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[narrator] this time
on master distiller...
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We want to peel back
the layers like an onion
and find every flavor.
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-[narrator] gin.
-Ooh.
I smell that star anise.
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[narrator]
a 700 year-old recipe...
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-That's juniper.
-[man] one berry too much
could make a bad run.
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[narrator]
...Still produced
in the backwoods.
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[mike] oh. We got a baby.
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[narrator] the base for some
of the world's most
popular cocktails.
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With some tonic water
and damn lime juice,
that'd be a good drink.
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[narrator] but bringing
this spirit to life
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could be the ultimate test
of a master distiller.
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That's probably one of the
most complex liquors
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-we've ever tasted.
-Definitely.
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[narrator] across the country,
a handful of amateur
distillers
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are heirs to a
century's 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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I've never had anybody want
to take a pump keg apart
in the middle of a runs.
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[narrator]
judged by three legendary
moonshiners...
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Wow.
I've been missing out.
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[narrator] ...They'll go
head to head
in a series of challenges.
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You just ate
one of those flowers?
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[lisa] forgive me,
mother nature.
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-[mike] pumpin' hard.
-[jason] here's the
secret weapon.
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[narrator] to determine
who has what it takes...
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-...Putting him
in another category.
-A girl.
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[narrator] to be named...
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-[lisa] you hear that?
-[man] oh-oh.
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[narrator]
master distiller.
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[rattling]
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ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to master distiller.
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You know me,
there's my buddy,
mark ramsey.
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Tim smith.
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You gonna make us
some gin.
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If you win, you get
a limited run of your gin
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at sugarlands
distilling company.
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Obviously you know
something about gin,
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or you wouldn't be here
in this particular content.
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[narrator] history's most
notorious liquor, gin,
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is made by distilling
a strong base spirit
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with juniper berries
and other botanicals.
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Created by medieval monks
as a plague cure,
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dutch distillers
perfected the spirit
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and soldiers braced
for battle with it.
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Unlike whisky or rum,
gin can be made
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using any base spirit,
from grapes to grains.
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Cheap, high proof gin
was churned out
of back alley pot stills
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in every slum
in georgian England,
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cut with turpentine
and sulfuric acid.
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After the invention
of the column still
in 1831,
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purified gin
hit the market,
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restoring its reputation
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and leading to the creation
of the spirit's
most iconic recipe,
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london dry.
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[tim] now, the most famous gin
is a london dry gin.
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I like for each one of you
to replicate this.
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This is what
we're looking for, guys.
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London dry gin.
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[mark] taste that,
sip it, gargle with it,
smell it, snort it.
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Do whatever
you want to do with it,
but commit it to memory.
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[tim] this is what
we're looking for right here.
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-[lisa] that's good.
-[exclaims]
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[lisa] that's very good.
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[digger]
you got four hours.
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We want to see your
best jar on the table.
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Your time starts now.
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[lisa] excellent.
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[narrator]
in the first challenge,
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shiners must produce
a london dry gin
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by redistilling
100 proof corn liquor
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while infusing their own blend
of house botanicals.
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The distiller whose gin
best matches the standard,
will get extra time
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to pick ingredients
for the next challenge.
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West virginia's filling
his fill up like he been
doing it all his life.
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My name is michael.
I'm from huntington,
west virginia.
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I work in the
waste water industry.
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We deal with a lot of nasty
bad, bad things.
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I see a lot of dirty corn.
So being on the
clean side of corn
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that actually produces
something that's enjoyable
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is a, is a big thrill.
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Here you go,
my little friends.
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I have a great grandpaw
that had five stills runnin'.
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And that's what he did.
For years, years and years
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he told us about them stories,
and it always stuck
in my head,
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and I always thought,
you know,
I wanna try that one day.
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[speaks indistinctly]
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I started out bootleggin'.
I ran a bunch of liquor,
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and then I ended up in a job
that I got laid off.
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So you got that yeast
just moving around in there.
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I was sitting around
talking to myself
and I said, "self,
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it's just about time
you figure out how to do
the other side of this."
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I bought a four-gallon
stock pot,
a three-gallon stock pot,
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and a five-gallon bucket,
and I fashioned me together
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a little homemade still
on a hot plate.
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I thought it was one of the
greatest things I ever did,
you know. [laughs]
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and it's been all downhill
since then. [laughs]
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make a little "japaleno."
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I can make just about
anything out of it.
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And if I can't make it,
I will try to make it.
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Three slices of ginger.
That's it.
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My ultimate dream
is to go legit one day
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doing something
that you love to do.
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No better way
to live your life,
as far as I'm concerned.
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That mike just smashes that
big bucket up, pours it
like it ain't nothing.
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[tim]
like it's a baby bottle.
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[lisa] someone's playing
a joke on me here.
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Lisa's having problems
openin' up her bucket.
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[digger]
nah, she's got it.
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-You better hush. She'll knock
the hell out of you.
-I'm seeing that.
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-It's uh... There we go.
-[jason] there you go.
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This is my
little play still.
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My name is lisa lowery,
and I am from north carolina.
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The still is flowing.
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I spent most of my career
in corporate america.
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There came a time
where I just said, "I just
can't do this anymore."
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all spices.
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-I wanted to go be
a distiller.
-[horn hooting]
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thinking about it
since I was young
with my aunt and uncle
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while they were distilling
in their basement.
They made wine as well.
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I would be totally fascinated
that the product that actually
goes in one device
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and comes out
of the other device
something totally different.
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So, like, you know,
like magic,
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the real rough part
of the job
we've got here.
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And here I am
currently employed
at a distillery.
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About to make
some magic happen.
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Be able to get in there
and learn the process.
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It's not a scary as a big,
scary monster,
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full of all these crazy wires
and hoses and tentacles
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and things coming at you and
you're like, "well, I don't
know what this is."
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but it becomes really fun
and rewarding.
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Cardamom.
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What I love about gin
is the uniqueness.
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There are thousands
of combinations out there.
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There are a hundred different
ways that you could make it
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even more ways to finish it
and countless ways
to enjoy it.
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If I were master distiller
to have other women say,
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"if she's doing it,
I can do it,"
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which, if I can do it,
anybody can do it.
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What?
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-Yeah.
-Oh, easy.
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-Easy, easy.
-I got a leak.
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[lisa laughs]
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my name is jason sanders.
I'm from salt lake city, utah.
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I'm an executive chef
by trade.
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Since covid I haven't worked.
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I'd really like to open
my own place.
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It'd be cool to bring
a really cool product to utah.
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There's not a lot
of distillers there.
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I brewed beer for years.
Got really into it.
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I thought, "hell, you know,
distilling looks fun.
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I built a still.
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My wife told me that I would
bring the house down, so I
went ahead and did it anyway.
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I had a couple of friends try,
and they were all
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really impressed with it,
and it's just slippery slope
from there.
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Making liquor in utah
is I think I'm kind
of a unicorn.
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Honestly, I hear of people
that are doing it.
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I've never actually met
anybody that's doing it.
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I love gin and some gins have
got 22 different ingredients,
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there's some that have
got six in it,
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and they're
all very different.
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There's a lot of room
for playing.
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I want everybody
to do a good job,
but I definitely want to win.
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I think it would open some
doors career wise.
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Lisa's already got
her fire going.
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You know, ooh!
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There you go.
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[laughing]
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me and lisa lead up,
we're steel dumping liquor.
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Your buddy,
is lead up, running.
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In a london dry gin,
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you don't want to go real
heavy on the spices.
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You want more of
a general flavor.
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Getting the spice build right
is really keeps them
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from too much of one spice
or not enough of another.
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And you're going to
have some of flavors.
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Let's see how it goes.
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Don't forget to write all your
stuff down, guys.
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It's all, it's all memory.
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-It's all in your head.
-Yeah.
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I'm really good at, just,
here's a pile of ingredients.
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Mix something.
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Being a chef definitely
helps with gin.
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Only small steals.
