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Narrator: This time
on "master distiller"...
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Yo-ho-ho.
We're making rum.
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Narrator:
...Navy-strength rum...
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Tim: You can have all the flavor
in the world you want to,
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but if it don't meet that
minimum 114 navy strength,
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you're out.
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Narrator:
...The 114-proof spirit
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that fueled the british empire.
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That's the best smell
in the world right there
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with a potency prized
in the backwoods,
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this legendary recipe
can sink even a veteran shiner.
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I don't know that a damn bunch
of drunken pirates
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are mean enough to drink it.
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Across the country,
a handful of amateur 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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Now they'll face off
to earn their place
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in america's
liquor-making legacy.
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-There!
-Whoo-hoo! Finally!
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Hyde: Damn.
I've waited long enough.
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Narrator: Judged by three
legendary moonshiners...
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A lot of something
in there.
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Narrator: ...And one notorious
backwoods buccaneer...
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Tickle: The more complicated
you make it,
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the more chances you have
to mess something up.
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...They'll go head-to-head
in a series of challenges.
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Digger:
It's a little bit dingy.
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It's piss-colored, if you want
to know the truth about it.
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Narrator: ...To determine
who has what it takes
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to be named master distiller.
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How many jars you got?
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-34.
-Okay, 34 jars.
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♪♪
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guys, welcome to
"master distiller."
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I'm digger.
That's my friend tim smith.
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And that's my best buddy
over there, mark wayne ramsey.
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-Howdy.
-Welcome, guys.
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Y'all gonna make us
navy-strength rum.
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The british navy -- you know,
they give this to the sailors,
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kept the guys feeling good,
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and they always stressed that
114 was the minimum.
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So if you're above that,
then you're good.
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Narrator: Rum, made from
fermented molasses,
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was first distilled
in the 17th century
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as a byproduct
of the caribbean sugar trade.
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As its popularity grew
across colonial america,
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the british navy replaced
sailors' daily tot of beer
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with cheap local rum.
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Drunken debauchery ensued.
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To salvage the navy's
reputation, in 1740,
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vice admiral edward vernon,
nicknamed "old grog,"
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forced the sailors'
daily rum ration
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to be watered down.
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To avoid mutiny,
the purser would show sailors
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proof of the remaining
alcohol content
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by soaking the diluted rum
in gunpowder
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and lighting it on fire.
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If it ignited, the rum was still
over the minimum 114 proof
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proof is now a term used to
measure the alcohol content
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in all distilled spirits,
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and flavorful, aged,
navy-strength rum
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is a foundational recipe
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made in distilleries
and backwoods to this day.
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We're gonna find out
which one of y'all truly is
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master distiller.
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At the end of this contest,
y'all gonna win a big prize.
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Number one is you get
your bragging rights.
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Number two -- a limited run
of your liquor
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at sugarlands
distilling company.
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Mark:
You have the same wash.
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You have exactly
the same type steel.
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Time get started.
You got four hours.
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Your time starts now.
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Narrator: Using a centuries-old
navy-strength rum recipe,
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the distillers must produce
a clear, flavorful rum
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with a minimum of 114 proof
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using only the time-honored
shake test,
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the winner will get extra time
to pick ingredients
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for the next challenge,
running flavor
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into their distillate
without sacrificing proof.
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Yeah, the wash smells
really good.
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Molasses, sugar, and water.
What else you got in here?
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-Secret recipe.
-I was waiting for that.
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Everything's equal except for
what's in between their ears.
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Now, what's going on here?
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I don't know what
he's doing there.
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He's putting it in
and pulling it out.
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Overfilled it.
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-Overfilled it?
-Overfilled it?
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My name is alfredo pena.
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I was born in cuba,
raised in florida.
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By day, you know, I run a shop
with four mechanics.
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And by weekend, I distill.
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I discovered distilling
in high school.
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My first still was built --
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I had it up
in my parents' attic,
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and I would distill it at night
while everybody was sleeping.
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To this day, you can still go
up in the attic and smell mash.
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I have five children.
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Everyone who tastes
loves the stuff I make.
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With my cuban background,
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I'm really wanting
to perfect rum.
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I would like to open
a distillery.
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Winning "master distiller"
would be like
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having my sixth child.
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I'd probably pass out.
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Hyde's charging his thumper
a little bit.
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Tim: I got damn underwear
older than that young'n.
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My name's ian buchanan.
Most folks call me "hyde."
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I live in dawsonville, georgia.
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Back in high school,
me and my brother shane
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were kind of the infamous
hellraiser party starters.
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So he's jekyll.
I'm hyde.
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I'm a commercial electrician's
apprentice
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during the day
and at night moonshiner.
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My still setup at home
is an all-copper setup
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with a 10-gallon pot
going to just your standard cap.
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I built a half-gallon gin basket
thumper out of a mason jar
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that everything goes through,
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rolling over to
a three-gallon condenser
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with 12 foot of copper pipe
going through, shooting out.
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It is redneck engineered
together,
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but makes some damn good liquor.
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I'm pretty sure my rum's gonna
rock it right out of the park.
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Winning "master distiller"
would be the ultimate validation
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of -- I'm a 24-year-old,
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but my stuff is good enough
to be on store shelves.
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Might not have anything to save.
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Do you walk in it,
too, jonah?
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He's walking in it, like,
tracking it all over the place.
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Well, I'm a california boy,
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so I'm usually
sitting in flip flops.
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I'm jonah keel, and I'm
from arleta, california.
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I work in marketing and pr,
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so my job is to convince people
that they should buy things
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that they don't need,
and I'm kind of good at it.
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I've been distilling for
probably about 12 years now.
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My wife is a bartender
and a bourbon influencer.
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We took this love that we had
of hanging out
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and drinking good liquor
and then built into a love
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of learning about
the process of liquor.
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When I'm distilling at home,
I'm pretty low-tech.
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I have a converted beer keg.
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But I am fancy because I have
welded copper piping.
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In terms of my rum making,
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I'm a really big believer in
re-running your rum oils
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back through your spirit run
to keep that flavor
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and to keep that viscosity up.
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At the end of the day,
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I would love to be
a master distiller.
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I would love to have
a limited run of my rum
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so that I could point to it
on the shelves and be like,
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"ah, this is like --
yeah, I did that.
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I made that."
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tim:
Jonah's figured it out.
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The funnel will fit on there
double.
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Still gonna make a mess.
It's not gonna matter.
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That's okay.
We're kind of used to it by now.
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Alfredo:
Fire in the hole!
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Tim:
Alfredo's done lift his up.
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He's got the deal
going up.
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Hyde is hiding over there.
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He's getting ready to
light his up.
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Hyde:
Fire in the hole, boys.
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Well, they're all running,
boys.
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Most everybody's trying
the same tactic.
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They're heating up fast.
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They're gonna back it down
like we'd do in the woods.
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Alfredo's put some tape
on his gauges where he can see
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where he can see where
he wants his hands to stay.
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I learned a while back
to leave the distill pot open,
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bring it up the temperature,
cook off the bad flavors.
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I don't want that
going into the thumper.
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I draw some pot mash
out of the still,
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and I fill the thumper
with the hot mash.
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It's like preheating
the thumper,
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and it's like a little
jump start to the run.
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Narrator: Extracting the
highest-proof rum from the wash
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without impairing the flavor
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is a balance of time
and temperature.
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Once the pot reaches
173 degrees,
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the alcohol vapors separate
from the remaining liquid,
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increasing the temperature
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to distill the drinkable ethanol
faster
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and scorch the sugars
in the wash.
