1 00:00:01,402 --> 00:00:03,168 [narrator] this time on master distiller... 2 00:00:03,204 --> 00:00:07,039 We want to peel back the layers like an onion and find every flavor. 3 00:00:07,074 --> 00:00:09,508 -[narrator] gin. -Ooh. I smell that star anise. 4 00:00:09,543 --> 00:00:11,810 [narrator] a 700 year-old recipe... 5 00:00:11,846 --> 00:00:15,147 -That's juniper. -[man] one berry too much could make a bad run. 6 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:17,316 [narrator] ...Still produced in the backwoods. 7 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:18,851 [mike] oh. We got a baby. 8 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:22,187 [narrator] the base for some of the world's most popular cocktails. 9 00:00:22,223 --> 00:00:25,624 With some tonic water and damn lime juice, that'd be a good drink. 10 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:27,593 [narrator] but bringing this spirit to life 11 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:30,629 could be the ultimate test of a master distiller. 12 00:00:30,664 --> 00:00:32,865 That's probably one of the most complex liquors 13 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:35,267 -we've ever tasted. -Definitely. 14 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:38,937 [narrator] across the country, a handful of amateur distillers 15 00:00:38,973 --> 00:00:41,573 are heirs to a century's old tradition. 16 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:45,911 Some operate on the legal side. 17 00:00:45,946 --> 00:00:50,115 Others practice their craft beyond the reach of the law. 18 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:52,551 Now they'll face off to earn their place 19 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:54,920 in america's liquor making legacy... 20 00:00:54,955 --> 00:00:57,656 I've never had anybody want to take a pump keg apart in the middle of a runs. 21 00:00:57,691 --> 00:01:00,759 [narrator] judged by three legendary moonshiners... 22 00:01:00,795 --> 00:01:02,394 Wow. I've been missing out. 23 00:01:02,430 --> 00:01:05,664 [narrator] ...They'll go head to head in a series of challenges. 24 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:07,032 You just ate one of those flowers? 25 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:08,367 [lisa] forgive me, mother nature. 26 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:10,335 -[mike] pumpin' hard. -[jason] here's the secret weapon. 27 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:13,572 [narrator] to determine who has what it takes... 28 00:01:13,607 --> 00:01:15,908 -...Putting him in another category. -A girl. 29 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:17,209 [narrator] to be named... 30 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:19,078 -[lisa] you hear that? -[man] oh-oh. 31 00:01:19,113 --> 00:01:20,779 [narrator] master distiller. 32 00:01:20,815 --> 00:01:22,281 [rattling] 33 00:01:31,125 --> 00:01:34,326 ladies and gentlemen, welcome to master distiller. 34 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:37,396 You know me, there's my buddy, mark ramsey. 35 00:01:37,431 --> 00:01:38,797 Tim smith. 36 00:01:38,833 --> 00:01:40,899 You gonna make us some gin. 37 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:44,103 If you win, you get a limited run of your gin 38 00:01:44,138 --> 00:01:45,904 at sugarlands distilling company. 39 00:01:45,940 --> 00:01:48,307 Obviously you know something about gin, 40 00:01:48,342 --> 00:01:51,276 or you wouldn't be here in this particular content. 41 00:01:51,312 --> 00:01:54,680 [narrator] history's most notorious liquor, gin, 42 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:57,282 is made by distilling a strong base spirit 43 00:01:57,318 --> 00:02:00,119 with juniper berries and other botanicals. 44 00:02:00,154 --> 00:02:03,822 Created by medieval monks as a plague cure, 45 00:02:03,858 --> 00:02:06,592 dutch distillers perfected the spirit 46 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:09,461 and soldiers braced for battle with it. 47 00:02:09,497 --> 00:02:12,331 Unlike whisky or rum, gin can be made 48 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:16,201 using any base spirit, from grapes to grains. 49 00:02:16,237 --> 00:02:20,205 Cheap, high proof gin was churned out of back alley pot stills 50 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:22,641 in every slum in georgian England, 51 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:26,245 cut with turpentine and sulfuric acid. 52 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,915 After the invention of the column still in 1831, 53 00:02:29,950 --> 00:02:31,984 purified gin hit the market, 54 00:02:32,019 --> 00:02:34,119 restoring its reputation 55 00:02:34,155 --> 00:02:37,956 and leading to the creation of the spirit's most iconic recipe, 56 00:02:37,992 --> 00:02:39,791 london dry. 57 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:43,328 [tim] now, the most famous gin is a london dry gin. 58 00:02:43,364 --> 00:02:45,564 I like for each one of you to replicate this. 59 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:47,666 This is what we're looking for, guys. 60 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:49,034 London dry gin. 61 00:02:49,069 --> 00:02:53,205 [mark] taste that, sip it, gargle with it, smell it, snort it. 62 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,542 Do whatever you want to do with it, but commit it to memory. 