1 00:00:08,552 --> 00:00:10,385 It's right up here we're gonna stage. 2 00:00:13,323 --> 00:00:15,424 My boy jake is gonna come through here any minute. 3 00:00:15,426 --> 00:00:18,326 He's gonna stop at that driveway. He was there every week. 4 00:00:18,328 --> 00:00:20,495 He's put extra stuff on the truck. 5 00:00:20,497 --> 00:00:23,298 You'll know what package you can grab, you'll see 'em there. 6 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:24,900 You've got less than a minute. 7 00:00:24,902 --> 00:00:26,468 He's gonna drop something off, 8 00:00:26,470 --> 00:00:29,037 run up there, get your package, run back. 9 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:30,972 Then we're gonna head back to the shed. 10 00:00:30,974 --> 00:00:32,808 -Sounds good. -Remember, run. 11 00:00:32,810 --> 00:00:35,110 Don't be just doddling up through there. 12 00:00:35,112 --> 00:00:38,246 -He don't wanna know nothing about this. -Sounds good to me. 13 00:00:38,248 --> 00:00:42,017 -He's gonna get a full jar of liquor for his absentee. -That sounds good. 14 00:00:42,019 --> 00:00:43,418 Let's fire ahead. 15 00:00:43,420 --> 00:00:46,455 Here a jar of liquor will get you to do what a $100 bill won't. 16 00:00:46,457 --> 00:00:48,156 [all] yeah. 17 00:00:50,961 --> 00:00:52,260 [digger] go, go! 18 00:00:52,262 --> 00:00:53,095 Heck yes! 19 00:01:07,377 --> 00:01:10,078 Nicely done! 20 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,215 All right. We're gonna go back to the shed and it's gonna be like christmas. 21 00:01:13,217 --> 00:01:15,417 -All right. Let's go. -Let's go. 22 00:01:19,823 --> 00:01:21,056 [opening theme music playing] 23 00:01:21,058 --> 00:01:24,493 [narrator] across the country, a handful of expert distillers 24 00:01:24,495 --> 00:01:27,295 are heirs to a centuries old tradition. 25 00:01:29,133 --> 00:01:31,700 Some operate on the legal side, 26 00:01:31,702 --> 00:01:35,103 others practice their craft beyond the reach of the law. 27 00:01:35,105 --> 00:01:36,804 Wow! 28 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:40,609 [narrator] now, three of the best moonshiners have reached an all-time low. 29 00:01:40,611 --> 00:01:41,810 These are hard times. 30 00:01:41,812 --> 00:01:44,412 -You know, we've only got what we got. -Turnips. 31 00:01:44,414 --> 00:01:46,381 Have you ever had sardine liquor? 32 00:01:46,383 --> 00:01:49,518 [narrator] judged by a jury of their peers, 33 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,220 they'll go head-to-head in an uphill battle. 34 00:01:52,222 --> 00:01:53,822 [mike] and we got liquor boys! 35 00:01:53,824 --> 00:01:55,390 [daniel] I don't believe it's worth a damn. 36 00:01:55,392 --> 00:01:57,492 I's thinkin' 'bout pourin' it plum out. 37 00:01:57,494 --> 00:02:00,962 [narrator] to overcome backwoods moonshining obstacles... 38 00:02:00,964 --> 00:02:05,133 It's always a hard time, even in the good times. 39 00:02:05,135 --> 00:02:08,203 [narrator] and create a triumphant jar of liquor. 40 00:02:08,205 --> 00:02:11,373 Wow. That's good. 41 00:02:23,453 --> 00:02:26,121 [digger] come on in and get your stations. 42 00:02:26,123 --> 00:02:27,556 Here we are. 43 00:02:28,492 --> 00:02:29,858 Time to get busy. 44 00:02:29,860 --> 00:02:31,593 You brought your own mash with you, 45 00:02:31,595 --> 00:02:34,062 hope your brought your pocketful of ingenuity too, 46 00:02:34,064 --> 00:02:37,132 'cause we're gonna throw a curveball here, after a while you're gonna love it. 47 00:02:37,134 --> 00:02:39,701 Go run your signature bash, 48 00:02:39,703 --> 00:02:42,137 then we're gonna do a little something different with it. 49 00:02:42,139 --> 00:02:44,773 You're gonna get your bragging rights if you win, 50 00:02:44,775 --> 00:02:49,110 but then we got a prize that's pretty well a rare commodity right now. 51 00:02:49,112 --> 00:02:54,082 You get two dozen brand new, never-used mason jars to fill up with liquor. 52 00:02:54,084 --> 00:02:56,151 [tickle laughing] 53 00:02:56,153 --> 00:03:00,355 you know, we've always heard the hard times makes the best shine. 54 00:03:00,357 --> 00:03:05,460 Daniel, you and mike, you both come from a long line of liquor men 55 00:03:05,462 --> 00:03:08,897 that made shine in some of the hardest times 56 00:03:08,899 --> 00:03:11,499 that this great country of ours has ever seen. 57 00:03:11,501 --> 00:03:14,536 Tickle, you've done some hard time. 58 00:03:14,538 --> 00:03:18,540 You had to learn how to make a little liquor in the hoosegow. 59 00:03:20,043 --> 00:03:21,810 So whether you got a bad harvest 60 00:03:21,812 --> 00:03:23,712 or you got a problem with your supply chain, 61 00:03:23,714 --> 00:03:25,914 if you're gonna make any money making liquor, 62 00:03:25,916 --> 00:03:28,283 you've gotta work what you've got. 63 00:03:28,285 --> 00:03:31,119 Even if it fell off a back of a truck. 64 00:03:31,121 --> 00:03:34,089 All right, guys. Time to dig in. It's christmas morning. 65 00:03:34,091 --> 00:03:36,591 Now, while you open it, I would suggest 66 00:03:36,593 --> 00:03:39,194 might wanna be putting your plan together in your head. 67 00:03:39,196 --> 00:03:41,630 You can use some of it in your thump keg 68 00:03:41,632 --> 00:03:44,633 or put it in mash, do whatever you wanna do, that's up to you. 69 00:03:44,635 --> 00:03:46,668 We just want a tasty jar of liquor. 70 00:03:46,670 --> 00:03:49,204 But, don't hear no grumbling. 71 00:03:49,206 --> 00:03:52,173 Times is hard, you gotta use what you got. 72 00:03:52,175 --> 00:03:54,409 -[mark] that's scary. -[digger] get with it. 73 00:04:05,055 --> 00:04:06,154 Turnips. 74 00:04:07,557 --> 00:04:09,224 Brown sugar. 75 00:04:09,226 --> 00:04:10,392 An onion. 76 00:04:10,394 --> 00:04:12,661 -You got an onion? -[tickle] I got an onion. 77 00:04:13,497 --> 00:04:15,463 I don't know what in the heck that is. 78 00:04:16,033 --> 00:04:17,399 Caramel corn. 79 00:04:19,670 --> 00:04:22,070 That almost look like some kind of pepper jelly. 80 00:04:22,072 --> 00:04:23,371 That'd be right up my alley. 81 00:04:23,373 --> 00:04:26,274 I don't know what I'm gonna do with turnips. 82 00:04:26,276 --> 00:04:30,245 Hey, fellas. Have you ever had sardine liquor? 83 00:04:30,247 --> 00:04:32,113 We may have got the wrong packages. 84 00:04:32,115 --> 00:04:35,283 -[laughing] -man. Digger's buddy ain't my friend. 85 00:04:36,386 --> 00:04:38,219 I ain't sure what that is. 86 00:04:38,221 --> 00:04:43,425 I'm steven tickle and I'm from a little town called danville, virginia. 87 00:04:43,427 --> 00:04:46,127 Let's swap them jars out and see what we got. 88 00:04:46,129 --> 00:04:48,496 You know I've been making liquor for a long time. 89 00:04:48,498 --> 00:04:49,464 Ah! 90 00:04:49,466 --> 00:04:52,233 And I fell on a lot of hard times myself. 91 00:04:52,235 --> 00:04:56,071 I've been on the top of the mountain and I've been down in the valley. 92 00:04:56,073 --> 00:04:59,040 I've been out here running wide open, free as a bird, 93 00:04:59,042 --> 00:05:01,476 and I've been locked up like a jailbird too. 94 00:05:03,146 --> 00:05:04,312 Turn around and face me. 95 00:05:05,382 --> 00:05:07,982 And that has taught me a lot. 96 00:05:07,984 --> 00:05:12,087 When times get hard, that forces you to look around. 97 00:05:12,089 --> 00:05:13,822 Really get imaginative. 98 00:05:13,824 --> 00:05:14,689 All right. 99 00:05:14,691 --> 00:05:17,659 And use what you got. 100 00:05:17,661 --> 00:05:20,428 Hard times forces you to do hard work. 101 00:05:20,430 --> 00:05:22,197 Oh, look. I got some cinnamon rolls. 102 00:05:22,199 --> 00:05:24,466 Yeah? That's good yeast, ain't it? 103 00:05:24,468 --> 00:05:26,201 Yes, sir. 104 00:05:26,203 --> 00:05:27,969 Lookee yonder. 105 00:05:27,971 --> 00:05:30,605 -What did you find? -Peanut brittle. 106 00:05:31,575 --> 00:05:33,708 [chewing] oh, I'm down for that. 107 00:05:33,710 --> 00:05:35,276 Whatever you got is leaking. 108 00:05:35,278 --> 00:05:36,644 The tops on my radishes, 109 00:05:36,646 --> 00:05:39,748 but I'll throw a little salt on them and we'll have a snack. 110 00:05:40,884 --> 00:05:42,417 My name is mike cockrell. 111 00:05:42,419 --> 00:05:46,254 I've been up here in tennessee for about 15 years now. 112 00:05:46,256 --> 00:05:48,256 And I'm from south mississippi. 113 00:05:48,258 --> 00:05:50,125 Oh, my god! 114 00:05:50,127 --> 00:05:53,628 Being a moonshiner is hard times. 115 00:05:53,630 --> 00:05:56,431 They've stolen everything I got! 116 00:05:57,434 --> 00:05:59,534 $3,000 worth of damn copper. 117 00:05:59,536 --> 00:06:01,403 It's gone. 118 00:06:01,405 --> 00:06:02,937 Don't have nothing left. 119 00:06:02,939 --> 00:06:04,506 It's really, really hard. 120 00:06:04,508 --> 00:06:09,144 We're going through grain shortages, jar shortages, sugar shortages. 121 00:06:09,146 --> 00:06:12,013 I just had to think back to my family history. 122 00:06:12,015 --> 00:06:13,782 I'm living proof of hard times. 