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The burnt flavor is then infused
into the alcohol vapor
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as it travels to the thump keg,
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where an additional distillation
takes place
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before reaching the condenser,
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where it's cooled
into liquid rum.
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Guys, y'all got one hour
into your run.
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Still got three hours remaining.
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Oh, come on.
I need to hear you going.
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I'm nervous as all hell
about this still.
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I've never used
this big of a pot.
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I've never used
this big of a thumper.
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This is a whole new ballgame
for me.
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Crap.
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Jonah: So it's a still
I've never worked with.
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I've never worked
with a thumper.
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You're constantly
checking temperature,
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just making sure
you're not burning anything.
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This being a timed competition,
there definitely is
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that ticking clock
in the back of your mind.
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Oh, look at that!
I got juice!
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-You got juice?
-Hey-hey!
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Yo-ho-ho.
We're making rum.
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Ooh, the alcohol's coming.
I can smell it.
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That's the best smell
in the world out there.
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Come on, heat up.
I want liquor. Move.
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Got it too hot.
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Now I'm trying to dial
the heat back.
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Lost heat in the thumper trying
to get heat in the thumper back.
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Just to get into the arm
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so I can finally start
getting something,
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'cause I don't like
how much time I have left.
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Gentlemen,
you've got one hour left.
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♪♪
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narrator: Coming up,
a splintered decision...
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Tim: Like a beaver
got ahold of it.
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Narrator:
...And a dry run.
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Mark: He didn't turn
the heat on?
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Digger: He had it on, but it was
like a matchstick.
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Narrator: A cuban cowboy,
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a hollywood hooch maker,
and a young shiner
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are pushing their proof
on a run of navy-strength rum
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for the title
of master distiller.
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Come on. Heat up.
I want liquor.
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Narrator: Using the same
house molasses wash,
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they must deliver
the best-tasting jar
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at a minimum of 114 proof
without scorching.
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Got a good temperature
got good --
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got movement.
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Mark: He didn't turn
the heat on?
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Digger: He had it on, but it was
like a matchstick.
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Crank that thing up
until that gets hot.
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I mean, it's a rookie mistake
on a still
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that's got a little bit
of size to it.
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-There!
-Whoo-hoo! Finally!
243
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Hyde: Damn.
I've waited long enough.
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♪♪
245
00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:44,342
jonah: Oh, is that a little
piece of oak you got in there?
246
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Alfredo:
I cut it off of the block
right here with a knife.
247
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That's so smart, dude.
248
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Jonah:
The second that I saw alfredo
249
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take a piece of that block off,
250
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use that to make sure
that the drip goes off,
251
00:10:56,723 --> 00:10:58,256
I'm always thinking about
what I can get
252
00:10:58,258 --> 00:10:59,991
and how it can get flavors
out of wood.
253
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So, for me, this was a chance
to try something,
254
00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:04,996
see if I could get
some of those wood flavors out.
255
00:11:09,636 --> 00:11:11,569
Jonah: I'm intrigued.
I just want to know,
256
00:11:11,571 --> 00:11:12,871
based on how I've done
this before,
257
00:11:12,873 --> 00:11:16,641
so I'm gonna
put wood in them.
258
00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:18,677
Okay.
259
00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,646
Digger: Why did he shave off
the damn pine in these?
260
00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:23,014
Tim: He must have drank
too much.
261
00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:24,783
I'm telling you,
that ain't pine. It's oak.
262
00:11:24,785 --> 00:11:26,618
Like a beaver
got ahold of it.
263
00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:30,055
Why would he cut wood
off a scrap piece of wood
264
00:11:30,057 --> 00:11:32,457
sitting in the floor
and put it in his...?
265
00:11:35,529 --> 00:11:37,195
Jonah:
Stellar idea, alfredo.
266
00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,597
Alfredo: I didn't do the wood
for it to come out aged.
267
00:11:39,599 --> 00:11:40,999
-No, I know.
-Just as a dripper,
268
00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:42,600
but you're gonna get a little
bit of flavor off of it.
269
00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:45,470
And I was like, why not get
a little bit more flavor?
270
00:11:45,472 --> 00:11:46,705
I'll try anything once,
271
00:11:46,707 --> 00:11:48,506
twice as long as
it doesn't kill me.
272
00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,245
15 minutes, gentlemen.
273
00:11:56,817 --> 00:11:58,950
Yeah, this is the true test
of these skills,
274
00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:02,320
that proofing,
getting it tempered down.
275
00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:04,656
I mean, this is
114 minimum proof
276
00:12:04,658 --> 00:12:07,559
we're looking at here with
some semblance of taste, right?
277
00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:11,596
I just hope they don't
bring me nothing that's 165,
278
00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:14,499
'cause after we drink
about six shots,
279
00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:17,736
we forget what jar we have.
280
00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:19,003
Hyde:
I'm trying this bubble test,
281
00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:21,740
but I've been spoiled
by hydrometers.
282
00:12:21,742 --> 00:12:23,141
I've been trying my best
to learn bubbles,
283
00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:27,779
but I'm nervous as all hell.
284
00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:29,647
Perfect.
285
00:12:29,649 --> 00:12:32,517
Alfredo: There's a lot
of liquor in here.
286
00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:34,886
Jonah: So I've been practicing
in my head for 119.
287
00:12:34,888 --> 00:12:37,388
So I mixed in a jar
that I knew was lower proof
288
00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:40,725
to try to bring it down
just a little bit.
289
00:12:40,727 --> 00:12:42,727
All right, here we go.
First jar.
290
00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:43,795
Digger: Alfredo
right out of the gate.
291
00:12:43,797 --> 00:12:45,597
He's the first to land.
-Yes, sir.
292
00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:46,698
Good clear jar of liquor.
293
00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:48,233
We hope you hit your mark,
buddy.
294
00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:50,602
Yep.
295
00:12:50,604 --> 00:12:52,837
Boys, you got five minutes.
296
00:12:52,839 --> 00:12:54,606
Button them up,
get them ready.
297
00:12:54,608 --> 00:12:56,474
We want to taste them.
-All right.
298
00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:58,143
-That's your jar.
-One jar.
299
00:12:58,145 --> 00:13:01,346
Digger: One jar.
That's all we need.
300
00:13:01,348 --> 00:13:03,281
Two minutes, jonah.
301
00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:10,155
-Here comes jar number three.
-Last but not least.
302
00:13:10,157 --> 00:13:11,623
Head on out.
303
00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:17,162
-Alfredo, alfredo.
-That's got a good nose.
304
00:13:17,164 --> 00:13:18,263
Alfredo:
I picked the heart.
305
00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:20,431
I added a little bit
of spring water to it
306
00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:21,533
'cause it was
a little hot.
307
00:13:21,535 --> 00:13:23,234
-Little hot?
-Cool down a little bit
308
00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:24,636
and presented it.
309
00:13:24,638 --> 00:13:27,639
That's the first taste of rum
I've had today.
310
00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:30,175
And it's good rum.
311
00:13:30,177 --> 00:13:31,810
You drink about
six of these right here,
312
00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:33,611
and you couldn't
walk straight.
313
00:13:33,613 --> 00:13:35,380
Pour us another one, timmy.
314
00:13:37,117 --> 00:13:41,286
Well, already I see
a lot of something in there.
315
00:13:41,288 --> 00:13:42,654
Jonah: Got a little bit
of wood notes in there.