63 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,343 [tim] this is what we're looking for right here. 64 00:02:58,379 --> 00:02:59,645 -[lisa] that's good. -[exclaims] 65 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,812 [lisa] that's very good. 66 00:03:00,848 --> 00:03:01,847 [digger] you got four hours. 67 00:03:01,882 --> 00:03:04,216 We want to see your best jar on the table. 68 00:03:05,119 --> 00:03:07,219 Your time starts now. 69 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:09,021 [lisa] excellent. 70 00:03:09,056 --> 00:03:10,956 [narrator] in the first challenge, 71 00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:13,625 shiners must produce a london dry gin 72 00:03:13,661 --> 00:03:16,261 by redistilling 100 proof corn liquor 73 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:19,831 while infusing their own blend of house botanicals. 74 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:24,036 The distiller whose gin best matches the standard, will get extra time 75 00:03:24,071 --> 00:03:26,572 to pick ingredients for the next challenge. 76 00:03:26,607 --> 00:03:29,875 West virginia's filling his fill up like he been doing it all his life. 77 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:35,647 My name is michael. I'm from huntington, west virginia. 78 00:03:35,683 --> 00:03:38,083 I work in the waste water industry. 79 00:03:38,118 --> 00:03:41,353 We deal with a lot of nasty bad, bad things. 80 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:45,257 I see a lot of dirty corn. So being on the clean side of corn 81 00:03:45,292 --> 00:03:47,426 that actually produces something that's enjoyable 82 00:03:48,529 --> 00:03:49,895 is a, is a big thrill. 83 00:03:49,930 --> 00:03:51,630 Here you go, my little friends. 84 00:03:51,665 --> 00:03:54,600 I have a great grandpaw that had five stills runnin'. 85 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:57,269 And that's what he did. For years, years and years 86 00:03:57,304 --> 00:04:00,005 he told us about them stories, and it always stuck in my head, 87 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,341 and I always thought, you know, I wanna try that one day. 88 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:04,176 [speaks indistinctly] 89 00:04:04,211 --> 00:04:07,746 I started out bootleggin'. I ran a bunch of liquor, 90 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:10,882 and then I ended up in a job that I got laid off. 91 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:12,684 So you got that yeast just moving around in there. 92 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,220 I was sitting around talking to myself and I said, "self, 93 00:04:15,256 --> 00:04:18,957 it's just about time you figure out how to do the other side of this." 94 00:04:18,993 --> 00:04:21,293 I bought a four-gallon stock pot, a three-gallon stock pot, 95 00:04:21,328 --> 00:04:24,062 and a five-gallon bucket, and I fashioned me together 96 00:04:24,098 --> 00:04:26,131 a little homemade still on a hot plate. 97 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:28,934 I thought it was one of the greatest things I ever did, you know. [laughs] 98 00:04:28,969 --> 00:04:31,303 and it's been all downhill since then. [laughs] 99 00:04:32,006 --> 00:04:33,639 make a little "japaleno." 100 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:35,841 I can make just about anything out of it. 101 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:38,710 And if I can't make it, I will try to make it. 102 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:41,046 Three slices of ginger. That's it. 103 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:44,116 My ultimate dream is to go legit one day 104 00:04:44,151 --> 00:04:45,917 doing something that you love to do. 105 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:50,122 No better way to live your life, as far as I'm concerned. 106 00:04:50,157 --> 00:04:54,126 That mike just smashes that big bucket up, pours it like it ain't nothing. 107 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:55,594 [tim] like it's a baby bottle. 108 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,296 [lisa] someone's playing a joke on me here. 109 00:04:57,331 --> 00:04:59,131 Lisa's having problems openin' up her bucket. 110 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:00,565 [digger] nah, she's got it. 111 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:03,302 -You better hush. She'll knock the hell out of you. -I'm seeing that. 112 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:06,104 -It's uh... There we go. -[jason] there you go. 113 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:09,007 This is my little play still. 114 00:05:09,043 --> 00:05:12,344 My name is lisa lowery, and I am from north carolina. 115 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:13,545 The still is flowing. 