1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,367 -[Amanda] Smell good? -Smells like rotten apples. 2 00:00:07,367 --> 00:00:09,433 Yours smells like pickles, if you want me to be honest. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,100 [narrator] This time, on the special Master Distiller tournament... 4 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:16,667 [Digger] Better bring your A-game. 5 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:17,867 This is for all the marbles. 6 00:00:17,867 --> 00:00:21,166 [narrator] ...only two outlaw shiners remain. 7 00:00:21,166 --> 00:00:22,200 Pray. Pray hard. 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,834 We ain't got time. We'll pray later. 9 00:00:25,967 --> 00:00:28,000 [narrator] Bringing all of their skills 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,467 to an authentic mountain still sight. 11 00:00:30,467 --> 00:00:31,800 Any backwood distiller 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,166 has got to run off of a mountain stream. 13 00:00:34,166 --> 00:00:35,667 [Amanda] I don't know why I'm here in the cold creek 14 00:00:35,667 --> 00:00:37,100 when he's down there by the warm fire. 15 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:40,166 [narrator] ...to make a benchmark Appalachian liquor. 16 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:42,700 [Kelly] Now what's she doing to cheat? 17 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:44,266 [Amanda] Hey, this is a competition, right? 18 00:00:44,266 --> 00:00:46,767 [narrator] As four legendary judges 19 00:00:46,767 --> 00:00:49,600 decide who deserves the title 20 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,000 of master of the backwoods. 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,233 Tastes a little musty, like I musty have another drink. 22 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:07,500 [Digger] Here we are, guys. 23 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,266 The final two standing. 24 00:01:09,266 --> 00:01:11,100 At the end of this next challenge, 25 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:13,367 we're gonna find out which one of the two of you all 26 00:01:13,367 --> 00:01:16,266 is the ultimate master of the backwoods. 27 00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:18,367 And that gets you bragging rights, 28 00:01:18,367 --> 00:01:20,867 which is outstanding in our world. 29 00:01:20,867 --> 00:01:23,867 But it also comes with a little something else. 30 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:26,567 This little rascal right here. 31 00:01:26,567 --> 00:01:28,367 -[Tim] Wow. -[whooping] 32 00:01:28,367 --> 00:01:31,066 As a reminder of that recipe you can hang your hat on. 33 00:01:31,066 --> 00:01:32,467 -Here we go. -[Amanda] Mm-hmm. 34 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:34,266 [Tim] Now you built your own condenser. 35 00:01:34,867 --> 00:01:36,433 You ran your own corn liquor. 36 00:01:37,367 --> 00:01:40,000 And you hid your Rye mash 37 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,700 from the best tracker in the world, Mark Rogers. 38 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:44,367 But you got one more challenge to do. 39 00:01:44,367 --> 00:01:48,300 You're gonna have to build us an apple brandy mash. 40 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:49,567 And you're gonna have to run it. 41 00:01:49,967 --> 00:01:51,467 Sounds easy, right? 42 00:01:51,467 --> 00:01:52,567 It can't be that easy. 43 00:01:52,567 --> 00:01:54,000 [Ramsey] Here's the hitch. 44 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,900 You're gonna have to run your still 45 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:58,767 directly from a mountain stream. 46 00:01:58,767 --> 00:02:01,367 You know? And it's gonna take some real 47 00:02:01,367 --> 00:02:04,667 backwoods ingenuity, guys, to make that happen. 48 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:07,033 Tickle! Tell us about it. 49 00:02:08,700 --> 00:02:10,500 All over Appalachia, 50 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:12,567 if you found a stream or a creek, 51 00:02:12,567 --> 00:02:15,100 you'd find a still running liquor. 52 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:18,767 Using ingenious rigging, physics, and chemistry, 53 00:02:18,767 --> 00:02:20,066 backwoods shiners harness 54 00:02:20,066 --> 00:02:21,600 the waters of these springs 55 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,867 to make their famous moonshine. 56 00:02:23,867 --> 00:02:25,667 And our distillers are gonna do that 57 00:02:25,667 --> 00:02:28,133 at a legendary spring for making liquor, 58 00:02:28,467 --> 00:02:29,533 English Mountain. 59 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:34,367 Any backwoods distiller 60 00:02:34,367 --> 00:02:36,667 has got to run off of a mountain stream. 61 00:02:36,667 --> 00:02:38,266 You got your work cut out for you, 62 00:02:38,266 --> 00:02:40,433 and I believe I'll stick around for that. 63 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:44,667 [Digger] So, as you all well know, we can't have no apple brandy 64 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:46,066 if we don't have no apple mash. 65 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:47,333 So y'all come with us. 66 00:02:48,166 --> 00:02:50,000 Marky's gonna guard the trophy 67 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,266 and the rest of this liquor, 68 00:02:51,266 --> 00:02:53,467 we're gonna go build some apple mash. 69 00:02:57,867 --> 00:02:59,033 All right, guys, come on in. 70 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:03,800 All right, guys, here we go. 71 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,367 Down to two. 72 00:03:05,367 --> 00:03:07,467 When it's all said and done, there'll only be one 73 00:03:07,467 --> 00:03:10,467 that's named master of the backwoods. 74 00:03:10,467 --> 00:03:12,166 You know, when it comes to an apple brandy, 75 00:03:12,166 --> 00:03:15,000 you've got three discriminating palates up here. 76 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,867 You know, for mine and Mark, 77 00:03:16,867 --> 00:03:19,166 it's our life's blood, our Rye Apple. 78 00:03:19,667 --> 00:03:21,367 So, that being said, 79 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:22,867 better bring your A-game. 80 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:24,500 This is for all the marbles. 81 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:26,166 If you can't make apple brandy, 82 00:03:26,166 --> 00:03:27,800 you really ought not to be in the woods. 83 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,266 You know, any moonshiner knows 84 00:03:29,266 --> 00:03:31,166 apple brandy is where your money is at. 85 00:03:31,166 --> 00:03:33,467 You can make grain liquor any time you want to. 86 00:03:33,467 --> 00:03:34,967 Apple brandy, you can't. 87 00:03:34,967 --> 00:03:37,100 You got to make it when you can get the apples. 88 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:39,066 I really look forward to tasting it. 89 00:03:39,066 --> 00:03:41,166 Both of you are backwoods moonshiners, 90 00:03:41,166 --> 00:03:44,300 and you know the value of a good apple brandy. 91 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:46,567 At the end of this contest, 92 00:03:46,567 --> 00:03:48,567 one of you will be named 93 00:03:48,567 --> 00:03:50,233 the master of the backwoods. 94 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:51,967 Both of you know 95 00:03:51,967 --> 00:03:54,300 your liquor's made right here in this mash pot. 96 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:55,600 It's not made in that still. 97 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,767 That still's only the catalyst to get it out. 98 00:03:57,767 --> 00:03:59,600 You can screw it up in there, 99 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,667 but you got to have good mash before you get good brandy. 100 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:04,266 You're gonna have one hour 101 00:04:04,266 --> 00:04:06,634 to get that mash built and in your barrel. 102 00:04:07,266 --> 00:04:09,166 Your time starts now. 103 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:10,433 Good luck and get with it. 104 00:04:19,166 --> 00:04:20,367 Everything I've overcome, 105 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:22,467 I'm very proud of myself at this point, 106 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:24,066 but I have to make the perfect brandy. 107 00:04:24,667 --> 00:04:26,166 So I'm still pretty nervous. 108 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:28,467 [Ramsey] Did he use cider as well? 109 00:04:28,467 --> 00:04:30,066 -[Digger] All cider. -All cider. 110 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:32,533 And I'm sure it'll be outstanding with all cider, 111 00:04:32,967 --> 00:04:34,367 but we never did that. 112 00:04:34,367 --> 00:04:37,767 It's just water and apples and sugar. 113 00:04:37,767 --> 00:04:39,266 [Kelly] You know, it's just me and Amanda now, 114 00:04:39,266 --> 00:04:41,166 so we're gonna see how this one turns out. 115 00:04:41,166 --> 00:04:42,433 It's for all the marbles. 116 00:04:43,467 --> 00:04:45,433 I got this. [laughs] 117 00:04:46,867 --> 00:04:48,467 [Amanda] So, in my apple brandy, 118 00:04:48,467 --> 00:04:51,967 I used all apple cider in place of any kind of water 119 00:04:51,967 --> 00:04:53,800 and a variety of apples, 120 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,467 and then I just mixed cane sugar 121 00:04:55,467 --> 00:04:57,467 and dark brown sugar together for my sugar. 122 00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:59,400 Good combination. 123 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,900 -No, no water. -No water. 124 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:03,433 No. She's gonna bring all apples. 125 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:07,266 [Kelly] Going head-to-head with Amanda is insane. 126 00:05:07,266 --> 00:05:08,967 She and I are kind of polar opposites. 127 00:05:08,967 --> 00:05:11,567 She's so precise about everything she does, 128 00:05:11,567 --> 00:05:12,967 and I'm just kind of sling it here 129 00:05:12,967 --> 00:05:14,367 and go there and do whatever. 130 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:16,367 [Amanda] I only have an hour, so... 131 00:05:16,367 --> 00:05:19,066 The less volume of water I have in here, liquids, 132 00:05:19,066 --> 00:05:20,166 the quicker my apples will cook 133 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:21,767 and the more they'll break down. 134 00:05:21,767 --> 00:05:23,767 [Ramsey] You know, we know to watch Amanda. 135 00:05:23,767 --> 00:05:25,400 Now, the other side of that coin, 136 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,700 there's no telling what Kelly's doing. 137 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:30,367 [Digger] Kelly is a different animal, man. 138 00:05:30,367 --> 00:05:32,567 [Amanda] Kelly Williamson is like the unknown here. 139 00:05:32,567 --> 00:05:33,900 Kelly's really easygoing, right? 140 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:36,867 So, I overthink everything, and he's just like, whatever. 141 00:05:36,867 --> 00:05:39,367 And I don't know what kind of competition he's gonna bring. 142 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:42,367 [Tim] He used liquid sugar. 143 00:05:42,367 --> 00:05:44,600 Is liquid sugar the same amount of sweet 144 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,400 as granulated sugar? I don't know. 145 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,100 It's sugar that's been taken down to be refined, 146 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,967 but it's not quite been crystallized yet. 147 00:05:51,967 --> 00:05:53,500 [Kelly] My mash build for apple brandy 148 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:56,066 is a variety of apples and cider. 