316
00:13:42,656 --> 00:13:43,955
Not as much caramel
as you'd like,
317
00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:45,557
but definitely
a little bit of a hint
318
00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,126
of a little sentimental
little vanilla.
319
00:13:48,128 --> 00:13:50,829
It's level front to back.
320
00:13:50,831 --> 00:13:54,399
And it's got sawdust sitting
in there doing a war dance
321
00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:56,067
on the bottom of the jar.
322
00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:00,939
That's hyde's right there.
323
00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:02,707
Hyde was hours in the run
324
00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:04,876
before we ever saw
a drop of liquor.
325
00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:07,145
I'm nervous about the judges
telling me my rum's crap.
326
00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,580
[ laughs ]
327
00:14:08,582 --> 00:14:10,215
smells okay.
328
00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:14,285
I believe
he's a little high.
329
00:14:14,287 --> 00:14:16,221
Yeah, he's a little
harsh there on the end.
330
00:14:16,223 --> 00:14:18,456
I don't think
it's real fiery, though.
331
00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:21,226
I think hyde's
on the money.
332
00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:22,594
I think it's good.
333
00:14:22,596 --> 00:14:25,363
Well, boys, I'm gonna go
get them fellers out the cabin
334
00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:26,464
and bring them in here.
335
00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:30,134
Welcome back, boys.
336
00:14:30,136 --> 00:14:33,304
The winner does get
first choice
337
00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:36,074
the ingredients that he would
like at the farm stands
338
00:14:36,076 --> 00:14:37,508
for the next round.
339
00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,210
-Alfredo.
-Yes, sir.
340
00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:41,179
Good, smooth drink of liquor.
341
00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:44,115
Good fiery bite on it.
Thank you.
342
00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:50,021
We asked you guys to bring us
navy-strength rum.
343
00:14:50,023 --> 00:14:53,124
How about I get you
a hydrometer?
344
00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:56,027
Narrator: A hydrometer measures
the density of a liquid
345
00:14:56,029 --> 00:14:57,428
compared to water.
346
00:14:57,430 --> 00:15:00,198
Since alcohol is
less dense than water,
347
00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,268
the hydrometer's weighted tube
will sink lower
348
00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:06,237
the higher the proof.
349
00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:09,173
We're gonna go alfredo here,
350
00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:10,909
see how deep she floats.
351
00:15:14,915 --> 00:15:17,916
Alfredo is on the money
at 115.
352
00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:19,651
Digger: I kind of felt like
he was about right.
353
00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:21,753
-Excellent job.
-Thank you.
354
00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:23,454
-Hyde.
-Yes, sir.
355
00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:25,556
-Good-tasting liquor.
-Thank you.
356
00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:28,893
Falls a little short
on the back end.
357
00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:30,662
Oh, his ain't got
no bubble in there.
358
00:15:30,664 --> 00:15:32,597
It's a-coming out of there
like...
359
00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:34,866
Tim: Yeah, his is
rolling pretty good.
360
00:15:34,868 --> 00:15:36,467
Here we go.
361
00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:42,173
♪♪
362
00:15:42,175 --> 00:15:45,910
hyde is a little light.
108.
363
00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:48,579
Yeah, you proof was 108.
You were a little bit low.
364
00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:49,714
Damn.
365
00:15:49,716 --> 00:15:51,749
Now, then, that brings us
to jonah.
366
00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:53,318
Did a good job on distilling.
367
00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,420
It looks like you got
a lot of product over there.
368
00:15:55,422 --> 00:15:57,855
-It's a little bit dingy.
-Yeah.
369
00:15:57,857 --> 00:16:00,558
It's piss-colored, if you want
to know the truth about it.
370
00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,728
What in the hell were you
whittling up that block wood for
371
00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:04,996
putting in your liquor?
372
00:16:04,998 --> 00:16:06,230
Just trying to get
a little bit of a wood flavor.
373
00:16:06,232 --> 00:16:08,166
Red oak is not
what you want.
374
00:16:08,168 --> 00:16:09,367
Yeah.
375
00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:11,302
The only true wood that you want
is white oak.
376
00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:12,704
I thought I would try it.
377
00:16:12,706 --> 00:16:16,074
Number two -- you don't have
enough time from the time
378
00:16:16,076 --> 00:16:18,876
you whittled that off into your
jar and bring it to us
379
00:16:18,878 --> 00:16:22,747
for it to make a damn bit of
difference in your liquor.
380
00:16:22,749 --> 00:16:25,750
Jonah, here we go.
381
00:16:25,752 --> 00:16:27,318
About 85.
382
00:16:28,922 --> 00:16:31,589
I'm surprised,
383
00:16:31,591 --> 00:16:33,491
100 proof.
-Really?
384
00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,693
If you're shooting for
selling liquor,
385
00:16:35,695 --> 00:16:37,895
you hit the mark.
But not navy-strength rum.
386
00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:40,498
-Not navy rum.
-Fair enough.
387
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,266
All that being said,
388
00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:45,103
here's the way we found
the fly, and I think you know.
389
00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:48,206
Just like you're standing --
one, two, three.
390
00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:52,410
What we're after is
a flavorful, marketable
391
00:16:52,412 --> 00:16:54,812
navy-strength spiced rum.
392
00:16:54,814 --> 00:16:57,148
We're gonna get you
a tour guide.
393
00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:59,283
I will apologize in advance.
394
00:16:59,285 --> 00:17:01,352
-Oh, hellfire.
-[ laughs ]
395
00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:03,621
-get him in here.
-Tickle!
396
00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:04,689
Here y'all come on.
397
00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:05,990
Get them to
sheila b's fruit stand.
398
00:17:05,992 --> 00:17:08,493
All right.
Y'all come on.
399
00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:12,497
Narrator:
Spiced rum took navy-strength
to a whole new latitude.
400
00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:16,334
Before 1784,
there was no royal navy standard
401
00:17:16,336 --> 00:17:18,569
for rum quality
across the fleet,
402
00:17:18,571 --> 00:17:21,906
so getting good barrels
was a game of rum roulette.
403
00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:25,209
Sailors made harsh rum rations
taste better
404
00:17:25,211 --> 00:17:27,445
with scurvy-fighting limes.
405
00:17:27,447 --> 00:17:29,814
But enterprising distillers
in the caribbean
406
00:17:29,816 --> 00:17:32,750
found a better way
by incorporating local fruits
407
00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:35,887
and spices into
their high-proof runs.
408
00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:37,755
To test their flavoring skills,
409
00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:41,592
distillers must create their own
navy-strength spiced rum.
410
00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:43,127
All right, fellers.
411
00:17:43,129 --> 00:17:45,630
Alfredo, I believe
you're up first.
412
00:17:45,632 --> 00:17:47,265
You got five minutes.
413
00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:49,067
Go ahead
and get your stuff.
414
00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:51,669
Alfredo: Going into
the flavor run first,
415
00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,571
picking my spices and fruits,
416
00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:54,739
I'm gonna stick to what I know.
417
00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:56,474
Tim: There is some
sugar cane in there.
418
00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:59,343
It's not just
for decoration.
419
00:18:02,148 --> 00:18:05,049
-Tickle, I'm ready.
-All right, alfredo.
420
00:18:05,051 --> 00:18:07,385
Mr. Hyde,
you have three minutes.
421
00:18:07,387 --> 00:18:08,619
Hyde:
Going into the flavor run,
422
00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:11,122
I know alfredo knows his stuff.
423
00:18:11,124 --> 00:18:12,356
Touch of nutmeg.
