's gonna be...
976
00:32:44,834 --> 00:32:47,100
I'm telling you,
Amanda does not disappoint.
977
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:47,867
[Mike] Never.
978
00:32:47,867 --> 00:32:50,700
This jar was off the chain
979
00:32:50,767 --> 00:32:52,667
before she done
anything to it.
980
00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:55,266
But she's backed in a corner
with this one.
981
00:32:55,266 --> 00:32:56,097
She's gotta really bring it.
982
00:32:56,097 --> 00:32:56,400
She's gotta really bring it.
983
00:32:56,467 --> 00:32:57,567
How did yours come out?
984
00:32:57,567 --> 00:32:58,667
I was happy with it.
985
00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:00,900
I left it high proof,
wildflower honey.
986
00:33:00,967 --> 00:33:02,000
-You know? Springtime.
-[Tater] Yeah.
987
00:33:02,066 --> 00:33:03,500
That's definitely
what it tastes like.
988
00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:04,500
-[Amanda] Yep, 100%.
-[Richard] Take a bow.
989
00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:05,634
-[chuckles]
-Yep, it is.
990
00:33:05,634 --> 00:33:06,867
-You grabbed the wildflower.
-Take a bow, Amanda.
991
00:33:06,867 --> 00:33:07,867
-You sure did.
-I thought I was gonna
992
00:33:07,867 --> 00:33:10,100
have to take
one of them sinus pills.
993
00:33:10,166 --> 00:33:11,066
-Well, thanks.
-[all chuckling]
994
00:33:11,066 --> 00:33:12,467
No, I'm just kidding.
995
00:33:12,467 --> 00:33:15,500
[Mark] When you have anything
to do with honeysuckle,
996
00:33:15,567 --> 00:33:17,166
it makes you think
about spring.
997
00:33:17,166 --> 00:33:18,300
-[Digger] Yeah.
-You're getting outside,
998
00:33:18,367 --> 00:33:19,600
you're
in short britches again.
999
00:33:19,667 --> 00:33:21,800
If you don't smell spring,
nose that rascal.
1000
00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:24,467
You can smell
the flower in it.
1001
00:33:24,467 --> 00:33:25,867
I feel like
I definitely took a risk
1002
00:33:25,867 --> 00:33:26,097
putting the floral in there.
1003
00:33:26,097 --> 00:33:27,467
putting the floral in there.
1004
00:33:27,467 --> 00:33:29,367
You know, you either love it,
or you hate it.
1005
00:33:33,467 --> 00:33:34,166
[smacks lips]
1006
00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:35,767
It's really good.
1007
00:33:35,767 --> 00:33:36,567
[smacks lips] Yeah.
1008
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:37,900
[Mark] I can't put
my finger on it,
1009
00:33:37,967 --> 00:33:39,367
but there's
something in it that tastes
1010
00:33:39,367 --> 00:33:42,467
-just a tiny bit mediciney,
don't it?
-Yeah. Extracty.
1011
00:33:42,467 --> 00:33:43,767
Yep. It's that orange zest.
1012
00:33:43,767 --> 00:33:45,066
[Mike] It's that orange zest.
1013
00:33:45,066 --> 00:33:46,567
It's changed
her whole profile.
1014
00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:47,500
[Mike] It has.
1015
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:49,667
It's a little bit
on the hot side for me
1016
00:33:49,667 --> 00:33:51,467
as a post-flavored alcohol.
1017
00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:54,100
The taste of it is
really good. It's just unique.
1018
00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:55,266
-I like it.
-[Mike] I do, too...
1019
00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:56,097
-Yeah.
-[Mark] I like it a lot.
1020
00:33:56,097 --> 00:33:56,166
-Yeah.
-[Mark] I like it a lot.
1021
00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:59,066
...but I think the orange peel
1022
00:33:59,066 --> 00:34:00,867
put that bitterness,
that twang to it.
1023
00:34:00,867 --> 00:34:03,300
But at the end of the day,
it's still a good drink.
1024
00:34:03,367 --> 00:34:05,200
-[Mike] It is.
-[Mark] Oh, yeah. Yes, it is.
1025
00:34:05,266 --> 00:34:08,066
All right, Mike, let's see
what Mr. Richard's brought us.
1026
00:34:08,066 --> 00:34:11,166
Well, it looks
pomegranate, don't it?
1027
00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:13,000
Louisiana lappan.
1028
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:13,900
-[Mike] What?