149 00:05:56,066 --> 00:05:58,000 And then just sugar and yeast. 150 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,967 Hopefully, this is gonna turn out to be good. 151 00:06:00,967 --> 00:06:05,100 I shredded my apples for hope that they would carry through a little bit better 152 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:06,800 and work off a little better. 153 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,800 And I thought the finer that they were, 154 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,667 the better that they would work. 155 00:06:10,667 --> 00:06:12,367 Well, they're better after you've had them in the cider. 156 00:06:12,367 --> 00:06:13,834 [Ramsey laughs] 157 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:17,567 [Amanda] Apple brandy, it's something that I do every year. 158 00:06:17,567 --> 00:06:19,533 I feel pretty comfortable running an apple brandy, 159 00:06:20,166 --> 00:06:21,667 mashing it in. 160 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:23,300 Just waiting for these apples to get real soft 161 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:24,767 and start to break down. 162 00:06:25,767 --> 00:06:28,066 Then I know I can throw them in my mash. 163 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:29,567 All right, guys, you're halfway home. 164 00:06:29,567 --> 00:06:31,934 Thirty minutes burnt, thirty minutes left. 165 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:38,800 -[Tim] Hello, Kelly. -[Kelly] What's up, Tim? 166 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:40,600 [Tim] You only got a few apples floating around, 167 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,166 and it looks like they've been eaten. 168 00:06:42,166 --> 00:06:44,800 And the rest of it looks like they've been shredded up. 169 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,100 I shredded them up. That makes it easier, 170 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:48,900 you know, for the yeast to break it down. 171 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:50,367 And you don't have to cook them as long. 172 00:06:50,367 --> 00:06:52,000 You can work this in pretty quick. 173 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,400 We're on a little bit of a time crunch here. 174 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:55,467 Yeah, you only got an hour. 175 00:06:55,467 --> 00:06:56,867 Yeah, so, 176 00:06:56,867 --> 00:06:59,166 needed to get it hot and cool quick. 177 00:06:59,166 --> 00:07:02,166 And, you know, I've only used liquid sugar. 178 00:07:02,166 --> 00:07:04,867 It's already liquefied, so I didn't have to get my mash 179 00:07:04,867 --> 00:07:06,600 as hot to be able to put it in there, 180 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,166 to break down the granular sugar. 181 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:10,300 I hope that's an advantage. I don't know. 182 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:12,467 Well, Kelly, you know, your time's getting short. 183 00:07:12,467 --> 00:07:14,300 Uh, I'd recommend putting that in that barrel 184 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,700 and getting the yeast started as fast as you can. 185 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:17,867 -[Kelly] I'll do 'er. -All right, good luck. 186 00:07:17,867 --> 00:07:19,533 -[Kelly laughing] Thank you, Tim. -All right. 187 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,133 [Kelly] Most yeast is good to like 110. 188 00:07:24,667 --> 00:07:26,467 It'll kill it to 110. 189 00:07:26,467 --> 00:07:29,266 And it works good anything above 75. 190 00:07:29,266 --> 00:07:30,767 I'll stir it all in in a few minutes 191 00:07:30,767 --> 00:07:32,467 once it's all soaked up good. 192 00:07:32,467 --> 00:07:33,467 And I think we're done. 193 00:07:33,467 --> 00:07:35,200 All right, guys, you got 15 minutes. 194 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,433 You better be getting them buttons buttoned up. 195 00:07:44,266 --> 00:07:45,700 -Amanda. -What's up, Tim? 196 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:47,767 [Tim] Well, it looks like you done put it in the barrel already. 197 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,166 -[Amanda] I did. -[Tim] Is this the first time 198 00:07:49,166 --> 00:07:50,667 -you're doing apple brandy? -[Amanda] No, sir. 199 00:07:50,667 --> 00:07:52,467 -I make it all the time. -[Tim] Make it all the time? 200 00:07:52,467 --> 00:07:54,300 You got a certain kind of apple you got there? 201 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:56,667 [Amanda] Yeah. Granny Smith green apples are the best. 202 00:07:56,667 --> 00:07:58,867 -[Tim] Mm-hmm. -But I like to put some Red Delicious in there, too. 203 00:07:58,867 --> 00:07:59,867 -[Tim] Okay. -So I mix them. 204 00:07:59,867 --> 00:08:02,367 That way, if it comes out in the brandy, 205 00:08:02,367 --> 00:08:03,667 you'll get sweet and sour. 206 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:06,400 I think you're the first one I've heard put red apples in. 207 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,567 [Amanda] All the different types of apples 208 00:08:07,567 --> 00:08:08,800 -taste a little bit different. So... -[Tim] Mm-hmm. 209 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,033 If I can pull any of it out, 210 00:08:10,033 --> 00:08:11,667 it'll hit your whole palate and taste like an apple, you know? 211 00:08:11,667 --> 00:08:13,166 -[Tim] Okay. -[Amanda] You know, you can't get too crazy 212 00:08:13,166 --> 00:08:14,166 with apple brandy. 213 00:08:14,166 --> 00:08:16,300 Otherwise, you'll say it's not apple brandy on me. 214 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:17,600 Well, I don't know, man. 215 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,266 You pulled some tricks out before, 216 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:21,467 so you never know what you're gonna bring to the table. 217 00:08:21,467 --> 00:08:22,567 You'll like it. I promise. 218 00:08:22,567 --> 00:08:24,467 -Bring you A-game. -Always do. 219 00:08:24,467 --> 00:08:26,467 -I can't wait to taste it. -Nothing less. All right. 220 00:08:26,467 --> 00:08:27,667 -All right. Good luck. -[Amanda] Thank you. 221 00:08:33,967 --> 00:08:36,000 I know one thing. That's the slowest dadgum spigot 222 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,333 I think I've ever seen. 223 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,400 Five minutes left. 224 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,533 If you ain't done, you ain't gonna be done. 225 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:45,066 [Tim] You know, Amanda, you know, in the first competition, 226 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,166 she always had something, she brought out a little... 227 00:08:48,166 --> 00:08:49,367 I don't want to say trickery, 228 00:08:49,367 --> 00:08:52,200 but a little bit of technicalities in there, 229 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,300 -you know? -You know, the first time we met Amanda... 230 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:55,500 -[Tim] Mm-hmm. -...we watched her work, 231 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:56,800 you know, Frank, 232 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,767 he named her "The Professor," 233 00:08:58,767 --> 00:09:00,867 and we watched her work a lot of times since then. 234 00:09:00,867 --> 00:09:03,266 She said she's learned a lot from Mark Rogers. 235 00:09:03,266 --> 00:09:05,800 -[Ramsey] Oh, I'm sure. -She said she learned how to make a mash in ten minutes. 236 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,266 Maybe I need to go spend a little time with Mark Rogers. 237 00:09:08,266 --> 00:09:10,066 Evidently he's a good teacher, huh? 238 00:09:11,867 --> 00:09:14,667 Damn, this is taking too long. I just gotta dump this stuff. 239 00:09:14,667 --> 00:09:15,867 [Ramsey] I'm gonna be honest with you. 240 00:09:15,867 --> 00:09:18,800 I wouldn't pick any one above the other right now. 241 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,266 They know what they're doing, 242 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:22,066 and we're in for a treat. 243 00:09:22,066 --> 00:09:25,800 All right, guys. Ten, nine, eight, 244 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,066 seven, six, 245 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,066 five, four, 246 00:09:30,567 --> 00:09:31,600 three, 247 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,367 two, one. 248 00:09:33,367 --> 00:09:36,567 Step away from your barrels. Y'all are done. 249 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:38,767 Y'all head on out. We'll tend to it from here. 250 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:40,467 All right, let's go. 251 00:09:41,300 --> 00:09:42,400 Thank you. 252 00:09:44,667 --> 00:09:47,967 [narrator] Coming up, in the tournament finale... 253 00:09:47,967 --> 00:09:49,367 My biggest fear is that I just want them 254 00:09:49,367 --> 00:09:50,867 -both to function. -Yeah. 255 00:09:50,867 --> 00:09:52,700 [Amanda] Now stop talking and get to it. 256 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:54,667 Oh, there's a hole in the hose. 257 00:09:54,667 --> 00:09:56,100 Two holes. 258 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,667 It means we're gonna need more water pressure. 259 00:09:57,667 --> 00:10:00,033 -How about another hour? -No. 260 00:10:16,767 --> 00:10:18,367 [Ramsey] Amanda, Kelly, 261 00:10:18,367 --> 00:10:19,900 welcome to what is probably 262 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:22,867 the most difficult challenge we've ever issued. 263 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,066 Your challenge is assemble your still, 264 00:10:27,066 --> 00:10:30,000 create your water supply to your condenser 265 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,266 strictly with gravity flow, 266 00:10:32,266 --> 00:10:34,433 no pumps, no electricity. 267 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,900 You know, you can work with what we've supplied you with, 268 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:42,166 or you can use anything here in nature that you find. 269 00:10:43,767 --> 00:10:44,667 [Tim] Not gonna be easy. 270 00:10:44,667 --> 00:10:47,100 But if you're gonna be a backwoods distiller, 271 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:48,333 this is what you gotta do. 272 00:10:50,367 --> 00:10:52,767 I mean, you gotta set your still up on a creek bank, 273 00:10:52,767 --> 00:10:54,700 you gotta get your water source, 274 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,066 and you gotta run your liquor. 275 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,100 Mark Ramsey and myself have run liquor on this spot 276 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:03,967 with gravity flow water. 277 00:11:03,967 --> 00:11:06,233 So we know for a fact it can be done. 278 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,900 We've got a pretty good task ahead of us. 279 00:11:08,900 --> 00:11:12,000 It's gonna involve a lot of black pipe. 280 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,700 The biggest problem is there's 281 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:15,467 such a gradual flow downstream. 