424
00:18:12,358 --> 00:18:14,659
Jonah made a mistake
with the wood,
425
00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:15,860
but I really feel like
426
00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:17,929
he might know more
than he's letting on.
427
00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:20,932
Tickle: Oh, yes.
And some sugar cane.
428
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,967
Hyde: So I think it's my turn to
raise a little bit of cane,
429
00:18:22,969 --> 00:18:26,337
show what I know that
no one else knows I know.
430
00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:30,408
Tickle: All right.
We're gonna give jonah try.
431
00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:31,776
Jonah: Gonna take the advice
that I got,
432
00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,144
don't mess around too much...
433
00:18:33,146 --> 00:18:36,114
He's really going to town
with these spices.
434
00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:38,483
...Push the flavors out,
and make sure I hit proof.
435
00:18:38,485 --> 00:18:41,119
Oh, bananas.
There we go.
436
00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:44,989
Ah, coconut.
I think he -- pineapple.
437
00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:46,624
He's just gonna make him
a fruit salad.
438
00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:49,427
That's what it is.
You're good?
439
00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:52,663
All right, fellers, I can't wait
to taste this stuff.
440
00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:58,336
Welcome back, men.
441
00:18:58,338 --> 00:19:00,705
The biggest thing
to keep in mind today
442
00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:02,974
at the end of this run --
443
00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:05,109
one of you guys
is going home,
444
00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:08,513
men, what we're after is
flavorful, marketable
445
00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:11,215
navy-strength spiced rum.
446
00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:15,887
Four hours, starting now.
447
00:19:15,889 --> 00:19:17,755
Narrator:
For this elimination challenge,
448
00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:20,925
distillers will run flavor
into the remaining rum wash
449
00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:23,628
in the distillate
they collected the first round,
450
00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:26,330
taking care to keep
the resulting spiced rum
451
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:31,869
at or above the regulation
of 114 proof.
452
00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:34,372
They got a lot of ingredients
here to play with,
453
00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:36,507
and what's gonna happen --
if one clashes
454
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,376
with another one,
it cancels out,
455
00:19:38,378 --> 00:19:39,977
they don't have nothing
but bad luck.
456
00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:43,147
Jonah's a-pouring his distillant
in his still.
457
00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:46,250
He's gonna pour that one in
that's got all the wood in it.
458
00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:50,888
-There we go.
-Fire the hole!
459
00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:52,757
-There you go.
-And he's lit.
460
00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:54,559
-Right here.
-There you go.
461
00:19:54,561 --> 00:19:56,928
You can have all the flavor
in the world you want to,
462
00:19:56,930 --> 00:20:00,398
but if it they don't meet that
minimum 114 navy strength,
463
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,999
you're out.
464
00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:04,936
Narrator: Coming up,
distillers spice things up...
465
00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:07,038
Ooh, that's cinnamon
and a lot of it.
466
00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,272
Whoa.
467
00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:10,908
Narrator: ...To deliver
a jar sweet on flavor.
468
00:20:10,910 --> 00:20:12,643
That's not a good sign.
469
00:20:15,348 --> 00:20:17,081
Narrator:
A cuban-born shiner,
470
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:20,618
a new-age liquor maker,
and a moonshine prodigy
471
00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:24,188
are fighting to flavor their rum
and keep it at a navy-strength
472
00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:26,290
114 proof.
473
00:20:26,292 --> 00:20:28,192
Mark: Now, what's that
hyde's putting in his thumper?
474
00:20:28,194 --> 00:20:30,928
Has he cut that cane up,
or is that something else?
475
00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:32,530
Tim:
Yeah, it's that sugar cane.
476
00:20:32,532 --> 00:20:33,898
Hyde: In the thumper,
I'm just putting fruit
477
00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:37,068
because yesterday that thumper
and the heat regulation
478
00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:39,203
between the two almost got me.
479
00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:41,105
So I'm gonna do
what I usually do at home,
480
00:20:41,107 --> 00:20:42,873
and instead of putting mash
in my thumper,
481
00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:45,309
I'm just gonna have
flavor come through it.
482
00:20:45,311 --> 00:20:47,245
Alfredo's stirring up
something.
483
00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:51,115
I don't believe your damn stir
stick's big enough, is it?
484
00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:52,416
-Alfredo.
-Tim, how are you?
485
00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:53,551
Tim: All right, good.
486
00:20:53,553 --> 00:20:55,019
Cooking up
some sugar over here.
487
00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:56,454
Okay.
488
00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:59,056
Caramelize it for the color.
489
00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:02,093
Got a variety of spices
that I'm gonna play with.
490
00:21:02,095 --> 00:21:04,295
Well, it sounds good.
Looks like you got it planned.
491
00:21:04,297 --> 00:21:06,497
Can't wait to taste it.
492
00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:08,232
Mark: I know one thing
I'm convinced
493
00:21:08,234 --> 00:21:11,269
100% of one thing
about jonah --
494
00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:15,539
he is damn sure
gonna have spiced something.
495
00:21:15,541 --> 00:21:17,575
That cubeb berries, jonah?
496
00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:19,443
-No, cloves.
-Cloves.
497
00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:21,245
So I split my spices up.
498
00:21:21,247 --> 00:21:24,915
I tried to put spices in the pot
that I've worked with before.
499
00:21:24,917 --> 00:21:26,450
I like the way
he measures it out.
500
00:21:26,452 --> 00:21:27,852
Just put the whole jar
in it.
501
00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:29,787
The trick to doing a really
good rum run is making sure
502
00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,156
that you push through
and get those spice oils.
503
00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:36,360
Ooh, that's cinnamon
and a lot of it.
504
00:21:36,362 --> 00:21:38,329
-That's a lot of it.
-Whoa.
505
00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:40,798
Was that all cinnamon there,
jonah?
506
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,066
Jonah: Yeah.
507
00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:44,602
You putting more cinnamon
in it?
508
00:21:44,604 --> 00:21:46,137
Just practicing,
trying to double up
509
00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:47,271
what I've done before.
510
00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:49,507
-Oh.
-Right in the still.
511
00:21:53,246 --> 00:21:56,947
Well, hyde's taking advantage
of that coconut juice.
512
00:21:56,949 --> 00:21:58,716
Yeah, he got it
the right away.
513
00:21:58,718 --> 00:22:01,018
Course, there's not
a lot in a coconut.
514
00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:06,657
I'm gonna shoot for a tropical,
spicy kind of flavor.
515
00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:09,994
Oh, hell, he's got
a block of wood.
516
00:22:09,996 --> 00:22:14,098
Don't be shaving
that coconut hull up.
517
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:17,868
Jonah -- he put everything
he had in the still,
518
00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:20,771
except with the hard fruits
and stuff.
519
00:22:20,773 --> 00:22:24,075
So, you know, he's chopping up
some coconut and pineapple...
520
00:22:24,077 --> 00:22:26,410
-In the thumper.
-...In the thumper.
521
00:22:26,412 --> 00:22:29,714
Alfredo --
a different curry today.
522
00:22:29,716 --> 00:22:32,450
He's not making things
not too complicated.
523
00:22:32,452 --> 00:22:34,218
It looks like
he's gonna season and spice
524
00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:35,720
right at the end of his run.
525
00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:39,757
Alfredo: I hung my spice bag
in the thumper on the gin hook.
526
00:22:39,759 --> 00:22:42,560
I want to get the heads
and the top of the hearts
527
00:22:42,562 --> 00:22:45,796
through first, and then right
in the middle of the hearts,
528
00:22:45,798 --> 00:22:47,965
that's where I wanted
to bring the spice over.
