1 00:00:01,302 --> 00:00:03,702 [narrator] this time on master distiller... 2 00:00:03,738 --> 00:00:05,537 Battle of the backwoods... 3 00:00:05,573 --> 00:00:08,206 -I'm perspiring. -Can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. 4 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:10,776 Three of america's favorite moonshiners, 5 00:00:10,811 --> 00:00:12,444 josh owens... 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,046 -I got knives. -I'm worried about that. 7 00:00:14,081 --> 00:00:15,147 ...Mark rogers... 8 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:17,016 When I get in the kitchen, I make a lot of racket. 9 00:00:17,051 --> 00:00:19,184 And up-and-comer, daniel maner... 10 00:00:19,220 --> 00:00:20,986 I've perfected that shake test. 11 00:00:21,022 --> 00:00:23,756 ...Compete to determine who makes appalaches' 12 00:00:23,791 --> 00:00:26,358 most authentic backwood shine. 13 00:00:26,394 --> 00:00:27,893 That's about 180 proof. 14 00:00:27,928 --> 00:00:29,528 -[mark] are you cheating? -[daniel] no. 15 00:00:30,998 --> 00:00:34,433 [narrator] across the country, a handful of amateur distillers 16 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:36,735 are heirs to a centuries-old tradition. 17 00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:43,275 With skills and recipes passed down from their forefathers, 18 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:46,478 they carry on a legacy of practicing their craft 19 00:00:46,514 --> 00:00:48,280 beyond the reach of the law. 20 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:50,115 Quit drinking that liquor. 21 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:52,251 It's like a 'tater chip, can't eat just one. 22 00:00:52,286 --> 00:00:56,789 Now, three of the best will face off to settle a regional score... 23 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:58,457 -Oh, [bleep]. -[laughs] 24 00:00:58,492 --> 00:01:00,859 ...Judged by a jury of their peers... 25 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:02,161 [shudders] 26 00:01:02,196 --> 00:01:05,164 -it's got it, ain't it? -That's a damn fine drink of liquor. 27 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:08,267 ...To earn the ultimate backwoods bragging rights. 28 00:01:20,247 --> 00:01:21,580 [digger] welcome, boys. 29 00:01:21,615 --> 00:01:23,615 Y'all said you want a little action 30 00:01:23,651 --> 00:01:25,884 now here you are. You goin' get it. 31 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,787 You're gonna run a little corn mash we built. 32 00:01:28,823 --> 00:01:32,224 We're going to see who's got the best skills to change that flavor profile 33 00:01:32,259 --> 00:01:36,428 with that copper still. Timmy, got any words for me? 34 00:01:36,464 --> 00:01:38,997 You got three stills here. They're all built the same. 35 00:01:39,033 --> 00:01:40,866 All of you got the same mash build. 36 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:43,969 So how do you fill your still? How do you fill your doubler? 37 00:01:44,004 --> 00:01:47,940 How you run your heat? How you make your cuts? 38 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:50,476 One good jar sitting on the table. 39 00:01:50,511 --> 00:01:52,711 That's what's going to make the difference in y'all three. 40 00:01:52,746 --> 00:01:56,682 The winner of this round gets to go to the farm shed first, 41 00:01:56,717 --> 00:01:58,784 second, third, however you finish 42 00:01:58,819 --> 00:02:02,688 and pick out your ingredients for your apple pie flavor run. 43 00:02:02,723 --> 00:02:07,860 I know that you are each very capable to make an outstanding liquor. 44 00:02:07,895 --> 00:02:09,161 Thank you. 45 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:11,597 You gonna win your braggin' rights. That's pretty much it 46 00:02:11,632 --> 00:02:14,066 except for I brought a little something from home. 47 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:21,006 Whoever becomes the master distiller of this group wins this. 48 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:23,542 A jar of popcorn sutton liquor. 49 00:02:23,577 --> 00:02:26,211 -I just wanna taste it. -Hell, yeah. 50 00:02:26,247 --> 00:02:27,913 And if I was you I'd cherish it. 51 00:02:27,948 --> 00:02:29,414 'cause there ain't no more. 52 00:02:29,450 --> 00:02:32,117 Powerful [bleep]. Watch this. 53 00:02:32,153 --> 00:02:36,855 [narrator] popcorn sutton was the most notorious moonshiner of modern times. 54 00:02:36,891 --> 00:02:38,790 [popcorn sutton] nobody can take me like I am, 55 00:02:38,826 --> 00:02:40,926 they can just kiss my [bleep] damn ass. 56 00:02:40,961 --> 00:02:43,695 I am popcorn [bleep] sutton. 57 00:02:43,731 --> 00:02:46,798 [narrator] not only did he distill the best white corn whiskey 58 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:48,300 in all of appalachia... 59 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:50,302 This right here will be second to none. 60 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:52,771 [narrator] he shared the secrets of his craft 61 00:02:52,806 --> 00:02:55,774 with an entire generation of backwood shiners... 62 00:02:55,809 --> 00:02:58,944 -Learn from the best. -I ain't a braggin' or nothing but you damn sure did. 63 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:03,215 [narrator] ...While his legacy lives on through his moonshining proteges, 64 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:07,286 jars of his infamously smooth shine are on the brink of extinction. 65 00:03:08,222 --> 00:03:10,522 Might fight over it. 66 00:03:10,558 --> 00:03:13,225 [digger] all right, fellers, you've got four hours 67 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:15,127 starting now. 68 00:03:15,162 --> 00:03:16,628 Good luck, y'all. 69 00:03:16,664 --> 00:03:19,364 [narrator] for the first time in these shiners' careers, 70 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,066 they'll run a mystery mash 71 00:03:21,101 --> 00:03:23,435 on stills they haven't built 72 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:26,838 to produce their best jar of clear corn shine 73 00:03:26,874 --> 00:03:29,308 at a minimum of 100 proof. 74 00:03:29,343 --> 00:03:31,376 Does it have solids in it, digger? 75 00:03:31,412 --> 00:03:33,579 [digger] I think it's mostly strained out, 76 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:35,547 but it don't hurt to double strain. 77 00:03:35,583 --> 00:03:37,683 Whew! Doggone! Smell that alcohol in there. 78 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:38,684 She's in there. 79 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:44,423 My name's josh owens, I'm from columbus, north carolina. 80 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:48,594 I'm 100 miles an hour on full throttle with everything I do. 81 00:03:48,629 --> 00:03:51,763 -[bleep] damn near tore my ass up! -[bees buzzing] 82 00:03:51,799 --> 00:03:54,333 just a bee sting, but that baby has swole up. 83 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:55,901 I got a badass bite. 84 00:03:55,936 --> 00:03:57,469 I'm a very competitive person, 85 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:00,706 but I lose a lot more than I win. 86 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:02,441 Here's my broken nose. 87 00:04:02,476 --> 00:04:05,544 But one of my happy places is when I'm making moonshine. 88 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:08,947 So I got totally fascinated with it. And then I met barney. 89 00:04:08,983 --> 00:04:11,049 He's a local moonshine legend. 90 00:04:14,822 --> 00:04:18,690 Bonnie was like my mentor, man, he taught me everything I knew. 91 00:04:18,726 --> 00:04:20,626 Once I got to making moonshine, 92 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:22,327 I fell in love, it got in my veins. 93 00:04:22,363 --> 00:04:26,365 And once moonshine gets in your veins, you'll never get it out. 94 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:30,802 Take you two hours to strain that. 95 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:32,838 It's taking a little while for sure. 96 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:34,239 You go on and strain that. 97 00:04:34,275 --> 00:04:37,409 I can run it without forcing it though. 98 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,710 I know you can't. 99 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:40,679 He said I poured solids and all in there. To hell with that. 100 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:42,180 That's what he said. 101 00:04:42,216 --> 00:04:45,350 He's catching mostly solids in the bucket though, he's doing it right. 102 00:04:47,521 --> 00:04:50,455 When I get in the kitchen I make a lot of racket is all I can tell ya. 103 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:56,028 My name's mark rogers and I'm from robbinsville, north carolina. 104 00:04:56,063 --> 00:04:58,730 Well, I always considered myself being a mountain man. 105 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:01,667 I've lived in the mountains all my life. 106 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:06,104 Survived... Know about hunting, fishing, making moonshine. 107 00:05:06,140 --> 00:05:08,507 My favorite liquor is corn whiskey 108 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:09,875 what I growed up on, 109 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:13,478 but, you know, I like peach brandy, apple brandy. 110 00:05:13,514 --> 00:05:15,314 All of it's good. 111 00:05:15,382 --> 00:05:17,749 I'm getting at a pretty good age now, 112 00:05:17,785 --> 00:05:21,119 and I'm gonna do it as long as I'm able to get darn doing it. 113 00:05:21,155 --> 00:05:23,021 I ain't never gonna quit. 114 00:05:23,057 --> 00:05:27,693 Whew! I'm sweating, perspiring. 115 00:05:27,728 --> 00:05:29,328 [mark] this is a hell of a lot different 116 00:05:29,363 --> 00:05:31,463 than running shine in the backwoods. 117 00:05:31,498 --> 00:05:34,166 -Can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. -That's exactly right. 118 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:38,937 My name is daniel maner and I'm from sevierville, tennessee 119 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:42,107 I learned how to make shine when I was 14-15 year old. 120 00:05:42,142 --> 00:05:45,877 I actually run into an old man running a still when I was hunting. 121 00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:47,546 Hey, knew who I was, luckily. 122 00:05:47,581 --> 00:05:49,481 Or I'd have probably got a shotgun barrell. 