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It's right up here
we're gonna stage.
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My boy jake is gonna come
through here any minute.
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He's gonna stop at that
driveway. He was there
every week.
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He's put extra stuff
on the truck.
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You'll know what package
you can grab,
you'll see 'em there.
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You've got less than a minute.
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He's gonna drop something off,
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run up there, get your
package, run back.
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Then we're gonna head
back to the shed.
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-Sounds good.
-Remember, run.
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Don't be just doddling
up through there.
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-He don't wanna know
nothing about this.
-Sounds good to me.
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-He's gonna get a full jar
of liquor for his absentee.
-That sounds good.
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Let's fire ahead.
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Here a jar of liquor will
get you to do what
a $100 bill won't.
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[all] yeah.
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[digger] go, go!
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Heck yes!
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Nicely done!
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All right. We're gonna go back
to the shed and it's gonna
be like christmas.
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-All right. Let's go.
-Let's go.
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[opening theme music playing]
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[narrator] across the country,
a handful of expert distillers
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are heirs to a centuries
old tradition.
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Some operate
on the legal side,
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others practice their craft
beyond the reach of the law.
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Wow!
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[narrator] now, three
of the best moonshiners
have reached an all-time low.
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These are hard times.
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-You know, we've
only got what we got.
-Turnips.
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Have you ever had
sardine liquor?
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[narrator] judged by
a jury of their peers,
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they'll go head-to-head
in an uphill battle.
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[mike] and we got liquor boys!
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[daniel] I don't believe
it's worth a damn.
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I's thinkin' 'bout pourin'
it plum out.
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[narrator] to overcome
backwoods moonshining
obstacles...
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It's always a hard time,
even in the good times.
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[narrator] and create
a triumphant jar of liquor.
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Wow. That's good.
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[digger] come on in
and get your stations.
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Here we are.
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Time to get busy.
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You brought your
own mash with you,
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hope your brought
your pocketful
of ingenuity too,
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'cause we're gonna throw
a curveball here, after
a while you're gonna love it.
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Go run your signature bash,
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then we're gonna do a little
something different with it.
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You're gonna get your
bragging rights if you win,
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but then we got a prize
that's pretty well
a rare commodity right now.
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You get two dozen brand new,
never-used mason jars to
fill up with liquor.
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[tickle laughing]
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you know, we've always
heard the hard times
makes the best shine.
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Daniel, you and mike,
you both come from
a long line of liquor men
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that made shine in some
of the hardest times
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that this great country
of ours has ever seen.
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Tickle, you've done
some hard time.
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You had to learn how
to make a little liquor
in the hoosegow.
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So whether you got
a bad harvest
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or you got a problem
with your supply chain,
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if you're gonna make
any money making liquor,
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you've gotta work
what you've got.
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Even if it fell off
a back of a truck.
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All right, guys.
Time to dig in.
It's christmas morning.
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Now, while you open it,
I would suggest
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might wanna be putting
your plan together
in your head.
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You can use some of it
in your thump keg
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or put it in mash, do
whatever you wanna do,
that's up to you.
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We just want
a tasty jar of liquor.
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But, don't hear no grumbling.
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Times is hard, you gotta
use what you got.
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-[mark] that's scary.
-[digger] get with it.
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Turnips.
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Brown sugar.
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An onion.
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-You got an onion?
-[tickle] I got an onion.
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I don't know what
in the heck that is.
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Caramel corn.
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That almost look like
some kind of pepper jelly.
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That'd be right up my alley.
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I don't know what I'm
gonna do with turnips.
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Hey, fellas. Have you ever
had sardine liquor?
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We may have got
the wrong packages.
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-[laughing]
-man. Digger's buddy
ain't my friend.
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I ain't sure what that is.
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I'm steven tickle and I'm
from a little town called
danville, virginia.
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Let's swap them jars out
and see what we got.
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You know I've been making
liquor for a long time.
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Ah!
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And I fell on a lot
of hard times myself.
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I've been on the top
of the mountain and I've
been down in the valley.
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I've been out here running
wide open, free as a bird,
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and I've been locked up
like a jailbird too.
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Turn around and face me.
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And that has taught me a lot.
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When times get hard,
that forces you
to look around.
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Really get imaginative.
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All right.
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And use what you got.
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Hard times forces you
to do hard work.
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Oh, look. I got some
cinnamon rolls.
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Yeah? That's good
yeast, ain't it?
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Yes, sir.
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Lookee yonder.
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-What did you find?
-Peanut brittle.
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[chewing] oh,
I'm down for that.
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Whatever you got is leaking.
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The tops on my radishes,
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but I'll throw a little salt
on them and we'll
have a snack.
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My name is mike cockrell.
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I've been up here in tennessee
for about 15 years now.
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And I'm from
south mississippi.
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Oh, my god!
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Being a moonshiner
is hard times.
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They've stolen
everything I got!
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$3,000 worth of damn copper.
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It's gone.
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Don't have nothing left.
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It's really, really hard.
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We're going through grain
shortages, jar shortages,
sugar shortages.
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I just had to think back
to my family history.
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I'm living proof
of hard times.
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Fire in the hole!
