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Narrator: This time on
"master distiller"...

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Tim: That does not taste
like any kind of rum

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I've ever tasted before.

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Rum -- a colonial creation
born from the sugar trade...

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More like of a sailor rum.

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...Becomes the first
all-american spirit

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to capture the taste buds
of a budding nation.

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What's this going in here --
a jar of honey?

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Yeah, he ain't got
no way to stir it.

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And making it remains
a paramount test

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of a distiller's skill.

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That's fixing to be
a disaster.

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Tim: Yep.

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Narrator: Across the country,
a handful of amateur distillers

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are heirs to
a centuries-old tradition.

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Some operate on the legal side.

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Others practice their craft
beyond the reach of the law.

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Now they'll face off
to earn their place

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in america's
liquor-making legacy.

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Tim:
What are you doing?

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I figure it's only fair
I get to taste the results.

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Judged by three
legendary moonshiners

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and america's most dedicated
shine sampler,

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they'll go head-to-head
in a series of challenges...

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Somebody bring me a turd to get
this taste out of my mouth.

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There's a liquor store.

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...To determine who has
what it takes...

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We just need one jar.

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Hell, I'm having fun
right now.

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...To be named
master distiller.

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[ crash ]
herman: Oh, no.

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You didn't lose
all of it, did you?

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All of it.

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♪

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men, I want to welcome y'all.
I'm digger manes,

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this is my friend tim smith,
and my best buddy down there --

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mark wayne ramsey.

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We're here to find out
which one of you all

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is the master distiller.

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We're gonna run
a little rum today.

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Before whiskey was king,
america was ruled by rum.

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In the 17th century,

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resourceful distillers
discovered that molasses,

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a waste by-product from
caribbean sugar production,

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could be transformed
into sweet, high-proof rum.

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Rum soon became the largest

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and most profitable industry
in colonial america,

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with americans drinking
an estimated

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4 gallons
per person, per year.

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In an attempt to cash in
on this liquid gold,

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britain enacted a tax
on molasses in 1764,

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which helped drive
the freedom-seeking colonists

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further down the path
toward revolution.

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Today, backwoods moonshiners

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continue the centuries-old
rum-making tradition

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by distilling
their own heritage recipes

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of the classic colonial spirit.

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Whoever's deemed
master distiller,

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you get your bragging rights,
but that ain't the big deal.

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Big deal is, you're gonna
get a limited run

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of your signature liquor

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here at sugarlands
distilling company.

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This is how
it's gonna work.

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All of you have
the same identical stills.

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All of you have
the same mash bill behind you

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to make rums.
Molasses-based mash bill.

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Now, what's gonna differ
here is the skills

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that you bring to the table.

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The good news is, none of you
will go home after this round,

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but there is rewards
for the winner.

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Whoever turns in the best jar
that we name the winner --

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you will get the first choice of
still parts for the next round.

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You've got four hours.

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Lid on the jar,
jar on the table.

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And not four hours
and one second.

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Your time starts...Now.

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Make some rum.

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Narrator: Using the same
equipment of molasses wash,

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the distillers
will have to showcase

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their technical skills
to deliver a clear,

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high-proof rum that will be used
as the base spirit

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for the second
spiced rum challenge.

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Oop.

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Damn, he getting
bad points for messy.

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This is slightly
unfamiliar territory for me.

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You give me any still,
I can run it.

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This wouldn't be
my first choice.

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I don't normally use a thumper.

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The ones I normally run
look a lot more like that.

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Just an old-school
alembic still.

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Just a straight pot still.

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my name is matt spinoza.
I'm from baltimore, maryland.

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Yeah, so, this is
a rotary evaporator.

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I got into distilling
first by drinking.

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My first love.
This is my baby.

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Just wanted to better understand
why the whiskey

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I was drinking tasted
the way it did.

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It operates under high vacuum.

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I have a lot of recipes
for different beverages,

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like tepache, lactic acid
bacteria fermented root beer.

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Learning the science
behind brewing

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and distilling opened my eyes
to science as a whole.

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A lot of the botanicals in here

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do have proven
ethnobotanical use.

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Now I'm currently studying
for a master's in biotechnology.

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My ingredients come
from all over the world.

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The best bergamot
comes from calabria.

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Lapsang souchong
has caffeine in it.

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That's a stimulant, antipyretic.
So that's fever-reducing.

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Well, my supply chain
is a royal pain in my ass.

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I've literally had friends
that just like,

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"yeah, just kick him
when you want him to stop

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talking about chemistry
or microbiology."

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now, this doesn't have
the concentration of cinchona

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that would cure malaria.

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I make good rum.
I'm a one-man show.

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Winning master distiller
would be a big affirmation

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of all the time and effort
and devotion that I've put in.

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Tim:
Doesn't need to be 100% full.

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Well, there's a difference
in spilling a little bit

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and just being sloppy.

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Mark: Well, well, well.

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Herman from kentucky.

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Herman from kentucky.

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Herman ain't spilled
two drops.

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Herman: The pot, the thumper,
and the worm --

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I mean, that's basically
what I run all the time.

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my name is herman jr.
I'm from beattyville, kentucky.

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This is my main still.
A 50-gallon pot.

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I got into making
a little bit at a time,

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and then it just kind of
snowballed,

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and the more I made,
the more people

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wanted me to make it,
and they enjoyed what I made.

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I pump my water
from a natural spring.

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My great-uncles and stuff,
they raised sugarcane,

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and they made
their own molasses,

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so they would turn it into rum
and then turn that into cash.

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This is my small still. This is
where I do my testing at.

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Winning a master distiller
could lead to me

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being a legal distiller.

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And our county just went wet,

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so there are gonna
be alcohol sales.

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And then if we could
possibly start

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a small distillery
in our little town

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and bring the tourism
into our community,

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it would be a great help
for everybody.

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I think they're all
just a little nervous.

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Dustin from west virginia.

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Dustin.

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oh, son of a [bleep]

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oh, don't you tell me this.

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[ metal clanking ]

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sounds like
that's regulated.

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here's my little
10-gallon pot still here.

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My name is dustin crowley.
I'm from lerona, west virginia.

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Works pretty good. I got
a little thumper on and worm.

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Two years ago, we was
down there at horse camp,

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and we was sitting there
by the campfire,

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and somebody passed around jar
of liquor,

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and I said, "oh, a little hot.
I mean...

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I got to be able
to make something

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a little better than this."

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so I got back home there
and did a little research

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and got me a pot,
and that's what really

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got me started into it.

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This is just a little 10-gallon.
It's nothing major.

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Some of them boy's got 50-,
100-gallon ones,

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but this gets you about
one good drinkable gallon out,

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and I don't need more
than that for myself.

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When you're out here
distilling and making moonshine,

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especially in the woods,
being the outlaw that you are,

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there's always things
you'll learn.

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These three right here
gonna follow me everywhere.

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I love experimenting
with flavors.

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I've done a lot
of different rum runs.

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I really want to see
what kind of liquor

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I can make for the judges

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and what they think
of my liquor.

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I mean, it's gonna be fun.

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Tim: Matt's getting ready
to light his up.

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And here we go.
Get ready.

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I hope he does better
than pouring in his mash.

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He's got this [bleep]

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yeah, all over the floor.

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[ laughs ]

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oh, there you are.
There you go.

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He got fire in the hole.

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Herman's getting ready
to light up.

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he's
a little bit nervous still.

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Hell, I've got this
all the way up.

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Yeah.
There you go.

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There we go.

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Narrator:
Once burners are lit,

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distillers
must carefully control the heat

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as the molasses wash
approaches 173 degrees

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and the alcohol
vapor is stripped

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from the remaining liquid.

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The vapor then travels
to the thump keg, or doubler,

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for a second distillation before
arriving at the condenser,

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where it's cooled
into liquid rum.

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Looking good?
Stream's coming out of there.

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Usually there's
nobody around me.

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This is my happy place.

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When I'm running my liquor,
it's tranquility.

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I sing to my still.

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Herman:
I mean, I was nervous.

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Out in the woods.
I do this totally different.

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I don't have concrete floor.
If I need to go to the bathroom,

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it's, like, the tree over here,
the tree over there.

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With the experience that's here,
these young guys, man,

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they're putting out
some really good liquor,

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and I'm just old school.

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Getting nice and hot now.

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You better crank
that thing up.

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No, it's filling up
the parrot.

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there's a lot of copper salts
in the condenser.

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Hopefully I can clean
that out with the heads.

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Matt come in thinking
he knew everything.

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It's from this coil.
This coil is filthy.

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Dustin: His definition of shine
was totally different than ours,

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and he just kept being
a smart aleck about everything.

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Matt: If that condenser was not
properly cleaned,

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I might have
carry-over flavor.

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It'll taste like dirty copper.

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I can run a still.

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It's just a matter of figuring
out the best way to use this.

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Gentleman, you got two hours
left in your run.

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Oh, mine's good to go.

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You ain't got to worry
about me, buddy.

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Narrator:
As rum runs off the still,

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distillers make cuts
to separate the heads

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containing the most volatile
flavors and aromas

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at the start of the run
from the hearts,

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the cleanest
and most desirable,

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until reaching
the lower-proof tails,

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containing some
of the strongest,

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funkiest flavors found
at the end of the run.

247
00:09:56,430 --> 00:09:58,630
Dustin:
I'm gonna catch four shots,
and I'm gonna catch a head.

248
00:09:58,632 --> 00:10:00,532
In 10 gallon,
I should get head,

249
00:10:00,534 --> 00:10:02,233
so I know when about to start
checking and getting my hearts.

250
00:10:02,235 --> 00:10:03,735
So, we'll go run with,

251
00:10:03,737 --> 00:10:06,004
and we'll give them
the best jar I can give them.

252
00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:08,073
Herman: I'm gonna try to run
a medium heat on it,

253
00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:10,508
bring my heat up,
try not to scorch the mash out.

254
00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:13,011
I charged my thumper
with a little bit of the mash

255
00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:14,846
and let it pick up
a little bit of flavor

256
00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:16,081
maybe on the way through.

257
00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:17,616
[ thud ]
oh!

258
00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:21,953
Matt: These condensers are a
pain to adjust.