-Lappage.
1029
00:34:13,967 --> 00:34:15,400
-[Mike] Lappage.
-Louisiana...
1030
00:34:15,467 --> 00:34:16,166
[both] ...Appalachian.
1031
00:34:16,166 --> 00:34:17,066
-[Mike] 'lachian.
-Yeah.
1032
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,367
[Mark and Digger]
Louisiana 'lachian.
1033
00:34:18,367 --> 00:34:20,266
I didn't do as good
as I thought I was gonna do
1034
00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:22,266
at flavoring that, at all.
1035
00:34:22,266 --> 00:34:23,200
[Amanda] It looked
pretty, though.
1036
00:34:23,266 --> 00:34:24,266
[Richard] Pretty don't win
the race.
1037
00:34:24,266 --> 00:34:25,667
No, it don't.
1038
00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:26,097
There's some alcohol in there.
1039
00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:27,367
There's some alcohol in there.
1040
00:34:27,767 --> 00:34:28,600
Oh, yeah.
1041
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:29,967
-[Mike chuckles]
-Ooh. Plenty of it.
1042
00:34:37,767 --> 00:34:38,667
[Mike] Oh.
1043
00:34:39,166 --> 00:34:40,000
Shoot.
1044
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,166
That... It's just different.
1045
00:34:42,166 --> 00:34:45,800
It's super strong,
for a post-flavored alcohol.
1046
00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:46,767
Yeah, he needed
1047
00:34:46,767 --> 00:34:48,166
a little more juice
in the party.
1048
00:34:48,166 --> 00:34:50,700
It's like the kiwi,
and the pomegranate,
1049
00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:51,500
and the blueberries,
1050
00:34:51,567 --> 00:34:53,367
he put so many flavors
in there
1051
00:34:53,367 --> 00:34:55,000
that they all got left behind.
1052
00:34:55,066 --> 00:34:56,097
His original jar
of the blueberries
1053
00:34:56,097 --> 00:34:56,567
His original jar
of the blueberries
1054
00:34:56,567 --> 00:34:57,367
were forward.
1055
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,300
-[Mike] They were forward.
-Yeah.
1056
00:34:58,367 --> 00:35:01,100
Richard built
a great jar here,
1057
00:35:01,166 --> 00:35:04,300
but unfortunately, I think,
his proportions weren't right,
1058
00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:06,767
where you can get
definite separations
1059
00:35:06,767 --> 00:35:07,900
of those flavors.
1060
00:35:07,967 --> 00:35:09,166
[Mark] Well,
he spent all that time
1061
00:35:09,166 --> 00:35:10,800
breaking
them pomegranates apart.
1062
00:35:10,867 --> 00:35:12,066
You know,
we got 30 minutes.
1063
00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:13,700
That's time-consuming.
1064
00:35:13,767 --> 00:35:16,700
They took springtime,
put it in a jar,
1065
00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:19,567
Just one of them brought
extra springtime.
1066
00:35:19,567 --> 00:35:20,967
-[Digger] Yep.
-[Mike] They surely did.
1067
00:35:20,967 --> 00:35:22,166
That being said, let's do it.
1068
00:35:22,166 --> 00:35:23,367
-Let's get with it.
-Let's do it.
1069
00:35:26,867 --> 00:35:28,000
I don't know about you,
1070
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,367
I'm so nervous,
I could thread
a sewing machine.
1071
00:35:29,367 --> 00:35:31,166
It runs wide open right now.
1072
00:35:31,166 --> 00:35:32,900
I don't want to say
I'm competitive,
1073
00:35:32,967 --> 00:35:35,000
but I'd like to win this.
I really would.
1074
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,667
I'd hate to beat
either one of y'uns,
1075
00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:39,166
but mostly Amanda.
I'd hate to beat her.
1076
00:35:39,166 --> 00:35:40,066
Definitely.
1077
00:35:40,066 --> 00:35:41,700
I want her to win,
'cause I know
1078
00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:43,767
what she's putting in
to this craft, you know?
1079
00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:44,767
At the end of the day,
1080
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,700
I like it when I win,
because I know, like,
1081
00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:49,100
-I'm inspiring people.
-Mmm-hmm.
1082
00:35:49,166 --> 00:35:51,867
I don't have
a great college education.
1083
00:35:51,867 --> 00:35:52,600
I'm self-taught.
1084
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:53,667
I've worked hard
my whole life.