123 00:05:50,617 --> 00:05:53,518 He befriended me and he trusted me enough to teach me. 124 00:05:53,554 --> 00:05:56,188 The first time we lit a fire under that still, 125 00:05:56,223 --> 00:05:57,522 I was hooked. 126 00:05:57,558 --> 00:05:59,157 You know, it'd feel real good 127 00:05:59,193 --> 00:06:02,661 to have bragging rights to beat two seasoned professionals. 128 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:05,764 And me being, in their eyes, the greenhorn. 129 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:08,333 That's high quality h2o. 130 00:06:08,369 --> 00:06:10,902 -[josh] you put water in yours? -Just a little. 131 00:06:11,472 --> 00:06:12,604 About a gallon. 132 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:13,772 [tim] now that's a good strategy 133 00:06:13,807 --> 00:06:16,007 because this mash has a lot of solids in it. 134 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:19,211 So he's adding some water to it to thin it up a little bit. 135 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:22,013 That's the idea. Put a little bit of water in it. 136 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:26,852 Now you're cooking with smoke 137 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:28,887 or gas, in this case. 138 00:06:31,392 --> 00:06:35,127 I lived in the mountains all my life, you know, I hardly use propane. 139 00:06:35,162 --> 00:06:38,864 I held some, but I use wood way, the way I run. 140 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:41,767 Sometimes you just gotta finesse it a little bit, marky. 141 00:06:41,802 --> 00:06:42,701 Watch this. 142 00:06:44,605 --> 00:06:46,104 There, you got gas now. 143 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:49,174 -It ain't gonna work. -I need a flak vest on in a minue. 144 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:53,412 -Try now. -I hear it. 145 00:06:53,447 --> 00:06:57,082 Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off. I'll blow us up. 146 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:59,751 [digger] nah, you won't. Give me some [bleep]. I ain't scare of it. 147 00:07:02,089 --> 00:07:03,422 Now we're cooking. 148 00:07:03,991 --> 00:07:05,190 What did you do? 149 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:06,625 Aggravated my hernia. 150 00:07:10,631 --> 00:07:11,863 Josh's got his thumping over here 151 00:07:11,899 --> 00:07:13,365 and he ain't got the cap on it yet. 152 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,401 Better not quit stirring or she'll be stuck and your put'll be ruined 153 00:07:16,437 --> 00:07:17,903 and your run will be ruined. 154 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:20,272 [digger] well, I'm gonna tell you that heats you up faster. 155 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:23,108 -Daniel better get him some fire going. -Yep. 156 00:07:27,448 --> 00:07:29,014 Gotta adjust your air, daniel. 157 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:32,250 Yeah, now you're looking good. 158 00:07:32,286 --> 00:07:34,653 [narrator] running on much smaller stills 159 00:07:34,688 --> 00:07:36,521 than when working in the backwoods 160 00:07:36,557 --> 00:07:40,358 means shiners must take extra care to control the heat 161 00:07:40,394 --> 00:07:43,995 as the mash approaches 173 degrees. 162 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:47,432 Too much direct heat could scorch the remaining solids, 163 00:07:47,468 --> 00:07:48,934 imparting a burnt taste 164 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:52,270 as the alcohol vapor is stripped from the remaining liquid. 165 00:07:52,306 --> 00:07:56,274 This soft flavor follows the vapor as it travels to the thump keg 166 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:59,744 for a second distillation before reaching the condenser, 167 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:01,980 where it's cooled into liquid shine. 168 00:08:03,417 --> 00:08:06,051 Oh, [bleep] I'm running liquor on the floor. 169 00:08:06,086 --> 00:08:08,353 [mark] how'd you do that? Are you cheating? 170 00:08:08,388 --> 00:08:10,088 -No. -[josh] how'd he do that? 171 00:08:10,123 --> 00:08:12,657 Mine was hotter before his. 172 00:08:12,693 --> 00:08:14,993 Josh is actually a wildcard. He's gung-ho. 173 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:18,463 He wants to do it right now and if he don't watch real close, 174 00:08:18,499 --> 00:08:20,999 he'll make some mistakes because he's doing stuff too fast. 175 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:23,101 Let's see if it's scorched or not. 176 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:30,642 It's hotter than hades. 177 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:33,044 -I just spit it out. -Make sure it's good and clear. 178 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,479 That's about 180 proof. 179 00:08:34,515 --> 00:08:37,282 Ain't nobody here tough enough to swallow that [bleep]. 180 00:08:41,788 --> 00:08:42,954 Whoo! 181 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:45,357 Can I have my tongue back? 182 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:48,159 I'm running now. 183 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:51,563 If I run, it's getting flow. There really ain't no way to mess up. 184 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:54,466 Just do the best I can and see what it turns out like. 185 00:08:54,501 --> 00:08:57,569 [josh] ah, there it is. Hot dang! 186 00:08:57,604 --> 00:08:59,170 We're all whiskey makers. 187 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:02,040 And we're all doing our own thing our own way. 188 00:09:02,075 --> 00:09:03,909 But I'm up against some stiff competition. 189 00:09:03,944 --> 00:09:06,244 -That your top end? -I done put it over here. 190 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,579 Oh, okay. 191 00:09:07,614 --> 00:09:09,180 Don't get in that too much. 192 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:10,715 You'll be over, laying against that wall. 193 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,183 You never drink liquor while at work. 194 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:13,718 -Josh? -Hey. 195 00:09:13,754 --> 00:09:16,054 [digger] back at throttle. Your drink's run over. 196 00:09:16,089 --> 00:09:17,789 No, don't do it, don't do it! 197 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:21,159 Don't go in the liquor. 198 00:09:21,194 --> 00:09:22,527 Buy him books, send him to school, 199 00:09:22,563 --> 00:09:24,529 what'd he do? Eat the damn covers off the books. 200 00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:29,734 I was busy drinking the damn liquor. 201 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:31,036 That's why he said don't drink it. 202 00:09:32,439 --> 00:09:35,206 Just remember, boys, we're just looking for the best jar. 203 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:36,308 Not a whole bunch of it. 204 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:45,850 Ten minutes, fellers. 205 00:09:47,154 --> 00:09:49,120 Where do you think you're at? 206 00:09:49,156 --> 00:09:51,056 Between 110 and 120-something. 207 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:53,491 I like my drink of like at about 90-95. 208 00:09:53,527 --> 00:09:55,760 -Really? -What about you, daniel? 209 00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:57,729 Looks pretty clear from here. 210 00:09:57,764 --> 00:09:59,531 I got one jar. Won't be needing more anyway. 211 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:00,532 That's all we need, mark. 212 00:10:02,703 --> 00:10:05,070 -Come, mr. Daniel. -[digger] big d. 213 00:10:05,105 --> 00:10:06,471 And I don't mean down there. 214 00:10:06,506 --> 00:10:09,207 Best I can make with what I had to work with. 215 00:10:09,810 --> 00:10:11,309 Okay. 216 00:10:11,345 --> 00:10:14,045 You head up on that cabin. We'll get a decision, 217 00:10:14,081 --> 00:10:15,680 maybe we'll come get you. 218 00:10:15,716 --> 00:10:18,516 -[tim] here comes mark. -[digger] bring that jar in here, marky. 219 00:10:18,552 --> 00:10:21,953 -Got you a jar of liquor, you're gonna like the heat. -Outstanding. 220 00:10:21,989 --> 00:10:23,822 [mark] that's what we're looking for, brother. 221 00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:25,757 -Corn liquor. -How does it smell, though, good? 222 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:28,660 Clear jar of liquor. I ain't proofed it. 223 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:31,129 Something like this, what I got to work with, 224 00:10:31,164 --> 00:10:33,264 there's only one way I can do it. 225 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,033 -All right, thank you, then. -All right, buddy. 226 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:37,369 This, this straight liquor. 227 00:10:37,404 --> 00:10:39,270 Look like you've been sampling some of that. 228 00:10:39,306 --> 00:10:40,839 We've been hitting it pretty hard. 229 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:43,208 I didn't want to overthink this, but I do want to win. 230 00:10:43,243 --> 00:10:46,177 And I do want that popcorn sutton jar moonshine really bad. 231 00:10:46,213 --> 00:10:48,847 Get on up that cabin with the rest of them boys. 232 00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:50,582 -Okay. -Good luck, brother. 233 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:55,086 [narrator] coming up... One shiner gets burned... 234 00:10:55,122 --> 00:10:56,888 Ain't no use even tasting that. 235 00:10:56,923 --> 00:10:59,290 ...Cooking their way to the final round. 236 00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:01,326 Tastes a little bit like a charcoal briquette. 237 00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:03,528 He scorched the piss out of that one. 238 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:08,500 -All right, guys. -Time to get drinkin' a little liquor. 239 00:11:08,535 --> 00:11:11,903 [narrator] a veteran shiner, a legacy liquor maker 240 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:14,005 and a young moonshining master 241 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:16,608 have placed their best jars of corn liquor 242 00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:19,144 in front of a jury of their peers 243 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:22,414 bringing them one step closer to the ultimate prize, 244 00:11:22,449 --> 00:11:27,185 one of the last remaining jars of popcorn sutton's famous white whiskey. 