259
00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:24,923
That in valve
is quite sensitive.

260
00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:31,863
♪

261
00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:33,365
how many jars
you pulled off, herman?

262
00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:34,432
Five.
Oh, wow.

263
00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:35,667
You're way ahead of me.

264
00:10:35,669 --> 00:10:37,669
I'm only on my second.

265
00:10:37,671 --> 00:10:40,972
See, now, dustin, I'm starting
to surge a little bit now.

266
00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,308
So I'm getting close
to running out.

267
00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:44,643
That's what I was hoping.

268
00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:47,612
Come on, baby.
Give me this one and one more.

269
00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:49,547
I say that's a good one.

270
00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:51,750
That's a good,
nice 80-proof right there.

271
00:10:51,752 --> 00:10:53,351
Still got a little bit
of a sulfurous note in there

272
00:10:53,353 --> 00:10:55,854
I'm not happy with.
A little more time on the heads.

273
00:10:55,856 --> 00:10:57,489
Very close to hearts, though.

274
00:10:57,491 --> 00:10:59,891
This thumper
is starting to raise up,

275
00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:01,593
getting close to 200.

276
00:11:01,595 --> 00:11:04,095
So I'm coming in
on the tailings.

277
00:11:04,097 --> 00:11:05,296
That last jar
I pulled off there,

278
00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,098
I can just about turn that in
straight to the judges

279
00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,967
without even touching it.

280
00:11:08,969 --> 00:11:10,568
Without even
touching it.

281
00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:16,641
♪

282
00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:18,643
make sure it settles, and that's
the one they're getting.

283
00:11:18,645 --> 00:11:20,945
Good-tasting jar,
and I've drank about, eh,

284
00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:22,380
maybe half pint of that anyway.

285
00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:23,882
So I'm feeling good.

286
00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:29,154
♪

287
00:11:29,156 --> 00:11:31,056
[ laughs ] these guys say
that they done.

288
00:11:31,058 --> 00:11:32,424
We've got some good,
drinkable jars here.

289
00:11:32,426 --> 00:11:33,458
About a half a pint

290
00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:34,526
out of that.

291
00:11:34,528 --> 00:11:35,794
Did you write
your names on them?

292
00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:37,462
-Uh-huh.
-I ain't got no cowboy.

293
00:11:37,464 --> 00:11:39,064
-I hope you all enjoy.
-Yep.

294
00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:40,932
We run you off what
we thought was drinkable.

295
00:11:42,769 --> 00:11:46,771
Matt, you got about
45 minutes left.

296
00:11:50,310 --> 00:11:51,810
Narrator: Coming up...

297
00:11:51,812 --> 00:11:54,145
[ irish accent ] ♪ the deil came
fiddling through the town ♪

298
00:11:54,147 --> 00:11:55,647
♪ and danced awa
with the exciseman ♪

299
00:11:55,649 --> 00:11:59,150
...A lone distiller sings
to the tune of his own rum.

300
00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:00,452
♪ the deil's awa ♪

301
00:12:00,454 --> 00:12:02,787
I don't know if I want to drink
any of that or not.

302
00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:04,556
It ain't that he don't want
to bring that jar up here.

303
00:12:04,558 --> 00:12:06,157
He just<i> can't.</i>

304
00:12:08,495 --> 00:12:10,862
Narrator: Two outlaw shiners
and one new age distiller

305
00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:13,264
are competing to run
the ultimate rum

306
00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:15,767
for the title of
master distiller.

307
00:12:15,769 --> 00:12:17,102
This coil is filthy.

308
00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:19,003
Narrator:
Using the same molasses wash

309
00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:20,572
and bare-bones equipment,

310
00:12:20,574 --> 00:12:23,141
the moonshiners have put
their best jars

311
00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:26,377
of the classic colonial spirit
on the judging table...

312
00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:28,213
We got some good,
drinkable jars here.

313
00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:31,716
...While the remaining distiller
is running out the clock.

314
00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,321
Herman finished in about
under 80 minutes,

315
00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:38,857
and dustin
wasn't far behind him.

316
00:12:38,859 --> 00:12:40,759
At the end of the day,
this is a competition,

317
00:12:40,761 --> 00:12:42,894
and I'm trying to put
my best foot forward.

318
00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:44,562
The way I do that
is by taking my time.

319
00:12:44,564 --> 00:12:47,065
You better keep them land legs
up and under you.

320
00:12:47,067 --> 00:12:48,733
You might get wobbly here
and not make it.

321
00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:50,902
[ laughs ]

322
00:12:50,904 --> 00:12:52,470
I'm gonna take that
as a yes.

323
00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:54,339
Rum is my muse.
[ laughs ]

324
00:12:54,341 --> 00:13:00,245
♪

325
00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:01,846
just time to blend now.

326
00:13:01,848 --> 00:13:07,485
♪

327
00:13:07,487 --> 00:13:09,087
tim: Where you at, matt?

328
00:13:09,089 --> 00:13:12,423
We just need one jar
out of your 24 in the floor.

329
00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:13,758
Yeah, but you want
the best jar, right?

330
00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,093
That's up to you.

331
00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:17,228
Hell, I'm having fun right now.
This is fun for me.

332
00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:18,696
Because herman and dustin
up here,

333
00:13:18,698 --> 00:13:21,733
they already got their jars up
here about three hours ago.

334
00:13:21,735 --> 00:13:23,835
[ irish accent ] ♪ the deil came
fiddling through the town ♪

335
00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:25,637
♪ and danced awa
with the exciseman ♪

336
00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:27,205
♪ and ilka wife cried,
"auld mahoun ♪

337
00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:28,807
♪ I wish you luck
of the prize, man" ♪

338
00:13:28,809 --> 00:13:31,776
♪ the deil's awa, the deil's
awa, the deil's awa ♪

339
00:13:31,778 --> 00:13:33,578
it ain't that he don't want
to bring that jar up here.

340
00:13:33,580 --> 00:13:34,979
He just<i> can't.</i>

341
00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:36,548
♪ we'll make our maut,
and we'll brew our drink ♪

342
00:13:36,550 --> 00:13:38,783
♪ we'll laugh, sing,
and rejoice, man ♪

343
00:13:38,785 --> 00:13:40,418
well...

344
00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:41,619
♪ ...That danced awa
with the exciseman ♪

345
00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:42,821
♪ the deil's awa ♪

346
00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:44,856
I don't know if I want
to drink any of that or not.

347
00:13:44,858 --> 00:13:46,090
♪ he's danced awa... ♪

348
00:13:46,092 --> 00:13:47,392
well, every minute
he stays there,

349
00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:48,893
that's another drink.

350
00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:50,628
Been nice knowing you.

351
00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,664
I said, "I'm having fun.
I'm in no rush."

352
00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,032
I think the rum
tastes better,

353
00:13:54,034 --> 00:13:56,467
and I think I distill better
when I'm singing.

354
00:13:56,469 --> 00:13:59,037
Matt, you're at five minutes,
brother.

355
00:14:03,844 --> 00:14:05,777
Look at that.
I'm done ahead of schedule.

356
00:14:05,779 --> 00:14:07,378
We hope so.

357
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:08,713
-That is...
-The one, huh?

358
00:14:08,715 --> 00:14:10,481
-...Matt rum.
-All right, good luck.

359
00:14:10,483 --> 00:14:12,684
Thank you. Thank you.
Appreciate it.

360
00:14:14,821 --> 00:14:16,321
-Herman.
-Kentucky boy.

361
00:14:16,323 --> 00:14:18,456
It's got a rum nose
on it.

362
00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:20,024
Mark:
That's a good start.

363
00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,028
Hmm.
I think it's low proof.

364
00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:27,398
Yeah, it's got a decent
flavored front for me.

365
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,401
Gets a little floral,
fruity,

366
00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:33,137
but it kind of finishes
like a back.

367
00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:34,806
You didn't sneak a jar out
with you this time, did you?

368
00:14:34,808 --> 00:14:35,807
No, I did not.

369
00:14:35,809 --> 00:14:37,575
It's not unpleasant.

370
00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:38,943
Tim: No, it's pretty good.

371
00:14:38,945 --> 00:14:40,845
I'm gonna hold
a little reserve on that

372
00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:43,481
until we've tasted
these other ones a little bit.

373
00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:45,516
Yeah.
Try old cowboy out there.

374
00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:48,486
Cowboy's not a bit stuck
on himself, is he?

375
00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:50,989
He got a picture on a sticker
that's stuck on his lid.

376
00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:53,091
I mean,
he's already hollywood.

377
00:14:54,928 --> 00:14:56,227
Sweet up front.

378
00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,196
Pretty good, man.
A little bit of floral.

379
00:14:58,198 --> 00:15:00,398
15 proof, though.

380
00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,134
Aftertaste isn't bad.

381
00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:07,639
No. It's just tiny bit fiery
on the back.

382
00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:09,340
No, that's a good jar
right there.

383
00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:12,844
Slide over
h.R. Pufnstuf down here.

384
00:15:12,846 --> 00:15:14,345
That's a super-nice bead

385
00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:16,514
on matt's liquor right there,
digger.

386
00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:18,750
That's as good as it gets.

387
00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:20,685
I don't know how in the world
he ever come up

388
00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:22,720
with one jar with all the damn
sipping and twisting.

389
00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:24,689
I'm telling you, you need
to go over there and see...

390
00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:27,158
His configuration
he's got over there.

391
00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,893
That's amazing to me.

392
00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:33,932
Honestly, I ain't getting
a whole lot of difference.

393
00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:36,167
Well, it's a little
dryness taste, huh?

394
00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:37,735
Yeah, dustin and matt,

395
00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:39,971
right now, they're
kind of neck and neck.

396
00:15:42,008 --> 00:15:44,642
Only thing I'm seeing really
separating is the bead.

397
00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:46,210
Yeah. He's got
pretty bead on it.

398
00:15:46,212 --> 00:15:47,445
Well, matt's jar...

399
00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:50,214
That one's got
a good front-to-middle flavor.

400
00:15:50,216 --> 00:15:51,716
On the back end's where
he just kind

401
00:15:51,718 --> 00:15:54,085
leaves me wishing
for more.