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And taking one or two
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will put your over the edge
and it goes from
being pleasant
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to bitter in just a heartbeat.
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Oh, that's a little strong.
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Maybe too much.
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Guys, you all got one hour.
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Andy, still got three hours
remains.
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Where it could make
a difference
on how they run it up.
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They gonna put it in a steel,
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they're gonna put in
your thump, or they're going
to use it later.
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Yeah.
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All right.
That should be good.
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Few extra for love.
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A bit of ginger,
for some spice.
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Max, only one out of three,
but this botanicals
in the steel pot.
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-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Everybody else put them
in their thump.
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[man] with burners lid, heat
vaporizes the alcohol
in the base spirit.
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The vapor passes through
the gin basket, filled with
botanicals hung in the cap
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or inside the thumper,
where a second distillation
takes place.
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Once the infused alcohol vapor
hits the water cool coil,
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it condenses into a stream
of london dry gin.
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Here we go.
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[lisa] right, you're flowing.
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That is 180, 185 at least.
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[lisa] time to start mixing.
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Yeah, we're messing around
a little bit here.
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I think I'm about ready.
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Each part of the flow
will produce a different
flavor.
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You look at your flow
like it's a treat.
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You know, the very top
you've got the light floral,
airy parts
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all the way down to the roofs
that come out in the
botanicals.
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So you have this full spectrum
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that will capture all of that
into a finished product.
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[man] essential oils from
the botanicals are released
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at different times
during the run.
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Distillers must capture
the drinkable alcohol in the
heart of the run
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while balancing each flavor
as it comes through.
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Ooh! I smell that star anise.
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-Yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
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-Still fire?
-No, it's good.
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It's like a... I think I'm
getting like a little lemon.
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Here you go.
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Wish I would have gotten
a little more juniper
out of it.
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So I usually use a lot
like an excessive amount.
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Yeah.
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I put a couple
lime peels in there.
232
00:10:41,241 --> 00:10:43,675
-Just a couple.
-Very nice.
233
00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:45,810
Mike's going at it over there.
234
00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:48,480
I'm competing against people
that know what they're doing
with gin,
235
00:10:48,515 --> 00:10:50,782
and they do a really good job
with it.
236
00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,584
While I'm hitting the ground,
running.
237
00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:54,552
Here is my big thing.
238
00:10:54,588 --> 00:10:58,056
I don't have what you call a,
sophisticated palate.
239
00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:01,760
I use my nose to smell stuff,
but I cannot taste at all.
240
00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:03,128
You're in the wrong business,
mike.
241
00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:07,432
Ladies and gentlemen,
you've got one hour left.
242
00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:10,235
She's been pouring water
a little bit.
243
00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:12,103
That's a lot of
tempering down.
244
00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:15,173
That'll bring the proof
way down.
245
00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:21,079
[man 1] if it wasn't high
proof, it's gonna be
really low proof.
246
00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:22,280
You ain't teasing.
247
00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:23,915
[narrator] coming up...
248
00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:25,283
He said it was 200 proof.
249
00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:26,651
-It was one hundred.
-It was one hundred.
250
00:11:26,687 --> 00:11:29,320
[narrators] a hard lesson
in moonshiner math.
251
00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:30,255
She messed it up.
252
00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:33,058
[narrator] and the return
of a wild card.
253
00:11:33,093 --> 00:11:34,626
You ever had a pizza, jim?
254
00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:35,760
Where you from?
255
00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:39,731
[lisa] oh, here we go.
256
00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:42,901
[narrator] a legal distiller,
a backward shiner
257
00:11:42,936 --> 00:11:45,637
and a chef-turned-illegal
liquor maker
258
00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:49,574
are competing
to replicate the flavors
of a classic london dry gin,
259
00:11:49,609 --> 00:11:52,177
using only their palates
as a guide.
260
00:11:56,650 --> 00:11:58,683
Gentlemen, I got
one good jar for you.
261
00:11:58,719 --> 00:11:59,984
[mark] that's all it takes.
262
00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:01,052
-Good luck.
-Thank you.
263
00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:06,825
Gentlemen,
give this a shot,
see how she goes.
264
00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:11,029
Okay.
265
00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:13,665
-[digger] that's the one
you decided on?
-Yes, sir, yes it is.
266
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:14,599
Thank you.
267
00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:15,633
-All righty.
-Good luck, honey.
268
00:12:18,705 --> 00:12:21,106
This one here is jason.
It was pretty clear.
269
00:12:21,141 --> 00:12:23,675
-Clear, clear.
-Good-lookin' jar.
270
00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:26,144
-One hundred ten?
-[digger] that'll be
a little better than 110.
271
00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:28,546
They're super different.
Like, you pop it
in your mouth,
272
00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:30,815
it's one thing,
you run some liquor
through it
273
00:12:30,851 --> 00:12:31,983
and it's a whole
different flavor.
274
00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:33,485
It all changes
when the heat gets in, right?
275
00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:37,756
It's not too overpowering
on the juniper.
276
00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:41,326
-The nose is a little bit
stronger than the taste.
-It is.
277
00:12:41,361 --> 00:12:42,861
It's not unpleasant.
278
00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:46,331
-I can tell the way it flashes
across my tongue.
-It's warming.
279
00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:48,733
-[tim] it's got
a little licorice.
-And ginger.
280
00:12:48,769 --> 00:12:50,902
There's a lot of ginger
in there.
281
00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:54,572
With some tonic water
and damn lime juice,
that'd be a good drink.
282
00:12:54,608 --> 00:12:56,307
Let's go to big mike here.
283
00:12:56,343 --> 00:13:00,345
-[mark] well, that's
a little lower proofed.
-[tim] about a 95-90?
284
00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:02,313
I'm going to go
about 90.
285
00:13:02,349 --> 00:13:04,182
I don't think
I got enough flavor to mine.
286
00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:08,520
Now, that's a totally
different taste profile.
287
00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,321
But it ain't unpleasant.
288
00:13:10,357 --> 00:13:13,324
No, but it's stout
on the juniper side.
289
00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,961
-Them two both...
Those are drinkable.
-Well...
290
00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:21,132
[digger] what kind of bed
she showing there, timmy?
291
00:13:21,168 --> 00:13:23,101
-Eighty-five?
-[tim] nothing.
292
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:26,104
-That's low.
-[mark] that's low low.
293
00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:26,971
Eighty.
294
00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:28,540
It's 100-proof liquor
to start with.
295
00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:30,241
I thought
that it was 200 proof.
296
00:13:30,277 --> 00:13:31,676
No, it was 100.
297
00:13:31,711 --> 00:13:33,812
-It was 100 proof?
-Yeah.
298
00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:35,413
[jason] how much
did you cut it with water?
299
00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:36,581
Uh...
300
00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:38,650
You put that water in
and it flashes.
301
00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:40,451
It really can destroy...
302
00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:44,889
Her botanicals are in there
but there's not
a lot of liquor in there,
303
00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:46,324
-yeah.
-Yeah.
304
00:13:47,661 --> 00:13:51,062
You get that juniper up front
then you got no liquor.
305
00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:53,798
-It falls flat. I don't know.
-Yeah, she messed it up.
306
00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:56,401
Now comes the work.
307
00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:59,838
[mark] honestly,
I like the smell
of mike's better.
308
00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:01,940
But, I like the taste
of jason's better.
309
00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:07,812
Which one do you really think
is more of a london dry gin?
310
00:14:07,848 --> 00:14:09,013
[tim] that's tough.
311
00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:12,283
Well, guys.
312
00:14:12,319 --> 00:14:13,918
I guess you all
are wanting to see
313
00:14:13,954 --> 00:14:15,620
what our decision is
at this point.
314
00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:17,922
This does not eliminate
anybody.
315
00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:21,259
The winner this round
gets the pick of the litter
with all the ingredients.
316
00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:24,095
Uh, mike, your liquor
was good.
317
00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,430
I get a lot of ginger
with you.