123 00:06:13,784 --> 00:06:14,949 Fire in the hole! 124 00:06:14,951 --> 00:06:17,819 The bread on the counter wasn't always fresh. 125 00:06:17,821 --> 00:06:19,554 I wasn't about to go hungry. 126 00:06:19,556 --> 00:06:21,923 So I'd eat me a stale piece of bread. 127 00:06:21,925 --> 00:06:24,626 This right here is where the magic happens. 128 00:06:24,628 --> 00:06:26,594 I know how to use what I've got. 129 00:06:26,596 --> 00:06:27,862 What you got, mikey? 130 00:06:27,864 --> 00:06:29,396 Pickled plum. 131 00:06:29,398 --> 00:06:32,934 A plum? That might be good something that you can post flavor with. 132 00:06:32,936 --> 00:06:35,670 -I got a jar of honey. -Honey come in good. 133 00:06:35,672 --> 00:06:38,039 What you got there, boone? Taters. 134 00:06:38,041 --> 00:06:39,974 -[mark] pineapple. Oh, that's good. -Ohhh. 135 00:06:39,976 --> 00:06:43,044 -[daniel laughing] -that's a step in the right direction. 136 00:06:45,515 --> 00:06:48,349 -What is that? -That's some kind of jerky. 137 00:06:48,351 --> 00:06:51,719 -Give it a try. See what kind it is. -Let's see here. 138 00:06:54,991 --> 00:06:55,924 It's fine. 139 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,360 I'm daniel maner from sevierville, tennessee. 140 00:06:59,362 --> 00:07:01,429 Uh-oh. We ain't got no water. 141 00:07:01,431 --> 00:07:05,533 There's a hell of a lot of people that think making moonshine is easy. 142 00:07:05,535 --> 00:07:07,068 It's not that easy. 143 00:07:07,070 --> 00:07:10,171 Just another setback. Just something else to drown the slush like today. 144 00:07:10,173 --> 00:07:15,109 Not everybody can do it, but over the years through hard times and trial and error... 145 00:07:15,111 --> 00:07:16,110 Good god! 146 00:07:16,112 --> 00:07:18,046 ...I think I've got it nailed down to an art. 147 00:07:18,048 --> 00:07:20,014 Boy, that thing smells so good don't it? 148 00:07:20,016 --> 00:07:21,516 And when hard times hit 149 00:07:21,518 --> 00:07:25,987 that is the knowledge that I use that drives me and pushes me forward. 150 00:07:25,989 --> 00:07:29,257 I've always said the bucket that I carry don't have a hole in it. 151 00:07:29,259 --> 00:07:32,093 So if I pick up knowledge or advice, 152 00:07:32,095 --> 00:07:34,229 I'll remember it to the day I leave this world. 153 00:07:34,231 --> 00:07:37,031 Well, I don't know what we can do with all this stuff. 154 00:07:37,033 --> 00:07:40,134 -[tickle] I'll tell you what. We can eat good. -[mike] yeah. 155 00:07:40,136 --> 00:07:43,438 Just so you know, if it's something that you can't make liquor out of, 156 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,139 we always like a good snack. 157 00:07:45,475 --> 00:07:46,674 Well... 158 00:07:46,676 --> 00:07:49,744 I had on my mind, soon as I seen this pack of sardines 159 00:07:49,746 --> 00:07:52,981 I'mma put them in thump cake, 'cause I know you'uns is gonna taste it. 160 00:07:52,983 --> 00:07:55,450 [all laughing] 161 00:07:55,452 --> 00:07:59,187 -thank you. -Beyond tasting it, we gotta judge it. I mean... 162 00:08:01,691 --> 00:08:04,325 [mark] and you got some strange liquor-making ingredients. 163 00:08:04,327 --> 00:08:05,693 [mike] I'd say we do. 164 00:08:05,695 --> 00:08:07,362 -[mark] mr. Mike? -Yes, sir. 165 00:08:07,364 --> 00:08:09,163 What all you come up with, our boss? 166 00:08:09,165 --> 00:08:13,301 Well, I've got a can of strawberries, cherry hard candies... 167 00:08:13,303 --> 00:08:15,403 Cherry juice is what it smells like. 168 00:08:15,405 --> 00:08:17,038 And some cherry jam. 169 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,606 A lot of cherry stuff. 170 00:08:18,608 --> 00:08:22,310 So it looks like I'm going cherry, strawberry, plum. 171 00:08:22,312 --> 00:08:25,547 You've got a lot of good things there for post flavor. 172 00:08:25,549 --> 00:08:28,983 Stevie ray, what have you got going on over there? 173 00:08:28,985 --> 00:08:33,221 I'm gonna say this is a can of fruit, 'cause it's got the pull tab on it. 174 00:08:33,223 --> 00:08:34,689 But I don't know. 175 00:08:34,691 --> 00:08:37,825 I'll tell you that's what's scary is 'em cans with no labels on 'em. 176 00:08:37,827 --> 00:08:40,228 Looks like it went bad three years ago. 177 00:08:42,032 --> 00:08:45,233 -[mike] oh! We got you some peanuts! -I got peanuts. 178 00:08:45,235 --> 00:08:48,336 So now, I think I know exactly what I'm gonna do. 179 00:08:48,338 --> 00:08:49,971 What I'm thinking is... 180 00:08:49,973 --> 00:08:54,576 Almonds, peanuts, and peanut brittle, go into the thump keg. 181 00:08:54,578 --> 00:08:58,413 Maybe afterwards a little caramel coffee, 182 00:08:58,415 --> 00:09:01,883 sweetened up with some honey, served with a nice cinnamon roll. 183 00:09:01,885 --> 00:09:05,320 And actually, I have had your almond liquor before, 184 00:09:05,322 --> 00:09:07,388 so you've got something familiar to work with. 185 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,659 Them daniel is still opening cans. 186 00:09:11,661 --> 00:09:13,928 [digger] he look like he'd been in the salvage yard 187 00:09:13,930 --> 00:09:16,297 of the dumpster, back behind the grocery store. 188 00:09:16,299 --> 00:09:18,933 Mr. Maner, looks to me like you the one 189 00:09:18,935 --> 00:09:22,070 that really garnered up all the unlabeled items. 190 00:09:22,072 --> 00:09:25,039 Well, I could go two different ways. 191 00:09:25,041 --> 00:09:27,609 I've got pineapples and pineapple juice. 192 00:09:27,611 --> 00:09:29,243 And I've got apples. 193 00:09:29,245 --> 00:09:31,145 I could make a fruity drink. 194 00:09:31,147 --> 00:09:36,050 Or I've got bacon jerky, and I've got tomato juice. 195 00:09:36,052 --> 00:09:37,552 -[all] ohhh. -Tomato juice? 196 00:09:37,554 --> 00:09:40,588 [tickle] I'm seeing bloody mary coming around there. 197 00:09:40,590 --> 00:09:43,358 Yeah, it ain't gonna be a bloody mary, it's gonna be a bloody maner. 198 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:44,659 [laughing] 199 00:09:44,661 --> 00:09:47,829 boys, you is thinking you can work with that? 200 00:09:47,831 --> 00:09:51,466 It's hard times, man. Gonna work with what we got and go with it. 201 00:09:51,468 --> 00:09:53,101 You ain't got no choice. 202 00:09:53,103 --> 00:09:55,303 [mark] all right, boys. Good luck to you. 203 00:09:55,305 --> 00:09:58,973 All right, guys. Looks like you got some nutritious stuff here. 204 00:09:58,975 --> 00:10:02,143 You know, if you don't mix it in with the shine, at least you can eat it. 205 00:10:02,145 --> 00:10:04,545 And all three of you really... 206 00:10:04,547 --> 00:10:08,916 All of it is right, right up your, as digger would say, your wheel horse. 207 00:10:08,918 --> 00:10:10,451 [whispering] wheelhouse. 208 00:10:10,453 --> 00:10:13,388 -What you wanna call it? -House. Not wheel horse. 209 00:10:13,390 --> 00:10:16,290 -[laughing] -it's up your wheelhouse. 210 00:10:17,927 --> 00:10:20,395 You heard what's happening. Time to make us some liquor. 211 00:10:20,397 --> 00:10:23,297 Whoever wins this, gets to steal an ingredient 212 00:10:23,299 --> 00:10:25,433 from somebody else to flavor his liquor. 213 00:10:25,435 --> 00:10:28,102 Now it ain't nothing personal, it's just business. 214 00:10:28,104 --> 00:10:30,571 You gotta do what you gotta do when times are hard. 215 00:10:32,042 --> 00:10:34,642 Four hours. One tasty jar of liquor. 216 00:10:34,644 --> 00:10:36,411 Time starts... 217 00:10:37,947 --> 00:10:39,147 Now. 218 00:10:39,683 --> 00:10:40,982 Good luck, men. 219 00:10:49,092 --> 00:10:50,324 Mmm-hmm. 220 00:10:51,561 --> 00:10:53,127 Wow, [bleep]. 221 00:10:58,935 --> 00:11:01,969 I formulated a plan real quick. 222 00:11:01,971 --> 00:11:05,973 I put some peanut brittle them boiled peanuts, 223 00:11:05,975 --> 00:11:09,010 and almost a whole quart of almonds over in my thumper. 224 00:11:09,012 --> 00:11:11,913 And I was gonna run my liquor right through that. 225 00:11:11,915 --> 00:11:14,782 And flavor with caramel and coffee. 226 00:11:14,784 --> 00:11:16,918 You know, you gotta work with what you got. 227 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,388 Mike, you thinking sardines would be good in thump cake? 228 00:11:20,390 --> 00:11:21,355 Hell, I'd put 'em in there. 229 00:11:21,357 --> 00:11:22,757 That'd be good, won't it? 230 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:25,026 [tickle] parsnips over here, you can throw in there with 'em. 231 00:11:25,028 --> 00:11:28,796 -[daniel] make a hell of a garden salad, won't it? -Yes, it would. 232 00:11:28,798 --> 00:11:32,233 If I would have had some brown sugar, or any kind of sugar, 233 00:11:32,235 --> 00:11:34,235 I could've went with a pineapple drink 234 00:11:34,237 --> 00:11:37,004 that I have made time and time again. 235 00:11:37,006 --> 00:11:40,441 But I didn't have what it took to tie it all together. 