116 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:16,315 I spent most of my career in corporate america. 117 00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:19,351 There came a time where I just said, "I just can't do this anymore." 118 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:20,585 all spices. 119 00:05:20,621 --> 00:05:22,788 -I wanted to go be a distiller. -[horn hooting] 120 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:25,290 thinking about it since I was young with my aunt and uncle 121 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:28,226 while they were distilling in their basement. They made wine as well. 122 00:05:28,262 --> 00:05:31,363 I would be totally fascinated that the product that actually goes in one device 123 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:33,565 and comes out of the other device something totally different. 124 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:35,434 So, like, you know, like magic, 125 00:05:35,469 --> 00:05:37,969 the real rough part of the job we've got here. 126 00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:40,839 And here I am currently employed at a distillery. 127 00:05:40,874 --> 00:05:43,275 About to make some magic happen. 128 00:05:43,310 --> 00:05:45,911 Be able to get in there and learn the process. 129 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:49,014 It's not a scary as a big, scary monster, 130 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:51,717 full of all these crazy wires and hoses and tentacles 131 00:05:51,752 --> 00:05:54,653 and things coming at you and you're like, "well, I don't know what this is." 132 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:57,155 but it becomes really fun and rewarding. 133 00:05:57,191 --> 00:05:58,223 Cardamom. 134 00:05:58,258 --> 00:06:00,359 What I love about gin is the uniqueness. 135 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:03,061 There are thousands of combinations out there. 136 00:06:03,097 --> 00:06:05,297 There are a hundred different ways that you could make it 137 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:09,234 even more ways to finish it and countless ways to enjoy it. 138 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:11,636 If I were master distiller to have other women say, 139 00:06:11,672 --> 00:06:13,138 "if she's doing it, I can do it," 140 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:14,906 which, if I can do it, anybody can do it. 141 00:06:14,942 --> 00:06:16,742 What? 142 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:19,544 -Yeah. -Oh, easy. 143 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:22,381 -Easy, easy. -I got a leak. 144 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:23,949 [lisa laughs] 145 00:06:27,221 --> 00:06:29,821 my name is jason sanders. I'm from salt lake city, utah. 146 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:31,723 I'm an executive chef by trade. 147 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,725 Since covid I haven't worked. 148 00:06:33,761 --> 00:06:35,527 I'd really like to open my own place. 149 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:37,863 It'd be cool to bring a really cool product to utah. 150 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:40,064 There's not a lot of distillers there. 151 00:06:40,067 --> 00:06:42,534 I brewed beer for years. Got really into it. 152 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:44,936 I thought, "hell, you know, distilling looks fun. 153 00:06:44,972 --> 00:06:46,671 I built a still. 154 00:06:46,707 --> 00:06:50,275 My wife told me that I would bring the house down, so I went ahead and did it anyway. 155 00:06:50,310 --> 00:06:52,878 I had a couple of friends try, and they were all 156 00:06:52,913 --> 00:06:56,248 really impressed with it, and it's just slippery slope from there. 157 00:06:57,785 --> 00:07:01,420 Making liquor in utah is I think I'm kind of a unicorn. 158 00:07:01,455 --> 00:07:03,588 Honestly, I hear of people that are doing it. 159 00:07:03,624 --> 00:07:06,057 I've never actually met anybody that's doing it. 160 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:09,528 I love gin and some gins have got 22 different ingredients, 161 00:07:09,563 --> 00:07:11,296 there's some that have got six in it, 162 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:12,731 and they're all very different. 163 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:14,566 There's a lot of room for playing. 164 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:17,035 I want everybody to do a good job, but I definitely want to win. 165 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:19,638 I think it would open some doors career wise. 166 00:07:22,876 --> 00:07:24,476 Lisa's already got her fire going. 167 00:07:28,582 --> 00:07:30,749 You know, ooh! 168 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:31,716 There you go. 169 00:07:31,752 --> 00:07:32,784 [laughing] 170 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:35,921 me and lisa lead up, we're steel dumping liquor. 171 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:44,863 Your buddy, is lead up, running. 