318
00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:27,932
Get a little bit
of that juniper,
319
00:14:27,968 --> 00:14:30,501
but it's good drink.
It would sell.
320
00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:32,737
-[tim] lisa, you got
a good product here.
-Thank you.
321
00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:35,139
It tastes good.
Smells good.
322
00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:40,712
One thing I did notice
is this.
This is not 80 proof.
323
00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:44,082
-Okay.
-Your fatal flaw was
your blending.
324
00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:46,651
You went just a little bit
heavy on the water.
325
00:14:47,187 --> 00:14:48,219
Yes.
326
00:14:48,255 --> 00:14:51,723
Jason? The nose
is straight on jam.
327
00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:53,658
It's high-enough proof.
328
00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:56,661
Probably 110-115.
329
00:14:56,696 --> 00:14:59,264
But it still had
a smooth taste.
330
00:14:59,299 --> 00:15:01,132
-It's good product.
-Thank you.
331
00:15:01,167 --> 00:15:03,601
Jason, you were
the number one jar.
332
00:15:03,637 --> 00:15:05,336
Thank you.
333
00:15:05,372 --> 00:15:08,139
You get to go
to the fruit stand
first off the bat,
334
00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:11,142
-then mike goes,
then lisa goes.
-Okay.
335
00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:13,678
Stevie ray tickle!
336
00:15:13,713 --> 00:15:15,313
Oh, no,
you didn't call tickle in?
337
00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:18,850
I called the infamous
stevie ray tickle.
338
00:15:18,885 --> 00:15:20,618
You didn't tell me
you was coming over here?
339
00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:23,154
Now you know I had to.
340
00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:26,857
Listen to me.
I want you to take 'em
to the farm shed.
341
00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:29,294
They need to pick out
what they need.
342
00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:34,399
It's time for y'all to make us
one jar of
a top-shelf modern gin.
343
00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:37,769
We don't want to be like
we're biting the top end
of a juniper berry.
344
00:15:37,804 --> 00:15:40,405
But we want something
that's got a lot of botanical.
345
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,940
There's a lot of
complex flavor.
346
00:15:41,975 --> 00:15:45,443
We want to dissect that liquor
and peel back the layers
347
00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:47,979
like a onion
and find every flavor.
348
00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:50,815
[narrator] modern gins
have their roots
in prohibition
349
00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:55,086
when illegal liquor runners
added whatever botanicals
they had on hand
350
00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:57,755
to mask the taste
of harsh-based spirits.
351
00:15:57,791 --> 00:16:02,560
Inventive speakeasy bartenders
created cocktails
that complimented the flavors
352
00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:05,263
and made them
more palatable to customers.
353
00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:09,500
And customers
got the last word
on the future of gin.
354
00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:13,204
Today, modern gin
swap heavy juniper flavors
355
00:16:13,239 --> 00:16:14,973
for artisanal ingredients,
356
00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:18,109
from fruits and vegetables
to exotic spices,
357
00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:24,716
to craft unique spirits
that enhance a cocktail
and command a higher price.
358
00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:27,986
The winner of the challenge
gets the advantage
of more time
359
00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:32,390
and first pick
of limited ingredients
to create their modern gin.
360
00:16:32,392 --> 00:16:35,994
Okay, modern gin.
Basically like modern times
361
00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:38,196
meaning it could go
any damn where.
362
00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:39,564
Mix it up a little bit.
363
00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:41,232
Don't be afraid
to experiment.
364
00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:44,635
Jason, you're going first.
You have five minutes.
365
00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,840
-Is that basil?
-A little mint.
366
00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:50,375
Now this is
what I've been looking at.
367
00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:52,944
-You ever had a peach gin?
-Where you from?
368
00:16:52,979 --> 00:16:55,380
I was absolutely pumped
about winning
my first challenge.
369
00:16:55,415 --> 00:16:57,315
-I didn't think I would.
-Never had it.
370
00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,550
-Me either.
-I'm definitely
wanting to try it now.
371
00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:02,820
I have not made
a lot of crazy modern gins,
372
00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:04,489
but I'm gonna take
a little risk.
373
00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:07,458
And I'm going to throw a fruit
right into the thumper
and see what happens.
374
00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:09,193
Two minutes left there, jason.
375
00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:12,163
-Tickle what is a muscadine?
-A muscadine is a grape
376
00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:14,932
that makes
some damn good wine.
377
00:17:14,968 --> 00:17:17,268
-Tickle, I think we're there.
-You're there?
378
00:17:17,303 --> 00:17:18,669
-I'm there.
-All right.
379
00:17:18,705 --> 00:17:20,104
Mike, come on up.
380
00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:22,340
You have three minutes.
381
00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:24,609
Mike is wasting no time.
382
00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:26,677
There you go.
Man's got his pants on.
383
00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:27,812
He's got his pocket knife.
384
00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:30,281
-May have to cut up
a squirrel or something.
-Yeah.
385
00:17:30,316 --> 00:17:32,984
The judges said
they did not want
a london dry gin.
386
00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:36,888
That tells me
to cut back standard spices
and botanicals.
387
00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:40,324
Add a little something extra
in there and try to offset
those imbalances.
388
00:17:40,994 --> 00:17:42,260
How about a pear?
389
00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:44,328
Might as well grab
a little bit of that, too,
just to be safe.
390
00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:45,863
Grab one of these jewels
right here.
391
00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,665
Yeah, with them grapefruits.
392
00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:49,934
[mike] all right.
393
00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:50,835
I think that'll do.
394
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:52,804
[man] lisa, you have
three minutes.
395
00:17:52,839 --> 00:17:54,305
Can I take the flowers?
396
00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:55,373
I don't see why not.
397
00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:59,243
Yeah, you just ate
one of those flowers?
398
00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:00,778
If I can't eat it,
399
00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:02,280
I'm not gonna
put it in my gin.
400
00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:03,981
Some honey. Look at that.
401
00:18:04,017 --> 00:18:06,384
What I'm hoping to present
to them is a wild ride.
402
00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:10,488
Really have them guessing
from first sip, all the way
through to the end.
403
00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:11,856
Look at that,
a little mexican vanilla.
404
00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:13,224
Forgive me, mother nature.
405
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:14,826
God. Ah-ha!
406
00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:16,427
Little lemon time.
407
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:20,364
Yeah.
408
00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,300
-Nah.
-Nah, it is great.
409
00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:23,434
-[scoffs] it's gross.
-That's it.
410
00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,002
-[lisa] time's up.
-Time is up, lisa.
411
00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:26,370
All right.
412
00:18:26,406 --> 00:18:28,239
[man] looks like y'all got
some interesting stuff
in them baskets.
413
00:18:31,010 --> 00:18:32,310
-[man] whoa.
-Hi, fellas.
414
00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:34,445
Hey, guys. Welcome back.
415
00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:37,815
You back for your
big deal run right here.
416
00:18:37,851 --> 00:18:39,517
Your imagination's
the limit here.
417
00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:41,652
You know,
do it as you see fit.
418
00:18:41,688 --> 00:18:43,121
[tim] you know,
one of you going home.
419
00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:46,657
So you know, you only
have four hours to live.
420
00:18:46,693 --> 00:18:47,959
What's going to
make a difference
421
00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:50,228
is what you got
in front of you,
in that basket right there.
422
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:54,232
Bring us the finest modern gin
the earth has ever seen.
423
00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:57,001
-No pressure
-starting now.
424
00:18:57,036 --> 00:19:00,271
[narrator] using the
ingredients they pulled
from the farm stand,
425
00:19:00,306 --> 00:19:05,109
the contestants must transform
one hundred proof triple
distilled corn liquor
426
00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:08,012
and to a modern gin
that shines in a cocktail
427
00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:10,314
and on the top shelf
of a liquor store.
428
00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:13,417
[mark] I'm kind of looking
forward to this modern gin.
429
00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:15,153
Something kind of new to me.