245 00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:30,055 -Start with josh? -Yup. 246 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:32,123 [digger] josh just might have the clearest jar ever. 247 00:11:32,159 --> 00:11:34,192 -[mark] I think he does. -[tim] I think so, too, yeah. 248 00:11:34,227 --> 00:11:35,760 But that could be good and bad. 249 00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:36,861 That could be high proof. 250 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,596 [digger] his proofs are pretty high. 251 00:11:38,632 --> 00:11:41,433 He might have been running. It may be a little too fast. 252 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:43,968 It ain't light on the proof. 253 00:11:44,004 --> 00:11:46,071 [digger] josh went to drinking early. 254 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:48,406 This alcohol will cloud good judgment. 255 00:11:48,442 --> 00:11:50,575 I done hit my jar so many times 256 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:52,310 by the time it was time to turn a jar in, 257 00:11:52,345 --> 00:11:54,679 I couldn't tell what it tasted like no more. 258 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:58,416 -Smells good. -Oh, yeah, good smell. 259 00:12:05,459 --> 00:12:08,526 Not really that high. Might be 105-110. 260 00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:13,398 -Definitely smooth. -That's a damn fine drink of liquor. 261 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:15,400 That's 'cause he was slowed it down to a drip, 262 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:18,536 and I watched it, would drip, then it'd run, then it'd drip and it'd run. 263 00:12:18,572 --> 00:12:19,637 That's the right kind of stream 264 00:12:19,673 --> 00:12:21,206 out of a little still like that. 265 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:24,209 -Daniel maner. -Daniel's not as clear as josh. 266 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:27,178 -It is not. -All right, mr. Daniel. 267 00:12:30,484 --> 00:12:31,950 It's got a different smell to it. 268 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,719 It ain't got a whole lot of smell. 269 00:12:36,223 --> 00:12:37,789 They've got corn in there, but... 270 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:42,961 It's kind of falling flat on proof a little bit. 271 00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:45,163 He may have added a little bit of water to it. 272 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:47,232 He's flattened it out a little bit. 273 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:48,666 They're both a good drink. 274 00:12:48,702 --> 00:12:50,235 It's a good drink. It's just a little cloudy. 275 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,537 All right, let's try mr. Rogers'. 276 00:12:52,572 --> 00:12:54,072 -Ah! -Ah! 277 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,140 [tim] hm, nice proof. 278 00:12:55,175 --> 00:12:56,908 He's got the best beat of the three. 279 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,276 Yeah, it's a nice beat. 280 00:12:58,311 --> 00:13:00,078 95-100. Right on. 281 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:07,485 There is scorch in that. 282 00:13:07,521 --> 00:13:09,320 You can get it right off the hit. 283 00:13:09,356 --> 00:13:10,455 Oh, yeah. 284 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,891 Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah, you see 'em tasting that. 285 00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:15,794 Can't get it past the nose, it ain't going on the lips. 286 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:17,195 That stuff right there hurts you. 287 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:21,199 -Oh. -[tim] don't even go there. 288 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:23,468 Tastes a little bit like a charcoal briquette. 289 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:25,703 He's scorched piss out of them. 290 00:13:25,739 --> 00:13:27,572 He poured all of them solids in there. 291 00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:30,441 He didn't strain 'em. But most of the time, 292 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,877 mark rogers cooks only with wood. 293 00:13:32,913 --> 00:13:34,546 He never could figure out how to burn around. 294 00:13:34,581 --> 00:13:35,713 He never did back down. 295 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:38,650 I expected him to back it down after I got it burned. 296 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:40,485 They got a flavor, this liquor now. 297 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:41,686 Mark is going to have 298 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:44,088 a very difficult time fixing that. 299 00:13:44,124 --> 00:13:48,493 We're going to have apple pie, apple pie, burnt apple pie. 300 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:54,599 [digger] welcome back, boys. 301 00:13:54,634 --> 00:13:57,001 I'm going to hand my job off to tim smith 302 00:13:57,037 --> 00:13:58,536 because I said you're all my friends 303 00:13:58,572 --> 00:14:00,405 and I love you, but he said, 304 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,906 "I'll cut anybody's head off." 305 00:14:01,942 --> 00:14:03,208 [laughs] 306 00:14:03,243 --> 00:14:06,444 josh, uh, your liquor 307 00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:08,179 was the cleanest on the table. 308 00:14:08,215 --> 00:14:09,180 Clear. 309 00:14:09,216 --> 00:14:11,649 And I think you hit it on the money, 115 proof. 310 00:14:12,986 --> 00:14:14,319 And I think that's going to carry 311 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,020 a long ways on the next run 312 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:18,356 because you need that high proof to work with. 313 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:21,759 Now, daniel, you've got a problem. 314 00:14:21,795 --> 00:14:25,196 Yours is about 85 or 90 proof right now at the gate. 315 00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:27,632 So you may be winding up with 316 00:14:27,667 --> 00:14:28,733 some of that store-bought stuff, 317 00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:30,568 about 60 by the end of the day, 318 00:14:30,604 --> 00:14:32,871 by the time you quit your maceration. 319 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,706 But you can use some of your other product. 320 00:14:34,741 --> 00:14:36,074 Yeah, I've got six more jars. 321 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:38,209 You still got a dog in the fight. 322 00:14:38,245 --> 00:14:42,614 Now, mark, uh, you burnt yours. 323 00:14:42,649 --> 00:14:44,849 You don't want to take the time to strain it out. 324 00:14:44,885 --> 00:14:47,051 I think you had some of the solids in the bottom there, 325 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:48,486 -so... -That's a problem. 326 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:50,321 -Yeah. -I tried the change. 327 00:14:50,357 --> 00:14:51,956 It's different from running in the mountains, 328 00:14:51,992 --> 00:14:53,424 you know, running propane. 329 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,426 It ain't just exactly right for me. 330 00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:58,129 But for the jar-old popcorn flakers, 331 00:14:58,164 --> 00:14:59,330 I'm gonna try to beat 'em. 332 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:01,532 That may cause you a little bit of problem down the road 333 00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:02,967 'cause you're gonna have to cover that up 334 00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:05,904 with the apple, cinnamon, or whatever you can get. 335 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:08,106 Josh, you're the number one man standing in front. 336 00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:09,607 Danny, you're number two. 337 00:15:09,643 --> 00:15:11,142 Mark, you're number three. 338 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:12,877 So you're still in the game. 339 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:14,946 Ain't nobody going home on this one, 340 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:16,981 or any of these, for this matter. 341 00:15:17,017 --> 00:15:19,484 All you're getting around here is a trip to the fruit stand 342 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:22,220 first and foremost to make you have your apple pie. 343 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:23,855 Well, you forgot the jar. 344 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:26,557 I ain't tell you. Shh, adults are talking right now. 345 00:15:27,494 --> 00:15:29,594 -I'm actually... -[digger] shh, shh. 346 00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:31,396 Shh. When I get done talking, 347 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,598 -you talk. -My lips are sealed. 348 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:36,534 The big prize, that popcorn sutton jar liquor. 349 00:15:36,569 --> 00:15:38,036 That's what you're fighting for. 350 00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:40,471 Boys, you've got to go to the fruit stand. 351 00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:42,607 You can't walk because it's too far. 352 00:15:42,676 --> 00:15:44,742 So I had to get somebody to take you. 353 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:45,743 Uh-oh. 354 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:47,378 Tickle! 355 00:15:47,414 --> 00:15:49,013 You might want to walk. 356 00:15:49,049 --> 00:15:50,281 Y'all call me? 357 00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:52,283 -Yeah. -Guess what? 358 00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:53,117 What's that? 359 00:15:53,153 --> 00:15:54,852 We got three young gentleman here 360 00:15:54,888 --> 00:15:56,788 that need to go to the fruit stand. 361 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:58,256 -Yeah. -The farmers' market. 362 00:15:58,291 --> 00:15:59,424 Is he driving? 363 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:00,792 -He's driving. -Oh, hell. 364 00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:02,093 [tickle] yeah, yeah. 365 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:04,429 All right, fellas, look, y'all come on with me 366 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:05,997 and we'll get you what you need. 367 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:08,132 -Thank you, gentlemen. -See you in the next round. 368 00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:14,172 Now, that's a damn trio of misfit children. 