236 00:11:40,443 --> 00:11:43,611 I looked down and seen the sardines and the black-eyed peas 237 00:11:43,613 --> 00:11:46,547 and I'm like, "there's no way I'm putting that 238 00:11:46,549 --> 00:11:49,550 in any kind of a drink that I'm gonna make for these guys." 239 00:11:49,552 --> 00:11:51,219 I don't know what I'm making. 240 00:11:51,221 --> 00:11:53,654 I'm just gonna make liquor is all I know. 241 00:11:55,925 --> 00:11:56,957 I don't know what I'm making. 242 00:11:56,959 --> 00:11:59,260 I'm just gonna make liquor is all I know. 243 00:11:59,262 --> 00:12:01,896 Well, tell you what, daniel? That sounds like a plan to me. 244 00:12:01,898 --> 00:12:03,231 That's the way I'd go. 245 00:12:03,233 --> 00:12:05,199 What I've got to work with here might not be 246 00:12:05,201 --> 00:12:07,168 exactly what I'm used to working with. 247 00:12:07,170 --> 00:12:14,208 But I'm gonna take what I got to work with here today and give it 100%. 248 00:12:14,210 --> 00:12:15,843 I'm in it to win it. 249 00:12:15,845 --> 00:12:17,245 Hey, daniel? 250 00:12:17,247 --> 00:12:20,515 -Go ahead. -What have you got in your little tiny jars over there? 251 00:12:20,517 --> 00:12:22,850 -Black peppercorn? -That's black pepper. 252 00:12:23,419 --> 00:12:25,153 And this is... 253 00:12:25,155 --> 00:12:29,457 Looks to me like salt, and I would say 254 00:12:29,459 --> 00:12:31,592 that's coconut milk, probably. 255 00:12:31,594 --> 00:12:32,727 Give it a shot. 256 00:12:34,164 --> 00:12:36,030 I don't know what in the hell it is. 257 00:12:36,032 --> 00:12:39,267 If you don't know what it is, I recommend you stay away from it. 258 00:12:39,269 --> 00:12:40,935 -[tickle] yeah. -[mark] leave her alone. 259 00:12:40,937 --> 00:12:43,704 Smell it and taste it. I don't know what it is. 260 00:12:43,706 --> 00:12:46,941 That's clam juice. That's like what you put in clam chowder. 261 00:12:46,943 --> 00:12:50,378 -Bloody mary material. -Bloody mary material. Yes, sir. 262 00:12:50,380 --> 00:12:53,581 I mean, I could have threw my hands up and said, "the hell with it, I'm done." 263 00:12:53,583 --> 00:12:57,351 but no, this is hard times and I had to make 264 00:12:57,353 --> 00:12:59,520 a flavor out of what that I had. 265 00:12:59,522 --> 00:13:03,591 -I'm going to use a pineapple base for bloody mary. -Mmm-hmm. 266 00:13:08,131 --> 00:13:10,832 That right there is good. 267 00:13:10,834 --> 00:13:13,534 -That jar's a pineapple? -Looks like it's got pineapple in it, 268 00:13:13,536 --> 00:13:16,804 but it almost tastes like them regular hard stick horehound candy. 269 00:13:16,806 --> 00:13:18,072 Is that right? 270 00:13:20,009 --> 00:13:22,176 I'm gonna put a little of this in that thumper. 271 00:13:22,178 --> 00:13:26,347 I put the jar of pineapple/horehound jelly, 272 00:13:26,349 --> 00:13:30,551 and the cherry pie filling jelly into my thumper. 273 00:13:30,553 --> 00:13:33,454 I just went with what I thought would be good. 274 00:13:33,456 --> 00:13:34,856 Get out of there. 275 00:13:34,858 --> 00:13:37,558 I mean, I'm here to win this competition. 276 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:42,964 You come in with your bootstraps pulled up and your jeans pulled tight. 277 00:13:42,966 --> 00:13:46,834 You come in to win the competition, I don't care who it's against. 278 00:13:46,836 --> 00:13:49,270 You wanna win. And that's why I'm here today. 279 00:13:56,112 --> 00:13:57,979 [daniel] what are you a doin'? 280 00:13:57,981 --> 00:14:02,049 -He's been filling this pot up for the last 45 minutes. -I fill mine slow. 281 00:14:02,051 --> 00:14:03,584 -Yeah? -'cause your heads boil first... 282 00:14:03,586 --> 00:14:06,053 -Yeah. -...That way I don't even run it through. 283 00:14:06,055 --> 00:14:11,125 The method that I use to heat my thumper up is different than anybody else's. 284 00:14:11,127 --> 00:14:12,660 I take hot mash, 285 00:14:12,662 --> 00:14:14,996 and I pour it over into my thumper. 286 00:14:14,998 --> 00:14:17,798 Well, he done it without blowing himself up. 287 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,400 'cause I cut that flame back. 288 00:14:19,402 --> 00:14:22,036 If I had not, I'd set my hair on fire. 289 00:14:22,038 --> 00:14:24,305 I'd be missing eyebrows. 290 00:14:24,307 --> 00:14:28,209 So what that did is that heated these nuts real quick. 291 00:14:28,211 --> 00:14:31,979 And it gives me a whole lot more flavor coming out. 292 00:14:31,981 --> 00:14:33,648 And there's the result right here. 293 00:14:33,650 --> 00:14:35,516 Good liquor quick. 294 00:14:35,518 --> 00:14:38,319 Hard times, they really let you know who you are. 295 00:14:38,321 --> 00:14:40,154 How much strength you've got. 296 00:14:40,156 --> 00:14:43,457 How low you can go, and how high you can go. 297 00:14:43,459 --> 00:14:45,226 Winning this competition, 298 00:14:45,228 --> 00:14:50,431 it would really just vindicate me for all the hard times that I've been through 299 00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:52,333 and show me that I did come through them 300 00:14:52,335 --> 00:14:54,502 just as strong as I thought I had. 301 00:14:56,406 --> 00:14:58,406 Got a little bit of the nut smell in it. 302 00:14:58,408 --> 00:15:01,342 That means it's coming through. That's a good thing. 303 00:15:01,344 --> 00:15:03,978 All right, boys. You got two hours left. 304 00:15:03,980 --> 00:15:06,347 I don't even know if I've started thumping yet. 305 00:15:06,349 --> 00:15:08,449 Wait a minute, baby. 306 00:15:08,451 --> 00:15:12,153 -I'm on 175. -[daniel] well, it's transferring steam right now. 307 00:15:12,155 --> 00:15:14,522 It won't be just a minute till it transfer alcohol. 308 00:15:17,026 --> 00:15:18,159 [mike] and we got liquor, boys! 309 00:15:18,161 --> 00:15:19,827 Oh, yes, sir! 310 00:15:19,829 --> 00:15:21,629 He got her going now! 311 00:15:21,631 --> 00:15:24,665 I've got the methanol fumes coming off over here. 312 00:15:24,667 --> 00:15:27,168 -Swim sweet, don't it? -[daniel whistles] 313 00:15:29,439 --> 00:15:32,239 -uncle dano. -What's going on, mate? 314 00:15:32,241 --> 00:15:34,842 You could go a couple of different directions in the end. 315 00:15:34,844 --> 00:15:37,378 I put the pineapple and the apples 316 00:15:37,380 --> 00:15:39,680 and a little pineapple juice in the thumper. 317 00:15:39,682 --> 00:15:43,584 And I'm gonna make uh, like a pineapple bloody mary. Hopefully. 318 00:15:43,586 --> 00:15:45,353 All right, poot. 319 00:15:45,355 --> 00:15:47,555 -Mike, man. -What's up, mr. Ramsey? 320 00:15:47,557 --> 00:15:50,224 I noticed you put your raw mash in there 321 00:15:50,226 --> 00:15:53,027 in addition to the jars of the pie filling. 322 00:15:53,029 --> 00:15:55,096 You've got a plan for your flavor, right? 323 00:15:55,098 --> 00:15:56,063 These are hard times. 324 00:15:56,065 --> 00:15:57,965 You know, we only got what we got. 325 00:15:57,967 --> 00:15:59,300 -All right, boss. -Yes sir. Thank you, man. 326 00:15:59,302 --> 00:16:01,035 -Get busy. -Yes sir. 327 00:16:02,372 --> 00:16:04,271 I wanna taste this again, but I'm worried about 328 00:16:04,273 --> 00:16:06,807 burning my damn tongue up if I keep over there on it. 329 00:16:06,809 --> 00:16:08,042 Come on, keep deviling in that. 330 00:16:08,044 --> 00:16:10,144 -We're aiming to beat you today. -[mark laughing] 331 00:16:10,146 --> 00:16:12,413 [all laughing] 332 00:16:12,415 --> 00:16:14,281 don't be scared of it, that don't burn a bit. 333 00:16:14,283 --> 00:16:15,683 Yeah, I know. 334 00:16:15,685 --> 00:16:17,485 -Taste it. It don't burn? -Let me ask you, did you taste it? 335 00:16:17,487 --> 00:16:19,520 -Taste it. -[daniel] I did, watch. 336 00:16:19,522 --> 00:16:21,689 -[tickle chuckles] taste it again, mate. -Right here, look. 337 00:16:21,691 --> 00:16:23,657 [tickle] uh-huh. Yeah, taste it again. Get you a sip. 338 00:16:23,659 --> 00:16:25,626 I swear, that don't burn a bit. 339 00:16:25,628 --> 00:16:28,662 [tickle] well, I ain't... I didn't say it weren't smooth. 340 00:16:28,664 --> 00:16:30,998 But it might... It'll kill your taste buds. 341 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,334 Does that burn a bit? 342 00:16:33,336 --> 00:16:35,403 I believe something happened. I believe you put water in it, 343 00:16:35,405 --> 00:16:37,304 boss, there ain't no alcohol in that. 344 00:16:37,306 --> 00:16:40,307 You say it ain't? I know. I know it ain't. 345 00:16:40,309 --> 00:16:42,810 -[laughing] -I know it ain't. 346 00:16:42,812 --> 00:16:44,445 I know that it ain't. 347 00:16:44,447 --> 00:16:47,081 -[laughing] -let's see here. 348 00:16:47,083 --> 00:16:48,082 [tickle] yeah, I know, I know. 349 00:16:48,084 --> 00:16:50,584 No, she's good and smooth. 350 00:16:50,586 --> 00:16:53,254 I can taste the nuts starting to come through even more. 351 00:16:54,357 --> 00:16:55,423 Thirty minutes, boys. 352 00:16:55,425 --> 00:16:57,358 Time for a nap. 353 00:17:00,363 --> 00:17:04,065 That... Oh! Mike, mike, mike... Uh, you, you, you... 354 00:17:04,801 --> 00:17:06,100 [tickle] yeah, you'll learn that. 355 00:17:06,102 --> 00:17:07,635 [mike] yeah, I'm wide open, man. 356 00:17:07,637 --> 00:17:09,537 -[tickle] mmm-hmm. -[mike] oh, lord. 357 00:17:09,539 --> 00:17:11,238 [daniel] did you run one in the floor? 