402
00:15:54,087 --> 00:15:56,387
Golly, this is gonna be
difficult.

403
00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:59,691
Why can't there be one of them
that's really [bleep]

404
00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:04,495
♪

405
00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:06,631
boys, we've looked all over
these things,

406
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,166
been in and out of them,
and I'm telling you,

407
00:16:08,168 --> 00:16:09,434
it's a pretty tough choice.

408
00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:11,803
Dustin, you got a pretty
good-tasting jar of liquor.

409
00:16:11,805 --> 00:16:12,804
Thank you.

410
00:16:12,806 --> 00:16:13,805
What proof
was you shooting for?

411
00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:15,039
I was about 80.

412
00:16:15,041 --> 00:16:16,574
Well, you missed your mark
a little bit, I believe.

413
00:16:16,576 --> 00:16:18,343
-I thought so, too.
-You were way over 100.

414
00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:19,477
Dustin: Oh, I was?

415
00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:21,346
Maybe 110.
Ooh!

416
00:16:21,348 --> 00:16:22,647
-Finished a little hot.
-Yep.

417
00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:24,816
I don't know. You know,
good, solid jar of liquor.

418
00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:26,150
-Pretty jar of liquor.
-Thank you.

419
00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:29,320
And, matt, you got
a good bead on your liquor.

420
00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,356
Good, sweet beginning
on your drink.

421
00:16:31,358 --> 00:16:34,058
Finishes out
with those fruity notes.

422
00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:35,693
Doesn't finish
too fiery hot.

423
00:16:35,695 --> 00:16:36,728
Thank you, sir.

424
00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:37,895
I was shooting
for just over 100.

425
00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:39,030
You're in the right
neighborhood.

426
00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:40,565
-You're real close.
-Thank you.

427
00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:43,134
Now, herman, what were you
shooting for with your proof?

428
00:16:43,136 --> 00:16:45,336
-About 90.
-I think you're a little low.

429
00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,605
Tim: You're at 80.
About 80?

430
00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:48,639
Digger:
You're in the ballpark.

431
00:16:48,641 --> 00:16:50,641
Had a good, sweet start
on yours.

432
00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:53,077
Finish that real well
with the fruity notes

433
00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:54,712
in the middle.
You know, good drink.

434
00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:56,581
It finished
a little flat for us.

435
00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:59,250
I think that's because you had
to water down a lot.

436
00:16:59,252 --> 00:17:00,985
-Yeah.
-You know, both y'all

437
00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:02,553
come out
of the gate like you

438
00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,055
were the only ones
in the race,

439
00:17:04,057 --> 00:17:07,325
and matt took his time.

440
00:17:07,327 --> 00:17:09,060
There's a lot of good
right here, boys.

441
00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:10,361
There really
ain't a lot of bad.

442
00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:14,265
But unfortunately, matt,
you're the number-one jar.

443
00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:15,333
Thank you, sir.

444
00:17:15,335 --> 00:17:16,834
Now, what this got you,

445
00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:19,437
you get
to go to the still pile first,

446
00:17:19,439 --> 00:17:20,772
pick out what you want.

447
00:17:20,774 --> 00:17:23,241
If you want to change your still
in any way, feel free.

448
00:17:23,243 --> 00:17:24,742
If you're happy
with what you got,

449
00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:25,777
leave it the way it is.

450
00:17:25,779 --> 00:17:27,645
Herman.
-All right.

451
00:17:27,647 --> 00:17:29,047
Congratulations.

452
00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:32,183
Dustin, you're gonna be
the last man to the pile.

453
00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:33,484
I understand.
Thank you.

454
00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,286
We look forward
to your next run.

455
00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:37,755
I'm in charge
of the still stage house,

456
00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:39,357
so if yinz
will follow me.

457
00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:40,391
-Copper.
-Good job, men.

458
00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:42,193
Every damn one of you.
-Thank you.

459
00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:45,663
Narrator:
For this next challenge,
distillers must build the still

460
00:17:45,665 --> 00:17:48,433
that they'll use to infuse
additional flavors

461
00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:51,602
into the distill that they
collected from the first round

462
00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:54,539
to create a
one-of-a-kind spiced rum.

463
00:17:54,541 --> 00:17:56,474
Okay, gentlemen, what's
gonna happen here,

464
00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,576
you guys go in
and pick your stills,

465
00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,278
build them
however you choose.

466
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,282
Matt, five minutes
beginning...Now.

467
00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,954
If I see something I like,
I'm 100% gonna take that

468
00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:11,722
and incorporate it
into my setup.

469
00:18:11,724 --> 00:18:16,527
♪

470
00:18:16,529 --> 00:18:17,929
okay, matt,
you good to go?

471
00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:19,730
Yep.
Okay, herman.

472
00:18:21,134 --> 00:18:23,034
Herman: I'm not gonna change a
thing on my still.

473
00:18:23,036 --> 00:18:26,537
I'm gonna use same pot,
same thumper, same worm.

474
00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:29,307
Missing some gaskets.

475
00:18:29,309 --> 00:18:31,709
Done the old-fashioned way,
traditional.

476
00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:33,811
Everything the same.

477
00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:34,979
30 seconds, herman.

478
00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:36,214
I'm good.
You good?

479
00:18:36,216 --> 00:18:37,548
I'm good.
Got everything you need?

480
00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:40,118
Yes, sir.
All right, dustin.

481
00:18:44,257 --> 00:18:46,657
I got everything but my lid.

482
00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:48,593
I don't see another one
over here.

483
00:18:49,562 --> 00:18:51,963
What do you want me
to do about that?

484
00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:52,997
Just...
Yes, sir.

485
00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:54,565
...Get what you can get.

486
00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:57,835
10, 9, 8...

487
00:18:57,837 --> 00:19:01,038
7, 6, 5...

488
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,876
4, 3, 2...

489
00:19:04,878 --> 00:19:06,310
I'm not going home.
I'm gonna make it onto

490
00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:07,945
the finals,
is what I'm hoping.

491
00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:09,280
You good?
Yes, sir.

492
00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:12,316
All right. I hope you got
the parts you need.

493
00:19:15,922 --> 00:19:17,255
Y'all got all your parts?

494
00:19:17,257 --> 00:19:18,289
-Yep.
-Yes, sir.

495
00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:20,091
You got plenty of time
on this one.

496
00:19:20,093 --> 00:19:22,160
One hour should get you
where you need to be

497
00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:23,961
with a little time
left over.

498
00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:26,531
Get with it, get
those stills assembled, boys.

499
00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:28,166
Yes, sir.

500
00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:32,670
Tim: He puts that thing on,
he isn't gonna need to have

501
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,138
all that stuff
stacked up on that thing.

502
00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:37,575
I don't know that he's got
what he needs here.

503
00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:40,478
Digger: I don't think we've got
enough connections to go

504
00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,513
from that cap down.

505
00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:44,982
If he puts his cap
on top of that,

506
00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,385
he can't reach
to his thumper.

507
00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:49,954
He's got to raise
everything else up.

508
00:19:49,956 --> 00:19:51,989
He may use that little table
over there.

509
00:19:51,991 --> 00:19:53,724
Maybe.

510
00:19:53,726 --> 00:19:56,093
I need a cap.
Anybody got a extra thumper --

511
00:19:56,095 --> 00:19:58,162
I think I got an extra one
over here.

512
00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:03,334
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.

513
00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:04,468
That's what
I was wanting to see.

514
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,237
I like to see yinz
working together.

515
00:20:06,239 --> 00:20:13,010
♪

516
00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:14,545
digger:
That's gonna be too high.

517
00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,247
Maybe.

518
00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:18,416
Yeah, he's figured it out.
He's taking it loose.

519
00:20:20,653 --> 00:20:23,654
I know what he's trying to do.
I just don't know that --

520
00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:26,757
I don't know that there's even
a fitting out there to do that.

521
00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:28,025
No.

522
00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:31,095
I feel like I'm watching
a big, old game of jenga.

523
00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:34,365
The two boys on the end,
herman and dustin,

524
00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:36,033
didn't change anything.

525
00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:37,535
And they're
damn near done.

526
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:39,237
Tim: Well, just start hooking up
stuff, matt.

527
00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:40,504
Just connect stuff.

528
00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,673
I could make a still out
of a frying pan and a pot.

529
00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:45,476
You're not in baltimore.

530
00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:47,912
You had a perfectly good,
working still when you started.

531
00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,146
I can still go back.

532
00:20:49,148 --> 00:20:50,514
All I got to do
is take that piece off.

533
00:20:50,516 --> 00:20:52,149
Herman over here,
he's hooking up his still

534
00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:53,451
like he's in the backwoods.

535
00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:56,087
He about ready to put his mash
in and turn the fire on.

536
00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:58,589
Dustin, did you come up
with enough stuff over there?

537
00:20:58,591 --> 00:20:59,924
Yes, sir.

538
00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:02,460
Boys, you've got
15 minutes left.

539
00:21:02,462 --> 00:21:06,464
Matt's got something
that we've not solved yet.

540
00:21:06,466 --> 00:21:07,431
That hat.

541
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,734
[ laughter ]

542
00:21:09,736 --> 00:21:12,470
that is not
the right-size fitting.

543
00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:14,805
I'd call it unorthodox
at the best,

544
00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:16,574
his approach
getting to this.

545
00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:17,742
Matt:
Do you have any flour?

546
00:21:17,744 --> 00:21:19,076
Digger: Mm...

547
00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:21,245
Seal something up?
Nope.

548
00:21:21,247 --> 00:21:24,782
'cause I got a problem.
These fittings don't line up.

549
00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:26,117
And whose fault's that?

550
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,485
Mine.
Is there any flour?

551
00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:29,253
No.

552
00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:30,621
Dustin:
How you feeling, herman?

553
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,523
Simple, basic pot.
Mine too.

554
00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:34,225
Shrunk-down version
of home.

555
00:21:34,227 --> 00:21:35,359
[ laughs ]

556
00:21:35,361 --> 00:21:36,827
he picked up two thumper lids,

557
00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:38,929
and he knew he was gonna screw
me when he done that.

558
00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:42,133
Gentlemen,
got five minutes.