282 00:11:15,467 --> 00:11:16,767 There's just not water pressure 283 00:11:16,767 --> 00:11:18,867 sufficient enough to make this work. 284 00:11:18,867 --> 00:11:20,066 Let 'er go! 285 00:11:20,066 --> 00:11:21,967 We're gonna see right here. 286 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:23,734 There it goes. 287 00:11:25,867 --> 00:11:27,767 Son, that's a heck of a stream. 288 00:11:27,767 --> 00:11:30,834 Been from Maine to Spain, still beats all I ever seen. 289 00:11:32,266 --> 00:11:33,500 Now, it's a chore. 290 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,333 It wasn't no fun, but it can be done. 291 00:11:37,667 --> 00:11:38,667 You got two hours 292 00:11:38,667 --> 00:11:41,600 to get your water established to your still site. 293 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,567 Your time starts now. 294 00:11:43,567 --> 00:11:45,166 Good luck and get with it, guys. 295 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:50,166 We got a water source and tools. 296 00:11:50,166 --> 00:11:52,734 -A reservoir. -[Kelly] Reservoir if we need it. 297 00:11:53,266 --> 00:11:54,900 Let's go scout the creek. 298 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:56,800 -What do you think? -[Amanda] Yeah. 299 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,166 We gotta get the water running out of this spring 300 00:11:59,166 --> 00:12:01,800 into our condensers to make everything work. 301 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,166 It is a challenge to work in these conditions 302 00:12:04,166 --> 00:12:05,400 in cold water. 303 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,867 [Ramsey] Don't matter how you look at it, 304 00:12:06,867 --> 00:12:08,166 what you do or you don't do, 305 00:12:08,166 --> 00:12:09,467 now, water don't run uphill 306 00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:11,066 -on its own, does it? -That's right. 307 00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:11,967 [both chuckle] 308 00:12:11,967 --> 00:12:13,266 The first thing we do is kind of just 309 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:15,567 walk the spring, see our elevation, 310 00:12:15,567 --> 00:12:17,266 and spot out a good spot 311 00:12:17,266 --> 00:12:19,200 of where we want our hoses to land. 312 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,467 Since we're basically working off the same water source, 313 00:12:21,467 --> 00:12:24,266 it'll probably benefit us if we work together a little bit. 314 00:12:24,266 --> 00:12:25,567 [Kelly] I agree with you. 315 00:12:25,567 --> 00:12:27,667 You know, me and Amanda are in a competition, 316 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:29,000 but that really don't matter right now 317 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,000 because neither one of us are gonna compete 318 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,700 if both of us don't have water. 319 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,667 Two of us can probably do this pretty easy 320 00:12:34,667 --> 00:12:37,867 and a lot quicker than if we kept trying to do it individually. 321 00:12:37,867 --> 00:12:39,600 [Amanda] Once we get the water running, you're on your own. 322 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,367 [Kelly] Well, I'm fine with that, too. 323 00:12:41,367 --> 00:12:43,367 So to get running water to our condenser, 324 00:12:43,367 --> 00:12:47,100 we gotta be able to get upstream far enough to be able to push the water 325 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:49,166 in a volume that'll get it to our condenser 326 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:51,300 and flow through there to cool this liquid. 327 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:52,900 [Amanda] I know with those lyne arm condensers, 328 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:55,600 we're gonna have to get as much pressure as we can here. 329 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,300 [Kelly] The good thing is there's plenty of flow. 330 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:01,000 So right in here is where I was looking 331 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,500 that we needed to be for elevation. 332 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:05,000 [Amanda] Yeah, that's definitely 333 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,533 the highest point in that tier up there. 334 00:13:08,767 --> 00:13:10,266 [Kelly] Watch the slick rocks, Amanda. 335 00:13:10,266 --> 00:13:11,967 [Amanda] Oh, I saw it. That's why I'm letting you go first. 336 00:13:11,967 --> 00:13:14,266 [Kelly] Everybody knows that water runs downhill, 337 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:17,000 so it's a challenge to be able to put some pressure 338 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,200 behind your water to get it to flow 339 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,567 at the speed you need it to. 340 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:22,166 How much feet of hose do you think we got? 341 00:13:22,166 --> 00:13:24,367 We might as well just use it all and go up as high as we can, right? 342 00:13:24,367 --> 00:13:26,066 Yeah, if we can come to right there... 343 00:13:26,066 --> 00:13:27,367 See how the water's bubbling out 344 00:13:27,367 --> 00:13:29,266 -right beside the white pipe? -[Amanda] Mm-hmm. 345 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:31,900 [Kelly] That should give us enough pressure to build in the hose. 346 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:35,266 What do you think if we just go ahead and bring one hose? 347 00:13:35,266 --> 00:13:37,400 -Just see how much we got? -[Kelly] See what we got. 348 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,600 If that doesn't work, 349 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,300 there's no need in doing both of them the same way. 350 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:41,967 -Right, right. Yeah. -And then we can figure out 351 00:13:41,967 --> 00:13:44,000 -what we need to do from there. -All right. 352 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,567 I say we start uncoiling that as quick as we can. 353 00:13:46,567 --> 00:13:48,567 [Digger] Guys, you burned 30 minutes. 354 00:13:48,567 --> 00:13:50,166 Got an hour and a half to go. 355 00:13:50,166 --> 00:13:52,100 I don't know how much experience you've got 356 00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:53,700 with that old black plastic hose, 357 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:56,200 but I know it sucks trying to use it. [laughs] 358 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:57,600 [Amanda] I've used it before. 359 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,066 But I know when it's cold, 360 00:13:59,066 --> 00:14:00,400 we're gonna probably have to heat it up. 361 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,333 You know, we're under a time restraint is the problem with this. 362 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,767 Oh, yeah. That sounds good. 363 00:14:06,767 --> 00:14:09,100 This stuff's hard to deal with on a hot day. 364 00:14:09,100 --> 00:14:10,767 [Amanda] Especially when it's been coiled up like that 365 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:12,166 -for a while. -[Kelly] Oh, I know. 366 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:14,667 Maybe just lay the hose over here, hold it right here, 367 00:14:14,667 --> 00:14:17,266 and I'll pull it across it and heat it and flatten it out. 368 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:21,100 We've got to work with pipe that's been coiled up in 20-degree weather. 369 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:24,367 This may be the most time-consuming part of the whole deal, Amanda. 370 00:14:25,166 --> 00:14:26,367 [Amanda] Let's hope so. 371 00:14:26,367 --> 00:14:29,200 So we've got to heat the pipe enough to be able to unroll it 372 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,300 so that we can get it to lay out flat. 373 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:33,567 You know, this is not as bad as I thought it was gonna be. 374 00:14:33,567 --> 00:14:34,967 This heater really helps. 375 00:14:37,867 --> 00:14:39,867 It's not gonna let water run through it 376 00:14:39,867 --> 00:14:41,867 if it's all curled up and humpy. 377 00:14:41,867 --> 00:14:42,700 Good with it? 378 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,100 [Amanda] Yep. 379 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:46,567 [Digger] Kelly's got the work ethic. He'll get with it. 380 00:14:46,567 --> 00:14:48,667 Amanda's got the knowledge, you know, 381 00:14:48,667 --> 00:14:50,767 to figure out the physics on all this. 382 00:14:50,767 --> 00:14:52,367 [Amanda] I don't know why I'm here in the cold creek 383 00:14:52,367 --> 00:14:54,100 when he's down there by the warm fire. 384 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,100 I got the wrong job. 385 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:59,367 The only thing that they're really battling that's against them 386 00:14:59,367 --> 00:15:00,467 is the elements. 387 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,166 Ooh, it's cold. 388 00:15:02,166 --> 00:15:04,100 It's cold out here. It's uncomfortable. 389 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:06,567 But we didn't choose this to come in here when it's hot. 390 00:15:06,567 --> 00:15:08,667 You can cool off laying down in that branch. 391 00:15:08,667 --> 00:15:11,000 You can't warm up nowhere right now. 392 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,200 Okay. 393 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,667 Right. That's all on this pipe. 394 00:15:13,667 --> 00:15:15,100 We'll have to straighten another one. 395 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:16,767 [Digger] You're halfway there, guys. 396 00:15:16,767 --> 00:15:18,767 One hour burned, one hour left. 397 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,967 [Amanda] I say we can get them right in here. 398 00:15:23,967 --> 00:15:25,266 [Kelly] Yeah, I agree. 399 00:15:25,266 --> 00:15:27,367 [Amanda] All right. Now, hose number two. 400 00:15:27,367 --> 00:15:28,667 [Kelly] Yep. 401 00:15:28,667 --> 00:15:30,300 They've got plenty to work with, though. 402 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:31,967 -They have. -They can just get 'er down here. 403 00:15:31,967 --> 00:15:34,166 -[Kelly] Yeah, that'll work, too. -[Amanda] Nature's hammer. 404 00:15:35,867 --> 00:15:38,367 Hopefully, this will be enough that we don't need 405 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:39,667 to put a reservoir up there, 406 00:15:39,667 --> 00:15:41,667 but we'll see how the condenser functions 407 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:44,000 when we just hook these up. 408 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,667 [Ramsey] What's going on over here, guys? 409 00:15:45,667 --> 00:15:46,667 How you doing? 410 00:15:46,667 --> 00:15:48,367 Well, not super high pressure. 411 00:15:48,367 --> 00:15:49,867 [Ramsey] Now let me ask you something. 412 00:15:49,867 --> 00:15:52,000 You've got water established to here. 413 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,300 -[Kelly] Yes. -So you're just trying to get it 414 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:55,066 -to your condensers? -[Kelly and Amanda] Yes. 415 00:15:56,667 --> 00:15:58,100 [Kelly] We're trying to get it to the condenser. 416 00:15:58,100 --> 00:15:59,867 We're gonna test the condenser to see if we've got 417 00:15:59,867 --> 00:16:02,500 enough water volume and pressure that way. 418 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:05,266 Hopefully, we don't have to go back and build a reservoir. 