369 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,274 [tim] I bet they don't make the date today. 370 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:17,642 Oh, no. 371 00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:20,378 [tickle] I'll tell you what, fellas. 372 00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:23,081 When that raccoon come jumping up out of that mash barrel, 373 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:25,817 I just knew it was naked just right dead on that. 374 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,552 You know, I bet that was funny as hell. 375 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:31,122 Well, you know, it wasn't the best thing. 376 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:34,525 We got all kinds of ingredients in here. 377 00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:36,027 Take whatever you want. 378 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:38,629 You're each going to have three minutes. 379 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:39,697 [josh] right on. 380 00:16:39,733 --> 00:16:41,532 All right, josh, 381 00:16:41,568 --> 00:16:42,900 you've got three minutes. 382 00:16:45,305 --> 00:16:47,438 It's three real minutes, josh, I'd run. 383 00:16:47,474 --> 00:16:49,007 We'll see what all we've got. 384 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:51,442 Brown sugar, granulated sugar. 385 00:16:51,478 --> 00:16:53,945 You've got to have apple cider to make apple pie. 386 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:56,047 [tickle] you've got two minutes, josh. 387 00:16:57,617 --> 00:16:58,916 When you're messing with cinnamons, 388 00:16:58,952 --> 00:17:00,618 there's a fine line between just enough 389 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:01,619 and too much. 390 00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:03,721 [tickle] yes, sir, apples. 391 00:17:03,757 --> 00:17:05,356 Key ingredient. 392 00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:07,058 Very good, very good. 393 00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:09,727 One minute. 394 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:13,698 -Are you done? -Yeah. 395 00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:16,401 You have five seconds left to spare. 396 00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:18,503 Daniel, you have got three minutes. 397 00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:22,774 [tickle] that's a peach. 398 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,042 You're gonna eat that, ain't you? 399 00:17:24,077 --> 00:17:25,109 I'm going to eat that. 400 00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:26,577 Eh, a big old boy like that, 401 00:17:26,613 --> 00:17:28,112 he got to have a snack, right? 402 00:17:29,182 --> 00:17:30,415 [daniel] I've got apple juice, 403 00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:32,750 -cinnamon sticks. -Two minutes. 404 00:17:32,786 --> 00:17:33,918 [daniel] I can handle it. 405 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:36,187 I've made a lot of apple pie, but I'm in between 406 00:17:36,222 --> 00:17:38,456 two real strong competitors right here. 407 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:40,458 And, you know, I'm not intimidated 408 00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:41,492 by either one of them. 409 00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:43,594 I don't know what that is. 410 00:17:43,630 --> 00:17:44,629 One minute. 411 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:45,863 [daniel] I'm getting me some apples. 412 00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,298 [tickle] you're not gonna go with coconut? 413 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:48,666 [daniel] no. 414 00:17:48,701 --> 00:17:49,567 I'm done. 415 00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:51,402 You made it with 30 seconds left. 416 00:17:51,438 --> 00:17:52,870 Great job, brother. 417 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,406 Mark, you're going to have three minutes. 418 00:17:55,442 --> 00:17:56,908 [mark] there's a lot of stuff in there. 419 00:17:56,943 --> 00:17:59,043 There's apple cider, apple juice, 420 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:00,178 cinnamon sticks. 421 00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:02,146 Trying to make us an apple pie 422 00:18:02,182 --> 00:18:04,282 as good as I can, but I might mess up, 423 00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:05,383 you never know. 424 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:06,417 One minute left. 425 00:18:07,487 --> 00:18:09,854 All right. Well, mark going for green apples. 426 00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:12,256 Oh, yes. 427 00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:14,559 Some of that sour apple candy. 428 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:15,827 Taking whole jars. 429 00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:17,528 -And are you done, mark? -I think I am. 430 00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:19,931 Forty-five seconds left to spare. 431 00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:22,200 Let's take your stuff on back in, 432 00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:25,036 and I can't wait to see what you all make. 433 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:28,005 All right, men, welcome back. 434 00:18:28,041 --> 00:18:31,843 Time to make us some east tennessee apple pie liquor. 435 00:18:31,878 --> 00:18:33,377 That's gonna be tough on you guys 436 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,146 from the north carolina area. 437 00:18:35,181 --> 00:18:38,149 Daniel might have a little bit of an upside on you here, 438 00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:40,485 so you might all be careful, he's a sneaky snake. 439 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,520 The winner of this round will get an extra 30 minutes 440 00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:43,754 to run their mash 441 00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:45,690 and make us the best possible liquor they can. 442 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:47,758 Make us some good apple pie. 443 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:48,793 That's all we're asking. 444 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:51,996 One jar, tempered out, cool, crisp. 445 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:54,966 One hour starts now. 446 00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:56,901 -Gentlemen, good luck. -Good luck. 447 00:18:56,936 --> 00:18:59,637 Organized chaos right here on out. 448 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:03,141 [narrator] coming up, one bad apple spoils the jar. 449 00:19:03,176 --> 00:19:04,208 Oh, [bleep]! 450 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:06,144 It's supposed to taste of apples, it's apple pie. 451 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,884 Five minutes in, no burns or bloodshed yet. 452 00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:14,552 [narrator] three experienced shiners 453 00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:17,555 are making their plain corn shine stand out 454 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,424 with their own take on the classic moonshine flavor, 455 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:21,626 apple pie. 456 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,161 The winner of this challenge 457 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:25,296 gets extra time in the final round, 458 00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,998 bringing them that much closer 459 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:30,168 to winning one of the last jars of popcorn sutton's 460 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:31,536 famous corn whiskey. 461 00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:34,805 -Hey, josh. -[josh] hey, buddy. 462 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:35,773 No bloodshed. 463 00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:37,074 -I got knives. -I know, 464 00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:38,409 I'm worried about that. 465 00:19:38,444 --> 00:19:40,678 I don't want to find no finger in my liquor. 466 00:19:40,713 --> 00:19:42,480 That might change its flavor, 467 00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:43,981 and everybody might like it more 468 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:45,016 with a little blood in it. 469 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,127 Oh, yeah, you've got some fire now. 470 00:19:57,897 --> 00:20:01,666 And I'm telling them boys... That's it! 471 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,100 Any time I ever do this, 472 00:20:03,136 --> 00:20:04,535 I always have more than an hour. 473 00:20:04,571 --> 00:20:06,270 Right now, I'm up against these guys. 474 00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:08,306 You know, daniel already had a recipe. 475 00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:09,840 He knew what he was gonna do. 476 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,542 I didn't really have a recipe wrote down. 477 00:20:11,578 --> 00:20:13,778 I just knew how to throw it in here, and I'm just doing it. 478 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:18,549 What you got there, mark, peppermint? 479 00:20:19,452 --> 00:20:21,352 That's apple cider candy. 480 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:22,553 Apple cider candy? 481 00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:24,989 Yep. It might happen, it might not, I don't know. 482 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:29,093 Daniel keeps pulling stuff from jar after jar. 483 00:20:29,128 --> 00:20:31,028 I can see him mixing stuff in the jar. 484 00:20:31,064 --> 00:20:33,297 I used light brown sugar, dark brown sugar, 485 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:35,299 just a little bit of black sugar, 486 00:20:35,335 --> 00:20:38,603 and cinnamon, and just a little bit of nutmeg. 