559
00:21:42,135 --> 00:21:44,502
That won't work either.
Two different fittings.

560
00:21:44,504 --> 00:21:46,871
When I seen
he grabbed that wrong pipe,

561
00:21:46,873 --> 00:21:49,140
he missed the right
connection for it

562
00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:50,641
to go from his thumper
to his worm.

563
00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:52,043
I knew it wasn't
gonna work.

564
00:21:52,045 --> 00:21:54,211
I needed my thumper lid,
so I figured I'd grab the pipe,

565
00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:56,647
and then we'd work out
some kind of deal.

566
00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:58,649
Hey, matt,
see if this fits you.

567
00:21:58,651 --> 00:22:00,251
I had this laying over there
I picked up.

568
00:22:00,253 --> 00:22:01,752
Thank you.
See if that works.

569
00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:02,887
You might be my hero.

570
00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:04,322
Yeah.
Hell, you got me the cap.

571
00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:05,456
Thank you.

572
00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:06,791
It helps when you get
the right partner.

573
00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,259
Digger: You're good to your
neighbor, you'll always

574
00:22:08,261 --> 00:22:09,727
get it back to you threefold,
won't you, herman?

575
00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:10,695
Always comes back.

576
00:22:10,697 --> 00:22:12,463
Come in here, boy.

577
00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:14,465
Tickle: How you all doing?
Narrator: Coming up...

578
00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:16,834
I can't ride with him
if he's driving. Good lord.

579
00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:20,671
...A guest judge takes
the distillers on a wild ride.

580
00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:22,173
There's a liquor store
down here.

581
00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:26,310
Tickle, you're the man.
Where you want me to stop?

582
00:22:30,650 --> 00:22:32,350
Well, he's got that son of a
[bleep] hooked up over there.

583
00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:35,753
Narrator: Two backwoods shiners
and one big-city distiller

584
00:22:35,755 --> 00:22:38,923
are battening down the hatches
on their custom stills

585
00:22:38,925 --> 00:22:41,859
for a run of spiced rum
that will take them

586
00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:46,364
one step closer to becoming
the next master distiller.

587
00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:48,332
This is a new setup
to us, though.

588
00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:49,867
I like seeing new [bleep]

589
00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:52,236
but before they can re-distill
their rum

590
00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:54,939
from the first challenge
with new flavors,

591
00:22:54,941 --> 00:22:59,043
they'll have to select
their ingredients.

592
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,579
Two of you were satisfied with
what you had the first time.

593
00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:03,114
Dustin: Yes, sir.

594
00:23:03,116 --> 00:23:05,683
Matt, you kind of got a little
flamboyant there, didn't you?

595
00:23:05,685 --> 00:23:07,918
All right, guys.
It's time for your pantry run

596
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,987
to get your ingredients
for your flavoring.

597
00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:13,824
I can't actually take you, so I
got a buddy that's gonna --

598
00:23:13,826 --> 00:23:14,892
you sure he showed up?

599
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,294
Yeah, he's here.
Come in here, boy.

600
00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:18,529
How you all doing?

601
00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:20,564
Tim: Tickle can't drive
your truck.

602
00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:23,734
I think I'm sick.

603
00:23:27,006 --> 00:23:29,473
I can't ride with him
if he's driving. Good lord.

604
00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:31,675
[ laughter ]

605
00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:35,079
he knows where
that you have to go.

606
00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:37,615
But I got a big, old dodge
truck,

607
00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:39,917
and he can't reach
the pedals.

608
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:42,019
Can any of you guys
drive a --

609
00:23:42,021 --> 00:23:43,954
I can.
I can drive a stick.

610
00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:47,725
Whatever you do, don't make
no detours with this man.

611
00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:48,926
No matter how much he says

612
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,594
he's got a cough
or a tickle in his throat,

613
00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:53,431
he needs a little liquor,
do not stop.

614
00:23:56,502 --> 00:23:58,102
There's a liquor store
down here.

615
00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,437
We need to make a pit stop?

616
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:00,504
Think they'll notice
if we stop?

617
00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:02,273
Tickle can tell me
where to go.

618
00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:03,707
Yeah, tickle's navigating.

619
00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:04,975
There's one up here
on your right.

620
00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:06,544
-Yes, sir.
-You gonna drive there?

621
00:24:07,613 --> 00:24:09,313
Tickle, you're the man.
Where you want me to stop?

622
00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:11,015
Stop.

623
00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:13,551
Ah [bleep] that.
Tickle told me to stop.

624
00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:17,354
Go, sir.

625
00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:19,390
I'm not arguing with tickle.
I'm not arguing with nobody.

626
00:24:19,392 --> 00:24:20,524
Hell no.

627
00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:26,497
Yes, sir.

628
00:24:28,468 --> 00:24:30,067
[ laughs ]

629
00:24:30,069 --> 00:24:32,036
I snatched the first thing
that I walked

630
00:24:32,038 --> 00:24:33,637
through the door
and could snatch up.

631
00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:34,839
What's that -- jack rye?

632
00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:36,607
No, apple.
Apple. That's apple.

633
00:24:36,609 --> 00:24:37,608
Oh.

634
00:24:37,610 --> 00:24:44,014
♪

635
00:24:44,016 --> 00:24:46,684
we're here at our roadside
fruit stand.

636
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:47,918
You've got five minutes

637
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,120
to get what you need
to infuse your rum.

638
00:24:50,122 --> 00:24:52,456
Whatever
your heart desires.

639
00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:57,428
Let's get it.
Five minutes.

640
00:24:57,430 --> 00:24:58,496
Ooh, we got a papaya.

641
00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:04,268
Pineapple. Mangoes.

642
00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:06,103
Mmm-mmm.

643
00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:07,605
Are you doing peach?

644
00:25:07,607 --> 00:25:09,573
Yeah,
I was thinking about it.

645
00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:11,876
I'll do some apple, then. I
ain't gonna do it on top of you.

646
00:25:11,878 --> 00:25:15,212
Apple butter.
Peach jam.

647
00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:16,514
Okay.

648
00:25:16,516 --> 00:25:18,349
Ooh, I didn't see
these tamarinds over here.

649
00:25:18,351 --> 00:25:19,683
Almonds over here.

650
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:21,519
Let's see if these are sour
or sweet tamarinds.

651
00:25:21,521 --> 00:25:22,887
[ sucks ]

652
00:25:22,889 --> 00:25:26,724
we have got two minutes left.
Let's go.

653
00:25:26,726 --> 00:25:27,958
10 seconds.

654
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,894
Get your ingredients,
whatever.

655
00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:30,995
Might put that in yours.

656
00:25:30,997 --> 00:25:32,663
I'll take two.
There we go.

657
00:25:32,665 --> 00:25:33,864
9...

658
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:36,734
You get what you got
in your basket and go.

659
00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:39,503
7, 6, 5..

660
00:25:39,505 --> 00:25:40,538
4...

661
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:42,206
2...

662
00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,207
1.

663
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,775
There was no 3, damn it.

664
00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:46,010
[ laughs ]

665
00:25:46,012 --> 00:25:47,378
y'all got y'all's baskets?

666
00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:48,379
-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.

667
00:25:48,381 --> 00:25:49,613
Okay. Let's go.

668
00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:56,220
Narrator:
Spiced rum has a history
as old as the spirit itself.

669
00:25:56,222 --> 00:26:00,457
While royal navy sailors diluted
their daily rations of harsh,

670
00:26:00,459 --> 00:26:03,160
unaged rum with water,
lime juice,

671
00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:05,296
and spices to make grog,

672
00:26:05,298 --> 00:26:08,299
caribbean islanders took it
a step further.

673
00:26:08,301 --> 00:26:10,868
By adding local fruits
and aromatics

674
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:15,239
during the distillation process,
they created their own recipes

675
00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:19,109
that distinguished them from
the hordes of other distillers.

676
00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:21,011
Following in this tradition,

677
00:26:21,013 --> 00:26:23,747
contestants will have to distill
their own unique

678
00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:28,552
spiced rum that can be enjoyed
on its own or in a cocktail.

679
00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:31,655
I mean,
they need a lot of jars.

680
00:26:31,657 --> 00:26:34,358
I don't think herman really
realized that on his first run

681
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,194
because he didn't keep
hardly any liquor.

682
00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:39,196
He just finished where he
thought he had the best jar,

683
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,831
and he stopped.

684
00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:44,335
Excuse me, matt.

685
00:26:44,337 --> 00:26:46,203
Hey, dustin, have you got
a couple extra jars?

686
00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:47,438
I've got seven.

687
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,074
Let me see what I got here.
That's empty.

688
00:26:50,076 --> 00:26:51,809
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

689
00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:53,444
I got it. Here.
Here's your good jar here.

690
00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:54,845
All right.
Good deal. Thank you.

691
00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:55,946
You're welcome.

692
00:26:58,117 --> 00:27:01,485
It's not like dustin
couldn't use it himself.

693
00:27:01,487 --> 00:27:02,586
Digger: Exactly.

694
00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:05,189
And here he is forfeiting
a jar to herman.

695
00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:07,124
Dustin: Herman needed an extra
bottle there, so I slipped him

696
00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:09,126
a bottle of heads.
It'll help him out.

697
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:10,594
I'm digging what I'm seeing
with these guys.

698
00:27:10,596 --> 00:27:11,695
It's interesting.

699
00:27:11,697 --> 00:27:13,797
They're in a contest
here to win.

700
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:17,001
Whether he wins this contest
or not, that makes him a winner.

701
00:27:17,003 --> 00:27:23,273
♪

702
00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:25,609
I've got to run real low
and slow,

703
00:27:25,611 --> 00:27:28,846
or I'll scorch the dog
hide off of it.

704
00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:30,114
I put a little water
in my thumper

705
00:27:30,116 --> 00:27:31,649
'cause I was afraid
I was gonna scorch it.

706
00:27:31,651 --> 00:27:33,584
I just want enough
to push across it.

707
00:27:33,586 --> 00:27:35,252
I'm not gonna have
that much liquor.

708
00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:40,958
♪

709
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,259
ah.

710
00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:47,031
Something on the bottom
of that pot.

711
00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:53,370
What's this going in here --
a jar of honey?