358 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,108 -Almost damn did it. -[tickle] almost. 359 00:17:14,110 --> 00:17:16,610 I don't count nothing but horseshoes and hand grenades. 360 00:17:16,612 --> 00:17:18,746 You done a fine job. 361 00:17:18,748 --> 00:17:20,614 Whichever one you're gonna turn in, you might need 362 00:17:20,616 --> 00:17:23,417 to get working on that. You got 10 minutes left. 363 00:17:23,419 --> 00:17:25,219 Ten minutes. 364 00:17:25,221 --> 00:17:27,054 [tickle] let me do a little something here. 365 00:17:28,458 --> 00:17:31,025 The method that I used to heat my thumper up 366 00:17:31,027 --> 00:17:34,161 heated these nuts real quick instead of slowly 367 00:17:34,163 --> 00:17:37,364 and it released the oils out of them. 368 00:17:37,366 --> 00:17:41,469 And what that does is it gives me a whole lot more flavor 369 00:17:41,471 --> 00:17:44,371 and I felt real good about my straight liquor. 370 00:17:45,041 --> 00:17:46,574 Gonna hand it in, y'all. 371 00:17:47,410 --> 00:17:48,576 That the one? 372 00:17:48,578 --> 00:17:50,478 That will be the one. 373 00:17:51,514 --> 00:17:53,481 That's the jar I like the best out of it. 374 00:17:53,483 --> 00:17:56,650 I hope it's the one y'all like the best out of it too. 375 00:17:56,652 --> 00:17:58,285 All right. Good luck, boss. 376 00:18:00,022 --> 00:18:02,089 Here's your trashy jar of liquor. 377 00:18:02,091 --> 00:18:03,591 Oh? 378 00:18:03,593 --> 00:18:06,560 Oh, it's clear as a bell. We'll take it. 379 00:18:06,562 --> 00:18:08,062 I think I done a pretty good job. 380 00:18:08,064 --> 00:18:09,430 There's no doubt in my mind. 381 00:18:09,432 --> 00:18:11,999 All right, boone, chase on out of here. 382 00:18:12,001 --> 00:18:13,166 Go out there and rest a little bit. 383 00:18:13,168 --> 00:18:15,136 We'll come get you when we reach a decision, brother. 384 00:18:15,138 --> 00:18:17,138 All right. Give us a holler. 385 00:18:18,241 --> 00:18:19,974 [mike] it come pretty quick to me, 386 00:18:19,976 --> 00:18:22,243 the idea of where I wanted to go with my drink. 387 00:18:22,245 --> 00:18:24,278 So I just made the best liquor 388 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:25,946 that I could make out of it. 389 00:18:25,948 --> 00:18:27,481 [digger] good looking jar, mike. 390 00:18:27,483 --> 00:18:29,283 And you ain't got no cloudy ones up here. 391 00:18:29,285 --> 00:18:30,050 Another pretty jar. 392 00:18:30,052 --> 00:18:31,084 [digger] chase on out of here. 393 00:18:31,086 --> 00:18:32,486 We'll come get you when we reach a decision. 394 00:18:32,488 --> 00:18:34,355 -Good luck, mike. -[mike] appreciate y'all. 395 00:18:34,357 --> 00:18:37,057 -[mark] good looking jars, ain't it? -[digger] all three of them. 396 00:18:37,059 --> 00:18:40,461 Yeah. We oughta get it started if we wanna get it done. 397 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:45,833 Well, gotta get it started we we wanna get her done. 398 00:18:45,835 --> 00:18:47,468 Come on, whiskey pushers. 399 00:18:47,470 --> 00:18:51,105 Well, I ain't gonna lie to ya, I looked at both of your boxes 400 00:18:51,107 --> 00:18:53,440 and said, "damn, I wish I had that one." 401 00:18:53,442 --> 00:18:55,176 -[laughing] -yep. 402 00:18:55,178 --> 00:18:56,477 Let's start with daniel. 403 00:18:57,847 --> 00:18:59,146 It's a clear jar. 404 00:18:59,148 --> 00:19:01,315 It is awful clear. It looks like it just got water in it. 405 00:19:01,317 --> 00:19:02,183 [digger] yeah. 406 00:19:02,652 --> 00:19:03,684 Maybe it is. 407 00:19:04,487 --> 00:19:06,587 Try that 100 proof. 408 00:19:06,589 --> 00:19:09,623 -[tim] yeah? -I just hope he didn't really put them sardines in there. 409 00:19:11,794 --> 00:19:12,826 Smells like liquor. 410 00:19:12,895 --> 00:19:15,496 Smells almost like a honey molasses or something. 411 00:19:15,498 --> 00:19:18,666 Don't get no sardines in that one or anchovies. 412 00:19:22,572 --> 00:19:23,704 It's good liquor. 413 00:19:23,706 --> 00:19:25,873 Yeah, there's pineapple in there on the back end. 414 00:19:25,875 --> 00:19:28,909 Tastes flat and dry-like. It's not buttery slick. 415 00:19:28,911 --> 00:19:32,179 Well, no, it's got a dry finish, but it's got the fruit in there. 416 00:19:32,181 --> 00:19:35,049 I little bit of fiery on the back of the throat, ain't it? 417 00:19:35,051 --> 00:19:36,817 -[digger] just a tiny bit. -Not bad. 418 00:19:36,819 --> 00:19:38,252 -It ain't horrible. -It goes away pretty fast. 419 00:19:38,254 --> 00:19:41,055 That pineapple and pineapple juice helped him out a lot. 420 00:19:41,057 --> 00:19:42,923 And that tasted like some kind of brandy. 421 00:19:42,925 --> 00:19:45,392 It just don't take like just everyday, run of the mill corn liquor. 422 00:19:45,394 --> 00:19:46,493 Pretty good liquor. 423 00:19:46,495 --> 00:19:50,097 If he decides to go the route of the bloody mary, 424 00:19:50,099 --> 00:19:52,333 that may be an outstanding bloody mary. 425 00:19:52,335 --> 00:19:53,500 It'd be a great backbone. 426 00:19:53,502 --> 00:19:55,135 I think it'd be good on anything. 427 00:19:55,137 --> 00:19:58,272 It's good, it's good. Daniel's done a good job. 428 00:19:58,274 --> 00:20:01,408 I mean, there's no way around it. I'm gonna have to make a bloody mary. 429 00:20:01,410 --> 00:20:03,043 I've never tried a bloody mary. 430 00:20:03,045 --> 00:20:04,578 It's something new for me. 431 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:07,948 See, and a bloody mary is something I make all the time 432 00:20:07,950 --> 00:20:09,550 and can make a dang good one. 433 00:20:09,552 --> 00:20:12,219 Hard times is all about being thankful. 434 00:20:12,221 --> 00:20:13,554 And in these hard times, 435 00:20:13,556 --> 00:20:16,357 I'm thankful that mike didn't get your box, daniel. 436 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,559 And I'm thankful I've got what's in my box, 437 00:20:18,561 --> 00:20:21,428 'cause I can work with fruity tooty myself. 438 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:22,796 [laughing] 439 00:20:22,798 --> 00:20:25,499 let's try mr. Tickle. 440 00:20:25,501 --> 00:20:27,101 All right, another pretty jar. 441 00:20:27,103 --> 00:20:28,302 Yes it is. 442 00:20:30,573 --> 00:20:32,072 That's a good bead. 443 00:20:32,074 --> 00:20:33,407 [tim] yeah, it's good. A little bit lighter. 444 00:20:33,409 --> 00:20:35,409 -[digger] mid 90s? -[tim] maybe 90. 445 00:20:35,411 --> 00:20:37,444 I mean, we don't know what kind of mash build it had. 446 00:20:37,446 --> 00:20:39,546 -No, no. -We knew he put a lot of nuts in it. 447 00:20:39,548 --> 00:20:41,248 [mark] it, it's got nuts in it. 448 00:20:41,250 --> 00:20:44,084 It's got boiled peanuts, it's got raw almonds. 449 00:20:44,086 --> 00:20:46,553 Yeah, and that damn peanut brittle. 450 00:20:46,555 --> 00:20:48,355 Everything in my box you'd have thought, 451 00:20:48,357 --> 00:20:50,991 "well, only thing I can do with that is eat it." 452 00:20:50,993 --> 00:20:53,661 [laughs] exactly right. 453 00:20:53,663 --> 00:20:56,130 -Smells a lot like daniel's did. -[digger] and it's flat. 454 00:20:56,132 --> 00:20:58,299 I mean it's almost like back ones. 455 00:20:58,301 --> 00:21:00,934 There's not... There's no kick in it, is there? 456 00:21:00,936 --> 00:21:03,203 -[digger] no. -Yeah, I think it's a little bland. 457 00:21:03,205 --> 00:21:04,438 [mark] them damn boiled peanuts 458 00:21:05,074 --> 00:21:07,041 didn't do nothing for it. 459 00:21:07,043 --> 00:21:08,909 That's where you're getting that dryness from. 460 00:21:08,911 --> 00:21:11,578 -'course they don't have to use that jar. -No. 461 00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:13,280 You know, he up his proof. 462 00:21:13,282 --> 00:21:15,816 [tim] I mean, that's got a good taste. It's not bad. 463 00:21:15,818 --> 00:21:18,052 But it don't hang out no time, does it? 464 00:21:18,054 --> 00:21:20,254 -No, no. It goes away real quick. -It goes away really quick. 465 00:21:20,256 --> 00:21:21,989 That's one smooth drink. 466 00:21:21,991 --> 00:21:25,025 -It's not a bad drink of liquor by no means. -Yeah. 467 00:21:25,027 --> 00:21:27,027 All right, let's move on to mikey. 468 00:21:28,531 --> 00:21:31,098 [digger] that jar of liquor is beautiful. 469 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:34,568 Usually when you see a really, really clear jar like that, 470 00:21:34,570 --> 00:21:35,903 it's high proof liquor. 471 00:21:37,173 --> 00:21:39,907 -[tim] yep. I'd put 110 on that one. -[mark] yeah, I'm with you. 472 00:21:39,909 --> 00:21:42,009 -And that's ideal. That's what you want, now... -You buy them big. 473 00:21:42,011 --> 00:21:43,977 -Yeah. -...If you're making a cocktail type drink. 474 00:21:43,979 --> 00:21:45,612 You know what? He put a horehound in there. 