1085
00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:56,100
I'm a female
in a male-dominated industry.
1086
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:56,324
Tell you what, you're a female
that's a-dominating.
1087
00:35:56,324 --> 00:35:58,367
Tell you what, you're a female
that's a-dominating.
1088
00:35:58,367 --> 00:35:59,800
-Oh, thanks. We are.
-Man, it's Amanda's spirit.
1089
00:35:59,867 --> 00:36:01,700
[Richard] You're
a dominant female
1090
00:36:01,767 --> 00:36:03,567
-in a male-dominated industry.
-Yeah.
1091
00:36:03,567 --> 00:36:04,500
I'm not winning for me.
1092
00:36:04,567 --> 00:36:05,700
I'm winning
for everybody else
1093
00:36:05,767 --> 00:36:06,800
that gets an inspiration.
1094
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:14,867
[Digger] All right,
lady and gentlemen,
1095
00:36:14,867 --> 00:36:16,100
come up and get your jars.
1096
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,166
All right, guys. Here we are.
1097
00:36:24,166 --> 00:36:25,467
Final challenge.
1098
00:36:25,467 --> 00:36:26,600
You know, the challenge
1099
00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:29,166
that we issued to you
was "Bring us spring."
1100
00:36:29,166 --> 00:36:31,567
You did it very well.
Look at the colors.
1101
00:36:31,567 --> 00:36:33,400
You know,
this is spring in a jar.
1102
00:36:33,467 --> 00:36:34,300
I like it.
1103
00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:36,467
They're all
incredibly different.
1104
00:36:36,467 --> 00:36:37,165
They're all incredibly good.
1105
00:36:37,165 --> 00:36:38,800
They're all incredibly good.
1106
00:36:38,867 --> 00:36:43,200
Tater,
strawberry sipping cream,
1107
00:36:43,266 --> 00:36:45,867
and you nailed
your mark on it.
1108
00:36:45,867 --> 00:36:48,000
Had the strawberry
and the liquor
1109
00:36:48,066 --> 00:36:50,166
all in one package.
1110
00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:51,467
Personally,
if it had been me,
1111
00:36:51,467 --> 00:36:54,166
I'd have blended up
those strawberries up
1112
00:36:54,166 --> 00:36:56,367
a little more to make them,
you know, not be
1113
00:36:56,367 --> 00:36:57,700
chunks floating around
in there,
1114
00:36:57,767 --> 00:37:00,867
but good flavor,
plenty of liquor.
1115
00:37:00,867 --> 00:37:02,567
You brought that much
to the game.
1116
00:37:02,567 --> 00:37:03,767
Fine job.
1117
00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:07,165
Sir Tater, strawberries
is the fruit of spring,
1118
00:37:07,165 --> 00:37:08,667
Sir Tater, strawberries
is the fruit of spring,
1119
00:37:08,667 --> 00:37:09,667
I would think.
1120
00:37:09,667 --> 00:37:11,166
You know,
it's one of the first
1121
00:37:11,166 --> 00:37:12,700
-to come into season.
-[Tater] Yep.
1122
00:37:12,767 --> 00:37:14,100
And honestly,
1123
00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,266
I liked the little chunks
floating in there.
1124
00:37:17,266 --> 00:37:19,400
I think
that your alcohol level
1125
00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:22,400
was probably as high
as any as I've ever saw
1126
00:37:22,467 --> 00:37:23,600
for a sipping cream,
1127
00:37:23,667 --> 00:37:25,100
which, I love that.
1128
00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:26,600
It hit me right in the crease.
1129
00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:28,100
Fine job, Tater.
1130
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:29,000
Thank you.
1131
00:37:29,066 --> 00:37:31,266
Tater, unlike the last round,
1132
00:37:31,266 --> 00:37:33,367
you come through
with the strawberry.
1133
00:37:33,367 --> 00:37:35,567
Man, you brought
strawberry to the table.
1134
00:37:35,567 --> 00:37:37,165
The alcohol level was spot-on.
It was perfect.
1135
00:37:37,165 --> 00:37:39,000
The alcohol level was spot-on.
It was perfect.
1136
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:42,367
Amanda, you did it again.
1137
00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:43,867
Knocked her
right out of the park.
1138
00:37:43,867 --> 00:37:45,600
I think it was a good drink.
1139
00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:47,200
The honey was...
1140
00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:50,100
Hey, I mean it was stronger
than a watchdog lying there.