529
00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:52,937
Men, you got two hours.
530
00:22:52,939 --> 00:22:55,439
Halfway into your run.
531
00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:59,110
Hyde: Oh. Oh. Hoo!
532
00:22:59,112 --> 00:23:01,946
Come on.
Drip a little faster, now.
533
00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:06,817
Let's see here.
534
00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:10,054
So on the second jar, I've
tossed a funnel into the jar.
535
00:23:10,056 --> 00:23:12,089
I took some of the shavings
from the inside of the coconut
536
00:23:12,091 --> 00:23:13,858
that I had split open
537
00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:17,495
and made a bag
out of the cheesecloth
538
00:23:17,497 --> 00:23:20,097
so the distillate would run
through the coconut
539
00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:21,732
into the jar,
540
00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:23,501
kind of imparting a little bit
of a coconut note
541
00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:26,003
into everything
as it's coming out.
542
00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:27,605
Tim: Now, hyde --
543
00:23:27,607 --> 00:23:30,074
he's more concentrating
on flavor profile
544
00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:33,144
without going under 114.
545
00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:35,446
Jonah --
his facial expressions
546
00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:37,281
every time
he takes a little drink --
547
00:23:37,283 --> 00:23:39,950
if he ain't liking it,
we sure ain't gonna like it.
548
00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:41,085
Jonah: Love the aroma.
549
00:23:41,087 --> 00:23:43,854
The spices are working
perfectly,
550
00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:46,056
but the aftertaste is not ideal.
551
00:23:46,058 --> 00:23:48,459
It's a little [sighs] --
552
00:23:48,461 --> 00:23:50,561
a little like a bad gin.
553
00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:52,830
So put my heads back in
and I'm rerunning it
554
00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:56,066
and seeing if I can get
some magic out of it.
555
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:58,068
We'll see.
556
00:23:58,070 --> 00:24:00,404
It's not a good sign.
557
00:24:00,406 --> 00:24:03,941
Gentlemen, you've got
one hour left.
558
00:24:03,943 --> 00:24:07,311
Mark: Now, there's his
caramelized sugar.
559
00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:13,350
♪♪
560
00:24:13,352 --> 00:24:15,419
alfredo's gonna
shake that jar,
561
00:24:15,421 --> 00:24:18,355
get that caramelized sugar
to dissolve.
562
00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,590
Yeah, it's melting down.
563
00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:23,394
Yep, that'll get you
some exercise.
564
00:24:23,396 --> 00:24:27,331
Hyde: I need that flavor
to blow everybody away,
565
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,433
but I got to make sure that I
don't add too much coconut water
566
00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:32,369
or else I am screwed on proof.
567
00:24:32,371 --> 00:24:34,605
Good color.
568
00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:36,373
Yep, we're all melted.
569
00:24:36,375 --> 00:24:38,209
Jonah: I think I need to stop
psyching myself out.
570
00:24:38,211 --> 00:24:39,743
The number-one goal
is to make sure
571
00:24:39,745 --> 00:24:41,645
that I hit that 114 or above.
572
00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:44,815
I'm ready, guys.
573
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,951
-Alfredo's got something.
-Yes, sir.
574
00:24:46,953 --> 00:24:48,352
Number one.
575
00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:54,391
♪♪
576
00:24:54,393 --> 00:24:57,261
think hyde's bringing us a jar.
577
00:24:57,263 --> 00:24:59,497
-Good deal.
-Good luck to you, hyde.
578
00:25:01,567 --> 00:25:03,067
30 seconds, jonah.
579
00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:04,735
Your time's a-drawing in on you.
580
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:11,141
You beat the clock,
beat the clock.
581
00:25:11,143 --> 00:25:12,676
15 seconds left.
582
00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:15,279
-Good luck, jonah.
-Good luck, my friend.
583
00:25:15,281 --> 00:25:18,082
Tim: Alfredo here.
584
00:25:18,084 --> 00:25:20,918
It smells spicy,
but it's not overpowering.
585
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,053
I had a plan.
Executed the plan.
586
00:25:23,055 --> 00:25:25,289
You know, front to back,
it's rum,
587
00:25:25,291 --> 00:25:26,624
and it's spiced rum.
588
00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:30,861
He put that little bitty dab
of that caramelized sugar.
589
00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:32,229
And -- when it was through.
590
00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:35,165
Yeah, that's where the "caramy,"
buttery taste comes in.
591
00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:36,967
All right,
let's go to mr. Hyde.
592
00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:38,769
Now, if there's
muscadine flavor in there,
593
00:25:38,771 --> 00:25:40,604
I'm a huge fan
of the muscadine.
594
00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:43,207
Beginning, I felt great,
and then I started spicing it.
595
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:46,377
Tastes good.
It's really smooth
596
00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:47,578
for high-proof liquor.
597
00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:49,680
It's got a little hot taste,
right at first.
598
00:25:49,682 --> 00:25:52,616
It's got a real spicy taste
to me, but I like it.
599
00:25:52,618 --> 00:25:55,252
Jonah. Here we go.
600
00:25:55,254 --> 00:25:57,021
You guys saw me
try to rerun the heads.
601
00:25:57,023 --> 00:26:00,925
I think jar 16
is delicious.
602
00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:06,363
-Oh, no.
-What in the world?
603
00:26:06,365 --> 00:26:08,832
-Oh, [bleep]
-it's nothing but cinnamon.
604
00:26:08,834 --> 00:26:10,601
Tim, come over here.
I'm gonna lick your armpit
605
00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:12,570
and get this taste
out of my mouth.
606
00:26:12,572 --> 00:26:14,705
All right. We good?
607
00:26:14,707 --> 00:26:16,707
If y'all are good,
I'm gonna go get them.
608
00:26:19,512 --> 00:26:21,679
Digger: Boys,
all the formalities is over.
609
00:26:21,681 --> 00:26:24,448
It comes time
for somebody to go home.
610
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,651
Alfredo, it's spiced rum
through and through.
611
00:26:27,653 --> 00:26:30,487
Its backbone
goes the full length
612
00:26:30,489 --> 00:26:31,655
through your palate.
613
00:26:31,657 --> 00:26:34,625
Jonah, I think you can have
shut your still down
614
00:26:34,627 --> 00:26:36,493
an hour or so earlier.
615
00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:38,128
You were running way too fast,
616
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,965
and that makes fierce,
fiery spirits.
617
00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:44,535
I don't know that a damn bunch
of drunken pirates
618
00:26:44,537 --> 00:26:48,072
are mean enough to drink it.
619
00:26:48,074 --> 00:26:49,807
-All right.
-Hyde.
620
00:26:49,809 --> 00:26:52,443
When you look at the jar,
it really looks like lemonade,
621
00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:54,178
but it doesn't taste
like lemonade.
622
00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:56,547
It actually has a real good
taste to it.
623
00:26:56,549 --> 00:26:58,015
Actually, it's real good.
624
00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:00,284
I like it, myself.
I really do.
625
00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:05,623
But, unfortunately, it's all
about being navy-strength run
626
00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:07,758
at 114 minimum.
627
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,395
A standard hydrometer
will not measure alcohol
628
00:27:11,397 --> 00:27:14,465
or proof after
you've added flavor into it.
629
00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:18,836
I got you a fancy proofer
over here.
630
00:27:18,838 --> 00:27:22,406
Narrator: A digital hydrometer
can calculate alcohol content
631
00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:24,541
in almost any liquid.