419 00:16:05,266 --> 00:16:06,767 Oh, you ain't. You ain't building no reservoir. 420 00:16:06,767 --> 00:16:08,367 You're just trying without it first. 421 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:10,066 -We're just getting water down here at the moment. -[Ramsey] All right. Okay. 422 00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:12,266 So if this one will work... 423 00:16:12,767 --> 00:16:13,967 We'll run another one then. 424 00:16:13,967 --> 00:16:16,800 You just run another right beside of it. It's the same and... 425 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,967 -We'll be pros for the second one. -[Ramsey] Okay. 426 00:16:18,967 --> 00:16:20,166 I got you. I feel you. 427 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:21,600 And if it don't work, 428 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,100 then we're gonna back up and work on a reservoir. 429 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:27,567 You don't need that with time constraints. 430 00:16:27,567 --> 00:16:29,066 Yeah. How about another hour? 431 00:16:29,066 --> 00:16:29,867 No. 432 00:16:29,867 --> 00:16:31,700 Pray. Pray hard. 433 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:33,266 We ain't got time. We're just gonna run it. 434 00:16:33,266 --> 00:16:35,066 -[Ramsey] Okay. -[laughing] We'll pray later. 435 00:16:37,266 --> 00:16:39,367 Take this in and go ahead and screw it 436 00:16:39,367 --> 00:16:41,100 to that condenser if you want to. 437 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,667 I'm gonna say if we can shoot water 438 00:16:42,667 --> 00:16:45,700 two foot an hour, we're good. [chuckles] 439 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,467 -How's it looking, Mark? -Well, Marky, 440 00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:50,367 they've got water down here. You know, 441 00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:52,367 I don't know that they've got enough volume 442 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:53,667 to run both condensers, 443 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:56,900 but now they've managed to get water down here. 444 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:57,767 [Kelly] You get it? 445 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,567 We've got water in the second hose? 446 00:16:59,567 --> 00:17:01,100 It's hooked up. It's just... 447 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,066 I don't feel like it's enough pressure. 448 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,166 It's not a ton of water pressure. 449 00:17:06,166 --> 00:17:08,000 Yeah, I've done this a lot of times. 450 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,367 Sometimes it's hard to get 451 00:17:09,367 --> 00:17:11,500 the right amount of water, what you need. 452 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:14,700 [Ramsey] If they got to try to fill it with a reservoir 453 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,467 in their allotted time here, 454 00:17:16,467 --> 00:17:19,066 -now they're gonna be struggling. -[Digger] Yeah. 455 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:21,767 [Amanda] Right. That's not a ton of... 456 00:17:21,767 --> 00:17:23,166 My biggest fear is that I just want them 457 00:17:23,166 --> 00:17:24,600 -both to function. -Yeah. 458 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,567 I know that there's not a lot of water pressure. 459 00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:29,166 And these lyne arm condensers really need to stay cold 460 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:30,367 in order to work properly. 461 00:17:30,367 --> 00:17:32,967 All right, guys. You've got 20 minutes left. 462 00:17:32,967 --> 00:17:34,266 Y'all got your water rolling? 463 00:17:34,266 --> 00:17:35,400 Y'all in good shape? 464 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,567 -We've got to increase the heat out here. -[Kelly] Mm-hmm. 465 00:17:37,567 --> 00:17:39,300 So I know we have to run them hotter, 466 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:41,266 which means we're gonna need more water pressure, 467 00:17:41,266 --> 00:17:42,133 in my mind. 468 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:51,166 All right, guys. You've got 20 minutes left. 469 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:54,867 We think we're gonna build a reservoir 470 00:17:54,867 --> 00:17:56,100 with what time we've got left. 471 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:58,066 Better get with it. You're down to 472 00:17:58,066 --> 00:18:00,066 -19 and a half minutes now. -[Kelly] Okay. 473 00:18:00,066 --> 00:18:02,433 [Amanda] Let's stop talking and get to it. [chuckles] 474 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:04,700 You know, with the condensers we've got, 475 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:06,567 it's not an option to have a trickle of water. 476 00:18:06,567 --> 00:18:09,567 We've got to have a good amount of water coming into these things. 477 00:18:09,567 --> 00:18:12,000 -Let's just... -[Amanda] Hook this thing up down here. 478 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,567 [Kelly] Yeah, completely. 479 00:18:13,567 --> 00:18:15,100 [Amanda] Where do you want to place these holes? 480 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:17,066 Even though we're outside, 481 00:18:17,066 --> 00:18:18,767 we're still running steam in there. 482 00:18:18,767 --> 00:18:20,600 We've got to turn it into cool enough liquor 483 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:21,867 that it'll be palatable. 484 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,000 [Amanda] You get more pressure 485 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,600 -the lower on the bottom, right? -[Kelly] Yeah, I agree. 486 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,767 It fills up, so you've got the weight 487 00:18:26,767 --> 00:18:29,266 of the water in the barrel that's creating pressure. 488 00:18:29,266 --> 00:18:31,266 We'll just do two out of the same one. 489 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:34,400 I think they're playing it smart. 490 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,000 They've chose to go ahead and build the reservoir. 491 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,467 Anybody knows the taller column of pressure 492 00:18:39,467 --> 00:18:40,367 you've got going down, 493 00:18:40,367 --> 00:18:41,867 the more you're gonna build down here. 494 00:18:41,867 --> 00:18:44,100 [Ramsey] I think if they're coming out of that reservoir, 495 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,967 they can actually put a lid on it, 496 00:18:45,967 --> 00:18:47,767 and it won't stop up on them. 497 00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:50,400 Yeah, that ain't a bad idea, what they're doing. 498 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,700 -[Digger] Yeah. -In case the pipe did stop up, you know. 499 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:55,200 What if a leaf gets in the hose that's feeding in? 500 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,000 You ain't supposed to think that far ahead. 501 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,667 [both laugh] 502 00:18:58,667 --> 00:19:01,700 [Kelly] I'm thinking between here and the big log that's down, 503 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:03,000 it should give us enough elevation. 504 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,300 We can put it up, 505 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:06,700 and we still should have flow into the barrel. 506 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,667 Aren't they gonna need more pipe 507 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:11,233 -to do this reservoir? -[Digger] I believe they've got it. 508 00:19:13,367 --> 00:19:15,000 [Kelly] You got water there? 509 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:15,934 [Amanda] Yeah. 510 00:19:19,266 --> 00:19:21,066 Seven minutes, guys. 511 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:24,500 It's basically crunch time. 512 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,166 We have to hook up this reservoir 513 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,266 and get it flowing back to our still site, 514 00:19:28,266 --> 00:19:29,166 'cause we're running out of time. 515 00:19:29,166 --> 00:19:31,233 Oh, there's a hole in the hose. 516 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:33,266 Two holes. 517 00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:34,867 The hoses that I run into the reservoir, 518 00:19:34,867 --> 00:19:37,400 I realize that there's two holes in it, and it's leaking. 519 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,567 [Digger] Kelly, you got two minutes left. 520 00:19:39,567 --> 00:19:42,166 Amanda, bring me the duct tape real quick. 521 00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:44,066 [Amanda] Sounds good. I'll go grab it. 522 00:19:48,867 --> 00:19:50,100 Coming. 523 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:51,734 Let me see. Duct tape. 524 00:19:57,667 --> 00:19:59,467 We got to patch this up as quick as possible. 525 00:20:02,166 --> 00:20:04,266 [Digger] Ten, nine, 526 00:20:04,266 --> 00:20:06,000 eight, seven, 527 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,200 six, five, 528 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,200 four, three, two, 529 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,266 one. You better have water. 530 00:20:14,266 --> 00:20:16,367 [Amanda] This should definitely be running now. 531 00:20:16,367 --> 00:20:17,467 Yeah, that's it. 532 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,567 It seems to be flowing the way it should be. 533 00:20:19,567 --> 00:20:20,600 [exhaling] Okay. 534 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,734 So I think we did a good job. Mission accomplished. 535 00:20:24,166 --> 00:20:26,100 [Ramsey] All right, guys. Looks like you got water. 536 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,567 You better hope so. You're out of time. 537 00:20:28,567 --> 00:20:30,667 [Tim] All right, guys. Apple brandy. 538 00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:32,000 In the mountains of Tennessee, 539 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,367 one of you is gonna be master of the backwoods. 540 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:36,767 All said and done, time to get into that run. 541 00:20:36,767 --> 00:20:38,266 -You ready? -Yep. 542 00:20:38,266 --> 00:20:40,266 [Digger] All right. You got three hours. 543 00:20:40,266 --> 00:20:42,200 Your time starts now. 544 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,934 Good luck and get with it, guys. 545 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,467 [Amanda] Wow. This looks, like, so nice 546 00:20:50,467 --> 00:20:52,500 and dark from all the apple cider. 547 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:53,934 Did you use all apple cider in yours? 548 00:20:54,567 --> 00:20:55,500 [Kelly] Yes. 549 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:57,867 [Amanda] Me too. And I did a bushel of apples. 550 00:20:57,867 --> 00:20:59,667 Now, they worked awful good together 551 00:20:59,667 --> 00:21:01,100 getting that water going. 552 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,166 -[Digger] They did. -But now this is where the ship 553 00:21:03,166 --> 00:21:04,300 hits the sand now. 554 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,200 -This is business now. -[Digger] Yeah. 555 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,100 Great. So I don't got to talk to him? Cool. 556 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,200 [laughs] 557 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,300 [Kelly] You either talk to me or listen to me. Pick one. 558 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,100 [laughs] 559 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:14,266 -[Amanda] Good point. -[Kelly chuckles] 560 00:21:14,266 --> 00:21:16,400 Well, that's a pretty mash she's got right yonder. 