1141
00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:51,467
It was a-hanging on.
1142
00:37:51,467 --> 00:37:53,767
-Yeah.
-And it was hanging on
in a good way.
1143
00:37:53,767 --> 00:37:56,100
There was something in there
that maintained
1144
00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:59,066
a little bit of a fire
on the back end, to me.
1145
00:37:59,066 --> 00:38:00,266
Mmm-hmm.
1146
00:38:00,266 --> 00:38:02,567
-Mmm-hmm.
-But I thought the taste
was fantastic.
1147
00:38:02,567 --> 00:38:04,367
It flew across your tongue
delicious.
1148
00:38:04,367 --> 00:38:06,567
Proof is outstanding.
1149
00:38:06,567 --> 00:38:07,165
Amanda, you brought the honey,
1150
00:38:07,165 --> 00:38:08,567
Amanda, you brought the honey,
1151
00:38:08,567 --> 00:38:09,967
that's for sure.
1152
00:38:09,967 --> 00:38:13,266
It was in there,
sure enough, right on the top.
1153
00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:16,367
The orange peel,
or the oranges,
1154
00:38:16,367 --> 00:38:17,567
I'm thinking that maybe
1155
00:38:17,567 --> 00:38:19,867
a little bit of that peel
got in there
1156
00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:22,667
and caused a little bit
of bitterness to me,
1157
00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:24,567
which, it was still good.
1158
00:38:24,567 --> 00:38:26,467
It kind of overrode it
a little bit.
1159
00:38:26,467 --> 00:38:28,200
A little bit hot
for my liking,
1160
00:38:28,266 --> 00:38:30,100
but it was a dang good drink.
1161
00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:32,100
Congratulations.
You've done a fine job.
1162
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:32,800
Thank you.
1163
00:38:32,867 --> 00:38:35,367
Richard, under the gun.
1164
00:38:35,367 --> 00:38:37,165
All them little
pomegranate seeds
1165
00:38:37,165 --> 00:38:38,400
All them little
pomegranate seeds
1166
00:38:38,467 --> 00:38:40,567
you had to get out of there,
and bust them up.
1167
00:38:40,567 --> 00:38:42,567
I think time worked
against you,
1168
00:38:42,567 --> 00:38:44,100
but you still pulled it off,
1169
00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,000
and did a fine job.
1170
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,967
I didn't really get
the kiwi in there,
1171
00:38:48,967 --> 00:38:51,767
or maybe it was just overrun
by the pomegranates.
1172
00:38:51,767 --> 00:38:52,967
I'm not really sure.
1173
00:38:52,967 --> 00:38:55,166
Uh, did you put
any blueberries in this bunch?
1174
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,000
I did put a little bit
of blueberry in it,
1175
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,367
-just to keep it there.
-[Digger] Yeah,
I got that thing,
1176
00:38:58,367 --> 00:38:59,300
and I got blueberry
on the nose,
1177
00:38:59,367 --> 00:39:00,300
but I didn't know whether
1178
00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:01,667
it was just coming out
of the alcohol,
1179
00:39:01,667 --> 00:39:03,867
or if you put
fresh blueberries in there,
1180
00:39:03,867 --> 00:39:06,166
but you did
a fine job, my friend.
1181
00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:07,165
Thank you.
1182
00:39:07,165 --> 00:39:07,166
Thank you.
1183
00:39:07,166 --> 00:39:10,266
You maintained
your proof really well.
1184
00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:12,166
Some of those flavors,
1185
00:39:12,166 --> 00:39:14,200
maybe the kiwi
and the pomegranate,
1186
00:39:14,266 --> 00:39:15,867
fighting each other
a little bit.
1187
00:39:15,867 --> 00:39:17,166
You was under the gun.
1188
00:39:17,166 --> 00:39:18,066
You was doing a lot
1189
00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:20,166
of cramming,
and mashing, and cutting,
1190
00:39:20,166 --> 00:39:22,400
and it's always a pleasure
to watch you work,
1191
00:39:22,467 --> 00:39:23,867
and thank you for that drink.
1192
00:39:23,867 --> 00:39:24,700
Thank you.
1193
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:26,600
Richard, dude,
you always deliver.
1194
00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:27,967
I mean, you make good alcohol.
1195
00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:29,900
Everybody knows that,
or you wouldn't be here.