632
00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:30,648
-Jonah.
-114 on the nose.
633
00:27:30,650 --> 00:27:33,250
About as good as it gets
right there.
634
00:27:33,252 --> 00:27:35,319
The proof is spot-on.
635
00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:37,421
Taste is spot-off.
636
00:27:37,423 --> 00:27:38,455
Flavor's off.
637
00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:40,324
We're gonna go
alfredo here.
638
00:27:42,928 --> 00:27:47,898
-116. Outstanding.
-Good job.
639
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:52,236
-This is hyde's, right?
-This is old buddy hyde.
640
00:27:52,238 --> 00:27:56,807
102.69.
-Wow.
641
00:27:56,809 --> 00:28:00,577
Hyde, you're going home, buddy.
Awful sorry.
642
00:28:00,579 --> 00:28:01,745
Damn.
643
00:28:01,747 --> 00:28:03,714
We're expecting to hear
and see good things
644
00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:04,882
out of you, young man.
645
00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:07,785
It's good to know
I can hold my own at 24.
646
00:28:07,787 --> 00:28:11,088
Oh, you'll see me again,
I promise.
647
00:28:11,090 --> 00:28:14,725
Had his proof been where
it was supposed to be,
648
00:28:14,727 --> 00:28:16,660
that would have been
you leaving, jonah.
649
00:28:16,662 --> 00:28:18,095
Yes, sir.
650
00:28:18,097 --> 00:28:19,997
Narrator:
Coming up, the final round
651
00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:23,067
throws the remaining
two distillers off course.
652
00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:24,601
Digger:
We added a little twist.
653
00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:27,938
Narrator: And a backwoods
buccaneer crashes the party.
654
00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:29,840
The more complicated
you make it,
655
00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:32,476
the more chances you have
to mess something up.
656
00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:39,450
Narrator:
It's the final leg of their
"master distillers" voyage
657
00:28:39,452 --> 00:28:42,352
as two remaining shiners
prepare to mash in
658
00:28:42,354 --> 00:28:45,155
their original navy-strength
rum recipes
659
00:28:45,157 --> 00:28:47,491
using ingredients
they brought from home.
660
00:28:47,493 --> 00:28:48,726
We're down to two.
661
00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:50,728
That means y'all got to bring
your a-game.
662
00:28:50,730 --> 00:28:53,497
Paint your picture.
Bring us your best jar.
663
00:28:53,499 --> 00:28:56,200
Build the finest mash
we've ever seen for rum.
664
00:28:58,304 --> 00:29:01,705
You got one hour to do this.
665
00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:05,709
Narrator: Not only must
distillers present 114-proof rum
666
00:29:05,711 --> 00:29:07,978
with their own signature flavor,
667
00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:10,647
like navy sailors
on the high seas,
668
00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:13,317
they must be prepared
for anything they encounter
669
00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:15,052
in the final round.
670
00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:20,858
-Fire in the hole!
-Copy that, alfredo.
671
00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:23,260
I am very excited
to run my own mash.
672
00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:27,531
I have molasses, sugar syrup,
some plain sugar,
673
00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:29,466
and I brought water from home.
674
00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:32,436
I brought my own water
from fort lauderdale,
675
00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:35,305
from my well
from the biscayne aquifer.
676
00:29:35,307 --> 00:29:37,574
It's the closest water
you can get to the caribbean,
677
00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:39,343
where they make the best rum.
678
00:29:39,345 --> 00:29:41,512
Clean tool is a happy tool.
679
00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:46,216
I'm very excited to run
my own mash.
680
00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:48,418
This is the flavor
that I'm used to.
681
00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:50,387
Pretty simple recipe --
unsulphured molasses,
682
00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:52,356
and I use demerara sugar.
683
00:29:52,358 --> 00:29:54,691
In terms of my recipe,
it's my my take on
684
00:29:54,693 --> 00:29:56,627
an old moonshine rum recipe.
685
00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:59,329
So I feel like I'm at least
knocking on the door
686
00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,231
where I should be
for this next challenge.
687
00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:08,405
♪♪
688
00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:09,406
digger:
Y'all are done, men.
689
00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,208
Transfer your mash
to your barrels.
690
00:30:11,210 --> 00:30:13,677
When your temperature's right,
pitch your yeast, walk off.
691
00:30:13,679 --> 00:30:16,046
We'll see you in five days.
692
00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,548
Narrator:
Once the yeast is added,
693
00:30:17,550 --> 00:30:20,517
the mash is allowed to ferment
for five days
694
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,854
as the yeast consume the sugars
and starches in the mix,
695
00:30:23,856 --> 00:30:26,623
releasing alcohol
as a byproduct.
696
00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:28,225
If conditions are right,
697
00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:31,195
the higher quantity
of fermentable sugars in rum
698
00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:35,799
allow the alcohol content
to top out around 20%.
699
00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:39,636
The fermented mash, called wash,
can then be distilled
700
00:30:39,638 --> 00:30:42,873
into navy-strength rum.
701
00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:45,709
Five days later,
the shiners return
702
00:30:45,711 --> 00:30:48,912
to find out if their wash
can yield navy proof.
703
00:30:48,914 --> 00:30:51,548
All right, men.
Welcome back.
704
00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:54,017
Boys, do you see
a strange face in here?
705
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:56,687
It's the closest thing
we could find to a pirate.
706
00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,622
[ laughter ]
707
00:30:58,624 --> 00:31:02,059
your final run,
your signature mash.
708
00:31:02,061 --> 00:31:04,895
This is where we find out
which one of you two is truly
709
00:31:04,897 --> 00:31:06,463
the master distiller.
710
00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:08,732
But we added a little twist.
711
00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:11,735
Tim: See on the barrel
that we have some oak chips
712
00:31:11,737 --> 00:31:15,472
and also some salt-cured cubes
in the smaller ones there.
713
00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:19,977
And this is gonna give this
open-air, ocean taste profile.
714
00:31:19,979 --> 00:31:21,745
It's a new trend.
715
00:31:21,747 --> 00:31:23,580
Narrator:
The final twist is based on
716
00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:27,417
a colonial-era technique
of aging spirits at sea.
717
00:31:27,419 --> 00:31:30,821
Transporting clear caribbean rum
across the ocean
718
00:31:30,823 --> 00:31:34,391
in oak barrels mellowed
and darkened the spirit.
719
00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:37,261
To get a similar effect
in just days,
720
00:31:37,263 --> 00:31:40,364
backwards distillers
use oak chips or cubes
721
00:31:40,366 --> 00:31:43,901
to rapidly age their liquor,
even adding salt-cured oak
722
00:31:43,903 --> 00:31:46,803
to replicate the flavors
of the ocean air.
723
00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:49,406
Distillers will incorporate
this technique
724
00:31:49,408 --> 00:31:52,910
into their signature flavors
during the final run
725
00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:55,712
to present a navy-strength
spiced rum
726
00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:59,716
at a minimum of 114 proof.
727
00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:02,653
Alfredo, since you was at number
one from the last challenge,
728
00:32:02,655 --> 00:32:04,821
you get to pick first.
729
00:32:04,823 --> 00:32:09,760
You can take one all or two
or three or whatever.
730
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:12,963
And jonah.
731
00:32:12,965 --> 00:32:14,531
I'll take everything
that's left, brother.
732
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:17,434
-There you go.
-Can't argue the logic.
733
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,970
Digger: You got four hours
to accomplish your task.