430
00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:24,695
-There we go, firin' oh.
-[man] oh, yeah.
431
00:19:24,731 --> 00:19:27,532
Right. Here we go.
432
00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:30,101
I'm in a fever pitch to see
what's in them baskets.
433
00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:32,904
[mark] we got a tremendous
amount of peaches.
434
00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:36,307
-Is that a cucumber
he's peeling, or a zucchini?
-[man] that's a cuc.
435
00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:41,212
[mike] I use cucumber,
thyme, spearmint, cherries,
436
00:19:41,247 --> 00:19:44,215
mexican vanilla,
skin off of a grapefruit.
437
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:45,850
This is the one
that might get interesting.
438
00:19:46,586 --> 00:19:48,119
It could get interesting.
439
00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:52,557
One of the weirdest gin
flavors known to me.
440
00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:56,694
I may slice up
a little tiny bit of that.
441
00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:59,997
-Oh, all right.
Good luck with that.
-[laughs]
442
00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:03,034
I could eat garlic
on a dog turd.
443
00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:05,469
I mean, it's just...
It's just good stuff.
444
00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:09,874
[jason] my plan is to put
a ton of peaches
in the thumper.
445
00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:14,412
I want a real peach flavor
coming over it
with a little bit of gin.
446
00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:17,548
A little more citrus on it
'cause citrus and peaches
go well together.
447
00:20:17,617 --> 00:20:19,550
A little thyme and some
rosemary in there, too.
448
00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:22,053
So that's going to add
a little herbaceous
flavor to it.
449
00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:24,922
So now I'm going to start
getting some heat
down in that thumper,
450
00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:27,091
it's gonna start cooking
those peaches a little bit.
451
00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:30,695
[lisa] I didn't see
any peppercorn
or so I thought,
452
00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:32,296
"well, I'll just
try a jalapeno."
453
00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:34,131
it's nice and fresh,
bright and green,
454
00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:36,067
and hopefully those flavors
will translate.
455
00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:37,902
I've got muscadine grapes
in the thumper.
456
00:20:37,937 --> 00:20:40,037
So hopefully, I'll get
some nice sweetness
out of that.
457
00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:44,508
Some thyme, rosemary and sage.
Juniper and some
marigold leaves.
458
00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:48,045
Hopefully we'll get, uh,
nice, well sweet and savory
out of it.
459
00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:50,081
All that juice,
that's so nice.
460
00:20:50,817 --> 00:20:52,149
Yep.
461
00:20:52,185 --> 00:20:53,150
Here we go.
462
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,925
-Good run
and you beat me to it again.
-I'm runnin'.
463
00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:07,832
That's good.
There are not a lot of female
distillers out there,
464
00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:12,203
so I want to really show women
that it's something that
we can dominate.
465
00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:13,404
Oh, there we go.
466
00:21:15,308 --> 00:21:16,574
That's juniper.
467
00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:18,909
Boys and girls,
you're two hours
into your run.
468
00:21:18,945 --> 00:21:20,344
You're half way there.
469
00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:23,581
You're runnin' into a bucket?
470
00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:24,849
Is that what you're doing?
I like that.
471
00:21:24,884 --> 00:21:27,018
That way it all gets some air
and gets happy.
472
00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:33,024
Kind of getting into
where I don't really like
the flavor just a little bit.
473
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:35,926
Hmm. All right.
474
00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:38,362
So just pulling out
the spice bag,
I could reach it.
475
00:21:40,066 --> 00:21:42,266
I've never in any of my one
take the thump keg apart
476
00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:44,135
-in the middle of a run.
-Not in the middle of a run.
477
00:21:46,539 --> 00:21:49,240
[narrator] coming up.
Distillers get spicy...
478
00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:50,808
I think mike's
surprised himself.
479
00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:52,276
And the judges sweat.
480
00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:55,579
This is the hardest decision
we've ever been
confronted with.
481
00:21:57,850 --> 00:21:59,850
[narrator] three distillers
are locked in a battle
482
00:21:59,886 --> 00:22:03,187
to run the most complex
of all spirits, modern gin.
483
00:22:03,222 --> 00:22:05,256
[lisa] pulling out
the spice bag,
I could reach it.
484
00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:08,526
But few distillers dare open
a working thump keg.
485
00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:10,795
I've never in any of my one
take the thump keg apart
486
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,596
-in the middle of a run.
-Not in the middle of a run.
487
00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:16,033
Are you done with your run?
488
00:22:16,069 --> 00:22:18,536
No, I think,
I'm gonna let it run
a little bit longer.
489
00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:20,171
Pull out the juniper.
490
00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:21,605
I've got the grapes inside.
491
00:22:21,641 --> 00:22:23,307
I've got grapes,
I've got honey.
492
00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:25,576
Enough of the spices
were kind of getting
a little heavy,
493
00:22:25,611 --> 00:22:28,679
and we still have some time,
so thought I'd just let it,
let it go,
494
00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:30,681
-see if I can pick up
some more of the flavors.
-Yeah.
495
00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:33,250
Then she's gonna blend it.
496
00:22:34,354 --> 00:22:36,854
It's going to be like
a sweet sour deal.
497
00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:39,724
I added, I think it was twenty
different things in there.
498
00:22:39,759 --> 00:22:43,461
I did all kind of crazy
to put whatever I could
to try to age these two out.
499
00:22:45,631 --> 00:22:47,031
One hour guys.
500
00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:49,900
Time to be thinking about
them finishing touches.
501
00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:52,203
Blend these babies up
blend, blend, blend.
502
00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:55,840
From the first run, I learned
not to over proof my gin.
503
00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,942
-I think that's
pretty high, right?
-Yeah, that's pretty high
504
00:22:57,977 --> 00:23:00,177
just, you know,
really go with my gut.
That was my thing.
505
00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:01,746
You know,
don't second guess myself.
506
00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:08,119
I think mike's
surprised himself.
507
00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:10,755
-That was my nest.
-He's got the look
of surprise.
508
00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:12,690
Mm. Mm-hm.
509
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:19,063
That is good.
510
00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:20,965
[coughs] it is hot, though.
511
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,533
All right.
What is the secret weapon?
512
00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:25,035
[lisa] uh-oh,
secret weapon time.
513
00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:27,605
Hmm. What in the world
are you two are doing?
514
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,707
I put four and a half pounds
of peaches in there,
515
00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:32,610
and I was looking
for a peach flavor.
516
00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:33,844
And I didn't get it.
517
00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:37,314
I had great wildflower honey.
518
00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:41,118
Downside was that it was not
a clear-looking gin.
519
00:23:41,154 --> 00:23:42,486
Being the chef,
520
00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:46,624
I know presentations,
you know, 30, 40,
50 percent of it.
521
00:23:46,659 --> 00:23:49,593
But to me, flavor
is 60, 70 percent of it.
522
00:23:54,534 --> 00:23:57,835
That's pretty stout as après.
523
00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,174
Wow. I think that brought
the peach out.
524
00:24:05,178 --> 00:24:08,479
All right. Good girl.
Good girl.
525
00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:09,580
God, I don't know.
526
00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:12,316
I'm second guessing myself
left and right right now.
527
00:24:12,351 --> 00:24:14,018
Go with your gut.
528
00:24:14,053 --> 00:24:15,886
Got that bad touch.
529
00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:18,255
I'm gonna do that,
and I'm gonna do
one more guard,
530
00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:19,824
and I'm gonna compare it.
531
00:24:19,859 --> 00:24:23,194
Your first dip,
you're like, "bam",
you get the vanilla.
532
00:24:23,229 --> 00:24:25,496
I was like, "and it tastes
like bubble gum"
533
00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:28,666
for some weird reason,
it tasted like bubble gum.
534
00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:31,569
And then next thing you know,
on comes spearmint,
535
00:24:31,604 --> 00:24:33,904
on comes the cherry.
536
00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:37,074
Everything else,
but it just blows my mind.