1196
00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:31,200
But for me,
1197
00:39:31,266 --> 00:39:33,000
when I was tasting
your alcohol,
1198
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,166
I knew all those ingredients
you were using,
1199
00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:37,165
you know, the blueberry,
the lemon, orange,
1200
00:39:37,165 --> 00:39:38,667
you know, the blueberry,
the lemon, orange,
1201
00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:40,367
pomegranate, all that stuff,
1202
00:39:40,367 --> 00:39:42,000
I feel like they was fighting
their own battle
1203
00:39:42,066 --> 00:39:43,700
inside that jar with me,
on the palate.
1204
00:39:43,767 --> 00:39:45,667
I'm not saying
it was a bad jar.
1205
00:39:45,667 --> 00:39:49,400
Definitely a good jar,
and definitely different.
1206
00:39:49,467 --> 00:39:53,266
Every one of your jars
reminds me of springtime.
1207
00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:55,867
Every one of you are
winners to me, in my eyes.
1208
00:39:56,567 --> 00:39:57,634
Each and every one of you
1209
00:39:57,634 --> 00:40:00,300
are Master Distillers
of your previous flights,
1210
00:40:00,367 --> 00:40:02,400
multiple times, some of you.
1211
00:40:03,266 --> 00:40:05,100
Not cutting
anybody short here,
1212
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:07,165
we had fine jars of liquor
1213
00:40:07,165 --> 00:40:07,367
we had fine jars of liquor
1214
00:40:07,367 --> 00:40:09,667
at all phases
of this competition,
1215
00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:12,967
but there can only be
1216
00:40:12,967 --> 00:40:15,367
one Master Distiller
out of every flight.
1217
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:25,066
Tater, you're
that next Master Distiller,
1218
00:40:25,066 --> 00:40:25,767
my friend.
1219
00:40:25,767 --> 00:40:27,100
Come to the table.
1220
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:29,667
Put your jar down.
1221
00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:32,100
Put your hat on your jar.
1222
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,166
This is like our own
little moonshiner Mardi Gras.
1223
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:36,567
If you'll lean forward,
1224
00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:37,165
to dub thee
1225
00:40:37,165 --> 00:40:38,166
to dub thee
1226
00:40:38,166 --> 00:40:41,000
the new king of spring.
1227
00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:43,700
Along with that
comes with a scepter.
1228
00:40:44,166 --> 00:40:46,266
I now dub thee
1229
00:40:46,266 --> 00:40:49,800
the king of spring liquor.
1230
00:40:49,867 --> 00:40:50,967
That's your scepter.
1231
00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:52,300
Congratulations, my friend.
1232
00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:54,300
Well, you take your jar,
and go back with your ranks.
1233
00:40:54,867 --> 00:40:56,200
Well, thank y'all.
1234
00:40:56,266 --> 00:40:57,867
-Congratulations, Tater.
-[Mark] Yeah!
1235
00:40:57,867 --> 00:40:59,266
-The king of spring!
-Nice going!
1236
00:40:59,266 --> 00:41:00,066
[Mike] Whoo!
1237
00:41:00,066 --> 00:41:01,100
[all applauding]
1238
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:02,767
Good job, Tater. Good job.
1239
00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:04,867
I am the spring king,
1240
00:41:04,867 --> 00:41:06,300
and it's gonna bring me
good luck,
1241
00:41:06,367 --> 00:41:07,165
'cause spring's coming up.
1242
00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:07,667
'cause spring's coming up.
1243
00:41:07,667 --> 00:41:10,166
It's time to get my ass
to work, get in the woods,
1244
00:41:10,166 --> 00:41:13,600
bust out a lot of mash,
and make a lot of liquor.
1245
00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:15,667
Damn, it feels good
to be king.
1246
00:41:15,667 --> 00:41:16,600
All right, guys.
1247
00:41:16,667 --> 00:41:18,000
Why don't you 'uns
chase on out of here.
1248
00:41:18,066 --> 00:41:19,367
I'm proud of y'uns all.
1249
00:41:19,367 --> 00:41:22,767
Have a toast,
welcome the arrival of spring,
1250
00:41:22,767 --> 00:41:23,667
and have a drink
1251
00:41:23,667 --> 00:41:26,266
with the brand-new king
of springtime.
1252
00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:27,567
-[Mike] Yeah!
-[Tater] Thank you.
1253
00:41:27,567 --> 00:41:28,600
-[Mike] Good job!
-[Tater] Thank you.
1254
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:29,767
-[Amanda] Congratulations.
-[Mark] Here we go!