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The bread on the counter
wasn't always fresh.
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I wasn't about to go hungry.
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So I'd eat me a stale
piece of bread.
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This right here is where
the magic happens.
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I know how to use
what I've got.
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What you got, mikey?
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Pickled plum.
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A plum? That might be good
something that you
can post flavor with.
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-I got a jar of honey.
-Honey come in good.
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What you got there,
boone? Taters.
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-[mark] pineapple.
Oh, that's good.
-Ohhh.
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-[daniel laughing]
-that's a step in
the right direction.
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-What is that?
-That's some kind of jerky.
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-Give it a try. See
what kind it is.
-Let's see here.
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It's fine.
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I'm daniel maner
from sevierville, tennessee.
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Uh-oh. We ain't got no water.
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There's a hell of a lot
of people that think
making moonshine is easy.
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It's not that easy.
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Just another setback. Just
something else to drown
the slush like today.
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Not everybody can do it, but
over the years through hard
times and trial and error...
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Good god!
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...I think I've got it
nailed down to an art.
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Boy, that thing smells
so good don't it?
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And when hard times hit
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that is the knowledge
that I use that drives me
and pushes me forward.
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I've always said the bucket
that I carry don't
have a hole in it.
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So if I pick up knowledge
or advice,
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I'll remember
it to the day I
leave this world.
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Well, I don't know what
we can do with all this stuff.
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-[tickle] I'll tell you what.
We can eat good.
-[mike] yeah.
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Just so you know, if it's
something that you can't
make liquor out of,
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we always like a good snack.
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Well...
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I had on my mind, soon as
I seen this pack of sardines
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I'mma put them in thump cake,
'cause I know you'uns
is gonna taste it.
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[all laughing]
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-thank you.
-Beyond tasting it,
we gotta judge it. I mean...
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[mark] and you got some
strange liquor-making
ingredients.
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[mike] I'd say we do.
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-[mark] mr. Mike?
-Yes, sir.
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What all you come
up with, our boss?
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Well, I've got a can
of strawberries,
cherry hard candies...
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Cherry juice is
what it smells like.
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And some cherry jam.
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A lot of cherry stuff.
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So it looks like I'm going
cherry, strawberry, plum.
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You've got a lot of good
things there for post flavor.
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Stevie ray, what have
you got going on over there?
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I'm gonna say this is a can
of fruit, 'cause it's got
the pull tab on it.
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But I don't know.
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I'll tell you that's what's
scary is 'em cans
with no labels on 'em.
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Looks like it went bad
three years ago.
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-[mike] oh! We got you
some peanuts!
-I got peanuts.
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So now, I think I know
exactly what I'm gonna do.
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What I'm thinking is...
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Almonds, peanuts,
and peanut brittle,
go into the thump keg.
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Maybe afterwards
a little caramel coffee,
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sweetened up with some
honey, served
with a nice cinnamon roll.
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00:09:01,885 --> 00:09:05,320
And actually, I have had
your almond liquor before,
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so you've got something
familiar to work with.
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Them daniel is
still opening cans.
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[digger] he look like he'd
been in the salvage yard
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of the dumpster, back
behind the grocery store.
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Mr. Maner, looks to me
like you the one
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that really garnered up
all the unlabeled items.
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Well, I could go
two different ways.
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I've got pineapples
and pineapple juice.
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And I've got apples.
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I could make a fruity drink.
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Or I've got bacon jerky,
and I've got tomato juice.
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-[all] ohhh.
-Tomato juice?
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[tickle]
I'm seeing bloody mary
coming around there.
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Yeah, it ain't gonna be
a bloody mary, it's gonna
be a bloody maner.
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[laughing]
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boys, you is thinking
you can work with that?
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00:09:47,831 --> 00:09:51,466
It's hard times, man.
Gonna work with what
we got and go with it.
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00:09:51,468 --> 00:09:53,101
You ain't got no choice.
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00:09:53,103 --> 00:09:55,303
[mark] all right, boys.
Good luck to you.
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00:09:55,305 --> 00:09:58,973
All right, guys. Looks
like you got some
nutritious stuff here.
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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...
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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.
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00:10:13,390 --> 00:10:16,290
-[laughing]
-it's up your wheelhouse.
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00:10:17,927 --> 00:10:20,395
You heard what's happening.
Time to make us some liquor.
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00:10:20,397 --> 00:10:23,297
Whoever wins this, gets
to steal an ingredient
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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.
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00:10:34,644 --> 00:10:36,411
Time starts...
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00:10:37,947 --> 00:10:39,147
Now.
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00:10:39,683 --> 00:10:40,982
Good luck, men.
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00:10:49,092 --> 00:10:50,324
Mmm-hmm.
220
00:10:51,561 --> 00:10:53,127
Wow, [bleep].
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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.
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00:11:14,784 --> 00:11:16,918
You know, you gotta
work with what you got.
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00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,388
Mike, you thinking sardines
would be good in thump cake?
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00:11:20,390 --> 00:11:21,355
Hell, I'd put 'em in there.
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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.
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00:11:25,028 --> 00:11:28,796
-[daniel] make a hell
of a garden salad, won't it?
-Yes, it would.
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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.