537
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,778
You know what? I got a winner.
538
00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,613
We're gonna put a name on it
and call it a day.
539
00:24:44,050 --> 00:24:46,183
Gentlemen, that's
your final decision.
540
00:24:46,219 --> 00:24:48,085
One jar of...
541
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:49,220
Modern gin.
542
00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:50,254
Good deal, buddy.
543
00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:51,889
We got you.
544
00:24:55,261 --> 00:24:56,360
I think this is it.
545
00:24:56,429 --> 00:24:58,195
-That the one?
-This is the one.
546
00:24:59,565 --> 00:25:00,531
Thank you.
547
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,604
There you go, fellas.
That's one big mike.
548
00:25:06,639 --> 00:25:07,838
I don't know.
That's up to you.
549
00:25:07,874 --> 00:25:10,341
-Oh, thank you.
-Good luck.
550
00:25:10,376 --> 00:25:12,877
Well, there's two way clearer
than the other one.
551
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:14,144
It would seem.
552
00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:17,815
-Big mike.
-That's pretty.
553
00:25:20,353 --> 00:25:21,452
It's not harsh.
554
00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:24,955
No, I don't think there's,
there's good, fruity full.
555
00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:26,257
That's a cucumber
he got in there.
556
00:25:26,893 --> 00:25:28,526
It finishes really good.
557
00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:31,762
Yeah, this guy's putting
garlic in gin...
558
00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:32,763
That's right.
559
00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:33,797
Don't taste no garlic.
560
00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:35,699
I don't get any of the garlic
in there.
561
00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:39,904
But when you breathe out
at the end of that juniper,
562
00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:43,007
when it's gone,
it finishes through the floor.
563
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,475
It's a real pleasant drink.
564
00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:46,143
I'm ready for the next gin.
565
00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:48,145
-Let's do it.
-This is going to be lisa.
566
00:25:48,180 --> 00:25:50,180
Now that's a little brighter
on the smell.
567
00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:52,850
The whole thumper thing,
like I was kind of nervous
about that, right?
568
00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:53,984
That was a bold move.
569
00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:56,654
Wow, that smells good.
570
00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:01,859
That's really good.
571
00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,794
Um, really light on the note.
572
00:26:03,829 --> 00:26:05,062
It's perfect.
573
00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:06,363
Don't dunk, I'm telling you.
574
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:08,933
It spreads out like
a damn bouquet.
575
00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:12,269
-Yeah.
-That's...
576
00:26:12,305 --> 00:26:14,338
What in the world, I'm getting
a little strong bite.
577
00:26:14,373 --> 00:26:16,707
The muscadines are
coming through that are heavy.
578
00:26:16,742 --> 00:26:18,709
-There's a little bite in...
-It's little biting.
579
00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:20,844
-It's a good bite.
-It's outstanding right there.
580
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,647
It's a little tricky
because it's got a lot
of flavors in it.
581
00:26:23,683 --> 00:26:26,717
That's probably one of
the most complex liquors
we've ever tasted.
582
00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:29,320
-Yes.
-That's proper business
right there.
583
00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:30,688
Let's try jason's.
584
00:26:30,723 --> 00:26:32,790
It almost looks like
a light lemonade. [laughing]
585
00:26:32,825 --> 00:26:35,859
it's going to taste really,
really good to overcome that.
586
00:26:36,829 --> 00:26:38,295
That smells good, too.
587
00:26:38,331 --> 00:26:40,297
-Wow.
-Mother of pearls.
588
00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:42,966
My pores have opened up.
589
00:26:42,969 --> 00:26:46,003
The more ingredients
you put in there,
the crazier it's going to get,
590
00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:47,338
the harder it is to control.
591
00:26:47,373 --> 00:26:50,541
That little shot of honey,
I don't know, man,
I like that.
592
00:26:50,576 --> 00:26:51,909
-It smells...
-Yeah.
593
00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,477
It's making you sweat.
594
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,947
I think we found a cure
for the covid.
595
00:26:56,983 --> 00:26:58,182
Ran out of money.
596
00:26:58,217 --> 00:27:00,451
That get a little bit of that
sediment, you know,
597
00:27:00,486 --> 00:27:03,587
that you get out of honey
and little citrus in there.
598
00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:04,922
They're are all good.
599
00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:07,524
This is awful,
trying to have to decide.
600
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,728
If it hadn't been for all
the peaches that's in jason's.
601
00:27:10,763 --> 00:27:12,896
I think he would have come in
dead last.
602
00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:15,866
Jason is one, lisa two.
603
00:27:15,901 --> 00:27:18,636
-And mike three.
-I'm going the other way.
604
00:27:18,671 --> 00:27:22,640
Mike, over here, number one,
lisa, number two,
jason over here...
605
00:27:24,777 --> 00:27:27,311
I mean, I'm almost putting him
in another category.
606
00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:29,413
Modern gin is more complex.
607
00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:31,015
That's... That's lisa.
608
00:27:31,050 --> 00:27:33,784
I mean, it's really difficult
of the three. They're perfect.
609
00:27:33,819 --> 00:27:36,120
It's a trade off in so many
different directions.
610
00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:37,287
It's really hard.
611
00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:39,056
I wouldn't want to be in their
shoes, I'm telling you.
612
00:27:39,091 --> 00:27:41,759
Now, who you putting in last?
613
00:27:41,794 --> 00:27:43,661
Who you want to cut?
614
00:27:43,696 --> 00:27:46,430
I mean, well, I think we're
at a stalemate, right?
615
00:27:46,465 --> 00:27:49,600
Honestly, I can go with
any of them in any order.
616
00:27:49,635 --> 00:27:51,935
-They're that good
-do you want cut a deal?
617
00:27:53,406 --> 00:27:56,140
This is the hardest decision
we've ever been
confronted with.
618
00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:57,074
Yeah.
619
00:27:59,311 --> 00:28:01,311
[narrator] an up and coming
legal distiller,
620
00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:04,848
a former bootlegger and a chef
moonlighting as a moonshiner
621
00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:09,153
have brought their best jar
of modern gin to the table
for judging.
622
00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:10,854
Well, I think we're
at a stalemate, right?
623
00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:15,292
All right, guys, welcome back.
624
00:28:16,629 --> 00:28:19,196
You know, you all three here
have done something. It's...
625
00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:24,468
I hope you don't get calluses
from patting yourselves
on the back.
626
00:28:24,503 --> 00:28:26,637
Gin is a fickle mistress.
627
00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:28,972
Okay, jason.
628
00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:31,275
I mean, if you see that
sitting on the shelf like that
629
00:28:32,411 --> 00:28:34,144
I would think there's
something wrong with it.
630
00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:36,980
But I'm okay with that.
631
00:28:37,016 --> 00:28:38,916
The taste is so smooth,
632
00:28:38,951 --> 00:28:42,119
it is a drink
that I would drink over again.
633
00:28:42,154 --> 00:28:43,087
Thank you.
634
00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:44,922
I tasted yours.
635
00:28:45,958 --> 00:28:47,825
And up... Just in my head,
636
00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:49,593
all I heard was
a voice is screaming,
637
00:28:49,628 --> 00:28:51,762
"what in the hell
am I going to do?"
638
00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:56,066
lisa, you're spot on
with your botanicals.
639
00:28:56,102 --> 00:28:59,837
I said it out loud. I tasted
yours, and I said, "wow!"
640
00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:03,774
-it's just complicated.
-I've been misled.
641
00:29:03,809 --> 00:29:06,777
It's got a lot
of stuff in there.
642
00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:08,579
It's making me sweat.
643
00:29:08,614 --> 00:29:10,180
-Sweat?
-I'm sweating.
644
00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:12,449
I put a little a little
jalapeno in there too.
645
00:29:12,485 --> 00:29:14,852
-Just so it...
-That's why.
646
00:29:14,887 --> 00:29:16,954
-A little spice is...
-It's spicy.