712
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:54,872
Digger: That's fixing to be
a disaster.

713
00:27:54,874 --> 00:27:56,707
'cause if you don't agitate
the hell out of that honey,

714
00:27:56,709 --> 00:27:57,908
it ain't gonna mix up,

715
00:27:57,910 --> 00:27:59,243
and it's gonna lay there
and scorch.

716
00:27:59,245 --> 00:28:01,445
Tim: Yeah, but he ain't got
no way to stir it.

717
00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:05,249
That's some nice apple cider.

718
00:28:05,251 --> 00:28:07,351
Some cinnamon,
put some apple butter in here.

719
00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:09,053
I've done that before,
and it turned out really nice.

720
00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:11,789
Usually I put some stuff
from my actual runs in my mash,

721
00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:14,458
but when we're just
rerunning alcohol, no point.

722
00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:18,395
Herman:
Trying to make a peach cobbler.

723
00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:21,799
I got a peach apple cider,
and then I got peach preserves.

724
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:24,168
With a very small piece
of cinnamon,

725
00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:27,271
a little bit of nutmeg,
and a little bit of ginger.

726
00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:30,908
May take me a lot longer
just to pull off one jar,

727
00:28:30,910 --> 00:28:36,213
but that one jar will be the jar
that will whup their ass.

728
00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:39,850
Why ain't nobody got
nothing turned on yet?

729
00:28:39,852 --> 00:28:41,919
Herman ain't got a half gallon
to heat up.

730
00:28:41,921 --> 00:28:43,887
I think the only one
at this point

731
00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:47,191
that ain't done a little
something wrong is matt

732
00:28:47,193 --> 00:28:49,026
because he ain't
done nothing yet.

733
00:28:49,028 --> 00:28:51,495
That's so true.
[ laughter ]

734
00:28:51,497 --> 00:28:53,197
I don't know whether
he's a damn moonshiner

735
00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:54,598
or a damn ginsu chef.

736
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,400
It's looking real
interesting, guys.

737
00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:58,535
It's completely
three different deals.

738
00:28:58,537 --> 00:29:00,938
♪

739
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:05,042
herman, can I use
your cutting board?

740
00:29:05,044 --> 00:29:06,343
Sure.
Where is it?

741
00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:07,678
Sitting against the wall
over there.

742
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,012
Thank you.

743
00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:10,047
Yeah, there you go.

744
00:29:10,049 --> 00:29:12,249
♪

745
00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:14,151
[ loud banging ]

746
00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:17,454
[ laughs ]
that didn't work.

747
00:29:17,456 --> 00:29:19,056
I just need a little piece
anyway.

748
00:29:19,058 --> 00:29:25,062
♪

749
00:29:25,064 --> 00:29:26,830
the almonds are stronger
than the blocks.

750
00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:29,333
Were those
your cutting boards?

751
00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:32,035
No.
That's bad business, son.

752
00:29:33,739 --> 00:29:35,973
I'm giving him the benefit
of the doubt here.

753
00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:37,608
He knows what he's doing.

754
00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:39,109
I don't know what he's doing.

755
00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:46,083
♪

756
00:29:46,085 --> 00:29:47,718
what's that thing there
he's cutting up?

757
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:48,886
Is that a mango?

758
00:29:48,888 --> 00:29:51,488
Digger: Yep. Yep.

759
00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:52,956
He's got a mango.

760
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:56,059
He understands
about that zest.

761
00:29:56,061 --> 00:29:58,762
He's trying his best
to get just the zest.

762
00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:02,199
He's not getting any of the
white meat that's under that.

763
00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,801
And it don't take
a lot of that zest.

764
00:30:03,803 --> 00:30:08,205
No, it don't. That bitter comes
in out of that meat behind it.

765
00:30:08,207 --> 00:30:10,240
But up to this point, matt
ain't put nothing nowhere...

766
00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:12,176
Tim: Matt ain't did nothing.
...Except fruit in a bucket.

767
00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:14,044
All he's been doing
is cutting up fruit.

768
00:30:14,046 --> 00:30:16,713
Dustin's cutting up
some kind of fruit now, too.

769
00:30:16,715 --> 00:30:18,615
Yeah, they've all got
some fruit.

770
00:30:18,617 --> 00:30:19,883
Crazy.

771
00:30:21,754 --> 00:30:23,320
Dustin:
Good luck with that.

772
00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:26,089
I've had nothing but problems
out of some of them peels.

773
00:30:26,091 --> 00:30:28,659
Matt:
So, I put a lot of different
tropical fruits in there.

774
00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:33,664
I got a papaya, a mango,
a pineapple, some oranges.

775
00:30:33,666 --> 00:30:36,500
Also got some tamarinds,
some almonds,

776
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:39,803
nutmeg, ginger,
and rustic additives.

777
00:30:39,805 --> 00:30:41,138
The still I'm going with

778
00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:43,740
is not the exact configuration
that I was hoping for.

779
00:30:43,742 --> 00:30:45,108
[ crash ]
oh!

780
00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:47,611
Herman: Aw, dustin.
Trying to heat it up.

781
00:30:47,613 --> 00:30:50,447
Oh, no. You didn't lose
all of it, did you?

782
00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:51,481
All of it.

783
00:30:51,483 --> 00:30:54,051
♪

784
00:30:57,056 --> 00:31:00,190
narrator: Two outlaw shiners and
one eccentric craft distiller

785
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:03,660
are edging forward
to make the best-tasting rum

786
00:31:03,662 --> 00:31:06,864
and win the title
of master distiller.

787
00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:11,034
After a midnight pantry raid
with former still-head tickle,

788
00:31:11,036 --> 00:31:12,369
the contestants
are running

789
00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:15,272
their own
original spiced rum recipes

790
00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:19,409
that will determine which two
set sail for the final round.

791
00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:22,346
The still I'm going with is not
the exact configuration

792
00:31:22,348 --> 00:31:23,413
that I was hoping for.

793
00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:24,781
[ crash ]
dustin: Oh!

794
00:31:24,783 --> 00:31:27,284
Herman: Aw, dustin.
Trying to heat it up.

795
00:31:27,286 --> 00:31:29,620
Oh, no. You didn't lose
all of it, did you?

796
00:31:29,622 --> 00:31:30,654
All of it.

797
00:31:30,656 --> 00:31:31,788
Dustin:
That bucket up there,

798
00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:33,323
I had the apple cider
and some apples,

799
00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:35,025
and I was gonna kind of cook
them up with some cinnamon,

800
00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:36,860
and I was gonna put it
in there to flavor it.

801
00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:38,495
And I forgot about it,
and [laughs]

802
00:31:38,497 --> 00:31:40,864
she started shaking,
about gave me a heart attack.

803
00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:42,099
I'm gonna flavor
on the fly now.

804
00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:43,834
That's gonna be fun.
[ laughs ]

805
00:31:43,836 --> 00:31:45,669
was gonna do
an apple pie kind of flavor.

806
00:31:45,671 --> 00:31:46,837
Now the liquor's coming out.

807
00:31:46,839 --> 00:31:48,505
Now I have to change
the flavor up.

808
00:31:48,507 --> 00:31:50,307
I think there's still
about two hours left,
something like that.

809
00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:51,742
A good distiller's somebody
who can work on the fly

810
00:31:51,744 --> 00:31:53,443
when accidents like that
right there happen.

811
00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:55,178
Sometimes you don't
have time to...

812
00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:56,413
You kind of got
to wing it sometimes.

813
00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,682
Digger: Gentlemen, you got two
hours left in your run.

814
00:32:00,853 --> 00:32:02,886
I'm about
to cut the thing soon.

815
00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:04,988
I've got a jar full of tails
I'm about to switch out.

816
00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:06,590
I'm feeling good.
I don't really have a whole lot

817
00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:07,624
to do on the back end.

818
00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:10,193
Herman:
This is my last step here.

819
00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:11,495
I'm at the end of the run.

820
00:32:11,497 --> 00:32:13,397
And I'm just trying to get
a good, smooth flavor.

821
00:32:13,399 --> 00:32:15,332
[bleep]
I'm about out of liquor.

822
00:32:15,334 --> 00:32:16,466
You got
your jar already done?

823
00:32:16,468 --> 00:32:17,534
It's about done.

824
00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:18,835
I've been trying to get
my palate right.

825
00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:20,504
I can't taste nothing
after drinking all that...

826
00:32:20,506 --> 00:32:23,240
You start sipping them back,
and, boy, you don't know.

827
00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:25,142
Herman loaned me a little bit
of his honey to sweeten it up,

828
00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:26,476
which I'm glad he did,

829
00:32:26,478 --> 00:32:27,978
'cause I didn't have nothing
sweet enough.

830
00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:29,379
Cut up some apples,
some cinnamon.

831
00:32:29,381 --> 00:32:31,381
I'm gonna let this sit.
I had some of the thumper

832
00:32:31,383 --> 00:32:33,116
to actually try to pull
some through.

833
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,584
It's coming through
a little bit.

834
00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:36,086
I think I'm gonna catch
a little bit more in the tails

835
00:32:36,088 --> 00:32:38,121
than I thought I was going to,
so I'm gonna wait for it

836
00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:39,923
and see how it comes out.

837
00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:43,760
Under an hour left.
I got two jars here.

838
00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:45,095
I'm gonna make
a last-minute decision

839
00:32:45,097 --> 00:32:47,197
on which one to use,
but this one's pretty clear

840
00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:50,133
and whatnot,
so we'll see what happens.

841
00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:51,134
I think it's too bitter.

842
00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:52,336
Taste it and tell me
what you think.

843
00:32:52,338 --> 00:32:53,904
I don't think
it's worth a [bleep]

844
00:32:53,906 --> 00:33:00,377
♪

845
00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:01,812
no.

846
00:33:01,814 --> 00:33:03,680
If you hadn't put that bucket
up there,

847
00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:05,716
let it fall,
you'd have had you something

848
00:33:05,718 --> 00:33:07,451
going, brother.
Bad end?

849
00:33:07,453 --> 00:33:08,452
Well, it's been fun.

850
00:33:08,454 --> 00:33:10,620
Oh [bleep]

851
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:15,726
♪

852
00:33:15,728 --> 00:33:16,960
I'd turn
that right there in.