475 00:21:45,614 --> 00:21:47,648 [mark] I don't think he ever decided. 476 00:21:47,650 --> 00:21:50,050 -If it tastes like horehound, it's probably horehound. -Yeah. 477 00:21:50,052 --> 00:21:51,685 Said it looked like pineapple, tasted like horehound. 478 00:21:51,687 --> 00:21:53,187 And I said, "well, it's a hore-apple." 479 00:21:53,189 --> 00:21:54,355 [laughs] 480 00:21:54,357 --> 00:21:57,257 you know, this, this hard time recipe, man, 481 00:21:57,259 --> 00:21:59,560 it's started a challenge me myself. 482 00:21:59,562 --> 00:22:01,929 And I know it has you too, you know? 483 00:22:01,931 --> 00:22:03,364 But we don't quit. 484 00:22:03,366 --> 00:22:06,834 We take what we got and we gonna create something out of it. 485 00:22:08,204 --> 00:22:09,470 Very light. 486 00:22:09,472 --> 00:22:12,406 Yeah. But you can tell that he drained his liquor slow. 487 00:22:12,408 --> 00:22:15,008 Yeah. It smells great. 488 00:22:15,010 --> 00:22:17,811 [smacks lips] it's got a lot of corn flavor came through. 489 00:22:17,813 --> 00:22:19,947 Whoa. That's good. 490 00:22:19,949 --> 00:22:22,216 [digger] it's a little bit high proof, but... 491 00:22:22,218 --> 00:22:25,018 Just a little bit, but now there's no fire in that liquor. 492 00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:26,320 No, you get nothing 493 00:22:26,322 --> 00:22:27,988 that kicks you in the back of the throat. 494 00:22:27,990 --> 00:22:30,591 -No, that's you. -[digger] your tonsils come away unscathed. 495 00:22:30,593 --> 00:22:32,092 And it don't finish dry. 496 00:22:32,094 --> 00:22:34,595 It's got a little bit of a sweet finish. 497 00:22:34,597 --> 00:22:37,164 It's got enough backbone you could build a cocktail 498 00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:39,400 that you could use a little bit or a whole lot 499 00:22:39,402 --> 00:22:41,268 -and not hurt yourself. -Drink it like it is. 500 00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:43,404 -Right. -[mark] that's a good drink right there. 501 00:22:43,406 --> 00:22:46,907 Well, I've often said to be a moonshiner, 502 00:22:46,909 --> 00:22:49,076 you've got to adapt and overcome. 503 00:22:49,078 --> 00:22:51,945 -[mike] you do. -It's always a hard time 504 00:22:51,947 --> 00:22:54,114 even in the good times. 505 00:22:54,116 --> 00:22:56,650 -Yeah. -It's a hard time making liquor. 506 00:22:56,652 --> 00:23:00,254 So, this one rolled right up my alley, I'm gonna say. 507 00:23:00,256 --> 00:23:02,523 I ain't gonna say I won anything, 508 00:23:02,525 --> 00:23:06,460 I'm just saying in my mind it rolled right up my alley. 509 00:23:06,462 --> 00:23:08,429 We're all in agreement then, right? 510 00:23:08,431 --> 00:23:11,198 All right, I'mma go fetch 'em. 511 00:23:11,634 --> 00:23:13,767 -Okay. Easy. -[grunts] 512 00:23:14,937 --> 00:23:16,203 [mark] don't break anything. 513 00:23:16,205 --> 00:23:17,771 Eh, it's too late for that. 514 00:23:26,615 --> 00:23:28,282 Welcome back, men. 515 00:23:28,284 --> 00:23:32,986 You know, hard times, they also call for hard decisions. 516 00:23:32,988 --> 00:23:36,323 That being said, we're gonna go through the process. 517 00:23:36,325 --> 00:23:40,994 Daniel, proof about spot on, finished a little dry toward the back. 518 00:23:40,996 --> 00:23:43,564 But all in all, it's a good drink of corn liquor. 519 00:23:43,566 --> 00:23:44,498 Appreciate it. 520 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,899 [tim] good tasting jar. 521 00:23:45,901 --> 00:23:47,968 I hate for you to have to dilute it with something. 522 00:23:47,970 --> 00:23:51,205 I'd like to just drink it just like it is. 523 00:23:51,207 --> 00:23:55,609 Let me tell you, anchovies, sardines or not, good jar of liquor. 524 00:23:56,378 --> 00:23:57,711 Steve, you ready? 525 00:23:57,813 --> 00:24:02,216 You know more about making a nut-based liquor than most people. 526 00:24:02,218 --> 00:24:05,519 But also, there was one little note on the back end there 527 00:24:05,521 --> 00:24:08,288 that I didn't care for, those boiled peanuts. 528 00:24:08,290 --> 00:24:10,557 I think it left it a little bit bland. 529 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:13,994 But, all in all, the proof is just where I like it 530 00:24:13,996 --> 00:24:15,829 for sipping the way it is now. 531 00:24:15,831 --> 00:24:17,331 Good jar. 532 00:24:17,333 --> 00:24:21,668 Tickle, I'm hoping you're gonna go in and make some butter-almond 533 00:24:21,670 --> 00:24:24,838 or rum-almond, something you're gonna add to that flavor 534 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,241 because that almond is coming right through. 535 00:24:27,243 --> 00:24:28,842 Did you blend it with what? Which jars? 536 00:24:28,844 --> 00:24:31,678 Five, seven and eight. 537 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,015 Too many backings, I believe. It left you a little flat. 538 00:24:35,017 --> 00:24:36,850 You can tell there's alcohol in there, 539 00:24:36,852 --> 00:24:39,453 but I lost its personality, I think. 540 00:24:39,455 --> 00:24:42,322 Still yet, it'd make a good drink. 541 00:24:43,325 --> 00:24:46,293 Mikey, fine drink of corn liquor. 542 00:24:46,295 --> 00:24:49,396 It finished well, started well and ended well. 543 00:24:49,398 --> 00:24:52,165 I think you got a good jar to work with, 544 00:24:52,167 --> 00:24:54,334 especially when you go to diluting it with something else, 545 00:24:54,336 --> 00:24:57,070 it's probably going to finish at 85, 90 proof. 546 00:24:57,072 --> 00:24:58,305 Great jar of liquor. 547 00:24:58,307 --> 00:25:01,575 I don't know what was in that one particular jar, 548 00:25:01,577 --> 00:25:04,044 if it was pineapple or horehound, 549 00:25:04,046 --> 00:25:05,846 but it's a very good, very smooth drink. 550 00:25:05,848 --> 00:25:06,680 Thank you. 551 00:25:06,682 --> 00:25:08,282 All that being said, 552 00:25:08,284 --> 00:25:11,151 somebody is gonna get to go pick 553 00:25:11,153 --> 00:25:13,620 something off their buddy's table 554 00:25:13,622 --> 00:25:15,389 to make us your flavored liquor. 555 00:25:16,492 --> 00:25:18,191 -Daniel? -Yeah. 556 00:25:18,193 --> 00:25:20,460 You and tickle ain't gonna be able to be that guy. 557 00:25:20,462 --> 00:25:22,162 That's all right. 558 00:25:22,164 --> 00:25:25,032 Mike is gonna come through and snatch something off one of y'all's tables. 559 00:25:25,034 --> 00:25:26,366 I knew it. [laughs] 560 00:25:26,368 --> 00:25:28,235 -so I get to be the thief? -Yes, sir. 561 00:25:28,237 --> 00:25:32,072 -[laughing] -you know, it's almost like he really didn't want to win 562 00:25:32,074 --> 00:25:33,106 because of daniel, ain't it? 563 00:25:33,108 --> 00:25:34,508 I know it. Golly. 564 00:25:34,510 --> 00:25:37,210 But you know what? I think there's something 565 00:25:37,212 --> 00:25:40,147 on one of them tables I might be able to use. 566 00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:42,282 Look out, boys! Here I come. 567 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,253 All right, mikey, get with it. 568 00:25:46,255 --> 00:25:48,288 Time for you to go snatch something off somebody's table. 569 00:25:48,290 --> 00:25:49,656 You know, I won the first round, 570 00:25:49,658 --> 00:25:52,593 and my privilege was to be able to take an ingredient 571 00:25:52,595 --> 00:25:54,528 from either daniel or tickle. 572 00:25:54,530 --> 00:25:56,496 Let me go over here and look at daniel's table a minute. 573 00:25:56,498 --> 00:25:57,430 All right. 574 00:25:58,801 --> 00:26:00,734 [tickle] he's gonna take your pickled okra. 575 00:26:00,736 --> 00:26:02,269 You know what? 576 00:26:03,973 --> 00:26:07,474 Daniel, you've got all the ingredients here that you need 577 00:26:07,476 --> 00:26:08,642 to make a good bloody mary. 578 00:26:08,644 --> 00:26:10,911 I'm gonna... I'm gonna leave you alone. 579 00:26:10,913 --> 00:26:12,079 Ah, [bleep]. 580 00:26:12,081 --> 00:26:13,413 I think I'm gonna come back over here. 581 00:26:13,415 --> 00:26:15,482 I see a little something I might need to use. 582 00:26:15,484 --> 00:26:17,250 Well, that ain't good. 583 00:26:17,252 --> 00:26:19,386 I bet it's gonna be something sweet. 584 00:26:19,922 --> 00:26:21,355 Hey, shut up. 585 00:26:21,357 --> 00:26:23,824 You know, I've got a, a good base going on over there 586 00:26:23,826 --> 00:26:26,026 so I don't need much. 587 00:26:26,028 --> 00:26:27,194 -[dry laughter] -[mike] it looks like 588 00:26:27,196 --> 00:26:29,463 we've all got ingredients to make a good drink with. 589 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:34,167 Can I chose not? 590 00:26:34,169 --> 00:26:35,636 -You gotta take one. -You gotta take one. 591 00:26:35,638 --> 00:26:37,170 [tickle] just take the [bleep] onion. 