734
00:32:19,972 --> 00:32:22,105
We want two jars on the table.
735
00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:24,608
Your time starts now.
736
00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:30,447
This is a really
incredible challenge for them.
737
00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:32,316
They're fighting
so many things --
738
00:32:32,318 --> 00:32:33,784
time, good blend,
739
00:32:33,786 --> 00:32:35,719
their taste profile
where you want it.
740
00:32:35,721 --> 00:32:37,654
Then they have to imagine
741
00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:40,590
what it's gonna taste like
after it's over.
742
00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:44,895
Imagining what that jar's gonna
taste like tomorrow --
743
00:32:44,897 --> 00:32:49,099
that would be
the toughest one on me.
744
00:32:49,101 --> 00:32:50,867
Got a haircut
at the same time.
745
00:32:50,869 --> 00:32:54,071
-Fire in the hole!
-Alfredo is no joke.
746
00:32:54,073 --> 00:32:57,140
So when it comes to competition,
it is intense.
747
00:32:57,142 --> 00:33:00,177
Alfredo's unrolling
some copper.
748
00:33:00,179 --> 00:33:01,545
Digger:
No, he's rolling it up.
749
00:33:01,547 --> 00:33:03,947
Right there's gonna bump
his proof a lot.
750
00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:07,184
Tim: It'll catch your water and
drip back down into your pot,
751
00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:08,919
and the alcohol
will go through, and yeah,
752
00:33:08,921 --> 00:33:11,355
he can really raise
his proof up there.
753
00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:13,557
Men, you're two hours
into your run.
754
00:33:13,559 --> 00:33:20,731
♪♪
755
00:33:20,733 --> 00:33:23,100
for our jamaican friends,
some curry.
756
00:33:23,102 --> 00:33:24,368
Tell you what --
win or lose,
757
00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:26,036
I'm looking forward
to tasting your rum, sir.
758
00:33:26,038 --> 00:33:28,105
Well, going into this,
I'm gonna go in the same way
759
00:33:28,107 --> 00:33:30,774
as the other two --
stick to the basics.
760
00:33:30,776 --> 00:33:34,077
Heat up the same way,
clean the pot the same way.
761
00:33:34,079 --> 00:33:37,280
I'm heating up some
caramel color on the side.
762
00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:40,417
I'm hoping that the water's
gonna give me the oak flavor.
763
00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:44,421
The spices
and the way I tone the liquor
764
00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:45,689
will give it the color.
765
00:33:45,691 --> 00:33:48,725
Bay leaves, coriander.
A little bit of cumin
766
00:33:48,727 --> 00:33:51,395
two mint leaves, lime extract.
767
00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:55,732
Running a little slower
than I might,
768
00:33:55,734 --> 00:33:58,602
making my cuts
at every half pint.
769
00:33:58,604 --> 00:34:01,304
Salt cure, medium.
770
00:34:01,306 --> 00:34:03,573
That aging with chips
or cubes --
771
00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:05,475
it can be real tricky.
772
00:34:05,477 --> 00:34:08,078
We screwed up a lot of liquor
when we first started
773
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:12,482
aging with chips
a long time ago.
774
00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:14,751
Alfredo:
Caramel, color up the liquor.
775
00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:16,119
I don't know
how the wood's gonna react,
776
00:34:16,121 --> 00:34:18,655
so I know this will make it
the right color I want.
777
00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:20,357
One hour to go, gentlemen.
778
00:34:23,729 --> 00:34:26,530
Tim: Jonah -- did he make
that many jars,
779
00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:28,532
or did he mix
that many jars?
780
00:34:28,534 --> 00:34:30,634
I don't know, pal.
781
00:34:30,636 --> 00:34:33,537
Then some of them jars
just has this much in them.
782
00:34:33,539 --> 00:34:35,405
How many jars you got?
783
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:40,277
34 and 7 little ones.
784
00:34:40,279 --> 00:34:42,779
Okay, 34 jars.
785
00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:43,947
Narrator: Coming up...
786
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:46,550
That medium french oak
picks up color fast.
787
00:34:46,552 --> 00:34:47,851
Narrator: ...The final proof.
788
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:49,319
Rolls off the tongue
pretty good.
789
00:34:49,321 --> 00:34:50,620
Tickle: It does.
790
00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:53,256
Though it don't smell the same
as it did, does it, tickle?
791
00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,196
I like rum when it's made good.
792
00:34:59,198 --> 00:35:01,832
A lot of fruit.
Pretty girls.
793
00:35:01,834 --> 00:35:03,166
Hula dresses.
794
00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:04,634
Get up there and show us how you
can do that hula dance.
795
00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:06,403
Hey, I'm gonna be honest
with you now.
796
00:35:06,405 --> 00:35:09,673
You know, dancing just runs
in the swayze family.
797
00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:12,275
Hell yeah.
He can do it now.
798
00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:15,011
I just lay back and I'm envious
of his dancing skills.
799
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:16,580
How many drinks
does it take?
800
00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:17,981
He don't need no drinking.
801
00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:19,349
Now, I'm gonna be honest.
802
00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:20,750
He can.
He can dance a jig,
803
00:35:20,752 --> 00:35:23,887
but he can't dip
worth a damn.
804
00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:25,222
Moving along.
805
00:35:25,224 --> 00:35:26,790
[ laughs ]
806
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:32,729
narrator: It's a navy-strength
rum runners showdown
807
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,898
as a seasoned shiner faces off
808
00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:37,567
against a california
cocktail king.
809
00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:40,303
Jonah -- did he make
that many jars,
810
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:43,039
or did he mix
that many jars?
811
00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:45,909
Narrator: Winning the title of
master distiller will come down
812
00:35:45,911 --> 00:35:48,812
to balancing rich flavor
with smooth oak aging
813
00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:53,016
and hitting 114 proof or higher.
814
00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:54,784
Jonah: One of the things that
I really pride myself on
815
00:35:54,786 --> 00:35:56,086
is blending.
816
00:35:56,088 --> 00:35:58,355
And, you know, the more options
you give yourself,
817
00:35:58,357 --> 00:36:00,657
the more chances
you have to blend.
818
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:03,660
That medium french oak
picks up color fast.
819
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,929
Digger: You've got alfredo
over here,
820
00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:07,564
and he's just laid back.
821
00:36:07,566 --> 00:36:09,633
He's got a plan.
He's got --
822
00:36:09,635 --> 00:36:11,001
he's not veering off
his course.
823
00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:14,404
He's staying in his lane.
824
00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:17,140
35 minutes, gentlemen.
825
00:36:17,142 --> 00:36:18,742
Alfredo:
It's got some heat to it,
826
00:36:18,744 --> 00:36:20,277
but there's so many
other flavors
827
00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:22,012
that are masking the heat.
828
00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:28,285
Alfredo wants
to bring his jar.
829
00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:31,521
That is the rapidest aging
I believe I've ever seen.
830
00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:32,856
Yeah, he didn't leave
no wood in it.
831
00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:34,257
There's one piece of wood.
832
00:36:36,295 --> 00:36:38,128
Twenty minutes, jonah.
833
00:36:38,130 --> 00:36:40,497
Notice the little jars
on top of his still
834
00:36:40,499 --> 00:36:43,099
where I think he's experimenting
a little bit?
835
00:36:43,101 --> 00:36:44,901
Jonah: I kept my spice
in the thumper simple --
836
00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,304
what I know is gonna work,
what I've worked with before --
837
00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:48,972
and then wanted to create
all those little things
838
00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,874
that would give me
additional flavor.