647
00:29:18,324 --> 00:29:20,924
Mike. The garlic.
648
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,260
Uh, it's just a handful
649
00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:26,096
which is to me, in a drink,
is enough.
650
00:29:27,066 --> 00:29:29,566
It's considerably high proof.
651
00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:33,871
A smooth, smooth taste,
a good smell.
652
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:36,039
It's a drink you can be
very, very proud of.
653
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:37,441
Thank you.
654
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:39,977
Mate, I tasted yours.
655
00:29:41,614 --> 00:29:44,181
And I thought, "damn!"
656
00:29:44,216 --> 00:29:47,751
and where we... You know,
we gotta cut it down to two
657
00:29:47,787 --> 00:29:49,620
and then down to one.
658
00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:54,391
And unfortunately,
in this situation,
659
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:56,493
every one of you all
660
00:29:56,529 --> 00:29:58,128
are coming back
for the next round.
661
00:29:58,164 --> 00:29:58,929
Oh.
662
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:05,502
Well, we could not,
663
00:30:05,538 --> 00:30:07,404
-thank you.
-Under no circumstances,
664
00:30:07,439 --> 00:30:08,739
we're a hung jury.
665
00:30:08,774 --> 00:30:11,341
I was completely shocked.
666
00:30:11,377 --> 00:30:13,177
I really didn't see
that coming at all.
667
00:30:13,212 --> 00:30:15,579
You just... This round
the pressure was on
668
00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:17,748
competing against richard.
669
00:30:17,783 --> 00:30:19,383
Tides on this next win.
670
00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:20,951
The next round
is gonna be crazy.
671
00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:23,921
[mike] my competitors, I mean,
they do a fantastic job,
672
00:30:23,956 --> 00:30:27,191
but never, ever underestimate
good old fashioned
673
00:30:27,226 --> 00:30:29,126
west virginia hillbilly.
674
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,894
[jason] I like
mike and lisa a lot.
675
00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:33,397
I'm really happy all three
of us are gonna stay.
676
00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:34,565
But I definitely wanna win.
677
00:30:36,569 --> 00:30:38,268
[narrator]
for the final challenge,
678
00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:42,105
the distillers will each make
their own signature gin recipe
679
00:30:42,141 --> 00:30:44,474
using ingredients from home.
680
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:46,310
Joining the judging panel
681
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:49,246
is award-winning gin expert
stanton webster.
682
00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:53,350
Distillers, I gotta say,
I'm excited.
683
00:30:53,385 --> 00:30:55,819
[narrator]
stanton webster is a gin maker
684
00:30:55,855 --> 00:30:57,621
in the heart of shine country.
685
00:30:57,656 --> 00:31:01,258
His knoxville distillery
uses artisanal ingredients
686
00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:03,260
to craft award-winning gins
687
00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:06,063
raging from
the traditional london dry
688
00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:09,366
to groundbreaking
modern takes on the spirit.
689
00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:11,668
I hate that we're gonna have
to cut two of you today,
690
00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:13,637
but that's just how it is.
691
00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:15,639
-Good luck.
-Thank you.
692
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:18,575
We expect to see
another a game here.
693
00:31:18,611 --> 00:31:22,179
You've got four hours...
Starting now
694
00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:26,183
flowers and all.
695
00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:31,154
I really took a chance
696
00:31:31,190 --> 00:31:33,657
on these ingredients
that I've got.
697
00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:35,759
I spent countless hours
and sleepless nights,
698
00:31:35,794 --> 00:31:39,696
and [chuckles] to win this.
I really, really want this.
699
00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:47,905
Jason has brought
his measured ingredients
700
00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:49,940
and so, nobody can see
what he's doing.
701
00:31:49,975 --> 00:31:51,675
[jason]
I have made this recipe.
702
00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:53,977
I know it's good.
It's tested. It's true.
703
00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:55,779
I know all I have to do
is make it right.
704
00:31:56,882 --> 00:31:58,482
Mike, you're making us
a casserole today?
705
00:31:58,517 --> 00:31:59,516
Damn right I am.
706
00:31:59,551 --> 00:32:01,518
It's gonna be the best
casserole you ever had.
707
00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:02,386
[laughs]
708
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:04,254
I got a little
zucchini squash,
709
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:05,789
a little bit more garlic,
710
00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:07,424
of course I got my botanicals.
711
00:32:07,459 --> 00:32:09,426
I'm gonna prepare
a coriander...
712
00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:11,295
-The old mary.
-I like it.
713
00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:12,863
Some vanilla beans
down there, too.
714
00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:14,231
Yeah. Got two vanilla beans.
715
00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:15,299
Sounds pretty savory.
716
00:32:15,334 --> 00:32:16,867
You wanna put it
on your dinner plate?
717
00:32:16,902 --> 00:32:18,769
-You might put it...
-Good deal.
718
00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:21,905
I'm gonna really, really play
719
00:32:21,941 --> 00:32:24,708
with those different
spices and the garlic.
720
00:32:25,878 --> 00:32:27,077
I think I'm starting
to pick up on it
721
00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:28,312
and starting to figure it out.
722
00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:29,947
I really shocked myself.
723
00:32:29,982 --> 00:32:32,516
I just never thought
I had it in me.
724
00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:34,985
A lot of these botanicals grow
in the appalachian mountains
725
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:36,453
and in this
whole entire region.
726
00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:38,055
I like it.
727
00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:39,556
Yeah, so, I've got
ginseng, elderberry,
728
00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:41,892
lavender, of course,
some lemon balm.
729
00:32:41,927 --> 00:32:44,061
Obviously, oranges and lemons
don't grow here,
730
00:32:44,096 --> 00:32:45,529
-but we all know those fruits.
-[laughing]
731
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:49,299
some rosehip, some rosemary
and ginger.
732
00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:51,401
You know, people
that are opposed to gin
733
00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:54,571
have an old memory
based off just the junior,
734
00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:56,139
and they associate it
with something
735
00:32:56,175 --> 00:33:00,043
that maybe with something
they didn't enjoy as much.
736
00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:02,579
So I love that you're bringing
the good citrus, good balance.
737
00:33:02,614 --> 00:33:03,413
Thank you.
738
00:33:03,449 --> 00:33:05,716
[lisa]
working for a distillery,
739
00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:07,484
I'm using
somebody else's recipes,
740
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:08,618
it's their creations.
741
00:33:08,654 --> 00:33:10,587
And what I really want
just to show the world
742
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:11,688
what I can do.
743
00:33:11,724 --> 00:33:13,390
What lisa lowery
can come up with.
744
00:33:14,460 --> 00:33:16,593
[jason] essentially,
it's a london dry,
745
00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:18,028
-but I use lemongrass.
-[judge] okay.
746
00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:20,564
So, I'm gonna get some
floral notes and lemon notes.
747
00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:21,865
Still gonna get that citrus?
748
00:33:21,934 --> 00:33:23,300
Yeah, a lot of citrus
749
00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:25,335
without actually putting
any real citrus in there.
750
00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:27,104
-I was going to ask.
-Oh, I do orange peel.
751
00:33:27,139 --> 00:33:29,072
So, a little bit.
And a cassia twig.
752
00:33:29,108 --> 00:33:30,040
Okay.
753
00:33:30,075 --> 00:33:32,242
So, it's an actual twig
from a cassia tree
754
00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:33,276
that's sliced up.
755
00:33:33,312 --> 00:33:34,644
It's got a little
cinnamon on it.
756
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,813
Did I see you breaking up
some cinnamon sticks?
757
00:33:36,849 --> 00:33:38,482
I did put a little cinnamon
in there, too.
758
00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:39,683
I know
the amounts are perfect.
759
00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:41,785
The only thing I could have
is a problem with distill.
760
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:42,819
You're gonna love it.
761
00:33:42,855 --> 00:33:44,087
[chuckles] good for you.
762
00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:46,757
Guys, you all got
three hours remaining.