592 00:26:37,172 --> 00:26:38,805 [daniel laughs] 593 00:26:38,807 --> 00:26:41,742 you know, with hard times, you feel soft, 594 00:26:41,744 --> 00:26:43,543 you want to try to help somebody else out. 595 00:26:43,545 --> 00:26:46,246 I don't want to take something that they really need. 596 00:26:46,248 --> 00:26:49,216 Tickle? I'm gonna take you up on that. 597 00:26:49,218 --> 00:26:51,051 I'm gonna take your damn onion. 598 00:26:52,488 --> 00:26:54,388 -[tickle] all right, all right. -[mike] deal? 599 00:26:54,390 --> 00:26:56,089 All right. I love you brother. 600 00:26:56,091 --> 00:26:57,290 I love you too, brother. 601 00:26:57,826 --> 00:26:59,993 Mikey, a damn onion? 602 00:26:59,995 --> 00:27:03,063 -Exactly right. -You had to steal an onion? 603 00:27:03,065 --> 00:27:06,166 'cause neither one of us is gonna use an onion in our liquor. 604 00:27:06,168 --> 00:27:08,235 So, I chose to take an onion. 605 00:27:10,105 --> 00:27:11,638 They didn't say what I had to take. 606 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,607 But I knew I had to take some item 607 00:27:13,609 --> 00:27:16,543 off of one of the guy's tables, so I took the onion. 608 00:27:16,545 --> 00:27:18,979 Well, over there is the prize that you're gonna get 609 00:27:18,981 --> 00:27:21,615 -if that onion helps you out to that point. -[laughing] 610 00:27:21,617 --> 00:27:24,317 [digger] two dozen never used mason jars. 611 00:27:24,319 --> 00:27:27,454 That being said, you gotta build us a jar 612 00:27:27,456 --> 00:27:31,024 of tasty post-distilled flavored liquor. 613 00:27:31,026 --> 00:27:34,061 And we want the best you got. 614 00:27:34,063 --> 00:27:37,631 Jars on the table before one hour passes, 615 00:27:37,633 --> 00:27:41,501 y'all's time starts now. Good luck, boys. 616 00:27:41,503 --> 00:27:42,302 [tickle] all right. 617 00:27:47,109 --> 00:27:48,542 Mmm. Let's see here. 618 00:27:48,544 --> 00:27:50,277 All three of them had good jars. 619 00:27:50,279 --> 00:27:53,513 They can take these good jars of liquor that we loved to start with 620 00:27:53,515 --> 00:27:58,218 and you never know when you go to make some and blending and putting flavors in it. 621 00:27:58,220 --> 00:28:00,687 I mean, it may be the next best thing in the world 622 00:28:00,689 --> 00:28:02,556 and it may turn it into crap. 623 00:28:06,428 --> 00:28:08,495 -Hey, mike? -Yo. 624 00:28:08,497 --> 00:28:11,932 I noticed you was eyeballing my jar of honey. 625 00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:15,802 Now I know, hard times come about, it draws people together. 626 00:28:15,804 --> 00:28:17,504 It does. That's why I only 627 00:28:17,506 --> 00:28:19,439 -took the onion from you. -[tickle] you need some of this honey? 628 00:28:19,441 --> 00:28:21,842 -[laughs] -I know. Do you need some of this? 629 00:28:21,844 --> 00:28:24,578 I would like to borrow just a little bit of it. 630 00:28:24,580 --> 00:28:27,080 -I just need a touch. -I, I done used what I need. 631 00:28:27,082 --> 00:28:29,883 -I appreciate you, brother. -All I needed was a touch of it too. 632 00:28:29,885 --> 00:28:30,584 Thank you, thank you. 633 00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:32,018 Going into the second round, 634 00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:35,188 I just took a jar of everything that I had, 635 00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:38,225 fruit punch, cherry juice, strawberry juice, 636 00:28:38,227 --> 00:28:43,130 a little bit of cherry hard candies, pineapple, and some plumbs, 637 00:28:43,132 --> 00:28:45,198 and I mixed it with some brown sugar. 638 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,266 But, you have to be 639 00:28:46,268 --> 00:28:49,069 very careful when it comes to candies. 640 00:28:49,071 --> 00:28:52,706 I just needed a little bit of honey to cut the cherry a little bit 641 00:28:52,708 --> 00:28:56,243 because I did not want it tasting like a cough medicine. 642 00:28:59,314 --> 00:29:01,581 [tim] I don't know for sure what daniel's doing over there. 643 00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:03,683 He got something in his mortar and pestle. 644 00:29:03,685 --> 00:29:06,219 Yeah, he's crunching up something dry over there. 645 00:29:06,221 --> 00:29:07,554 Peppercorns, I bet. 646 00:29:07,556 --> 00:29:11,158 I know now why they come up with that daggone modern stuff 647 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,360 to grind stuff, 'cause this is hard, boss. 648 00:29:13,996 --> 00:29:15,996 That's hard times. 649 00:29:15,998 --> 00:29:18,965 I need to find my cup so I can taste. 650 00:29:18,967 --> 00:29:20,500 [laughs] of course you do. 651 00:29:20,502 --> 00:29:22,435 People say I taste too much. 652 00:29:22,437 --> 00:29:26,173 [sarcastically] no. Who would say something about that to you? 653 00:29:26,175 --> 00:29:28,275 -[laughing] -[tickle] kind of like saying I drink too much. 654 00:29:28,277 --> 00:29:29,876 I never drink too much. 655 00:29:29,878 --> 00:29:31,945 I drink just enough. 656 00:29:31,947 --> 00:29:36,483 -[laughing] -'cause I stop drinking when I've had just enough. 657 00:29:36,485 --> 00:29:40,086 Now, I know for a fact, tim, that tickle will never drink 658 00:29:40,088 --> 00:29:43,824 no more than this right here in a number nine wash tub. 659 00:29:43,826 --> 00:29:46,393 -[laughing] -a number nine wash tub? 660 00:29:46,395 --> 00:29:48,662 -[mark] yeah. -[mike] all right. 661 00:29:48,664 --> 00:29:52,132 Hey, do you think some of that sardine juice would be good in this? 662 00:29:52,134 --> 00:29:54,701 -Probably not. -Absolutely not. 663 00:29:54,703 --> 00:29:57,671 -[laughing] -I'd throw it right on in there, daniel. 664 00:29:57,673 --> 00:29:59,406 [laughs] 665 00:29:59,408 --> 00:30:03,677 [daniel] when hard times hit, you can adapt or you can sit back and cry. 666 00:30:03,679 --> 00:30:07,214 And rather than throwing in the towel, I decided to make a bloody mary. 667 00:30:07,216 --> 00:30:10,517 I truly didn't have all the things to make it, 668 00:30:10,519 --> 00:30:12,085 but I wanted to give it a try. 669 00:30:12,087 --> 00:30:15,455 When you get something handed to you that you don't have a clue what it is, 670 00:30:15,457 --> 00:30:17,057 and then you have to make something out of it, 671 00:30:17,059 --> 00:30:18,291 that's a hell of a challenge. 672 00:30:18,293 --> 00:30:21,161 Hard times, good times, or anytime. 673 00:30:21,163 --> 00:30:23,196 I'm glad I'm not on that side of the table 674 00:30:23,198 --> 00:30:26,633 and have to work with what they have to on short notice. 675 00:30:26,635 --> 00:30:29,002 It's kinda aggravating, I'll go ahead and tell you. 676 00:30:29,004 --> 00:30:30,537 Oh, yeah, yeah. 677 00:30:30,539 --> 00:30:34,341 Now's when your taste ability comes into factor. 678 00:30:34,343 --> 00:30:37,043 And I done burned most of mine out, drinking. 679 00:30:37,045 --> 00:30:39,379 -Who'd have thunk that? -[all laughing] 680 00:30:39,381 --> 00:30:41,581 uh-uh. No you ain't. 681 00:30:41,583 --> 00:30:43,350 -Yes sir, I did. -[chuckles] 682 00:30:43,352 --> 00:30:44,951 at least you admitted it. 683 00:30:44,953 --> 00:30:46,519 Hell, he can't deny it. 684 00:30:46,521 --> 00:30:48,121 [cackling] 685 00:30:48,123 --> 00:30:52,459 you'd be drinking too if you was mixing liquor as good as I'm mixing. 686 00:30:52,461 --> 00:30:58,431 Mixing almond, a honey, a caramel, and a coffee. 687 00:30:58,433 --> 00:31:02,502 I gotta be real careful with this coffee going in there. 688 00:31:02,504 --> 00:31:05,572 -[chuckles] -because it could overpower 689 00:31:05,574 --> 00:31:08,174 and all this tastes like is a cup of coffee. 690 00:31:08,176 --> 00:31:09,542 Yeah and if you ain't careful, 691 00:31:09,544 --> 00:31:12,512 we'll just have a damn wide-awake drunk. 692 00:31:12,514 --> 00:31:15,282 Exactly. Yeah, yeah, that's all you'll have 693 00:31:15,284 --> 00:31:18,051 -is wide-awake drunk. Yeah. -[all laughing] 694 00:31:18,053 --> 00:31:20,353 and you all got 30 minutes. 695 00:31:20,355 --> 00:31:22,122 You got liquor in that yet, daniel? 696 00:31:22,124 --> 00:31:24,457 Or is that just your gravy? Your mix? 697 00:31:24,459 --> 00:31:26,826 Just the gravy. 698 00:31:26,828 --> 00:31:30,030 You got to let me taste that daggone bloody mary before you turn it in. 699 00:31:30,032 --> 00:31:32,866 Well, if I do any good on it, you can applaud me, 700 00:31:32,868 --> 00:31:35,201 'cause it's the first damn one I've ever made. 701 00:31:35,203 --> 00:31:37,170 -[laughing] -let's see what you got there, daniel. 702 00:31:37,172 --> 00:31:39,205 I don't know what this is. 703 00:31:39,207 --> 00:31:41,908 -But I don't like it. -[hisses in disgust] 704 00:31:41,910 --> 00:31:43,476 mike don't like it either. 705 00:31:43,478 --> 00:31:46,046 -[daniel] you don't like it? -And I love bloody marys. 706 00:31:46,048 --> 00:31:48,448 I think we're missing a little bit on the flavor. 707 00:31:48,450 --> 00:31:49,649 -Daniel. -What? 708 00:31:49,651 --> 00:31:52,986 Dump the rest of that salt in that jar and dissolve it. 709 00:31:52,988 --> 00:31:55,322 Listen to that cooking son of a [bleep] over there. 