487 00:20:38,638 --> 00:20:41,205 [digger] you know, josh, he had the top jar. 488 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:43,207 He just got to make sure he don't make up 489 00:20:43,243 --> 00:20:45,142 a big bucket of swill over there, 490 00:20:45,178 --> 00:20:46,911 and just complement it a little bit. 491 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,980 Every time I ever make apple pie, 492 00:20:49,015 --> 00:20:50,448 I put all this stuff in there, 493 00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:52,316 and when I'm done, it's overpowering, 494 00:20:52,352 --> 00:20:54,852 so I'm just kind of going at it light and easy, 495 00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:57,121 and then I have to work my way to where I need to be. 496 00:20:57,156 --> 00:20:59,290 That's probably a smart move. 497 00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:01,626 I've made a lot of apple pie, but I'm in between 498 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:04,195 two real strong competitors right here. 499 00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:06,430 But I'm gonna give it, uh, I'm gonna give it my all 500 00:21:06,466 --> 00:21:08,432 and see how good I can do 'em. 501 00:21:08,468 --> 00:21:09,834 Twenty minutes, boys. 502 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:12,003 And you got a flame over there like a campfire. 503 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:13,170 [josh] yeah, buddy. 504 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:15,906 You can't sat around and wait on a slow burn on this. 505 00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:17,942 If we just gotta hire, we gonna do it. 506 00:21:17,977 --> 00:21:19,510 I love a good thaw. 507 00:21:19,545 --> 00:21:20,811 I don't care what I've been doing, 508 00:21:20,847 --> 00:21:22,179 I love to get the part. 509 00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:24,715 [josh] when you're messing with cinnamon, 510 00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:25,783 you've gotta be careful 511 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:27,618 because there's a fine line between just enough 512 00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:28,319 and too much. 513 00:21:29,589 --> 00:21:30,788 Oh, [bleep]! 514 00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:33,958 What am I going to do? 515 00:21:33,993 --> 00:21:35,393 I just dumped about a half a pound 516 00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:37,228 of damn cinnamon in this thing. 517 00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:39,897 How can I get that out of there? 518 00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:41,165 Oh! 519 00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:49,073 I hope them boys like that stuff 520 00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:50,141 'cause it sure is strong. 521 00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:53,244 Josh already got his jar in the ice. 522 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:55,212 [mark] okay, here we go. 523 00:21:55,248 --> 00:21:56,514 All right, mark's getting ready 524 00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:57,648 to pull it in there. Look at that. 525 00:21:57,684 --> 00:21:59,684 Here we go. Uh-oh. 526 00:21:59,719 --> 00:22:01,252 I've got a strange feeling. 527 00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:02,953 Mark, can we hold that for you? 528 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:04,021 [mark] well, I'd appreciate it. 529 00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:05,289 [daniel] then I'mma coming. 530 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,325 [laughter] 531 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,163 just don't pour it on his hand. 532 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:13,864 Hell, yeah. 533 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:16,133 I'll tell ya, it smells good. 534 00:22:16,169 --> 00:22:17,702 Fifteen minutes, gentlemen. 535 00:22:17,737 --> 00:22:18,936 -[mark] dang. -You better go 536 00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:20,237 and cool that stuff down, mark. 537 00:22:20,273 --> 00:22:22,139 [mark] I know, I'm thinking on it. 538 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:27,678 I've got it on ice over here, boys. 539 00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:30,214 [digger] let it get good and cold, then bring it to us. 540 00:22:30,249 --> 00:22:31,949 Boys, you've got five minutes. 541 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,087 Keep it in there, under here. 542 00:22:36,122 --> 00:22:39,623 [indistinct] 543 00:22:39,659 --> 00:22:41,759 to flavor it, putting the right amount 544 00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:43,527 of alcohol in this first. 545 00:22:43,563 --> 00:22:44,929 Three minutes, brother. 546 00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:50,968 -Keep it here. -That's the best I can do 547 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:52,203 -with what I had. -All right. 548 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:53,471 I hope it's cool enough. 549 00:22:53,506 --> 00:22:56,207 -I hope it is enough. -It is what it is. 550 00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:59,410 I got all the faith in the world in you, brother. 551 00:22:59,445 --> 00:23:00,311 [josh] thank y'all. 552 00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:01,512 Bring it in here, marky. 553 00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:03,914 Guess I can do it right. 554 00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:05,816 -Okay. -[mark] that's far enough. 555 00:23:05,852 --> 00:23:07,918 -We'll come and get you. -All righty. 556 00:23:07,954 --> 00:23:10,020 All right, tim smith, pour us up some. 557 00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:15,092 -[tim] mr. Mark. -Kind of looks like gatorade. 558 00:23:15,128 --> 00:23:17,595 Well, ain't no score clicker smell in here this time. 559 00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:19,029 Well, he cleaned it up good. 560 00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:20,664 He's hiding behind that cinnamon stick. 561 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:21,966 And all that candy he put in it. 562 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:23,601 That candy was really good, though. 563 00:23:23,636 --> 00:23:26,103 Only thing that I'm worried about 564 00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:27,138 is my score. 565 00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:29,407 I was trying to get the taste right. 566 00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:31,742 I still taste just a dab of the scorch, 567 00:23:31,778 --> 00:23:34,078 but not much. He's done excellently. 568 00:23:34,147 --> 00:23:36,247 I think it's a little bit light on the alcohol. 569 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:37,848 I think he was scared 570 00:23:37,884 --> 00:23:39,850 'cause he scorched it. 571 00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:41,085 -He put more in it. -Yeah. 572 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,586 That scorch is gonna be a friend. 573 00:23:42,622 --> 00:23:45,156 I'm gonna give him really good marks for overcoming it. 574 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:47,591 Yeah, he dressed that up like he was going to church. 575 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:49,827 Let's move on to josh. 576 00:23:49,862 --> 00:23:51,529 I don't get a lot of cinnamon. 577 00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:52,696 I smell moonshine. 578 00:23:52,732 --> 00:23:54,031 A little bit of cinnamon. 579 00:23:58,271 --> 00:24:00,805 [tim] I'm tasting apple in here. 580 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,574 Getting good, strong apple in it. 581 00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:05,509 -Strong apple. -There's a bushel in there. 582 00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:07,778 That's what I'm saying, I'm tasting a lot of apple. 583 00:24:07,814 --> 00:24:09,680 Yeah, it's got some liquor in it. 584 00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:12,183 -It's got some horsepower. -Pretty tasty. 585 00:24:12,218 --> 00:24:14,485 All right, let's go to daniel. 586 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,787 Well, that smells really good, too. 587 00:24:16,823 --> 00:24:19,256 Now, daniel's has got a lot of damn liquor in it. 588 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:21,525 [digger] yeah, and a lot more nutmeg. 589 00:24:21,561 --> 00:24:23,060 Yeah, I smell it, too. 590 00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:27,064 I don't smell nothing but moonshine here. 591 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:28,032 The lowest proof. 592 00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:29,633 -Whoa. -Oh, that's good. 593 00:24:29,669 --> 00:24:31,202 You know, you won the last time, 594 00:24:31,237 --> 00:24:33,003 what they said, by 140 proof? 595 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:35,639 Well, I put a quart and a half and one egg in less, 596 00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:36,740 so it ought to kick your ass. 597 00:24:40,446 --> 00:24:42,213 Yeah, you can taste the alcohol in that one. 598 00:24:42,248 --> 00:24:44,915 I think daniel re-blended his jars. 599 00:24:44,951 --> 00:24:46,417 Oh, that's the way it is. 600 00:24:46,452 --> 00:24:48,686 That's what it is. He had some mellow shine. 601 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:49,587 He did. 602 00:24:49,622 --> 00:24:50,988 Boy, that'll work you over right quick. 603 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:52,490 I really like that. 604 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:55,292 Oh, I'd judge you if you gotta put these in order. 605 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,764 [digger] welcome back, boys. 606 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,600 Y'all all did a damn fine job. 607 00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:04,201 I'm going to tell you that right off the bat. 608 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:06,504 Marky, your liquor was fantastic. 609 00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:09,373 You overcome that scorch really good. 610 00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:12,209 There's just barely a little hint of it in there. 611 00:25:12,245 --> 00:25:14,445 So you did a good job. That green apple candy 612 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:15,746 that you was talking about, 613 00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:17,815 that really worked good in this. 614 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,651 The down side of it, a little light on the alcohol. 