853
00:33:16,962 --> 00:33:19,029
It ain't cloudy? You think
I should try that, or...

854
00:33:19,031 --> 00:33:20,063
It don't make
no difference.

855
00:33:20,065 --> 00:33:21,431
It's not cloudy
because it's bad.

856
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:22,866
You put any cinnamon
or anything in it?

857
00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:23,934
No.
I wouldn't do nothing.

858
00:33:23,936 --> 00:33:26,336
Men, 25 minutes.

859
00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,505
I'm pretty much done.
I'm on tails.

860
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:30,907
Sounds good. I noticed you
were pushing that awful hot.

861
00:33:30,909 --> 00:33:32,843
This stuff
boils pretty easily.

862
00:33:32,845 --> 00:33:35,512
We already did a lot
of the hard work, so...

863
00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:36,747
Yeah.

864
00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:39,416
There you go, fellas.
Yes, sir.

865
00:33:39,418 --> 00:33:41,718
Is that it, herman?
That's it.

866
00:33:45,758 --> 00:33:47,424
Guys, got you a good jar
of liquor here.

867
00:33:47,426 --> 00:33:48,792
Run off what I could.
I hope you all enjoy it.

868
00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:51,461
Good luck.

869
00:33:51,463 --> 00:33:53,063
You've got 15 minutes.

870
00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:59,102
My palate is getting tired.

871
00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:02,372
Digger: Tick-tock, tick-tock.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.

872
00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:06,243
Mark: I hope that all this
tasting, tasting, tasting

873
00:34:06,245 --> 00:34:08,578
has not confused
his palate.

874
00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:11,848
His taste buds are getting
numb by now.

875
00:34:11,850 --> 00:34:13,550
One minute, matt.

876
00:34:16,822 --> 00:34:17,921
See? I finished early.

877
00:34:17,923 --> 00:34:19,756
Good for you.

878
00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:22,592
You get 50 seconds to get it
over here on this table.

879
00:34:22,594 --> 00:34:23,593
-Good luck.
-Thank you.

880
00:34:23,595 --> 00:34:25,262
-Yes, sir.
-All right.

881
00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:27,164
All right, fellas,
move on over.

882
00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:28,498
Move down.
What are you doing?

883
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,801
I feel it only fair
to get to taste the results.

884
00:34:30,803 --> 00:34:32,736
Well, since you put it
that way...

885
00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:34,838
What we got going on here?
I don't know. It's a mixture.

886
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,073
This is old herman here.

887
00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:39,209
Damn. I believe
he's on the high end.

888
00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,977
That does not taste
like any kind of rum

889
00:34:40,979 --> 00:34:42,279
I've ever tasted before.

890
00:34:42,281 --> 00:34:44,781
Does that mean a good thing
or a bad thing?

891
00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:46,716
Herman: I used some ginger
and some cinnamon and stuff,

892
00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:49,252
but I just used
a very, very little bit,

893
00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:51,822
'cause I didn't want it
to overpower.

894
00:34:51,824 --> 00:34:52,956
It's definitely different.

895
00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:54,791
-Sweet.
-Mm-hmm.

896
00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:56,593
Then it's got
that liquor bite.

897
00:34:56,595 --> 00:34:59,796
It kind of finishes
with an apple cider kind of...

898
00:34:59,798 --> 00:35:01,431
Almost, yeah.
...Aftertaste maybe.

899
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:02,599
I kind of like it.

900
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:04,034
Yeah.
It's got layers.

901
00:35:04,036 --> 00:35:05,635
Is it like green apple?

902
00:35:05,637 --> 00:35:06,970
I taste the honey in it.

903
00:35:06,972 --> 00:35:08,605
I get the honey,
and then I get the apple,

904
00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,207
with maybe a little hint
of cinnamon in it.

905
00:35:10,209 --> 00:35:12,375
Yeah. Finishing up
with a sweet note.

906
00:35:12,377 --> 00:35:14,344
But I'm gonna tell you,
that would sell.

907
00:35:14,346 --> 00:35:16,046
No doubt.

908
00:35:16,048 --> 00:35:18,815
Green apple.
-That is definitely green apple.

909
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,617
One of us is getting the boot.
I mean...

910
00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:21,852
I think a lot of it's
gonna depend on

911
00:35:21,854 --> 00:35:23,053
the judges' preference.

912
00:35:23,055 --> 00:35:25,288
I mean, we have three
very different products.

913
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:28,458
Tickle: That's got a good flavor
to it. It's not too hot.

914
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:31,194
I was mixing and playing.
I mixed two jars up.

915
00:35:31,196 --> 00:35:32,996
And I was sitting there,
debating on which one.

916
00:35:32,998 --> 00:35:36,433
This was not the jar
that dustin wanted to turn in.

917
00:35:36,435 --> 00:35:38,568
No.
This was his second choice.

918
00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:39,836
Tickle: It's a good jar.

919
00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:41,638
Dustin's been under the gun
since he started.

920
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,039
He had one red apple

921
00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:44,574
that would probably have brought
a little more flavor.

922
00:35:44,576 --> 00:35:45,642
He wanted to put
the red apple in.

923
00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:46,843
But he went
with a sour apple.

924
00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:48,445
Green apple.
It's what he had.

925
00:35:48,447 --> 00:35:51,481
It's a little weak,
but the flavor's there.

926
00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,016
Let's move along
to matt.

927
00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:56,319
The most inconspicuous man
in the whole lot.

928
00:35:56,321 --> 00:35:58,155
I wanted mine to still taste
like rum.

929
00:35:58,157 --> 00:36:01,491
It's got a good flavor up front,
but too much citrus.

930
00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:03,727
Did I see him cutting
some peel?

931
00:36:03,729 --> 00:36:06,196
Too much of that white pith.
Yeah.

932
00:36:06,198 --> 00:36:07,964
And he was trying not to.
I'm certain of that.

933
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:09,332
The peel messed that up.

934
00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:10,967
You get
that same thing?

935
00:36:10,969 --> 00:36:12,736
-Yeah.
-I can smell it in the nose.

936
00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:14,171
And it's nice on the nose.

937
00:36:14,173 --> 00:36:15,772
It's just like biting
into an orange.

938
00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:17,908
But it's no good
in that aftertaste.

939
00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:19,509
I don't like it
worth a damn.

940
00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,412
Somebody bring me a turd to get
this taste out of my mouth.

941
00:36:22,414 --> 00:36:23,413
Damn.

942
00:36:23,415 --> 00:36:24,781
Just lick tickle
on his earlobe.

943
00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:25,782
Yeah, here you go.

944
00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,083
I mean,
it's been run hot.

945
00:36:27,085 --> 00:36:28,318
You can tell that, too.
It's been run hot,

946
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,187
and he put
a still together

947
00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:32,189
that we've never,
ever seen before.

948
00:36:32,191 --> 00:36:33,523
Tim: He did a good job.

949
00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:37,394
He was very ingenious
at getting that thing to work.

950
00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:38,728
He's got a lot of knowledge.

951
00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:40,931
He does.
He's real smart.

952
00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:43,867
He's really energetic
and making something.

953
00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:46,203
We got to figure out
which one's the worst here.

954
00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:49,372
I've got an idea of
the order I like them in.

955
00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:50,907
I'm with you, tickle.

956
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,576
Fair enough.

957
00:36:52,578 --> 00:36:53,843
Narrator: Coming up...

958
00:36:53,845 --> 00:36:55,478
Elimination gets heated

959
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,615
as shiners fight for their place
in the final round.

960
00:36:58,617 --> 00:36:59,916
There was no pith
in there.

961
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:01,484
Well, you used
too much orange peel, then.

962
00:37:01,486 --> 00:37:02,586
Mm-hmm.

963
00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:06,189
I'd turn
that right there in.

964
00:37:06,191 --> 00:37:08,692
Narrator: Two backwoods shiners
and one hipster distiller

965
00:37:08,694 --> 00:37:11,728
have brought their best
spiced rum to the table.

966
00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:14,497
It's their last chance
to impress the judges

967
00:37:14,499 --> 00:37:16,366
and move on
to the final round

968
00:37:16,368 --> 00:37:19,636
to become
the next master distiller.

969
00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:22,706
I've got an idea
of the order I like them in.

970
00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:23,974
I'm with you, tickle.

971
00:37:23,976 --> 00:37:25,609
Digger: Fair enough.

972
00:37:27,879 --> 00:37:29,145
It's that time.

973
00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:31,014
We gonna cut one
of you out of the herd.

974
00:37:31,016 --> 00:37:34,417
Herman, you had less distill
than anybody around.

975
00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:37,120
You did good
with what you had.

976
00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:39,189
You get to go on
to the next round.

977
00:37:39,191 --> 00:37:40,557
Thanks, sir.

978
00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:44,761
Matt, you made a beautiful
clear jar of liquor right there.

979
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:47,530
A little harsh for me,
but that's okay.

980
00:37:47,532 --> 00:37:50,066
I think you used a little bit
too much of the pith

981
00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:51,601
with your orange peel.

982
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:52,769
There was no pith in there.

983
00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:54,204
Well, you use too much
orange peel, then.

984
00:37:54,206 --> 00:37:55,538
Mm-hmm.

985
00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:58,108
This, you get a little apple
on the front end.

986
00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,976
You get a little bit
of liquor bite in there.

987
00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:01,611
But it goes flat
kind of on the last.

988
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:02,746
Yes, sir.

989
00:38:02,748 --> 00:38:04,080
If you'd have had
the red apple...

990
00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:05,482
The red apple
would have been --

991
00:38:05,484 --> 00:38:08,451
well, I had that hiccup,
and I tried to work what I got.

992
00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:11,321
All things taken
in consideration.

993
00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:14,624
Unfortunately, it'd be hard
to make a cocktail out of that.

994
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:16,192
That's not what I make.

995
00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:19,195
If you put just a touch
less orange in there,

996
00:38:19,197 --> 00:38:20,997
we might be having
a whole different conversation.

997
00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,766
How much orange do you guys
think I used?

998
00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:23,933
I'm not sure
how much you used,

999
00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:26,002
but it feels like
it's a little much.