172 00:07:45,466 --> 00:07:46,765 In a london dry gin, 173 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,968 you don't want to go real heavy on the spices. 174 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,704 You want more of a general flavor. 175 00:07:52,739 --> 00:07:55,941 Getting the spice build right is really keeps them 176 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:59,144 from too much of one spice or not enough of another. 177 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:01,246 And you're going to have some of flavors. 178 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:03,381 Let's see how it goes. 179 00:08:03,417 --> 00:08:05,016 Don't forget to write all your stuff down, guys. 180 00:08:05,719 --> 00:08:07,652 It's all, it's all memory. 181 00:08:07,688 --> 00:08:08,987 -It's all in your head. -Yeah. 182 00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:13,725 I'm really good at, just, here's a pile of ingredients. 183 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,893 Mix something. 184 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,661 Being a chef definitely helps with gin. 185 00:08:17,464 --> 00:08:18,797 Only small steals. 186 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:20,232 And taking one or two 187 00:08:20,267 --> 00:08:22,934 will put your over the edge and it goes from being pleasant 188 00:08:22,970 --> 00:08:24,836 to bitter in just a heartbeat. 189 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:26,438 Oh, that's a little strong. 190 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:27,405 Maybe too much. 191 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:29,808 Guys, you all got one hour. 192 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:32,277 Andy, still got three hours remains. 193 00:08:35,949 --> 00:08:38,183 Where it could make a difference on how they run it up. 194 00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:39,551 They gonna put it in a steel, 195 00:08:39,586 --> 00:08:41,887 they're gonna put in your thump, or they're going to use it later. 196 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:43,021 Yeah. 197 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:46,224 All right. That should be good. 198 00:08:46,260 --> 00:08:47,726 Few extra for love. 199 00:08:48,562 --> 00:08:50,529 A bit of ginger, for some spice. 200 00:08:52,599 --> 00:08:57,736 Max, only one out of three, but this botanicals in the steel pot. 201 00:08:57,771 --> 00:09:02,173 -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Everybody else put them in their thump. 202 00:09:02,209 --> 00:09:07,245 [man] with burners lid, heat vaporizes the alcohol in the base spirit. 203 00:09:07,281 --> 00:09:11,883 The vapor passes through the gin basket, filled with botanicals hung in the cap 204 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:16,421 or inside the thumper, where a second distillation takes place. 205 00:09:16,456 --> 00:09:20,592 Once the infused alcohol vapor hits the water cool coil, 206 00:09:20,627 --> 00:09:23,862 it condenses into a stream of london dry gin. 207 00:09:32,839 --> 00:09:33,772 Here we go. 208 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,376 [lisa] right, you're flowing. 209 00:09:41,048 --> 00:09:45,050 That is 180, 185 at least. 210 00:09:45,085 --> 00:09:46,284 [lisa] time to start mixing. 211 00:09:47,421 --> 00:09:49,554 Yeah, we're messing around a little bit here. 212 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,290 I think I'm about ready. 213 00:09:52,326 --> 00:09:55,594 Each part of the flow will produce a different flavor. 214 00:09:55,629 --> 00:09:58,063 You look at your flow like it's a treat. 215 00:09:58,098 --> 00:10:01,099 You know, the very top you've got the light floral, airy parts 216 00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:03,368 all the way down to the roofs that come out in the botanicals. 217 00:10:03,403 --> 00:10:05,003 So you have this full spectrum 218 00:10:05,038 --> 00:10:07,272 that will capture all of that into a finished product. 219 00:10:07,307 --> 00:10:10,008 [man] essential oils from the botanicals are released 220 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:12,310 at different times during the run. 221 00:10:12,346 --> 00:10:16,681 Distillers must capture the drinkable alcohol in the heart of the run 222 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:19,451 while balancing each flavor as it comes through. 223 00:10:19,486 --> 00:10:21,219 Ooh! I smell that star anise. 224 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:23,588 -Yeah. -Oh, yeah. 225 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:26,992 -Still fire? -No, it's good. 226 00:10:27,027 --> 00:10:29,894 It's like a... I think I'm getting like a little lemon. 227 00:10:29,930 --> 00:10:31,396 Here you go. 228 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:33,531 Wish I would have gotten a little more juniper out of it. 229 00:10:33,567 --> 00:10:36,801 So I usually use a lot like an excessive amount. 230 00:10:36,837 --> 00:10:38,303 Yeah. 231 00:10:38,338 --> 00:10:41,206 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.