561 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,600 You think Amanda's got any apples in there? 562 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,033 [Digger] Six or 20. Maybe 200. 563 00:21:21,867 --> 00:21:22,867 [Ramsey chuckles] 564 00:21:22,867 --> 00:21:25,867 [all exclaiming] 565 00:21:26,767 --> 00:21:27,967 [Amanda] Oh, really? 566 00:21:27,967 --> 00:21:29,734 [Ramsey] Rookie mistake there. 567 00:21:30,767 --> 00:21:32,166 [chuckles] 568 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:34,767 Just gonna stop and take my time, 569 00:21:34,767 --> 00:21:37,300 'cause now that means I'm rushing if I didn't check that. 570 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:39,567 Calm down, Amanda. It's gonna be okay. 571 00:21:39,567 --> 00:21:41,066 It'll happen to the best of us. 572 00:21:43,767 --> 00:21:45,266 [laughs] 573 00:21:45,266 --> 00:21:46,333 [Amanda] Deep breath. 574 00:21:46,333 --> 00:21:49,600 My mash definitely worked off like I hoped it would. 575 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,867 After using this type of condenser a few times, 576 00:21:51,867 --> 00:21:53,266 I'm starting to get the hang of it, 577 00:21:53,266 --> 00:21:55,367 so I know how fast I can run it. 578 00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:58,200 And my plan is to just run it a little bit warmer in the beginning, 579 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,867 slow it down towards the end, 580 00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:02,533 and pull that really good sweet jar of hearts out. 581 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:05,934 [exhaling] Okay. 582 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,367 [Kelly] Apple brandy. 583 00:22:08,367 --> 00:22:10,867 Flavor through and through in that bucket. 584 00:22:10,867 --> 00:22:13,367 [Ramsey] But he didn't put any apples in his. 585 00:22:13,367 --> 00:22:15,200 He strained some off the top. 586 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,000 [Kelly] You know, I open my barrel, look at my mash. 587 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:17,967 Pretty happy with it. 588 00:22:17,967 --> 00:22:19,667 Looks just like I thought it would. 589 00:22:19,667 --> 00:22:21,300 It's got a pretty good taste to it, 590 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:23,166 so I think that we're gonna be fine. 591 00:22:23,767 --> 00:22:25,433 I think I'm gonna only do 592 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:27,166 10 or 12 gallons. 593 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:30,266 Since we're outside, I'm a little leery of 594 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:32,400 being able to heat up. 595 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,400 [Amanda] Yeah, I'm going for a little above the halfway mark myself. 596 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,100 My marbles will actually help me run a little bit more heat 597 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:39,634 and heat the pot up more quickly. 598 00:22:40,166 --> 00:22:41,233 Who'd have thunk it? 599 00:22:42,867 --> 00:22:45,066 [Kelly] Now what's she doing to cheat? [laughs] 600 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,900 [Amanda] Hey, this is a competition, right? 601 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:49,433 I need every advantage I can get. 602 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:53,734 [Kelly] It'll be hot in a hurry. 603 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,333 [Amanda] There we go. 604 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,066 That'll be perfect. 605 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:00,467 [Kelly] Perfect. 606 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:02,967 [Amanda] In you go. 607 00:23:05,767 --> 00:23:07,567 [Digger] That right yonder, I promise you, 608 00:23:07,567 --> 00:23:09,700 is some of the best water on the planet. 609 00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,400 It's been proven so by people 610 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,367 that's got a way better palate than I do. 611 00:23:13,367 --> 00:23:14,500 [Amanda exhales] 612 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,533 [Kelly] It's flowing decently. I think we'll be okay. 613 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,467 [Amanda] Yeah. I'm satisfied with the water, 614 00:23:23,467 --> 00:23:24,467 I think, for now. 615 00:23:26,367 --> 00:23:27,667 I feel like your burner 616 00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:29,667 is way hotter. Mine's not really hot. 617 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:31,700 -It's not? -[Amanda] Mm-mm. 618 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:33,734 It's barely... I don't even... It's not even... 619 00:23:34,467 --> 00:23:36,000 See, you're already, like, 100. 620 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,667 Mine's still at 60 degrees. 621 00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:40,567 All right, guys. You've burned an hour. You've got two left. 622 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:42,634 [Amanda grunting] Rags. 623 00:23:43,567 --> 00:23:44,667 So it's really cold. 624 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:47,367 Um, my propane tank was freezing up a little bit 625 00:23:47,367 --> 00:23:49,166 as I'm trying to heat up the still. 626 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:51,100 And we only have three hours to do this, 627 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:52,700 so I've got to get my still up to temperature 628 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,200 and start producing that liquor 629 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,166 and run my heads off as quickly as I can. 630 00:23:56,166 --> 00:23:58,066 Oh, look at this I found. 631 00:24:00,667 --> 00:24:02,967 I'm just gonna wrap it around a whole bunch. 632 00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:04,467 You know, there really ain't nothing no better 633 00:24:04,467 --> 00:24:05,900 than making liquor outside. 634 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:07,967 It's just a little inconvenient. 635 00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:09,300 -A little effort, ain't it? -Yeah. 636 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:10,667 Well, I'll tell you something. 637 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:13,400 This cool air blowing and stirring that wind, 638 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,667 that'll keep them pots cooled down some. 639 00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:17,667 That wind hits that, too, 640 00:24:18,367 --> 00:24:19,400 you can watch the stream change. 641 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,800 Go from a little stream to a drip, won't it? 642 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:22,567 [Rogers] Yeah. 643 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,166 -[Amanda] There we go. -[Kelly] Easy. 644 00:24:25,166 --> 00:24:26,333 [Amanda] It's gonna get hot in a minute. 645 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:29,967 All right. I guess that works. 646 00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:31,567 You know what we're not gonna be able to do now? 647 00:24:31,567 --> 00:24:34,500 We're not gonna be able to look at our flame and adjust it. 648 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:36,400 But once they get heated up, I guess we can remove it, right? 649 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,066 [Kelly] You can adjust it by the stream. 650 00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:40,567 I mean, you don't have to necessarily look at the flame. 651 00:24:40,567 --> 00:24:42,667 I know. I just like looking at the flame. 652 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:44,634 [laughs] 653 00:24:46,867 --> 00:24:48,467 Already filling up jars? 654 00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:50,300 No. I'm just making sure they're clean. 655 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:53,066 You don't want to put perfect liquor in a dirty jar, right? 656 00:24:53,066 --> 00:24:54,233 [Kelly] Perfect liquor? 657 00:24:54,967 --> 00:24:56,300 Right. Yeah. 658 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:58,533 Are you gonna make anything less than perfect liquor? 659 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,200 'Cause... 660 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,300 -I usually... -[Kelly] Well, no. Then in that case, 661 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:03,367 -no. I guess I'll put... -[Amanda] ...try not to. 662 00:25:03,367 --> 00:25:06,266 -...perfect liquor in perfect jars. -[Amanda] Mm-hmm. 663 00:25:06,266 --> 00:25:07,700 [Kelly] I want my apple brandy to be a good 664 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:09,667 right on the spot of 100-proof. 665 00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:11,600 I want it to have a good, smooth flavor. 666 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,100 I want it to be good on the nose. 667 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:14,667 I want it to be good in the middle. 668 00:25:14,667 --> 00:25:16,166 I want it to be good all the way through. 669 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:17,500 I want to impress the judges with it, 670 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:20,133 because I know Amanda's bringing her best. 671 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,100 Oh, look at you. 672 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:24,667 [Kelly] Still wants to stay warm. 673 00:25:26,867 --> 00:25:28,767 You know, when you're in a controlled climate, 674 00:25:28,767 --> 00:25:31,467 you can kind of make everything work the way you want it to 675 00:25:31,467 --> 00:25:33,100 and not have a lot of variables. 676 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:34,700 But when you're out here, you know, 677 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,667 once the breeze kicks up 678 00:25:36,667 --> 00:25:38,266 two or three mile an hour, 679 00:25:38,266 --> 00:25:40,567 you're talking about not being able to heat your still up. 680 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:42,166 [Rogers] Yeah. 681 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:45,900 [Kelly] You know, once the sun changes angles in the sky, 682 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,567 you're talking about a difference there. 683 00:25:47,567 --> 00:25:50,500 So everything that you do outside is a challenge. 684 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:53,400 Are you gonna patent that idea too, Kelly? 685 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,567 'Cause I might steal it before you get the patent on it. 686 00:25:55,567 --> 00:25:56,433 Just saying. 687 00:25:57,166 --> 00:25:58,333 [laughs] 688 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,166 [Kelly] I smell apples. 689 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:05,700 [Amanda] Do you? It must be yours, 690 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:07,634 'cause your temp is up a little bit more than mine. 691 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,166 I'm still at, like, one... 692 00:26:11,667 --> 00:26:13,667 I'm almost at 120. 