839
00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:52,709
Blends everything
together.
840
00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:55,278
He's not gonna have time
to make any changes,
841
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,581
and he has no idea what
it's gonna taste like
842
00:36:57,583 --> 00:36:59,249
once it's all
blended together.
843
00:36:59,251 --> 00:37:01,384
Tickle: The more complicated
you make it,
844
00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:05,055
the more chances you have
to mess something up.
845
00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:09,693
Five, four, three, two.
846
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:13,496
Long as it's in.
847
00:37:13,498 --> 00:37:14,698
We'll be back here
in the morning.
848
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,000
We'll gather up
and look at her again.
849
00:37:17,002 --> 00:37:22,138
♪♪
850
00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:27,277
♪♪
851
00:37:27,279 --> 00:37:29,879
the last day,
this is the deal --
852
00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:32,015
this is for the belt.
853
00:37:32,017 --> 00:37:34,451
Refine your product,
filter it out,
854
00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:37,053
make it the prettiest jar
of spiced rum
855
00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:38,588
we've ever seen in our lives.
856
00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:41,057
Your time starts now.
857
00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:46,930
Alfredo: Last night, I kept
thinking about the jar,
858
00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:48,265
trying to remember what it --
859
00:37:48,267 --> 00:37:51,401
what that last sip tasted
from the jar,
860
00:37:51,403 --> 00:37:54,938
but I had still confidence
that it was there.
861
00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:57,974
Alfredo -- he just went for
a pretty simple procedure,
862
00:37:57,976 --> 00:38:00,677
stuck some felt over
the mouth of his jar
863
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:03,046
and poured it through.
864
00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:06,516
We'll see what jonah's got
going on over here.
865
00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:09,185
I don't know. He done broke out
about 10 jars on it.
866
00:38:09,187 --> 00:38:12,222
Jonah: My number-one goal
was to use that half hour
867
00:38:12,224 --> 00:38:14,391
to get as clear a jar of liquor
868
00:38:14,393 --> 00:38:17,294
on the table in front
of those judges as I could.
869
00:38:17,296 --> 00:38:21,031
You can pour some of your flavor
out through the filter.
870
00:38:21,033 --> 00:38:23,199
Digger: When you ring
your filter and cloth out,
871
00:38:23,201 --> 00:38:25,769
all you're doing
is putting the linen there
872
00:38:25,771 --> 00:38:28,104
and what you already
filtered out.
873
00:38:28,106 --> 00:38:30,573
Don't squeeze it.
Don't do it.
874
00:38:30,575 --> 00:38:32,275
Don't -- ah.
875
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,782
Jonah coming in.
876
00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:39,849
Good luck, jonah.
877
00:38:39,851 --> 00:38:41,851
-Thank you.
-Good luck.
878
00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:44,054
Tim: Alfredo.
879
00:38:44,056 --> 00:38:46,056
Rolls off the tongue
pretty good.
880
00:38:46,058 --> 00:38:49,326
-Yeah, it does.
-It goes away real fast.
881
00:38:49,328 --> 00:38:52,729
Yeah, it's got a little bit
of a sweet note at the end.
882
00:38:52,731 --> 00:38:54,597
I like it, though.
It's good.
883
00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,800
But it's got
that spiced-rum smell.
884
00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:59,903
Alfredo used
that salted oak cube.
885
00:38:59,905 --> 00:39:01,604
It's got a great flavor
to it.
886
00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:03,373
-Let's taste that other.
-Pour us another.
887
00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:06,009
Let's see what we got going on
with jonah's jar there.
888
00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:07,911
I can't believe, though,
honestly
889
00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:09,846
how jonah cleared
that jar up.
890
00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:13,216
-He did a good job of it.
-He did an excellent job.
891
00:39:13,218 --> 00:39:16,453
Though it don't smell the same
as it did, does it, tickle?
892
00:39:16,455 --> 00:39:18,922
No, he pulled it out
with all that filtering.
893
00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:23,460
Honestly, real and truly,
it isn't a bad rum.
894
00:39:23,462 --> 00:39:25,395
Well, ain't nothing to do now
but come and
895
00:39:25,397 --> 00:39:28,932
bring them on in here and let
them know what we got to say.
896
00:39:28,934 --> 00:39:30,367
Digger:
Men, welcome back.
897
00:39:30,369 --> 00:39:32,135
Tickle, crack a noggin
on one of them.
898
00:39:32,137 --> 00:39:34,504
I've got the parameters
set on this rascal.
899
00:39:34,506 --> 00:39:37,807
Tickle: Let's see what we got
going on here.
900
00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:41,511
Jonah, your jar is 115.
901
00:39:41,513 --> 00:39:44,080
-All right.
-Check alfredo.
902
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:50,553
Alfredo is on the money
at 115.
903
00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:52,122
Fellas,
904
00:39:52,124 --> 00:39:55,258
both of these jars are 114
and above.
905
00:39:55,260 --> 00:40:01,798
So we judged you solely
on smell, taste --
906
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,034
everything you would judge
a good rum on.
907
00:40:05,036 --> 00:40:08,772
Alfredo, the clarity, the color.
The taste profile is perfect,
908
00:40:08,774 --> 00:40:12,809
depending more on
your salt-cured oak cube
909
00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:15,011
to give you
some of the flavor --
910
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:16,746
outstanding job.
911
00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,448
You know,
really great color.
912
00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:19,816
Clarity's good.
913
00:40:19,818 --> 00:40:22,185
All in all, great product.
914
00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:25,989
Jonah, clarity --
incredible.
915
00:40:25,991 --> 00:40:29,993
Incredible that you did what
you did right in front of us.
916
00:40:29,995 --> 00:40:32,462
It's just
a little bit bland.
917
00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:35,932
You filtered so much,
and every time you rang it out,
918
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:38,835
I was just sitting there saying,
"no, no, no, don't ring it out."
919
00:40:38,837 --> 00:40:41,971
you never ring out
your filtering medium
920
00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:44,040
'cause there's things in there
you don't want.
921
00:40:44,042 --> 00:40:46,843
The taste off your hands,
the salts will pick up.
922
00:40:46,845 --> 00:40:48,545
But you cleared it up.
923
00:40:50,682 --> 00:40:52,515
All that being said...
924
00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:59,622
...Alfredo, you're the next
master distiller.
925
00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:00,523
Thank you.
926
00:41:00,525 --> 00:41:01,791
I think my heart skipped a beat.
927
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,127
-Congratulations.
-I really feel good.
928
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:06,496
The judges actually
validated my hard efforts.
929
00:41:06,498 --> 00:41:10,233
Congratulations to both of you,
you especially, alfredo.
930
00:41:10,235 --> 00:41:12,101
You're the new
master distiller.
931
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:16,873
Narrator:
Next on "master distiller,"
932
00:41:16,875 --> 00:41:18,708
it's a backwoods battle...
933
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:19,909
Thumper's firing.
934
00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:21,244
Can't take the heat,
get out of the kitchen.
935
00:41:21,246 --> 00:41:23,580
-Exactly right.
-You got a campfire going on.
936
00:41:23,582 --> 00:41:25,381
I love a good fire.
937
00:41:25,383 --> 00:41:27,784
Narrator: ...As three of
america's favorite moonshiners
938
00:41:27,786 --> 00:41:31,588
compete for a jar of
popcorn sutton's famous shine.
939
00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:33,389
There will never be no more
popcorn sutton liquor.
940
00:41:33,391 --> 00:41:34,390
I want it.