615 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,787 Daniel, really good drink. 616 00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:25,322 You had plenty of liquor. 617 00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:26,490 We looked at it and thought, 618 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:28,125 "well, it's gonna have a lot of cinnamon." 619 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:28,826 it didn't. 620 00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:30,995 That might be the downside. 621 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:33,030 That might need more cinnamon, 622 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:35,432 but had plenty octane in it. 623 00:25:35,468 --> 00:25:37,401 That horsepower's there. 624 00:25:37,436 --> 00:25:41,505 Josh, I'm telling you, you was worried about that cinnamon, 625 00:25:41,541 --> 00:25:42,673 you don't need to worry about it. 626 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:45,409 It's there, it's got plenty of cinnamon, front to back 627 00:25:45,444 --> 00:25:47,978 to complement that apple and that brown sugar. 628 00:25:48,014 --> 00:25:48,979 Good, solid drink. 629 00:25:49,015 --> 00:25:50,080 Thank you, both. 630 00:25:50,116 --> 00:25:52,283 Josh, put too many apples in it. 631 00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:54,285 It's supposed to taste of apples, it's apple pie. 632 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,153 [tim] you could have put more alcohol in it. 633 00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:58,188 There's about 140 proof I poured in there. 634 00:25:58,224 --> 00:25:59,523 You should have put a little bit more. 635 00:25:59,559 --> 00:26:01,258 And I believe the apples sucked it out. 636 00:26:01,294 --> 00:26:03,294 I don't think so. They had a lot of time 637 00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:05,763 to suck the damn juice out. I just made it. 638 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:08,032 -Come on now. -Let me tell you what. 639 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,400 Ain't none of you going home. 640 00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:11,168 We're just going to name one winner here. 641 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:13,504 Boys, the winner of this round will get an extra 30 minutes 642 00:26:13,539 --> 00:26:16,507 to run their mash and make the best possible liquor 643 00:26:16,542 --> 00:26:18,309 -they can. -With that being said, 644 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:19,577 the decision here is... 645 00:26:22,214 --> 00:26:24,148 ...Daniel, you're going to get the time. 646 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:27,751 You other two guys, great job. 647 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:30,554 And I advise you, just drink the hell out of them all 648 00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:31,689 'cause they're good. 649 00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:34,358 All right, boys, time to run your own mash. 650 00:26:39,966 --> 00:26:42,900 Well, boys, here you are. You've got one hour 651 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:46,170 to build the best mash we've seen y'all ever make, 652 00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:47,671 starting now. 653 00:26:56,616 --> 00:26:59,283 This is a little bit of history being made here. 654 00:26:59,318 --> 00:27:01,952 They're three of the best [bleep] against each other. 655 00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:04,655 It's gonna be interesting. 656 00:27:06,325 --> 00:27:07,458 Well, boys, here you are. 657 00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:08,993 [narrator] three veteran shiners 658 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:11,695 are mashing in their signature shine recipes 659 00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,531 using ingredients they brought from home, 660 00:27:14,567 --> 00:27:16,266 bringing them one step closer 661 00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:18,702 to winning a jar of popcorn sutton's 662 00:27:18,738 --> 00:27:20,004 famous liquor. 663 00:27:22,908 --> 00:27:24,241 Mark, what are you making? 664 00:27:24,276 --> 00:27:25,142 Liquor. 665 00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:26,944 What kind? I mean, what are you making? 666 00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:27,878 [mark] corn. 667 00:27:27,913 --> 00:27:28,712 This straight corn? 668 00:27:28,748 --> 00:27:29,880 -Yeah. -How about you? 669 00:27:29,915 --> 00:27:32,082 -You makin' apple brandy? -Apple brandy. 670 00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:34,451 I ain't never making a complicated mash. 671 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:37,721 I'm just using water from the creek. 672 00:27:37,757 --> 00:27:39,223 You bring your own water? 673 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:41,091 I brought mine from creek. I know it's-- 674 00:27:41,127 --> 00:27:42,660 hurry up, boys. 675 00:27:42,695 --> 00:27:44,828 Really, I have no strategy. 676 00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:48,132 I just figured it be easier just to go the traditional corn. 677 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:49,533 Just keep it clean and simple 678 00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:52,703 and just make the best whiskey that I can with what I got. 679 00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:55,939 Hey, you got another stick? 680 00:27:55,975 --> 00:27:58,776 Josh will show his true colors 'cause he don't help anybody. 681 00:27:58,811 --> 00:28:00,744 I figured you needed all the help you can get. 682 00:28:00,780 --> 00:28:01,712 You're damn right. 683 00:28:03,249 --> 00:28:06,383 [daniel] I'm making apple brandy. I like brandy better than anything. 684 00:28:06,419 --> 00:28:09,453 I'm not really worried about what the next man's doing. 685 00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:12,489 I'm just worried about being in the zone and doing what I do, 686 00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:13,457 match my click. 687 00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:16,760 I think you got it, boy. 688 00:28:16,796 --> 00:28:19,763 Mark's got a lot of meal... 689 00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:22,032 Yeah, he's got probably 50 pounds. 690 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:25,202 I've got a strategy... This new thing's the way I wanna do it. 691 00:28:25,237 --> 00:28:27,137 You know, see how it turns out. 692 00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:29,440 We coming up the steam. Won't be too long. 693 00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:31,441 Got 15 minutes, boys. 694 00:28:31,444 --> 00:28:34,745 I'm gonna dissolve my corn sugar in the the bucket. 695 00:28:34,780 --> 00:28:37,715 -[digger] what you got there, josh? Just a sugar. -[josh] corn sugar. 696 00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:38,916 -[digger] corn sugar? -[josh] yep. 697 00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:43,320 Corn sugar, white corn, and, uh, corn malt. 698 00:28:43,355 --> 00:28:45,789 -Yeah. -And bourbon whiskey yeast. 699 00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:47,658 [digger] that's a slick move on josh's part. 700 00:28:47,693 --> 00:28:50,627 Corn sugar will ferment completely away. 701 00:28:50,663 --> 00:28:52,429 Cane sugar leaves a little bit behind. 702 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:54,732 [daniel] I'd rather have it myself, 703 00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:57,701 but I wanted to put some brown and that'd change the flavor. 704 00:28:57,737 --> 00:29:00,170 Yep. Make it more rum-y. 705 00:29:00,206 --> 00:29:02,172 So we've got three different sugars in. 706 00:29:02,208 --> 00:29:04,842 Yeah, we've got corn sugar, we've got brown sugar, 707 00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:07,578 and we got granulated white corn liquor, you know. 708 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:13,350 It's corn sugar. It's really the easiest liquor. 709 00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:16,887 You got five minutes. 710 00:29:16,922 --> 00:29:18,489 Better get to where you need to be. 711 00:29:20,693 --> 00:29:24,328 They got tired... 712 00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:28,031 I got mine mixed up. Malt, black corn, bourbon whiskey yeast. 713 00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:32,836 -[grunts] -a little bit more. 714 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:46,683 [digger] uh, four, three, two, one! 715 00:29:46,719 --> 00:29:49,019 Let go of your paddles, boys. Y'all are done. 716 00:29:51,524 --> 00:29:54,858 Boys, we're going to wait. Let it cool down. 717 00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:02,800 [narrator] after a five-day ferment to work off their mash, 718 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:06,670 the shiners returned to set up their final signature run. 719 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:12,776 [digger] welcome back, boys. 720 00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:13,911 This is the last of it. 721 00:30:13,946 --> 00:30:16,446 Your run, your signature mash. 722 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:19,983 Corn liquor, apple liquor, whatever you made. 723 00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:21,552 Bring us a jar. 724 00:30:21,587 --> 00:30:25,322 We want the best on this table in less than four hours. 725 00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:27,157 Daniel, you got an extra 30 minutes. 726 00:30:27,193 --> 00:30:28,992 Other than the bragging rights, 727 00:30:29,028 --> 00:30:32,296 what you stand to win is that right up there. 728 00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:35,399 Jar on the popcorn sutton. 729 00:30:35,434 --> 00:30:37,534 That was years and years ago. 730 00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:40,003 Share it, drink it, just don't drop it. 731 00:30:40,039 --> 00:30:41,471 That'd be alcohol abuse. 732 00:30:41,507 --> 00:30:42,606 [laughter] 733 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:44,474 four hours, guys. 734 00:30:44,977 --> 00:30:46,109 One jar each. 735 00:30:46,679 --> 00:30:48,045 Your time starts now. 736 00:30:54,086 --> 00:30:55,419 Mark's got a good-looking mash. 737 00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:57,354 It's settled down good. 738 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:58,455 Everybody straining. 