693 00:26:13,667 --> 00:26:15,867 [Kelly] Damn, I'm at 142. 694 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:18,166 [Amanda] I could see it coming out, the steam. 695 00:26:18,166 --> 00:26:20,367 -You got water going to it? -[Kelly] Mm-hmm. 696 00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:21,667 That's steaming a lot. 697 00:26:21,667 --> 00:26:23,500 [Kelly] Yeah. Well, I'm gonna have to turn it down. 698 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:24,367 [Amanda] Yeah. 699 00:26:24,367 --> 00:26:26,467 You know, I had my still cranked up wide open 700 00:26:26,467 --> 00:26:28,066 to start with to try to get it hot 701 00:26:28,066 --> 00:26:29,467 and build in some pressure. 702 00:26:29,467 --> 00:26:30,567 And right off the bat, 703 00:26:30,567 --> 00:26:32,166 you know, I got steam. 704 00:26:32,166 --> 00:26:34,066 You know you got to dial it back down 705 00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:36,567 as soon as we get the heads off of this thing and try 706 00:26:36,567 --> 00:26:39,300 to get it dialed in to run good liquor. 707 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:40,667 [Amanda] Damn, you're already at 150. 708 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:42,000 [Kelly] I'm telling you. 709 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,867 -Putting your coat on that. -[Amanda] I'm putting my coat on there. 710 00:26:43,867 --> 00:26:45,233 That's a good idea. 711 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,066 You can see they took them jackets off 712 00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:51,100 their stills and put them on, because once that 713 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:52,700 sun drops over that mountainside there, 714 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,066 it's gonna start getting cold. 715 00:26:54,066 --> 00:26:55,367 [Ramsey] When they put them jackets on, 716 00:26:55,367 --> 00:26:56,867 -it's nice and warm, isn't it? -[Tim] Nice and warm. 717 00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:57,800 Well, I promise you. 718 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,834 Like getting a warm blanket out of the dryer. 719 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,000 I'll tell you a secret. Don't do the inside. 720 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,467 Fold your coat 721 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,066 and lay it aside, 722 00:27:07,066 --> 00:27:09,533 so this outside is tougher than the inside. 723 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:11,433 Did this? 724 00:27:11,867 --> 00:27:13,233 No. Take it back off. 725 00:27:14,767 --> 00:27:16,467 -And do this. -[Amanda] Oh. 726 00:27:16,467 --> 00:27:19,200 That way your inner liner is not what's 727 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,300 -taking the heat. -My coat's not as big as yours. 728 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:22,367 Well, you used the sleeves. 729 00:27:22,367 --> 00:27:24,467 You've got them tied in a knot. 730 00:27:24,467 --> 00:27:26,667 Wait a minute. What do you mean your coat's not as big as mine? 731 00:27:26,667 --> 00:27:27,834 [both laughing] 732 00:27:27,834 --> 00:27:30,467 -[Amanda] I meant nothing by it, I swear. -[Kelly laughs] 733 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:33,767 [Amanda] Mine started running. Okay. Perfect. 734 00:27:33,767 --> 00:27:36,600 Now I can turn it down. Catching up. 735 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,367 I'm gonna let mine run up here just a little bit for a little while. 736 00:27:39,367 --> 00:27:41,867 -I'll run a jar or two out and see what's through. -Yeah. I just don't want 737 00:27:41,867 --> 00:27:43,400 all my vapors coming out like that. 738 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,700 -[Kelly] Mm-hmm. -That's a little bit much. 739 00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:46,800 Well, that's the heads cooking off. 740 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,100 -[Amanda] Yeah. -[Kelly chuckling] 741 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,200 [Amanda] Smell that, though. 742 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,934 That's what apple brandy's supposed to smell like. 743 00:27:51,567 --> 00:27:52,533 Smell good? 744 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,100 Smells like rotten apples. 745 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:57,166 -[Amanda] It does not. -[laughs] 746 00:27:57,166 --> 00:27:59,266 Yours smells like pickles, if you want me to be honest. 747 00:27:59,266 --> 00:28:01,266 [laughs] 748 00:28:01,266 --> 00:28:03,867 All right, guys. You're down to one hour left on your time. 749 00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:05,533 I hope you're getting you a good jar. 750 00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:08,367 [Amanda] Gotta get my charcoals. 751 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:11,266 -Charcoal. -[Tim] Yeah. 752 00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:13,867 She's got the charcoal filter going there. 753 00:28:13,867 --> 00:28:15,667 [Digger] Ain't a thing wrong with that. 754 00:28:15,667 --> 00:28:17,000 She's got 'er tuned in just right 755 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,867 and had no problem with the water source. 756 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,600 [Amanda] This is a craft that I love, 757 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,467 and my goal is to carry it on and absorb as much knowledge 758 00:28:26,467 --> 00:28:28,800 as I can from as many different people as I can 759 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,333 so I can pass it on to other people. 760 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,200 [Kelly] Oh, it's not terrible high. 761 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,066 [Amanda] Well, that's good. 762 00:28:35,066 --> 00:28:37,700 [Kelly] It won't take long to run into the hearts. 763 00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:40,500 I think my proof started out around 120, 764 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:41,800 so that's fairly low 765 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,567 for this kind of mash, I think. 766 00:28:43,567 --> 00:28:45,634 I may be behind the eight ball here. 767 00:28:48,266 --> 00:28:50,100 [Amanda] I usually look at the beginning of my run, 768 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:53,266 how much proof I have on those first jars and, you know, 769 00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:56,266 how the proof is falling off throughout the run, 770 00:28:56,266 --> 00:28:59,667 and I can kind of guess which jar I'm gonna want to pull. 771 00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:02,200 So I'm really looking to get down to jar number seven. 772 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,867 I feel like that's gonna be my closest 773 00:29:03,867 --> 00:29:05,066 to that perfect 100 spot. 774 00:29:05,767 --> 00:29:07,367 So, that's my goal. 775 00:29:07,367 --> 00:29:08,767 Get to jar number seven, 776 00:29:08,767 --> 00:29:10,200 hand in that perfect jar. 777 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,333 All right, cool. 778 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:13,266 Hello, Amanda. 779 00:29:13,266 --> 00:29:15,500 -How you doing? -[Tim] How you doing? 780 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:17,600 Well, I always feel in my element by a still, 781 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,867 and the running water doesn't hurt, you know? 782 00:29:20,867 --> 00:29:23,600 So you got hot and your still got cold, 783 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,100 -so you put your coat on your still? -[Amanda] Mm-hmm. 784 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,266 The liquor needed the coat more than I do right now. 785 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,166 -Okay. -[Amanda chuckles] 786 00:29:30,166 --> 00:29:31,166 So how's your still going here 787 00:29:31,166 --> 00:29:33,000 with your condenser running outside? 788 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,600 [Amanda] It doesn't feel as cold as it did inside, 789 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,467 but I know the air is a lot colder, 790 00:29:36,467 --> 00:29:38,166 -so... -[Tim] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 791 00:29:38,166 --> 00:29:39,967 Now, how's your proof going? 792 00:29:39,967 --> 00:29:42,200 My proof's holding pretty much like I expected it to. 793 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,266 -[Tim] Yeah? -[Amanda] Yeah. 794 00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:45,367 [Tim] You got some 100-proof jars? 795 00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,400 I'm almost at 100-proof. I'm getting there. 796 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,000 -Yeah? -[Amanda] But I will have 100 pretty soon. 797 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,767 [Tim] I mean, as long as it finished fermenting, it finished fermenting okay? 798 00:29:52,767 --> 00:29:54,500 I think so. Yeah, the proof held good. 799 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:56,467 -The mash tasted good. -[Tim] Mm-hmm. 800 00:29:56,467 --> 00:29:58,867 I think I'm getting a good flavor off of it. 801 00:29:58,867 --> 00:30:00,367 -Okay. -Feeling pretty comfortable. 802 00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:03,200 Well, you know, this challenge is the master of the backwoods. 803 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:04,834 That's why we got you in the backwoods. 804 00:30:05,266 --> 00:30:06,667 You got to feel it. 805 00:30:06,667 --> 00:30:08,166 -I'm feeling it. -[Tim] You're feeling it? 806 00:30:08,166 --> 00:30:10,500 If I wasn't feeling it before, I am now. 807 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:11,667 [both laugh] 808 00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:13,166 [Tim] All right. 809 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:14,533 -Well, good luck. -[Amanda] Thanks, Tim. 810 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,600 -[Tim] Kelly. -Yes, sir. 811 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,800 -[Tim] Hell, you got yours duct taped on it. -Yeah. 812 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,000 I wanted it to feel warm. 813 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,300 I'm keeping my coat warm. 814 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:23,867 It's like preheating an oven. 815 00:30:23,867 --> 00:30:26,400 Well, you look like you got a clear jar. 816 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,900 [Kelly] Yeah. Everything's running clear. 817 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:29,166 It's looking good. 818 00:30:29,166 --> 00:30:30,767 Now, as your apple's coming through, 819 00:30:30,767 --> 00:30:33,367 you got enough proof? Did it finish fermenting? 820 00:30:33,367 --> 00:30:35,000 You know, I don't know. 821 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,700 I'm just gonna tell you I'm gonna turn you in 822 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:39,166 the best jar of apple brandy you've ever drunk. 823 00:30:39,166 --> 00:30:40,000 -[Tim] Mm-hmm. -[laughs] 824 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:40,934 Sounds good. 825 00:30:40,934 --> 00:30:42,667 I mean, it looks like you got a plan together. 826 00:30:42,667 --> 00:30:44,400 I can't wait to taste it. 827 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,467 -Thank you, Tim. We can't wait for it. -[Tim] All right. 