1000
00:38:26,004 --> 00:38:28,872
I saw you peel, completely peel,
nearly one orange.

1001
00:38:28,874 --> 00:38:31,908
This is the flavor profile
I was going for.

1002
00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:34,744
Okay. Well, unfortunately
it didn't suit

1003
00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:36,579
what we were looking for.
-It didn't fit us.

1004
00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:40,116
It's been an honor to work
with all of yinz.

1005
00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:41,818
That being said,
it's time to tell you

1006
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:44,487
which one's gonna continue
on to the other round.

1007
00:38:47,225 --> 00:38:50,560
And, matt, this jar
bought a ticket home.

1008
00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:53,496
I'm awful sorry, buddy.

1009
00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:56,132
Matt: I have a very
different style than

1010
00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:57,267
mark, tim, and digger.

1011
00:38:57,269 --> 00:38:58,601
My palate is different.

1012
00:38:58,603 --> 00:39:01,538
Citrus, to me, isn't even
the dominant note in this.

1013
00:39:01,540 --> 00:39:03,573
I taste more papaya
than I do citrus.

1014
00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:06,443
Dustin, you're getting to go
onto the next round, my friend.

1015
00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:08,445
I tasted dustin
and herman's jars.

1016
00:39:08,447 --> 00:39:10,480
They made something that's not
in the same category

1017
00:39:10,482 --> 00:39:11,881
of spirit
as what I made.

1018
00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:14,451
That's the end of that round.
The next one coming up,

1019
00:39:14,453 --> 00:39:16,219
that's where we're gonna
see your true colors.

1020
00:39:16,221 --> 00:39:18,521
Got your signature mash,
gonna run it,

1021
00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:19,989
bring us your best jar.

1022
00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:22,826
We're gonna see
what you made out of.

1023
00:39:22,828 --> 00:39:24,060
Narrator: To distill rum,

1024
00:39:24,062 --> 00:39:27,330
a wash is made
by combining sugarcane juice

1025
00:39:27,332 --> 00:39:30,800
or molasses with water
and heat, adding yeast,

1026
00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:32,802
and allowing it to ferment.

1027
00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:35,472
Using ingredients
they brought from home,

1028
00:39:35,474 --> 00:39:39,042
the remaining shiners must
create an original rum recipe

1029
00:39:39,044 --> 00:39:42,212
that can ferment
in only five days.

1030
00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:43,880
Dustin: I'm adding a little dark
brown sugar

1031
00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:46,516
to bring over some
good molasses flavor here.

1032
00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:48,585
With my bread yeast,
it should yield a 10%.

1033
00:39:48,587 --> 00:39:50,387
I'm putting caramel
in the actual mash.

1034
00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:52,889
Then I'm gonna use vanilla
and banana in the thumper

1035
00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:54,891
and have a vanilla
banana rum.

1036
00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:56,226
Once I put a little bit
more caramel

1037
00:39:56,228 --> 00:39:57,660
in the thumper
and some cinnamon,

1038
00:39:57,662 --> 00:39:59,496
it should come out
really nice rum at the very end

1039
00:39:59,498 --> 00:40:01,998
and be more like of a sailor
rum, is what it'll actually be.

1040
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,801
This is my favorite liquor
right here.

1041
00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:07,604
For my mash, I'm just
doing a basic molasses rum.

1042
00:40:07,606 --> 00:40:09,606
I put my molasses
in my mash first.

1043
00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:13,243
Toward the end,
I will do a sassafras spice.

1044
00:40:13,245 --> 00:40:16,079
It gives it a flavor
close to root beer.

1045
00:40:16,081 --> 00:40:18,114
This recipe
came from my wife.

1046
00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:20,683
A lot of my older family members
drank a lot of sassafras tea

1047
00:40:20,685 --> 00:40:22,318
'cause they couldn't
afford coffee,

1048
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:23,920
and we incorporated
that into the rum.

1049
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:25,121
It's been a favorite.

1050
00:40:25,123 --> 00:40:26,723
A lot of my friends,
they really love it,

1051
00:40:26,725 --> 00:40:28,124
especially around the holidays.

1052
00:40:28,126 --> 00:40:29,959
It makes a very good hot toddy.

1053
00:40:29,961 --> 00:40:34,898
♪

1054
00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:36,399
narrator:
Once the yeast is added,

1055
00:40:36,401 --> 00:40:39,636
the wash will be allowed
to ferment for five days.

1056
00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:42,405
During that time,
if ingredients are right,

1057
00:40:42,407 --> 00:40:45,208
the yeast will break down
the sugars in the wash,

1058
00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:46,910
converting it to alcohol.

1059
00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:51,915
Once the alcohol level reaches
10% to 20%, the yeast die off,

1060
00:40:51,917 --> 00:40:55,218
and it's ready to distill
into high-proof rum.

1061
00:40:57,355 --> 00:40:58,988
Digger: Herman brought him
a cooler of beer.

1062
00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:00,457
[ laughs ]

1063
00:41:00,459 --> 00:41:01,891
now's your time to shine.

1064
00:41:01,893 --> 00:41:04,761
One of you guys is gonna be
the master distiller.

1065
00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:07,330
One of you will win
the bragging rights,

1066
00:41:07,332 --> 00:41:10,166
and you'll also
win a limited run

1067
00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:13,403
of your signature liquor
at a major distillery.

1068
00:41:13,405 --> 00:41:17,574
The best jar that you got,
lid on it, on this table,

1069
00:41:17,576 --> 00:41:19,476
in less than four hours.

1070
00:41:19,478 --> 00:41:21,277
And your time starts now.

1071
00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,680
Good luck.
Yeah.

1072
00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:25,248
I like that.
Them gentlemen.

1073
00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:26,416
Yeah, they're gentlemen.

1074
00:41:26,418 --> 00:41:33,490
♪

1075
00:41:33,492 --> 00:41:35,558
now, he's got
a really dark mash, and...

1076
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:36,759
Herman's
looks like the more

1077
00:41:36,761 --> 00:41:38,661
traditional mash color,
don't it?

1078
00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:40,897
Yeah. Dustin's is getting
stopped up.

1079
00:41:40,899 --> 00:41:42,465
-Oh, there's solids in it?
-Yeah.

1080
00:41:42,467 --> 00:41:43,666
Tim:
What's going on there?

1081
00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:45,368
What you got going on
over there, herman?

1082
00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:47,303
I'm gonna put a little spice
in the thumper here

1083
00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:50,573
and try to get
a little sassafras spiced rum.

1084
00:41:53,512 --> 00:41:55,111
Dustin's lit.

1085
00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:56,946
Tim: Herman needs to get
some heat up in here.

1086
00:41:56,948 --> 00:41:58,448
And then adjust your air.

1087
00:41:58,450 --> 00:42:00,283
There it is.
He's got it.

1088
00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:03,786
He is ignited. We're gonna
make nanner pudding.

1089
00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:04,954
You got vanilla?
Yeah.

1090
00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:06,489
Everything you need?
Okay.

1091
00:42:06,491 --> 00:42:09,592
This boy right here,
it's potent.

1092
00:42:09,594 --> 00:42:13,730
He's putting bananas and
vanilla beans in his thumper.

1093
00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:15,164
Digger:
I like his boldness there.

1094
00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:17,667
Yeah, yeah.

1095
00:42:17,669 --> 00:42:19,536
Well, I just worry a little bit
about herman

1096
00:42:19,538 --> 00:42:20,803
heating
his up so slow,

1097
00:42:20,805 --> 00:42:22,639
but he's done it
that way every time.

1098
00:42:22,641 --> 00:42:24,507
Dustin: I'm probably
running a tiny bit more
heat than you are.

1099
00:42:24,509 --> 00:42:25,875
You're going real slow,
ain't you?

1100
00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:27,343
Yeah,
I'm running real low heat.

1101
00:42:27,345 --> 00:42:30,046
I want to run it real slow and
let it pick up all the flavor

1102
00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:32,415
it'll pick up coming
out of that spice.

1103
00:42:32,417 --> 00:42:33,950
♪

1104
00:42:33,952 --> 00:42:35,752
oh.

1105
00:42:35,754 --> 00:42:37,287
And here we go.

1106
00:42:37,289 --> 00:42:38,454
You got liquor?

1107
00:42:38,456 --> 00:42:40,223
Oh, it smells like bananas.

1108
00:42:40,225 --> 00:42:41,691
I swear this [bleep]
smells like bananas.

1109
00:42:41,693 --> 00:42:42,825
What all did you put
in your thumper?

1110
00:42:42,827 --> 00:42:46,162
Just the spice,
to carry the spice over.

1111
00:42:46,164 --> 00:42:47,997
Now, don't you keep
coming up there. Damn it.

1112
00:42:47,999 --> 00:42:49,799
It'll come right out.

1113
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:52,869
Narrator: Coming up...

1114
00:42:52,871 --> 00:42:54,871
Mark: I've never seen a rum
look like that.

1115
00:42:54,873 --> 00:42:56,873
...The winning rum
packs a punch

1116
00:42:56,875 --> 00:42:59,442
for the title
of master distiller.

1117
00:42:59,444 --> 00:43:01,811
Man, one of us is gonna
have a legal label.

1118
00:43:01,813 --> 00:43:03,179
Pretty good.
Good, ain't it?

1119
00:43:03,181 --> 00:43:04,714
It's kind of hot.

1120
00:43:07,586 --> 00:43:09,552
Narrator: It's an outlaw
rumrunners showdown,

1121
00:43:09,554 --> 00:43:11,854
as a seasoned
old-timer faces off

1122
00:43:11,856 --> 00:43:14,991
against a young gun
eager to make his name.

1123
00:43:14,993 --> 00:43:16,659
Water's good and cold.

1124
00:43:16,661 --> 00:43:20,196
Narrator: In the race to turn in
their signature rum recipes,

1125
00:43:20,198 --> 00:43:23,600
only one can
be master distiller.

1126
00:43:23,602 --> 00:43:25,001
Oh, god.

1127
00:43:25,003 --> 00:43:26,502
Boys, you got one hour.

1128
00:43:26,504 --> 00:43:28,171
See, it ain't running off
fast enough.