739 00:30:58,490 --> 00:31:02,726 Looks like mark is double-straining his. 740 00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:03,994 Gonna be no scorch in there today. 741 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:09,600 -[digger] josh has got his still run. -Yeah. 742 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:14,271 What are you doing, josh? You got that still lit up. 743 00:31:14,306 --> 00:31:18,141 What's going on? Close your eyes again? [laughs] 744 00:31:18,177 --> 00:31:21,378 -we're in a competition, ain't we? -Yes, sir. 745 00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:23,780 How many gallons are you gonna put your still? 746 00:31:23,816 --> 00:31:26,049 I'd say I'm somewhat right in here right now. 747 00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:27,851 -[digger] okay. -I'm going to leave headspace. 748 00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:30,420 Yeah, more you put in, the longer it takes to heat up. 749 00:31:30,456 --> 00:31:32,289 [daniel] you dang right. 750 00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:33,857 Daniel, you're getting ready to light up? 751 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:42,132 Ah, look. There's fire in the hole. 752 00:31:43,369 --> 00:31:46,136 You're right now at two hours, boys. 753 00:31:46,171 --> 00:31:50,540 Marky, damn, you're cadillac-ing in that thumper there, buddy. 754 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:52,876 -Over here. -The thing's going... [mimicking] 755 00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:54,111 [laughs] 756 00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:56,546 it's a dripping bowl. 757 00:31:57,650 --> 00:32:00,684 You cut the power button, and you just drip her out. 758 00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:03,587 Yeah, I'm okay to back a little more. I'll get them heads out of the way. 759 00:32:03,622 --> 00:32:07,291 Mark rogers, he likes to run and just a drip, drip, drip. 760 00:32:11,397 --> 00:32:13,563 I'm turning mine up. I'm sick of waiting. 761 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:17,100 -Hey, the turtle won the race, didn't he? -I hope he does today. 762 00:32:17,136 --> 00:32:19,169 Slow down, stay in your lane. 763 00:32:19,838 --> 00:32:21,104 I got liquor running. 764 00:32:21,140 --> 00:32:23,006 I got it coming up. 765 00:32:23,042 --> 00:32:24,775 [josh] can get impatient making moonshine. 766 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:26,476 I mean, that's just the bottom line. 767 00:32:26,512 --> 00:32:30,547 -...We packed the baby josh. -Oh, yeah. There she is. 768 00:32:30,582 --> 00:32:32,816 -[digger] it looks clear. -It does. That's good and clear. 769 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:38,555 [digger] you smell the corn. 770 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:43,660 There's going to be a stiff competition. 771 00:32:45,664 --> 00:32:48,332 -[daniel] I'd give a dollar for it. -Hey, be nice. 772 00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:50,534 I've perfected that shake test. 773 00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:52,803 I trust myself pretty good. 774 00:32:52,838 --> 00:32:55,138 It's got five... [speaks indistinctly] 775 00:32:55,174 --> 00:32:56,773 -so it's... -That's 150. 776 00:32:56,809 --> 00:32:58,442 That's 150. 777 00:32:58,477 --> 00:33:00,310 [josh] pour me little shot out of here. 778 00:33:00,346 --> 00:33:02,079 -This right here? -Yeah. 779 00:33:02,114 --> 00:33:04,815 -You surely don't want drink it. -Yeah. 780 00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,250 Well... 781 00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:08,485 Ah, it's good. 782 00:33:12,191 --> 00:33:13,957 [daniel] what do you think? 783 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:17,728 [exhales sharply] whoo! [bleep] 784 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:19,663 -nobody drink this. -That put you down... 785 00:33:20,899 --> 00:33:23,500 -Damn! -Cut that [bleep]. 786 00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:25,202 What do you think? 787 00:33:25,237 --> 00:33:26,703 Here. 788 00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:33,143 Looks like 158. 789 00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:35,145 Is that the first one? Yeah, it's what you want. 790 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:37,881 Mine's has a lot of alcohol per volume in your mash. 791 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:41,985 [digger] that's still pretty stout there, daniel. 792 00:33:42,021 --> 00:33:43,620 Got plenty of oomph in there... 793 00:33:43,655 --> 00:33:45,856 Yeah, boy, you're still running good liquor. 794 00:33:46,458 --> 00:33:48,058 45 minutes. 795 00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:49,626 Daniel, where you at, buddy? 796 00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:52,763 Jar five. I'm working on right there, and it's still hot. 797 00:33:52,798 --> 00:33:54,664 He's in good, sweet liquor there. 798 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:55,966 You're headed that way. 799 00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:58,101 Quit drinking that liquor. 800 00:33:58,137 --> 00:34:00,337 Josh's supposed taste it and then spit it out. 801 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:01,438 [indistinct] 802 00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:03,206 I didn't learn my lesson about that. 803 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,308 -Obviously not. -Just like a tater tip. 804 00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:06,943 You just can't eat this one. 805 00:34:06,979 --> 00:34:09,046 Marquis, you're checking around along. 806 00:34:09,081 --> 00:34:11,948 You running slower than anybody I've seen so far, I believe. 807 00:34:11,984 --> 00:34:14,084 You got half shot into your second jar. 808 00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:16,453 -You're getting there. -[exhales] 809 00:34:18,057 --> 00:34:20,323 everybody seems to be where they want to be, 810 00:34:20,359 --> 00:34:22,192 ...Run a lot of liquor, ain't he? 811 00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:25,028 Yep. He runnin' a little faster than I would. 812 00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:26,696 -How many jar have you got? -Eight. 813 00:34:26,732 --> 00:34:28,865 Eight? Oh, damn. 814 00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:30,600 -It's still hot. -It's still hot. 815 00:34:30,636 --> 00:34:32,469 This is still hot proof. 816 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:36,106 I might not be able to produce one good jar for the judges to judge. 817 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:43,547 I hate that stuff, but I got to have it back. 818 00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:44,915 -[indistinct] -yeah. 819 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:48,151 I hate it, but it gets in the way of every five we got to have. 820 00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:50,187 Well, I'm trying my best to play it, mark. 821 00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:52,222 I ain't going to quit making a lot. 822 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:54,391 -You never quit making a lot. -No. 823 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:56,326 ...Fine by it for me a lot. 824 00:34:56,361 --> 00:35:00,464 Drinking, cussing, biker. 825 00:35:01,033 --> 00:35:03,266 ...Fine by it a lot. 826 00:35:03,302 --> 00:35:06,369 And if he's fine, good for me. They don't forever work. 827 00:35:06,405 --> 00:35:08,472 -[all laughing] -never work out. 828 00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:12,442 20 minutes, gentlemen. 829 00:35:12,478 --> 00:35:15,745 [narrator] three backwoods shiners are working the straight and narrow 830 00:35:15,781 --> 00:35:18,849 with the first legal run of their signatures shine. 831 00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:23,019 The one with the best tasting jar will win the ultimate bragging rights. 832 00:35:23,055 --> 00:35:28,058 And one of the last drinks from popcorn sutton's moonshine empire. 833 00:35:28,093 --> 00:35:29,693 We all need one good jar. 834 00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:33,296 Have you got you want, you're going to get him? 835 00:35:33,332 --> 00:35:35,565 I just don't know which direction to go here. 836 00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:39,769 -You're just making them twirl? -Yeah. 837 00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:41,638 I just have to get good liquor out there. 838 00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:43,273 [indistinct] 839 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:47,477 we're going to get three really good jars. 840 00:35:47,513 --> 00:35:49,880 I don't have a tip to see who is laying before us. 841 00:35:50,916 --> 00:35:52,883 Well, they ain't got no more time left. 842 00:35:52,918 --> 00:35:54,684 They ain't no time for no blending. 843 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:55,785 Two minutes. 844 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,054 You just got the sweet jar. 845 00:35:58,090 --> 00:35:59,990 [indistinct] 846 00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:01,124 I figured I might as well. 847 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,993 Go and park at your rocking chair and lay back, 848 00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:05,228 we'll come and get you in a little bit when we get to this decision. 849 00:36:05,264 --> 00:36:06,630 -Good luck, brother. -Thank you. 850 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:08,431 -Marky. -I got bored. 851 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:09,733 Got to get it out and running. 852 00:36:09,768 --> 00:36:12,235 All right buddy, get their, find your rocking chair 853 00:36:12,271 --> 00:36:13,270 I bet I would. 854 00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:16,506 Daniel, you got an extra 30 minutes. 855 00:36:16,542 --> 00:36:19,042 I was thinking to myself, I've got that time. 856 00:36:19,077 --> 00:36:20,944 So I said, "hey, there. I'm gonna keep running." 857 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,046 I stand down jar. 858 00:36:23,081 --> 00:36:25,482 -You've got a production run over there. -I try. 859 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:29,019 -You'd run a damn four barrel. -After jar number ten, 860 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:31,788 -I've gotta run what I've got. -15 minutes. 