710 00:31:55,324 --> 00:31:58,391 You need more salt, at least from my flavor palate. 711 00:31:58,393 --> 00:32:00,260 -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -[tickle] and a little bit of that vinegar. 712 00:32:00,262 --> 00:32:02,662 I'd put salt and vinegar in it. 713 00:32:02,664 --> 00:32:04,064 [mumbling] just shake that in. 714 00:32:04,066 --> 00:32:05,198 Tell you what I'm fixing. 715 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,400 I'm fixing to put a shot of pineapple juice in it. 716 00:32:07,402 --> 00:32:09,703 That might help sweeten it a little. 717 00:32:09,705 --> 00:32:13,340 What's wrong with it, mike? Is it bitter? Sour? Hot? 718 00:32:13,342 --> 00:32:14,975 To me, on a bloody mary, 719 00:32:14,977 --> 00:32:16,876 it's a little bit high on the proof. 720 00:32:16,878 --> 00:32:21,581 I put that much of the number four jar in it so it's probably 140 proof. 721 00:32:21,583 --> 00:32:23,216 I meant for it to have a little alcohol in it. 722 00:32:23,218 --> 00:32:25,452 Here's one thing about it, damn hard times 723 00:32:25,454 --> 00:32:28,121 ain't done nothin' to bust up friendships, has it? 724 00:32:28,123 --> 00:32:30,490 Hell no, they ain't! 725 00:32:30,492 --> 00:32:31,958 Tickle, where you at? 726 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,994 I'm not usin' 727 00:32:35,163 --> 00:32:38,465 the same jar I turned in to make my flavors. 728 00:32:38,467 --> 00:32:42,068 And what I'm gonna say is I'm a little high on the proof right here. 729 00:32:42,070 --> 00:32:45,705 Then I'm gonna take a little bit of a lower proof jar 730 00:32:45,707 --> 00:32:47,374 and pour it on in there. 731 00:32:47,376 --> 00:32:52,979 But I got my flavor profile with my almonds and my peanuts and things like that 732 00:32:52,981 --> 00:32:56,182 and I'm gonna add that to it. 733 00:32:56,184 --> 00:32:59,619 Okay. All right mike, whatchu make up? 734 00:32:59,621 --> 00:33:03,757 With some fruit punch and some pineapple horehound jelly 735 00:33:03,759 --> 00:33:07,460 and a little bit a strawberry syrup and stuff like that... 736 00:33:07,462 --> 00:33:09,129 Okay. 737 00:33:09,131 --> 00:33:12,966 ...I think I may have a pretty good drink on ice so, pretty much ready to go. 738 00:33:12,968 --> 00:33:17,804 My mom and dad had to scrape and scrounge for everything 739 00:33:17,806 --> 00:33:20,540 they could do to put on the table for us to eat. 740 00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:24,911 And you know, today, we only had what we had to use 741 00:33:24,913 --> 00:33:29,449 so I was gonna use every ingredient to my advantage 742 00:33:29,451 --> 00:33:31,184 to make a good drink for people 743 00:33:31,186 --> 00:33:35,522 because I know exactly what hard times are about, I came from hard times. 744 00:33:35,524 --> 00:33:37,357 [mark] all right, bring it up here mike. 745 00:33:39,161 --> 00:33:41,161 -[mark] it's perty! -[tim] that look like fruit punch. 746 00:33:41,163 --> 00:33:42,796 Pretty much! 747 00:33:42,798 --> 00:33:46,132 [mark] if you improved what you had earlier, it's gonna be damn good. 748 00:33:46,134 --> 00:33:47,734 Hope you guys enjoy it. 749 00:33:48,637 --> 00:33:49,969 Appreciate y'all. 750 00:33:49,971 --> 00:33:51,471 [mark] you may not get that jar back. 751 00:33:51,473 --> 00:33:54,240 Maybe not. 752 00:33:54,242 --> 00:33:58,411 But you know I ain't gonna lie to you, that jar ain't full. 753 00:33:58,413 --> 00:34:00,613 But it's what I'm gonna turn in. 754 00:34:00,615 --> 00:34:05,151 It don't look good but it's what I got during these hard times daniel. 755 00:34:05,153 --> 00:34:07,987 Well, turn her in, son. 756 00:34:07,989 --> 00:34:11,191 [tickle] I was extremely happy with my liquor right there 757 00:34:11,193 --> 00:34:15,395 and I ain't gonna lie to ya, that might a been my problem. 758 00:34:15,397 --> 00:34:18,431 Tickle, if you can find the door, head on out 759 00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:21,434 and we'll come find you wherever you're at when we reach a decision. 760 00:34:21,436 --> 00:34:22,802 All right then. 761 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,374 [tim] it gonna be a pineapple upside down bloody mary. 762 00:34:28,376 --> 00:34:31,644 Well believe it or not, I swear to you, you can't taste the pineapple. 763 00:34:31,646 --> 00:34:33,413 All you taste is tomato. 764 00:34:33,415 --> 00:34:35,281 -[tim] tomato's eatin' it up, ain't it? -[daniel] it is. 765 00:34:35,283 --> 00:34:38,885 If I woulda had celery and, uh, celery seed 766 00:34:38,887 --> 00:34:41,888 I could've tied it together real good. 767 00:34:41,890 --> 00:34:44,257 But I didn't, all I had was salt and black pepper 768 00:34:44,259 --> 00:34:48,695 and I tried to use it and tie it together to the best of my ability. 769 00:34:49,598 --> 00:34:52,298 But I'm not really much of a bloody mary guy, 770 00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:55,301 you know, I tasted one at a party one time and it was pretty good. 771 00:34:55,303 --> 00:34:57,437 When I threw this one together 772 00:34:57,439 --> 00:35:00,406 it didn't taste nothin' like the one that I drank at that party. 773 00:35:00,408 --> 00:35:01,541 How you feelin'? 774 00:35:01,543 --> 00:35:03,276 [daniel] I don't believe it's worth a damn. 775 00:35:03,278 --> 00:35:06,246 I's thinkin' 'bout pourin' it plum out. 776 00:35:08,617 --> 00:35:12,819 -Hey tim, you notice digger's learned a new term? -[tim] what's that? 777 00:35:12,821 --> 00:35:13,953 Curb appeal. 778 00:35:13,955 --> 00:35:16,122 -Curve appeal? -[mark] curb, curb appeal. 779 00:35:16,124 --> 00:35:17,524 Good curb appeal. 780 00:35:17,526 --> 00:35:19,292 Oh yeah, what's that? 781 00:35:19,294 --> 00:35:22,695 I guess if somethin' attracts your fancy settin' beside the road, you know, 782 00:35:22,697 --> 00:35:25,965 it's got curb appeal, so now liquor's got curb appeal. 783 00:35:25,967 --> 00:35:27,333 I never heard that. 784 00:35:27,335 --> 00:35:29,536 I guess that's the same as sayin' it'd look nice on a shelf. 785 00:35:29,538 --> 00:35:30,870 -[tim] okay. -Yeah. 786 00:35:30,872 --> 00:35:32,071 I like that. 787 00:35:32,073 --> 00:35:34,073 That's about like I learned the word called stoked. 788 00:35:34,075 --> 00:35:36,676 I'd never heard of that I call stokin' a fire 789 00:35:36,678 --> 00:35:38,945 and they said no "I'm stoked", I'm like what, you hot? 790 00:35:38,947 --> 00:35:41,581 Or what? And he's stoked. 791 00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:44,150 Yeah, stoked to me means you stoke your stove with a... 792 00:35:44,152 --> 00:35:47,587 -Yeah, you're tryin' to get it hot. -Yeah. 793 00:35:47,589 --> 00:35:51,624 New language. A new generation man, they come out with all kinds of things. 794 00:35:54,362 --> 00:35:55,161 How you feelin'? 795 00:35:55,263 --> 00:35:56,396 I don't believe it's worth a damn. 796 00:35:56,398 --> 00:35:58,898 I's thinkin' 'bout pourin' it plum out. 797 00:35:58,900 --> 00:36:00,900 [digger] ah, don't pour it out. 798 00:36:00,902 --> 00:36:04,804 If I done good on this one, I done good, if I didn't, oh well. 799 00:36:04,806 --> 00:36:06,673 -It's a learning experience. -You's workin' with what you had. 800 00:36:06,675 --> 00:36:08,007 I was. 801 00:36:08,009 --> 00:36:10,276 [mark] bring it in here, daniel! 802 00:36:10,278 --> 00:36:14,113 Well, I don't like it but maybe you'uns will. 803 00:36:14,115 --> 00:36:17,584 Always remember, son, one man's ceilin's another man's floor. 804 00:36:17,586 --> 00:36:19,485 -All right, I'm gone! -[digger] good luck! 805 00:36:19,821 --> 00:36:21,588 Let's get with it! 806 00:36:21,656 --> 00:36:25,425 We ain't gonna get no drinkin' done if we don't get started we gotta catch up with tickle. 807 00:36:25,427 --> 00:36:27,927 [tim] yeah, let's see what tickle's workin' with. 808 00:36:27,929 --> 00:36:29,429 It must have plenty of stuff in it. 809 00:36:29,431 --> 00:36:31,130 [tim] it's got him feelin' good. 810 00:36:31,132 --> 00:36:33,099 It's gotta a little cream on top there look like. 811 00:36:33,101 --> 00:36:35,001 [digger] that'll give you somethin' to chew on. 812 00:36:35,003 --> 00:36:36,769 -Don't smell a lot of it. -No. 813 00:36:36,771 --> 00:36:38,004 I'm smellin' honey. 814 00:36:38,006 --> 00:36:40,707 -I taste just a little bit of the coffee. -[digger] yeah. 815 00:36:40,709 --> 00:36:43,443 It don't overpower it, he's scared about puttin' too much coffee in it. 816 00:36:43,445 --> 00:36:44,410 I don't think he did. 817 00:36:44,412 --> 00:36:45,511 It's real, real sweet. 818 00:36:45,513 --> 00:36:47,513 It's so sweet it'll hurt your teeth. 819 00:36:47,515 --> 00:36:49,616 [digger] just one thing woulda helped him out. 820 00:36:49,618 --> 00:36:53,019 If he'd asked daniel for just a little bit of that salt. 821 00:36:53,021 --> 00:36:54,354 -Salted caramel? -[digger] yup. 822 00:36:54,356 --> 00:36:55,922 -That would have balanced it out. -Oh yeah! 823 00:36:55,924 --> 00:36:57,924 -You know that's a big seller, salted caramel. -That's a big thing. 