1129
00:43:28,173 --> 00:43:30,373
Damn,
that's not bad at all.

1130
00:43:30,375 --> 00:43:33,509
I'm gonna be lucky
to get anything of this.

1131
00:43:33,511 --> 00:43:34,844
Maybe a gallon and a half.

1132
00:43:34,846 --> 00:43:38,047
I'm pouring out
the liquor.

1133
00:43:38,049 --> 00:43:39,616
I don't think
I'm gonna get 6 quarts.

1134
00:43:39,618 --> 00:43:41,317
Hell, all you need
is one of them things you got,

1135
00:43:41,319 --> 00:43:42,785
and you'll be good
to go, buddy.

1136
00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:48,925
♪

1137
00:43:48,927 --> 00:43:50,493
boys, 30 minutes.

1138
00:43:52,497 --> 00:43:55,198
I had enough final flavor
to make two quarts out of it,

1139
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,333
so I guess I got just enough.

1140
00:43:57,335 --> 00:43:58,968
I just hope it tastes better
than it looks.

1141
00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:00,169
I don't know about that look.

1142
00:44:00,171 --> 00:44:03,139
I ain't never seen no rum
look like that before.

1143
00:44:03,141 --> 00:44:04,474
Digger: Look like
they're coming in.

1144
00:44:04,476 --> 00:44:05,942
-Fellers.
-Fellers.

1145
00:44:05,944 --> 00:44:08,511
-Coming in in unison.
-All right, boys.

1146
00:44:08,513 --> 00:44:09,712
-Thank you guys.
-Yeah, man.

1147
00:44:09,714 --> 00:44:10,813
Thank you.

1148
00:44:14,486 --> 00:44:16,619
Mark: Looks like it's
high-proof, don't it?

1149
00:44:16,621 --> 00:44:18,855
Tim: I have never seen a rum
look like that.

1150
00:44:18,857 --> 00:44:21,224
It's not bad on nose.
Smells a little weak.

1151
00:44:21,226 --> 00:44:24,727
Herman's mash, it tasted a
little weak on the alcohol side.

1152
00:44:24,729 --> 00:44:26,529
Got a pretty good taste
all 'round,

1153
00:44:26,531 --> 00:44:29,532
till you get to that clove
finish, and it's a little bit...

1154
00:44:29,534 --> 00:44:30,667
Well, I'm a clove junkie.

1155
00:44:30,669 --> 00:44:32,402
That might hit me
right in the crease.

1156
00:44:32,404 --> 00:44:34,837
[ sniffles ]
made my nose run.

1157
00:44:34,839 --> 00:44:37,073
Dustin: You didn't heat it up
too fast and burn it,

1158
00:44:37,075 --> 00:44:40,009
and that was a big difference.
You had some smooth flavor.

1159
00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:41,811
I had to keep
from scorching.

1160
00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:44,347
We can already figure
where this one's gonna go.

1161
00:44:44,349 --> 00:44:47,483
It's got a big stalk of cinnamon
right in the middle of it.

1162
00:44:50,121 --> 00:44:53,222
I saw him put banana
in his thump keg.

1163
00:44:53,224 --> 00:44:54,390
Little fiery.

1164
00:44:54,392 --> 00:44:56,225
Yeah, it's about 130 proof.

1165
00:44:56,227 --> 00:44:59,262
But get a lot of banana
on the mid-flavor,

1166
00:44:59,264 --> 00:45:00,530
cinnamon on the back,

1167
00:45:00,532 --> 00:45:04,300
but not hanging in there
so bad that it's ridiculous.

1168
00:45:04,302 --> 00:45:05,668
Pretty good.
Good, ain't it?

1169
00:45:05,670 --> 00:45:06,803
It's kind of hot.

1170
00:45:06,805 --> 00:45:09,338
Man, one of us is gonna
have a legal label.

1171
00:45:09,340 --> 00:45:10,239
Could you imagine?

1172
00:45:10,241 --> 00:45:12,442
A legal livelihood.
I could.

1173
00:45:12,444 --> 00:45:14,944
Herman's got
the old-fashioned values

1174
00:45:14,946 --> 00:45:16,412
that we're kind
of looking for.

1175
00:45:16,414 --> 00:45:20,616
Dustin, however, it might need
kind of tweaked a little bit,

1176
00:45:20,618 --> 00:45:24,420
but, quite possibly, you could
make a good cocktail out of it.

1177
00:45:24,422 --> 00:45:26,956
It's altogether different.
Totally different taste profile.

1178
00:45:26,958 --> 00:45:30,993
The thing that I saw dustin put
into his thumper came through.

1179
00:45:30,995 --> 00:45:32,929
Dustin,
the proof is too high,

1180
00:45:32,931 --> 00:45:36,365
and then, herman,
he's too hot on his sassafras.

1181
00:45:36,367 --> 00:45:41,270
♪

1182
00:45:41,272 --> 00:45:42,905
well, boys, time's come.

1183
00:45:42,907 --> 00:45:44,707
One of you's gonna
get your heart broke.

1184
00:45:44,709 --> 00:45:49,579
One of you is gonna be deemed
the next master distiller.

1185
00:45:49,581 --> 00:45:52,615
Herman, your flavor,
it's up front,

1186
00:45:52,617 --> 00:45:54,617
but there's something
on the nose.

1187
00:45:54,619 --> 00:45:55,752
You got a little bit

1188
00:45:55,754 --> 00:45:57,153
of a skunky, sulfury smell,
didn't you?

1189
00:45:57,155 --> 00:45:59,489
Yes, sir, I did.
It's faint, but it's there.

1190
00:45:59,491 --> 00:46:00,890
Yeah.
Most everything,

1191
00:46:00,892 --> 00:46:03,192
I think, was pretty well
right-on on it, don't y'all?

1192
00:46:03,194 --> 00:46:04,227
Yep.

1193
00:46:04,229 --> 00:46:06,596
Dustin, his nose right there,

1194
00:46:06,598 --> 00:46:07,864
I mean,
when you smell that jar,

1195
00:46:07,866 --> 00:46:09,332
that nanner hits you
right in the nose.

1196
00:46:09,334 --> 00:46:10,433
That's what
I was hoping for.

1197
00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:11,868
Your vanilla bean,
it's in there.

1198
00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:14,303
I mean, it's like smelling
a banana split.

1199
00:46:14,305 --> 00:46:15,471
But that cinnamon stick,

1200
00:46:15,473 --> 00:46:17,140
I don't think you
need it in there.

1201
00:46:17,142 --> 00:46:20,243
Now, you're shooting
for 80 proof, as well.

1202
00:46:20,245 --> 00:46:22,678
You kind of overshot it.
I think we're in agreement.

1203
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:24,180
It was probably be
about 100, wasn't it?

1204
00:46:24,182 --> 00:46:26,449
It's a pretty good, solid drink.
I think you could even make

1205
00:46:26,451 --> 00:46:28,217
a mixed drink out of that
if you had to.

1206
00:46:28,219 --> 00:46:30,186
-Thank you.
-The color's good on it.

1207
00:46:30,188 --> 00:46:33,556
Herman, on yours, that color
right there, I tell you...

1208
00:46:33,558 --> 00:46:35,324
It looks like
apple juice.

1209
00:46:35,326 --> 00:46:37,927
Herman, I don't know how many
years you've been distilling,

1210
00:46:37,929 --> 00:46:40,129
but it shows.
You made a good cut.

1211
00:46:40,131 --> 00:46:41,964
I don't taste
any heads in here.

1212
00:46:41,966 --> 00:46:45,902
But it's saturated with
that sassafras and that clove,

1213
00:46:45,904 --> 00:46:48,604
and it's really strong.

1214
00:46:48,606 --> 00:46:50,106
Dustin?
Yes, sir.

1215
00:46:50,108 --> 00:46:53,242
I'm mixed feelings
about the cinnamon stick,

1216
00:46:53,244 --> 00:46:55,878
but that being said...

1217
00:46:57,282 --> 00:47:00,082
...It's a real pleasant
spiced rum.

1218
00:47:00,084 --> 00:47:01,150
Thank you.

1219
00:47:01,152 --> 00:47:05,454
And at this point...

1220
00:47:05,456 --> 00:47:09,192
Dustin, you're
the next master distiller, son.

1221
00:47:09,194 --> 00:47:10,993
Thank you, everyone.
Congratulations.

1222
00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:13,396
I won before I got
to the winners' circle.

1223
00:47:13,398 --> 00:47:14,864
Herman, thank you.

1224
00:47:14,866 --> 00:47:16,532
I had a great mentor --
herman.

1225
00:47:16,534 --> 00:47:18,234
You two
have really grown on us,

1226
00:47:18,236 --> 00:47:20,670
and it's an honor for us
to call you our friend.

1227
00:47:20,672 --> 00:47:22,972
I would not be standing
right here in front of anybody

1228
00:47:22,974 --> 00:47:24,941
today if it hadn't been
for that man right there.

1229
00:47:24,943 --> 00:47:29,979
It's been an honor to be judged
by some of the top moonshiners.

1230
00:47:29,981 --> 00:47:32,181
I'm a winner
all the way around.

1231
00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:34,317
We look forward to seeing
bigger things out of each one.

1232
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:35,418
Yes, sir.

1233
00:47:35,420 --> 00:47:36,886
Dustin:
I've not had a lot of experience

1234
00:47:36,888 --> 00:47:39,455
with this growing up
and kind of went with it,

1235
00:47:39,457 --> 00:47:42,225
and here I am now,
master distiller.

1236
00:47:44,996 --> 00:47:47,530
Narrator: Next time on
"master distiller"...

1237
00:47:47,532 --> 00:47:49,098
Digger: There are people
that spend a lifetime

1238
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:51,868
working in legal distilleries,
trying to achieve this.

1239
00:47:51,870 --> 00:47:55,071
...American whiskey meets
modern aging techniques.

1240
00:47:55,073 --> 00:47:56,539
You can't even see
through it.

1241
00:47:56,541 --> 00:48:00,176
And contestants will pull out
every trick for the top title.

1242
00:48:00,178 --> 00:48:03,179
A little evaporation, kind of
like the egyptians used to do.