861 00:36:31,823 --> 00:36:33,156 I've got ten jars. 862 00:36:33,192 --> 00:36:34,558 All they want is one jar, 863 00:36:34,593 --> 00:36:37,928 but I've got to pick out the perfect jar for the judges to judge. 864 00:36:37,963 --> 00:36:40,030 Bot them up. Get them ready. 865 00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:41,264 I'm going to say we're done. 866 00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:43,033 Big day. 867 00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:46,636 -Well, it's a pretty jar. -Hmm. Yeah, pretty. 868 00:36:46,672 --> 00:36:48,972 Daniel, just head on that porch. 869 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:50,740 We'll be getting you in a little bit, brother. 870 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:54,511 All right. Let's start with mr. Josh. 871 00:36:55,814 --> 00:36:58,248 -Chilled, of course. -Yeah, looks good. 872 00:36:58,283 --> 00:36:59,783 I'm gonna drink it a little later. 873 00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:06,256 All right. 874 00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:12,729 -Not the best smell. -No. It ain't corn liquor. 875 00:37:16,301 --> 00:37:17,234 That's like sweet corn. 876 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:19,769 It ain't got no fire in it at all. 877 00:37:19,805 --> 00:37:21,638 And it's damn good proof. 878 00:37:21,673 --> 00:37:23,240 Might be a little under a hundred. 879 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:25,875 That's an excellent jar for anybody. 880 00:37:25,911 --> 00:37:27,377 All right. You want to move on to mark? 881 00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:28,778 You're the... 882 00:37:28,814 --> 00:37:30,780 This is a pretty clear jar. 883 00:37:30,816 --> 00:37:32,849 That's a little higher proof than josh's, ain't it? 884 00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:34,951 Mark likes his liquor a little higher. 885 00:37:34,987 --> 00:37:36,052 Could be dangerous. 886 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,988 Retro roared. 887 00:37:38,023 --> 00:37:39,823 It's all for now someone to know. 888 00:37:39,858 --> 00:37:42,325 They don't put that much distinct corn in this. 889 00:37:42,361 --> 00:37:44,594 [indistinct] 890 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:45,762 here we go. 891 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:50,133 Whoo! 892 00:37:50,168 --> 00:37:51,735 Is that enough to land in a corner, must be. 893 00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:55,038 I think mark brought that I'd be back from... 894 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,207 -Deep. -I don't know where he brought it from, 895 00:37:57,242 --> 00:37:59,075 that's a good drinking liquor and I ain't kidding. 896 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:01,344 That's damn fine liquor out there, boy. 897 00:38:01,346 --> 00:38:02,846 Well we're through the corn liquor section, 898 00:38:02,881 --> 00:38:04,314 we'll move on into the apple. 899 00:38:04,349 --> 00:38:05,749 -Here we go. -Yeah, here we go. 900 00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,350 Now, this is brandy now. 901 00:38:07,386 --> 00:38:09,386 That's a good 120 any. 902 00:38:09,421 --> 00:38:12,622 -Easy. -If it's good and smooth, I'm on this corner. 903 00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:13,823 She going to be dangerous. 904 00:38:20,365 --> 00:38:21,898 I don't think it's done like those two. 905 00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:28,104 -[shudders] -yeah bo, it's got it any. 906 00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:30,874 Dan knows it. It's a base a lot on the nose, 907 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:33,310 it's damn fierce in the mouth. 908 00:38:33,345 --> 00:38:34,577 You cannot drink much of that. 909 00:38:34,613 --> 00:38:36,613 No, it's harder than the the three peg to billy go. 910 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:37,947 He run it off hard, 911 00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:40,183 too afraid there's no coming through of that. 912 00:38:40,218 --> 00:38:42,252 Mark rogers's out of excellent jar later. 913 00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:43,486 It's clean. 914 00:38:43,522 --> 00:38:44,587 [sniffs] it smells good. 915 00:38:44,623 --> 00:38:45,789 Got a good nose on it. 916 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:47,757 It was a little trickery going on with josh 917 00:38:47,793 --> 00:38:49,893 'cause his jar's ice cold. 918 00:38:50,696 --> 00:38:52,162 No doubts. 919 00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:53,930 There's a one, two, three on the table. 920 00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:55,532 They're definitely there. 921 00:38:57,336 --> 00:38:58,668 Boys, welcome back. 922 00:38:58,704 --> 00:39:01,738 Thank you for giving us a damn hard job. 923 00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:04,274 Josh, good, clear jar liquor. 924 00:39:04,309 --> 00:39:06,910 He cooled it off really good force, and... 925 00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:10,647 You proved, you danced around that jar when I was worried about you. 926 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:11,748 Can't get them confused. 927 00:39:11,783 --> 00:39:13,817 Well, you've got confused... 928 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:17,420 Correctly. I've tried to find something negative to throw in there, 929 00:39:17,456 --> 00:39:21,524 but, uh, only thing I can figure out, you did bring us to josh. 930 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,793 Josh, good job. 931 00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:26,296 I can't really tell you how much that means to me to hear you say that. 932 00:39:26,331 --> 00:39:28,398 I just hope you've got more of it over there. 933 00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:29,532 Outstanding. 934 00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:32,702 Daniel, you made fine apple brandy. 935 00:39:32,738 --> 00:39:34,637 Unfortunately, I think it's over there. 936 00:39:34,673 --> 00:39:36,773 -Yeah, you think you do. -I do. 937 00:39:36,808 --> 00:39:39,676 I think you was afraid of that low proof you made last time. 938 00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:41,010 You brought us a little high proof, 939 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:43,446 and, uh, when it gets in your mouth 940 00:39:43,482 --> 00:39:45,382 it's your boom, it's all over the place. 941 00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:50,220 But, in spite of that, that high proof is damn fine liquor. 942 00:39:50,255 --> 00:39:52,155 -Oh, yeah. -Proof it down a little bit. 943 00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:53,123 Set it all day long. 944 00:39:53,158 --> 00:39:55,592 -Oh, yeah. -Marky, corn liquor. 945 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:59,462 I watched you run it . It's slow and it is good. 946 00:39:59,498 --> 00:40:02,332 But I don't think you got any hard stuff just yet. 947 00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:04,401 That means you already ran out. 948 00:40:04,436 --> 00:40:06,136 I had little over. 949 00:40:06,171 --> 00:40:07,771 It's damn fine corn liquor. 950 00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:09,472 Just a little bit hot. 951 00:40:09,508 --> 00:40:13,543 You bought us what? Number three? If you got into the fifth and sixth jar, 952 00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:15,211 probably have been another story. 953 00:40:15,247 --> 00:40:17,514 This is really hard for us to do. 954 00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:18,548 It's all good. 955 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,417 All right, swing that axe, digger. 956 00:40:20,452 --> 00:40:22,385 [digger] and boys, when it comes down to it, 957 00:40:22,421 --> 00:40:25,455 we don't declare any of our bunch being the master distiller. 958 00:40:25,490 --> 00:40:27,023 We're master moonshiner. 959 00:40:27,058 --> 00:40:29,325 Somebody's going to take this home. 960 00:40:29,361 --> 00:40:32,762 I need the you, josh. You knocked her out of the park, son. 961 00:40:32,798 --> 00:40:34,798 Don't get that jar mixed up. 962 00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:37,133 [josh] winning that jar of popcorn sutton liquor 963 00:40:37,169 --> 00:40:40,170 put me over the top today. I'm flying high right now. 964 00:40:40,205 --> 00:40:42,906 It's yours. You do what you want to with it. 965 00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:44,407 We're going to split three ways. 966 00:40:44,443 --> 00:40:45,408 [mark] wait a damn minute. 967 00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:49,279 Oh, okay, let's do that. 968 00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:50,947 Get your shot glasses out. 969 00:40:50,982 --> 00:40:54,984 I'm proud of josh for winnin' but I'm ready for a rematch 970 00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:56,119 at any point in time. 971 00:40:56,154 --> 00:40:57,320 All he's gotta do is give me a call. 972 00:40:57,355 --> 00:40:58,721 [josh] popcorn's liquor. 973 00:40:58,757 --> 00:41:00,757 There won't never be no more of this. 974 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:02,025 Old josh. 975 00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:03,660 He's learned a lot over the years, 976 00:41:03,695 --> 00:41:05,195 and I'm just tickled that he won. 977 00:41:05,730 --> 00:41:07,230 Hell, yeah. 978 00:41:07,265 --> 00:41:08,398 [mark] good job. 979 00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:09,732 Drink up. 980 00:41:12,771 --> 00:41:14,103 [bleep] dawg, that was good. 981 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:16,439 [narrator] next on, master distiller... 982 00:41:16,475 --> 00:41:18,842 That's probably one of the most complex liquors 983 00:41:18,877 --> 00:41:19,976 we've ever tasted. 984 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:22,011 -Gin... -It's making me sweat. 985 00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:25,014 From medieval plague cure to bootlegger favorite. 986 00:41:25,050 --> 00:41:28,017 -Never anybody who wants to take a thump keg apart. -In the middle of the brew. 987 00:41:28,053 --> 00:41:30,220 It's complex flavors challenge 988 00:41:30,255 --> 00:41:32,322 even the most diligent distiller. 989 00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:34,157 Wow, I've been missing out.