763
00:33:49,595 --> 00:33:50,861
[sniffs] ooh, I can smell it.
764
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:51,828
Yeah, she's smelling.
765
00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:53,497
I'm gonna have liquor
in a minute.
766
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:56,466
-Let's get it out.
-[lisa] oh. It's coming out.
767
00:33:56,502 --> 00:33:58,802
-[mike] oh. We got a baby.
-[lisa] we got a gin baby.
768
00:33:58,837 --> 00:34:00,103
Cry a lot...
769
00:34:01,306 --> 00:34:02,539
[lisa]
to be a master distiller,
770
00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:03,774
to be judged on something
771
00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:06,309
that I was able
to come up with myself,
772
00:34:06,345 --> 00:34:07,677
that would be really cool.
773
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:09,179
[jason] my signature recipe
774
00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:10,781
is a little different
than most.
775
00:34:10,816 --> 00:34:13,250
I've had people try it
that don't like gin at all
776
00:34:13,285 --> 00:34:14,751
and really love this one.
777
00:34:14,787 --> 00:34:16,586
One hour left, guys.
778
00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:19,222
Oh, yeah.
779
00:34:19,258 --> 00:34:20,757
There's the lemongrass
in it now.
780
00:34:23,595 --> 00:34:26,496
-[exhales sharply]
-[lisa laughing]
781
00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:28,265
it's gotta get
your motor running.
782
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:29,900
Taste your garlic
in there, mike?
783
00:34:29,935 --> 00:34:32,569
-[mike] oh, I can't taste it.
-You can't taste it?
784
00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:33,437
It's in there.
785
00:34:34,039 --> 00:34:35,038
I think you'll find it.
786
00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:37,507
[jason]
I know where the cuts are.
787
00:34:37,543 --> 00:34:39,142
I know what
it's supposed to taste like.
788
00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,243
I've done this recipe enough
789
00:34:40,279 --> 00:34:41,678
that I know
when I get to that jar
790
00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:42,612
if it's right or not.
791
00:34:42,648 --> 00:34:44,181
[lisa] jason's already mixing.
792
00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:46,616
I'm definitely gonna have
to get a bigger bucket.
793
00:34:46,652 --> 00:34:50,487
Folks, you got 15 minutes
getting close.
794
00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:54,825
[mike]
that one's not going in.
795
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,993
Hmm. I need to add some more.
796
00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:01,764
How's yours?
797
00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:03,800
Some of them
need to start moving.
798
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:05,902
It's warm.
799
00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:08,038
Somebody needs to start
moving towards this table.
800
00:35:14,379 --> 00:35:15,278
[narrator] coming up.
801
00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:16,680
We got
a lot of jars over there.
802
00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,849
[narrator] three distillers
go head to head...
803
00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:21,451
That smells
altogether different.
804
00:35:21,487 --> 00:35:22,886
[narrator] ...For one ground.
805
00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:24,955
There's one that
rises to the top.
806
00:35:27,893 --> 00:35:29,459
So, stanton,
what're you looking for?
807
00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:31,394
I want something
that I enjoy drinking.
808
00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:32,796
Want to see some botanicals.
809
00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:34,231
I want to see citrus.
810
00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:36,666
We want a nice concentration
of flavor and alcohol
811
00:35:36,702 --> 00:35:39,269
'cause we're gonna
dilute this usually
before we drink them.
812
00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:42,205
Gin's a fun one, you know,
in europe, they were using it
813
00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:44,474
to preserve the botanicals
they thought there was,
814
00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:46,877
you know, some health benefit
to that juniper berry,
815
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:49,045
and they wanted to save that
for year round use.
816
00:35:49,081 --> 00:35:52,182
Well, obviously they have
way more health benefits
817
00:35:52,217 --> 00:35:53,817
-when they're turned into gin.
-That's right.
818
00:35:53,852 --> 00:35:56,286
You know,
there's a lot more old drunks
819
00:35:56,321 --> 00:35:57,487
than there are old doctors.
820
00:35:57,523 --> 00:35:59,356
-[stanton] that's right.
-[laughs]
821
00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:02,859
[man] that one's not going in.
822
00:36:02,895 --> 00:36:04,127
[narrator] a legal distiller,
823
00:36:04,163 --> 00:36:08,331
a back woods shiner and a chef
are going still to still,
824
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:10,800
in the final run
of their signature gin.
825
00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:12,335
He got a lot of
jars over there.
826
00:36:12,371 --> 00:36:14,471
-But only one...
-Oh...
827
00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,773
...Could be master distiller.
828
00:36:16,808 --> 00:36:18,275
Hope you don't pick up
the wrong jar.
829
00:36:22,247 --> 00:36:23,480
[mark]
they've got five minutes.
830
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:26,116
They're taking full advantage
of their time, ain't they?
831
00:36:26,151 --> 00:36:27,484
Yeah. Using up all their time.
832
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,019
[mark] here come little mike.
833
00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:30,420
There you go, gentlemen.
834
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:32,088
[mark] back with a jar, buddy?
835
00:36:32,124 --> 00:36:34,191
Well, that's the one
you're getting today.
836
00:36:34,226 --> 00:36:35,859
[mark] fair enough.
837
00:36:35,894 --> 00:36:38,328
-[stanton] that looks clear.
-Yes, it is.
838
00:36:38,363 --> 00:36:39,529
[lisa] great.
839
00:36:39,565 --> 00:36:40,830
I am ready.
840
00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:42,499
[mark] lisa, lisa.
841
00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:43,433
Is it school?
842
00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:45,101
-Cool. All right.
-This is it.
843
00:36:45,137 --> 00:36:46,703
-Well, good luck.
-Okay. Thank you.
844
00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:55,979
-And here comes jason.
-Gentlemen.
845
00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:57,847
Here's the winner.
846
00:36:57,883 --> 00:37:00,217
-All right. Feel confident?
-[mark] I like the confidence.
847
00:37:01,220 --> 00:37:02,352
[mark] well...
848
00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:03,887
Big mike.
849
00:37:03,922 --> 00:37:05,188
Gotta bring it all.
850
00:37:05,224 --> 00:37:06,723
-Know what I mean?
-[lisa] you brought it.
851
00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:08,091
-Whoa.
-Hmm.
852
00:37:08,126 --> 00:37:09,859
Damn, it's nice on the nose.
853
00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:11,661
-A little juniper.
-[mark] spicy.
854
00:37:11,697 --> 00:37:12,862
I'm getting a lot
of that pine.
855
00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:14,864
Those savory botanicals are
really coming through, too.
856
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,733
I mean on this.
857
00:37:16,768 --> 00:37:18,635
Just flows the way,
doesn't it?
858
00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:20,170
Very nice on the tongue.
859
00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:22,305
Just drop off
at the end slowly.
860
00:37:22,341 --> 00:37:24,674
There's a little bit of like,
little sweetness in there,
861
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:26,009
-that's...
-Yeah.
862
00:37:26,044 --> 00:37:29,045
That helps you set up
that nice... That spicier
finish on it.
863
00:37:29,081 --> 00:37:30,547
It's concentrated enough too.
864
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,983
If we put this over ice,
we add a little tonic--
865
00:37:33,018 --> 00:37:34,284
-exactly.
-Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
866
00:37:34,353 --> 00:37:35,885
-You'll still get the gin.
-Still hold together.
867
00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:37,354
That's something
you can work with.
868
00:37:37,389 --> 00:37:38,355
I like that.
869
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:40,457
-All right, let's move on.
-Risky pusher.
870
00:37:40,492 --> 00:37:42,125
-Here we go.
-Whose is that?
871
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,527
I think this says lisa
with a heart on it.
872
00:37:44,563 --> 00:37:46,096
[laughing]
873
00:37:46,131 --> 00:37:47,564
[mike] I can't believe
you used ginseng.
874
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:48,531
That's why I called it...
875
00:37:48,567 --> 00:37:49,599
You put ginseng in it.