824 00:36:57,926 --> 00:37:00,026 I'd almost want to put more alcohol in it. 825 00:37:00,028 --> 00:37:03,329 -I was afraid I'd overpower my liquor. -[mike] yup! 826 00:37:03,331 --> 00:37:05,398 And then I'd a had stuff that 827 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,135 so high proof. Tasted great, but you're too high proof to drink. 828 00:37:12,107 --> 00:37:14,207 Well, daniel's got some chunks in the bottom of his. 829 00:37:14,209 --> 00:37:16,276 Look like he got slices of onion, peppers. 830 00:37:16,278 --> 00:37:19,312 That's what a bloody mary is, a salad in a glass. 831 00:37:19,314 --> 00:37:24,050 I got a can of tomatoes, tomato juice. I pretty well knew what I had to do. 832 00:37:25,053 --> 00:37:26,452 Well, it's tomato juice. 833 00:37:26,454 --> 00:37:28,288 Smell a little bit of spice. 834 00:37:28,290 --> 00:37:30,456 Got black pepper in it. It's pretty good. 835 00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:33,226 Daniel's initial run was a hundred proof. 836 00:37:33,228 --> 00:37:35,461 Yeah, I think he's afraid to put much of it in that. 837 00:37:35,463 --> 00:37:37,096 You taste that, a lot of that pineapple in it. 838 00:37:37,098 --> 00:37:37,863 Yeah. 839 00:37:37,865 --> 00:37:39,332 That may have smoothed it down. 840 00:37:39,334 --> 00:37:41,834 But there's really nothing pulling all them flavors together. 841 00:37:41,836 --> 00:37:44,137 He didn't have no worcestershire sauce, 842 00:37:44,139 --> 00:37:45,638 he didn't have no horseradish. 843 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:46,873 No. No hot sauce. 844 00:37:46,875 --> 00:37:48,107 No hot sauce. 845 00:37:48,109 --> 00:37:51,477 It's a decent bloody mary for what he had to put in it. 846 00:37:51,479 --> 00:37:53,212 All right, let's move onto mikey. 847 00:37:53,581 --> 00:37:55,014 [tim] nice cold jaw. 848 00:37:55,016 --> 00:37:57,417 It looks like syrup, but it looks like fruit punch. 849 00:37:57,419 --> 00:37:58,384 Fruity nose. 850 00:37:58,386 --> 00:38:00,520 I don't taste no pineapple, but it's good. 851 00:38:00,522 --> 00:38:03,423 Yeah, it's balanced. It's got honey, cherry. 852 00:38:03,425 --> 00:38:07,427 I get a little spicy something in there that I ain't identifying. 853 00:38:07,429 --> 00:38:08,961 And I believe it got some proof in there. 854 00:38:08,963 --> 00:38:10,363 -It's got some. Yeah. -[digger] yeah. 855 00:38:10,365 --> 00:38:11,898 It's got plenty of proof in it. 856 00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:13,966 [digger] well, you look at them legs running down that glass there, 857 00:38:13,968 --> 00:38:15,802 but, that fruit, it's still holding up. 858 00:38:15,804 --> 00:38:17,437 Oh I call mike's "wild berry." 859 00:38:17,439 --> 00:38:21,007 I don't know what I'd call it, but I call it "baby, baby" all night long. 860 00:38:21,009 --> 00:38:23,343 That's the main thing about hard times, 861 00:38:23,345 --> 00:38:26,412 being thankful for what you got and working with it. 862 00:38:26,414 --> 00:38:28,981 Exactly right, well said. 863 00:38:28,983 --> 00:38:32,985 You know, they all three done a hell of a job with what they had to do with. 864 00:38:32,987 --> 00:38:35,188 One just did a little better job. 865 00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:38,958 All right, boys. We're solid with where we're at, I'm gonna go fetch 'em. 866 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,026 Go get 'em. 867 00:38:46,501 --> 00:38:47,500 [digger] all right, boys. 868 00:38:48,036 --> 00:38:49,168 Time to reach a verdict. 869 00:38:51,206 --> 00:38:52,438 Daniel. 870 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,308 Said you'd never made a bloody mary in your life. 871 00:38:55,310 --> 00:38:56,142 Never. 872 00:38:57,178 --> 00:38:58,010 I believe you. 873 00:38:58,012 --> 00:39:00,246 [group laughing] 874 00:39:00,248 --> 00:39:02,682 there's a few more ingredients you probably coulda used. 875 00:39:02,684 --> 00:39:04,417 Celery would have been nice. 876 00:39:04,419 --> 00:39:07,387 [digger] just everything that pulls a bloody mary together, you really lacked. 877 00:39:07,389 --> 00:39:08,588 But you got close. 878 00:39:08,590 --> 00:39:11,491 Liquor was good, alcohol content was good. Good job. 879 00:39:11,493 --> 00:39:13,593 Well, that's what I was worried about, didn't have enough alcohol. 880 00:39:13,595 --> 00:39:14,694 [mark] no, it had plenty. 881 00:39:14,696 --> 00:39:16,729 For a man that never made a bloody in his life, 882 00:39:17,298 --> 00:39:18,464 you did a fine job. 883 00:39:18,466 --> 00:39:19,966 Appreciate it. 884 00:39:19,968 --> 00:39:22,402 Tickle, you was worried about your coffee. 885 00:39:22,404 --> 00:39:25,605 I never did find nothing to even hint at coffee in it. 886 00:39:25,607 --> 00:39:29,509 It was instant coffee. But it was a very minute amount. 887 00:39:29,511 --> 00:39:30,810 Uh, you know, that caramel... 888 00:39:31,846 --> 00:39:33,946 I mean, there's caramel all the way through. 889 00:39:33,948 --> 00:39:36,082 Myself, I think it's a little bit low of proof. 890 00:39:36,084 --> 00:39:37,283 But it could trick me now. 891 00:39:37,285 --> 00:39:39,786 It may have more than you think. It tastes real sweet. 892 00:39:39,788 --> 00:39:41,954 [digger] it needed just a little bit of salt. 893 00:39:41,956 --> 00:39:45,491 -That would've balanced that sweet out... -Salted caramel. 894 00:39:45,493 --> 00:39:47,260 Maybe I should've done that. 895 00:39:47,829 --> 00:39:48,828 Mikey, 896 00:39:48,830 --> 00:39:50,897 I don't know what all you put in there. 897 00:39:50,899 --> 00:39:52,632 [tim] you know, you got a lot of berry in there. 898 00:39:52,634 --> 00:39:55,668 Kinda tricked me 'cause it looks like fruit punch. But it ain't fruit punch. 899 00:39:55,670 --> 00:39:56,536 Right. 900 00:39:56,538 --> 00:39:58,304 But, your fruit didn't overpower, 901 00:39:58,306 --> 00:40:01,841 you got plenty of octane in it. You still see legs on your shipping jar. 902 00:40:01,843 --> 00:40:03,276 You had a ton of liquor in there. 903 00:40:03,278 --> 00:40:04,110 Yes, sir. 904 00:40:04,112 --> 00:40:05,711 Damn fine job on your part. 905 00:40:05,713 --> 00:40:07,013 I appreciate it. 906 00:40:07,015 --> 00:40:08,314 This was hard times. 907 00:40:08,316 --> 00:40:11,317 You made the very best of a bad situation. 908 00:40:11,319 --> 00:40:14,153 That's why you guys are true shiners. 909 00:40:14,155 --> 00:40:15,822 And I'm proud of all of ya. 910 00:40:15,824 --> 00:40:16,989 -Thank you very much. -Thank you. 911 00:40:16,991 --> 00:40:18,491 Appreciate it. 912 00:40:18,493 --> 00:40:22,195 All right, boys, I wanna remind you what you got at stake over here. 913 00:40:22,197 --> 00:40:25,097 Two dozen brand new shiny mason jars. 914 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:26,799 Them goes a long way. 915 00:40:26,801 --> 00:40:28,301 You're darn right about that. 916 00:40:29,237 --> 00:40:31,003 Six gallons right there. 917 00:40:31,005 --> 00:40:32,138 [digger] that being said... 918 00:40:33,608 --> 00:40:34,707 Cut to the chase... 919 00:40:35,844 --> 00:40:36,709 Mikey, 920 00:40:36,711 --> 00:40:38,611 you won the jars. 921 00:40:38,613 --> 00:40:39,979 -Thank y'all. -[digger] congratulations. 922 00:40:39,981 --> 00:40:41,314 Appreciate it. 923 00:40:41,316 --> 00:40:45,084 Everybody did a fine job, somebody just did a little bit better. 924 00:40:45,086 --> 00:40:47,620 I'm very honored to win this competition 925 00:40:47,622 --> 00:40:50,857 against two people that knew exactly what they were doing. 926 00:40:50,859 --> 00:40:56,629 But I just kept rewinding my mind back to the hard times that I grew up in 927 00:40:56,631 --> 00:41:00,366 and said, "this is what I'm gonna do, this is what they're gonna like." 928 00:41:02,303 --> 00:41:04,136 here's a case for you guys to split. 929 00:41:04,138 --> 00:41:05,805 Might let ol' daniel carry 'em. 930 00:41:05,807 --> 00:41:08,274 -Appreciate it. -I appreciate that, boss. 931 00:41:08,276 --> 00:41:11,511 Thank y'all. It was a pleasure competing against y'all two. 932 00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:13,813 Thank y'all so much. 933 00:41:13,815 --> 00:41:16,182 We're not only a brotherhood as moonshiners, 934 00:41:16,184 --> 00:41:18,251 we're a family when it comes to these hard times. 935 00:41:18,253 --> 00:41:19,518 All right, guys. 936 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,254 -[mike] thank y'all so much. -[mark] see you guys later. 937 00:41:21,256 --> 00:41:22,622 -[mike] appreciate it. -[mark] great job. 938 00:41:22,624 --> 00:41:24,023 Good job on all of ya. 939 00:41:24,025 --> 00:41:25,324 Let's leave out, tickle. 940 00:41:25,326 --> 00:41:26,726 All right, jim. 941 00:41:26,728 --> 00:41:28,995 [mark] hard times. Good times.