828 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,500 Ten minutes. 829 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:51,734 You better be shining up the jar and getting it ready. 830 00:30:53,467 --> 00:30:56,467 It's still over 115 or higher. 831 00:30:56,467 --> 00:30:58,367 Yeah. That's the jar I'm waiting on. 832 00:30:58,367 --> 00:31:00,066 [Kelly] You tasted your jar number four? 833 00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:01,166 [Amanda] No, I just tasted this one. 834 00:31:01,166 --> 00:31:03,166 It doesn't have a real strong nose, 835 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:06,467 but it's like sweet, a little bit apple. 836 00:31:06,467 --> 00:31:08,266 My proof is still holding pretty strong, 837 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:09,800 and I'm down to, like, 838 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,567 less than ten minutes of the run. 839 00:31:11,567 --> 00:31:17,266 So I'm literally trying to pull the very last drops off of my still, 840 00:31:17,266 --> 00:31:21,100 and then I'm planning on just tempering it a little bit with spring water 841 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:22,767 just to get it right at 100. 842 00:31:22,767 --> 00:31:25,800 I'm looking at the bead, and it looks like it's about 110 still. 843 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:26,934 This is a brandy, so, 844 00:31:27,667 --> 00:31:29,700 I don't want to go too far below 100, 845 00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:31,266 but I know it's gonna be hot, 846 00:31:31,266 --> 00:31:34,867 so I need it to be less than 110 this time. 847 00:31:34,867 --> 00:31:36,700 Um, so, I'm just gonna temper it down 848 00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:38,166 with a little bit of spring water 849 00:31:38,166 --> 00:31:40,800 and get as close to 100 as I can. 850 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,066 Hot liquor is not good in cool liquor, but it's okay. 851 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:46,900 I'm still pretty high proof. 852 00:31:49,166 --> 00:31:52,367 And this jar three is getting to smelling like it's got tails in it. 853 00:31:52,367 --> 00:31:54,066 [Amanda] But it's really clear. 854 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:55,467 [Digger] Three minutes. 855 00:31:55,467 --> 00:31:57,200 If you ain't found that sweet jar, 856 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,567 it probably ain't in there. 857 00:31:58,567 --> 00:32:00,500 That ain't much over 100. 858 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:02,400 You got to taste it. You got to do it by taste. 859 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,066 That would be my best suggestion. 860 00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:06,800 Whatever tastes the smoothest, 861 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,467 whatever tastes the best. 862 00:32:08,467 --> 00:32:09,700 [Kelly] You know, time's running out. 863 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:12,467 I just needed the right jar at about 100-proof. 864 00:32:12,467 --> 00:32:14,667 I'm ready. I think it's pretty good. 865 00:32:14,667 --> 00:32:16,266 I've got the jar I'm gonna turn in. 866 00:32:16,266 --> 00:32:18,400 I'm fixing to put my coat back on. 867 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,367 I was hot from running up and down the... 868 00:32:20,367 --> 00:32:21,600 -Creek. -...the creek, 869 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:22,634 but now I'm getting chilly. 870 00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:24,467 Oh, yeah. 871 00:32:24,467 --> 00:32:26,000 [Kelly] Don't that feel good and toasty, though? 872 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,066 -[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -Pre-heating your coat's not a bad idea. 873 00:32:29,066 --> 00:32:30,700 After coming this far, 874 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:33,266 you know, I really do want to win this thing. 875 00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:35,000 I really do want to be the master of the backwoods, 876 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,700 'cause I just like to prove to all these guys 877 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:40,567 that I have the same skill set that they do. 878 00:32:40,567 --> 00:32:42,200 I can do anything they can do, 879 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,767 and sometimes I can do it better. 880 00:32:44,767 --> 00:32:46,066 [Digger] All right, guys. 881 00:32:46,066 --> 00:32:47,300 Ten, 882 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:49,066 nine, eight, 883 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,166 seven, six, 884 00:32:51,667 --> 00:32:55,367 five, four, three, two, 885 00:32:55,367 --> 00:32:59,100 one. Right down to the wire. I mean, 886 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:00,467 took every second you could get. 887 00:33:00,467 --> 00:33:01,767 I don't blame you a bit. That jar 888 00:33:01,767 --> 00:33:04,000 is the warmest thing I've felt all day. 889 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,367 [laughs] 890 00:33:05,367 --> 00:33:08,000 Guys, we're gonna take these two jars. 891 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,000 We're gonna sip and sip and sip, 892 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,634 and then we're gonna deliberate 893 00:33:13,166 --> 00:33:14,667 and try to reach a decision. 894 00:33:14,667 --> 00:33:17,467 We may have to sip a little more because it's pretty chilly, 895 00:33:17,467 --> 00:33:19,667 and ain't nothing knocks a chill off better 896 00:33:19,667 --> 00:33:21,967 than a good jar of apple brandy. 897 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:24,433 Good job. You know, you made your run, 898 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,567 you turned in your jar, 899 00:33:26,567 --> 00:33:27,667 and you haven't got arrested yet. 900 00:33:27,667 --> 00:33:29,367 [Ramsey] Just so you know, 901 00:33:29,367 --> 00:33:31,667 it's been an honor to watch yuns do 902 00:33:31,667 --> 00:33:33,667 this backwoods challenge. 903 00:33:33,667 --> 00:33:36,800 And very shortly, one of you guys 904 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,700 will be named master of the backwoods. 905 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:40,967 Good luck to both of you. 906 00:33:40,967 --> 00:33:42,200 Let's go drink 'em. 907 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,600 -Let's go. -[Digger] I think we should. 908 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,166 We'll send for you when we get a decision made. 909 00:33:47,166 --> 00:33:47,900 [Amanda] All right. 910 00:33:54,367 --> 00:33:55,500 [Tim] You know, think about it. 911 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,667 In the beginning, we had contestants like Mike Cockrell. 912 00:33:58,667 --> 00:34:01,100 We had Richard. And even Tater. 913 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:04,066 I mean, these guys are the backwood moonshiners, 914 00:34:04,066 --> 00:34:06,000 -especially this region. -Yeah. 915 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,700 And now, we've ended up with Kelly and Amanda. 916 00:34:09,700 --> 00:34:11,166 I'm proud of Kelly. I mean, 917 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:15,100 he's obviously absorbed some of the things we've tried to instill in him. 918 00:34:15,100 --> 00:34:19,266 But Amanda, you know, I don't cut her out at any contest. 919 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,900 I taught her everything I know. 920 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:22,467 You've done a damn fine job. 921 00:34:22,467 --> 00:34:24,066 [laughs] 922 00:34:24,066 --> 00:34:25,900 [Ramsey] You know, Kelly's worked really hard 923 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:27,166 the last couple of years. 924 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:29,100 He's improved his skills. 925 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,066 Kelly does know what he's doing. 926 00:34:31,066 --> 00:34:33,266 Well, this proves it. Now, 927 00:34:33,266 --> 00:34:35,166 whether he knows what he's doing enough 928 00:34:35,166 --> 00:34:37,166 to win this challenge, we don't know yet. 929 00:34:37,166 --> 00:34:38,667 That remains to be seen. 930 00:34:38,667 --> 00:34:41,100 Master of the backwoods, girl. 931 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:42,367 Master of the backwoods. 932 00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:43,834 -Cheers. -Cheers. 933 00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:48,834 [Ramsey] Apple Brandy. 934 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:50,767 Final challenge. 935 00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:52,600 Amanda and Kelly, you know, 936 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,166 they've fought a hard and tough road. 937 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:56,100 [Digger] The conditions we put them in, 938 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:58,300 I mean, it couldn't be any more uncomfortable. 939 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:00,667 When it first started, they was like an old team of mules. 940 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:03,400 -They was hitched up and working in unison. -Yeah. 941 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,367 But now, I'm telling you, 942 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:06,166 when the water got established 943 00:35:06,166 --> 00:35:08,266 and the still started heating up, 944 00:35:08,266 --> 00:35:10,233 the whole dynamics changed. 945 00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:13,467 [Ramsey] They fought a hard and tough road, 946 00:35:13,467 --> 00:35:15,367 but at the end of this challenge, 947 00:35:15,367 --> 00:35:18,500 well, one of them is gonna be the master of the backwoods. 948 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:21,100 Well, we ain't gonna know until we get started, 949 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:22,200 so we might as well go. 950 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:23,934 And we always say ladies first. 951 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:28,166 [Tim] Amanda's apple brandy. 952 00:35:28,467 --> 00:35:29,533 Good clear jar. 953 00:35:30,567 --> 00:35:32,734 Now that is a fine bead. 954 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:35,567 Yeah, boy. That's dead on 100. 955 00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:37,767 -Well, it looks good. -[Ramsey] It looks good. 956 00:35:37,767 --> 00:35:39,333 [Tim] Let's see what it tastes like. 957 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:43,300 [Kelly] I think we had a good day. 958 00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:44,133 I definitely have. 959 00:35:44,133 --> 00:35:45,867 There's no place I'd rather be than, like, 960 00:35:45,867 --> 00:35:47,200 listening to the stream and... 961 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:48,867 Oh, I thought you was gonna say listening to me. 962 00:35:48,867 --> 00:35:51,500 -[laughs] -Nice try. 963 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:54,433 Definitely an apple coming through on the nose. 964 00:35:55,166 --> 00:35:56,367 [Tim] Yeah, smells like apple. 965 00:35:58,066 --> 00:35:58,900 [Rogers] It's apple. 966 00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:00,367 -It's apple brandy. -It's apple brandy. 967 00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,467 And that's a good apple brandy. 