876
00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:52,402
...Gin, hyphen, s-I-n-g.
Gin-sing.
877
00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:55,272
Now that's smelling
altogether different.
878
00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:57,140
-Huh.
-[mark] very floral.
879
00:37:57,175 --> 00:37:59,409
Yeah, get those floral
botanicals right up front.
880
00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:00,744
Very little
juniper right there.
881
00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,979
That rosemary and that
lavender, you've got to
be careful.
882
00:38:04,016 --> 00:38:05,015
[stanton] a little more heat.
883
00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:06,683
She used peppers
in her last recipe,
884
00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:08,752
-and I think
she did this time.
-No.
885
00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,186
[stanton] she had a lot
of citrus in there.
886
00:38:10,222 --> 00:38:11,254
She added lemon in.
887
00:38:11,290 --> 00:38:12,722
-It's got a great
nose though.
-[stanton] yeah.
888
00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:13,890
[man] feels real smooth.
889
00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:15,558
It get very smooth.
890
00:38:15,594 --> 00:38:18,061
Good concentration of
the secondary botanicals
891
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:19,296
so when you go to diluted,
892
00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:20,463
it'll... It'll carry.
893
00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:21,398
I don't know what it is.
894
00:38:21,433 --> 00:38:22,599
A little flowery.
895
00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,534
-I can't tell whether...
-It's flower smooth,
896
00:38:24,569 --> 00:38:25,535
-but that--
-maybe the--
897
00:38:25,570 --> 00:38:27,037
she did put ginseng in it.
898
00:38:27,072 --> 00:38:27,771
She made it hot.
899
00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:28,538
Ginseng can be bitter.
900
00:38:28,573 --> 00:38:30,173
With the chunk I sent,
901
00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:31,775
-about as big as your fist...
-Yeah.
902
00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:32,809
But it sat fermenting.
903
00:38:32,844 --> 00:38:34,511
... Probably opened it up
a little more.
904
00:38:34,546 --> 00:38:36,012
I mean,
I don't this like it at all.
905
00:38:36,048 --> 00:38:37,480
It's just different.
906
00:38:37,516 --> 00:38:38,682
All right.
907
00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:39,616
[mark] making my arms weak.
908
00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:40,517
Let's move on to the next.
909
00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:41,918
Mr. Jason here.
910
00:38:41,953 --> 00:38:43,586
Mine turned out
pretty well, I think.
911
00:38:43,622 --> 00:38:45,221
I... I get it where I like it.
912
00:38:46,158 --> 00:38:47,557
Wow.
913
00:38:47,592 --> 00:38:49,626
-That's a great gin smell.
-Perfect.
914
00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:51,561
-It's got that juniper
up front.
-That's got wonderful...
915
00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:52,762
[mark] yeah. Yeah.
916
00:38:52,798 --> 00:38:55,432
And it's... Nothing else
really interfering with it.
917
00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:56,366
That's gin.
918
00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:57,901
Just something a little sweet
on the end,
919
00:38:57,936 --> 00:38:59,836
and it ain't cloudy
like it was a last time.
920
00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:01,271
That's really nice.
921
00:39:01,306 --> 00:39:03,206
-[stanton] and he's got some
flowers in that too.
-Whoa.
922
00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:05,275
[mark] now that would be great
right out of the freezer.
923
00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:06,943
-I'm getting that fruit--
-lemon grass.
924
00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,511
Yeah, that's that lemon grass.
925
00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:10,380
-That's what I'm picking up.
-Definitely some orange.
926
00:39:10,415 --> 00:39:12,148
It's nice,
but it didn't go hot.
927
00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:13,516
-That's what it is.
-That's the thing.
928
00:39:13,552 --> 00:39:14,484
It's a gentle balance.
929
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:15,385
Yeah, yeah.
930
00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:17,420
[mark]
wow, that really, special.
931
00:39:17,456 --> 00:39:20,890
You have to actually draw it
in to get the juniper.
932
00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:22,659
Yeah. It's not overpowered.
933
00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:25,395
I think they're all
really well crafted.
934
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:27,330
-Oh, definitely.
-Yeah, all of the, good job.
935
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:29,799
They could all build
a good cocktail.
936
00:39:29,835 --> 00:39:32,302
But, we've found one
that rises to the top
937
00:39:32,337 --> 00:39:34,337
-pretty, pretty handily.
-[mark] yeah.
938
00:39:34,639 --> 00:39:35,872
I agree.
939
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:36,740
Ring the dinner bell.
940
00:39:41,646 --> 00:39:44,447
Well, I'm sad to report
941
00:39:44,483 --> 00:39:47,550
it's not going to to turn out
the way it did last time.
942
00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:51,087
I would be proud
to put my name
on any one of these gins,
943
00:39:51,123 --> 00:39:53,223
and I make gin every day
for a living.
944
00:39:53,258 --> 00:39:56,426
You know, mike,
you brought us something
really well balanced.
945
00:39:56,461 --> 00:39:58,995
Nice savory notes there.
946
00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:02,165
Lisa, your floral work
was outstanding.
947
00:40:02,801 --> 00:40:04,434
And jason,
948
00:40:04,469 --> 00:40:07,203
you delivered something
very interesting.
949
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,039
It had some really good
citrus notes in there.
950
00:40:10,041 --> 00:40:12,809
So I think all three of you
should be proud
951
00:40:12,844 --> 00:40:14,144
of the work that
you've done here today.
952
00:40:14,179 --> 00:40:16,546
You're all
outstanding distillers.
953
00:40:18,316 --> 00:40:21,050
There is one here,
though, that I think, um,
954
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:23,219
makes you want to go back
and buy a second bottle.
955
00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:27,424
And maybe makes you want
to go by third bottle.
956
00:40:31,329 --> 00:40:31,995
And...
957
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:37,100
Jason, you're the next
master distiller.
958
00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:38,001
[lisa gasps]
959
00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:39,436
[lisa] you did it! [laughs]
960
00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:41,304
[digger]
congratulations, buddy.
961
00:40:41,339 --> 00:40:42,906
-Nice.
-I'm gonna pass out.
962
00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:44,441
My heart stopped cold.
963
00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:45,842
You did cheat off her.
964
00:40:46,745 --> 00:40:47,977
I thought she had it.
965
00:40:48,013 --> 00:40:50,680
[lisa] judges had
amazing remarks
so I can take that back
966
00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:53,416
to work with me
and get back to work.
967
00:40:53,452 --> 00:40:55,652
It's been an honor
to get to meet you guys.
968
00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:57,420
When we all three passed
that second round,
969
00:40:57,456 --> 00:40:58,621
we all three won.
970
00:40:58,657 --> 00:41:01,090
And to taste your product.
It really has.
971
00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:03,660
It's definitely gonna push me
the direction I wanna go
972
00:41:03,695 --> 00:41:04,861
and be a distiller.
973
00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:07,664
I haven't worked as a chef
for three or four months now,
974
00:41:07,699 --> 00:41:10,700
and so, you know, I'm looking
to be a gin distiller
975
00:41:10,735 --> 00:41:12,569
somewhere now.
Maybe my own place.
976
00:41:14,372 --> 00:41:16,706
[narrator] next time on
master distiller...
977
00:41:16,741 --> 00:41:17,540
It's freaking me out.
978
00:41:17,576 --> 00:41:18,741
[narrator] peach brandy.
979
00:41:18,777 --> 00:41:19,709
When do we start drinking.
980
00:41:19,744 --> 00:41:22,412
[narrator]
the dry, aged colonial spirit
981
00:41:22,447 --> 00:41:24,848
is nothing like
grandma's schnapps
982
00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:26,049
everyone still got
their fingers?
983
00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:28,785
[narrator] it commands
top dollar in the back woods,
984
00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:31,421
but it's rarely seen
on liquor store shelves.
985
00:41:31,456 --> 00:41:32,188
Well, now.
986
00:41:32,224 --> 00:41:33,490
That's impressive right there.