968 00:36:02,467 --> 00:36:03,600 It's kinda high, though, ain't it? 969 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,300 It's a little hot on the back end. 970 00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:06,500 It's not high-proof. 971 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,667 It's just got a little fiery note to it. 972 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:10,700 I like that delicious aftertaste. 973 00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:12,367 It's got a real good aftertaste. 974 00:36:12,367 --> 00:36:13,767 It tastes a little musty, 975 00:36:13,767 --> 00:36:15,367 like I musty have another drink. 976 00:36:15,367 --> 00:36:17,166 -[Rogers] That's right. -[laughs] 977 00:36:18,667 --> 00:36:20,233 [Ramsey] Let's see what Kelly's done. 978 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,033 That's a pretty jar of liquor, and clear. 979 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:26,500 That's right on 100 too. 980 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:28,667 Might be a little north, but not much. 981 00:36:28,667 --> 00:36:31,567 Both of their bead reading skills is good. 982 00:36:31,567 --> 00:36:34,667 [Amanda] It was really cool that we worked together to get the water flowing. 983 00:36:34,667 --> 00:36:36,767 Well, you know, I mean, we almost had to do that, 984 00:36:36,767 --> 00:36:38,867 'cause we could have individually struggled 985 00:36:38,867 --> 00:36:40,066 against one another on that one, 986 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:41,900 and us teaming up made sense. 987 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,066 -Yeah. -[Kelly] This is the backwoods challenge. 988 00:36:45,066 --> 00:36:49,634 Everybody knows that backwoods people help one another when they need it. 989 00:36:50,367 --> 00:36:52,166 I'm gonna say he pitched his yeast 990 00:36:52,166 --> 00:36:53,834 while that mash was still getting hot. 991 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:55,333 Stressed it. 992 00:36:57,166 --> 00:36:58,166 [Ramsey] It's a good drink. 993 00:36:58,166 --> 00:37:00,300 I like it. I'm not crazy about the nose. 994 00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:01,900 It's got a wicked nose. 995 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:04,100 Honestly, it's way smoother than Amanda's. 996 00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:07,000 It's really, really smooth to be that proof. 997 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,934 Because he's north of 100. 998 00:37:09,467 --> 00:37:11,533 [gags, coughs] 999 00:37:12,367 --> 00:37:14,266 [all laughing] 1000 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:17,000 -It's got a nice dryness taste to it. -I like it. 1001 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,834 [Digger] I like it a lot. 1002 00:37:20,467 --> 00:37:22,567 [Tim] We do have something to think about. 1003 00:37:22,567 --> 00:37:23,800 We've got a dilemma. 1004 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,166 I guarantee you if we opened up a jar 1005 00:37:26,166 --> 00:37:27,400 just like we sitting in here, drinking, 1006 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,266 we'd wind up drinking both of them tonight. 1007 00:37:29,266 --> 00:37:30,467 [laughs] 1008 00:37:30,467 --> 00:37:31,767 [Digger] I can go either way. 1009 00:37:31,767 --> 00:37:34,300 [Tim] This is the master of the backwoods challenge. 1010 00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:38,367 This is not like the regular contestants of Master Distiller. 1011 00:37:38,367 --> 00:37:41,600 But we have to judge them on the table the same way. 1012 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,166 You know, what does it taste like? 1013 00:37:43,166 --> 00:37:45,300 What does it look like? What does it smell like? 1014 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:48,266 What the proof is? The clarity of the jar. 1015 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,800 And I think that leaves us with just one option. 1016 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,033 Let's go name a master of the backwoods. 1017 00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:03,967 [Digger] Welcome back in, guys. 1018 00:38:03,967 --> 00:38:06,266 I'm gonna tell you, what we put you all through, 1019 00:38:06,266 --> 00:38:07,867 it was the triathlon 1020 00:38:07,867 --> 00:38:09,867 of the homemade liquor world. 1021 00:38:10,867 --> 00:38:12,567 You came in, run corn liquor, 1022 00:38:12,567 --> 00:38:14,000 you built your own condenser, 1023 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,867 you run us some rye whiskey, 1024 00:38:15,867 --> 00:38:18,300 which was really, really good, by the way. 1025 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,800 And then you went to the spring 1026 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,667 in the coldest time of the year 1027 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:25,567 and brought us some fine apple brandy. 1028 00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:30,033 So that being said, Amanda, 1029 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,400 apple brandy, the way it's supposed to be. 1030 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:35,767 Just about the perfect proof. 1031 00:38:35,767 --> 00:38:38,400 I'm gonna say you're right there on the 100 mark. 1032 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,767 Flavor. 1033 00:38:39,767 --> 00:38:42,667 Apple flavor up one side and down the other. 1034 00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:44,767 Had a great nose. Had a great palate. 1035 00:38:44,767 --> 00:38:47,867 Lay it on your tongue and it'll let you know you're drinking some liquor. 1036 00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:48,767 Thank you. 1037 00:38:48,767 --> 00:38:50,200 You had three different types of apples 1038 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,400 and two different types of sugar 1039 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,000 and then apple cider. 1040 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,300 But it did give a complex flavor. 1041 00:38:57,300 --> 00:38:59,266 Outstanding job making it on the backwoods. 1042 00:38:59,266 --> 00:39:00,166 Thank you. 1043 00:39:00,166 --> 00:39:01,166 Kelly. 1044 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,166 I'm really proud of you. 1045 00:39:04,166 --> 00:39:06,266 You know, look how far you've come 1046 00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:08,100 in the last couple of years. 1047 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:09,667 That's a fine jar of liquor. 1048 00:39:09,667 --> 00:39:11,667 Very clean, clear jar. 1049 00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:13,967 Proof is where it needs to be. 1050 00:39:13,967 --> 00:39:15,867 Kelly, you got a good jar of liquor. 1051 00:39:15,867 --> 00:39:16,967 I'm proud of you. 1052 00:39:16,967 --> 00:39:18,100 Thank you, Mark. 1053 00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:20,266 The only negative I can come away with, 1054 00:39:20,266 --> 00:39:22,000 just had a little off nose. 1055 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,867 -Hmm. -[Digger] But the flavor was there. 1056 00:39:23,867 --> 00:39:26,367 -Fine job on your part. -Thank you. 1057 00:39:26,367 --> 00:39:29,433 Well, guys, this is where it all ends. 1058 00:39:30,266 --> 00:39:32,567 Kelly, we took you in on our team. 1059 00:39:32,567 --> 00:39:35,100 We thought for a little bit we were really just 1060 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,967 bangin' our heads on a block wall. 1061 00:39:36,967 --> 00:39:39,200 -[laughs] -[Digger] And it stuck. 1062 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,767 And we're proud of you as we could be. 1063 00:39:41,767 --> 00:39:44,166 Just like you're proud of your own youngins. 1064 00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:46,634 Amanda, you showed up here a contestant. 1065 00:39:47,667 --> 00:39:50,667 And I've watched you come into your own. 1066 00:39:50,667 --> 00:39:53,567 You came in here and you were so down on yourself. 1067 00:39:53,567 --> 00:39:55,300 You'd kicked yourself in the butts 1068 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:56,767 many different ways. 1069 00:39:56,767 --> 00:39:59,000 And us knowin' the whole time watchin' you 1070 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,166 that you had all the skills. 1071 00:40:01,166 --> 00:40:02,767 But I don't think you would have 1072 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:04,867 become what you've become had you not 1073 00:40:04,867 --> 00:40:06,700 kicked yourself in the butt that much. 1074 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:08,967 I can't find any more pleasure in that 1075 00:40:08,967 --> 00:40:11,166 than anything in the world. 1076 00:40:11,166 --> 00:40:14,867 All of the emotional feelings thrown out there, 1077 00:40:14,867 --> 00:40:17,533 there can only be one master of the backwoods. 1078 00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:20,467 That's a big deal in itself, 1079 00:40:20,467 --> 00:40:21,867 just bein' able to brag about it. 1080 00:40:21,867 --> 00:40:24,000 But keep in mind, 1081 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,300 we got the best trophy we can afford. 1082 00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:27,667 [laughs] 1083 00:40:27,667 --> 00:40:29,533 And all that being said... 1084 00:40:34,767 --> 00:40:36,367 Amanda, 1085 00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:38,000 you are the master of the backwoods. 1086 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,734 -[whooping] Girl! -[Digger] Congratulations. 1087 00:40:41,467 --> 00:40:42,767 -Great job. -Oh. 1088 00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:44,166 Thank you, guys. 1089 00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:46,200 Winning this tournament, 1090 00:40:47,367 --> 00:40:49,433 getting the title of master of the backwoods, 1091 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,200 it really means a lot to me. 1092 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,433 This is really precious. 1093 00:40:52,433 --> 00:40:56,367 I'm tellin' ya, I couldn't be any prouder if I'd won it myself. 1094 00:40:56,367 --> 00:40:58,200 [Amanda] People think that because I'm a girl 1095 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,567 or because I am self-taught 1096 00:41:00,567 --> 00:41:02,367 that I can't distill in the backwoods, 1097 00:41:02,367 --> 00:41:04,867 or I can't hack it with the likes of these guys. 1098 00:41:04,867 --> 00:41:06,867 But I can. And I've proven that today. 1099 00:41:06,867 --> 00:41:08,400 So I'm very proud of myself. 1100 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,667 Queen of the backwoods. 1101 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:11,533 -[Ramsey and Kelly laughing] -[Digger] Number one. 1102 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,266 I'm just always super grateful 1103 00:41:13,266 --> 00:41:15,100 anytime I get to come and compete. 1104 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:17,100 I never come into this expecting to win. 1105 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:18,867 I just wanna be here to compete. 1106 00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:20,700 So winning is just like the icing on the cake. 1107 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:23,767 Now y'all chase on out here before we get too emotional. 1108 00:41:23,767 --> 00:41:25,667 Let's go drink your jar of liquor. 1109 00:41:25,667 --> 00:41:27,600 -[laughs] -Hell yeah. All right, let's do it.